Tor Dev Meeting in the Baltic States
Hey all, Jens was lately suggesting Jena (Germany) for the next dev meeting. I think it's a good idea to put another place up for discussion. As some of you know, I'm Latvian, so I'm familiar with the Baltic States. First of all, Latvia has a really fast internet (Top10 worldwide (Akamai)) and reasonable prices for food and living. The Latvian capitol Riga has an international airport, but afaik no direct flights to/from the US (one-stop flights only). Riga has a nice old city and it's not so far to a wonderful beach. It's safe to travel and the people are mostly friendly. Half of my family is living there, so I can offer helping hands, if needed. Another idea is to go to Tallinn (Estonia) which is incredible technologically advanced. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks! Juris
On 2016-01-16 18:49, Juris - torservers.net wrote:
Hey all,
Jens was lately suggesting Jena (Germany) for the next dev meeting. I think it's a good idea to put another place up for discussion.
As some of you know, I'm Latvian, so I'm familiar with the Baltic States.
First of all, Latvia has a really fast internet (Top10 worldwide (Akamai)) and reasonable prices for food and living.
The Latvian capitol Riga has an international airport, but afaik no direct flights to/from the US (one-stop flights only). Riga has a nice old city and it's not so far to a wonderful beach. It's safe to travel and the people are mostly friendly.
Half of my family is living there, so I can offer helping hands, if needed.
Another idea is to go to Tallinn (Estonia) which is incredible technologically advanced.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks! Juris
Sounds great to me - I've wanted to visit these regions for some time. A few things that seem to help the selection process - do you know any universities or facilities that would be able to provide (ideally, sponsor) space for the event? I believe this is a large cost factor, in addition to housing and travel. It's also possible that there might be some funding available - iirc the German government sponsored 15k euro for the recent meeting in Berlin - so, if there's a similar way to apply for funding for a FOSS conference/event, it would be another plus for the proposed locations. p.s. another proposed location was in Athens, Greece - Panos and George from GRNet mentioned that they could inquire for us at the local University regarding space - it might be a good option during the colder months of the year. --Aaron
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Am 01.02.2016 um 12:50 schrieb Aaron Gibson:
On 2016-01-16 18:49, Juris - torservers.net wrote:
Hey all,
Jens was lately suggesting Jena (Germany) for the next dev meeting. I think it's a good idea to put another place up for discussion.
As some of you know, I'm Latvian, so I'm familiar with the Baltic States.
First of all, Latvia has a really fast internet (Top10 worldwide (Akamai)) and reasonable prices for food and living.
The Latvian capitol Riga has an international airport, but afaik no direct flights to/from the US (one-stop flights only). Riga has a nice old city and it's not so far to a wonderful beach. It's safe to travel and the people are mostly friendly.
Half of my family is living there, so I can offer helping hands, if needed.
Another idea is to go to Tallinn (Estonia) which is incredible technologically advanced.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks! Juris
Sounds great to me - I've wanted to visit these regions for some time. A few things that seem to help the selection process - do you know any universities or facilities that would be able to provide (ideally, sponsor) space for the event? I believe this is a large cost factor, in addition to housing and travel. It's also possible that there might be some funding available - iirc the German government sponsored 15k euro for the recent meeting in Berlin - so, if there's a similar way to apply for funding for a FOSS conference/event, it would be another plus for the proposed locations.
I'm in contact with the "Latvijas Universitātes Datorikas fakultāte" (Latvian University - Faculty of Computer Science). They requested a brief summary about this meeting to check their support capabilities. I'll keep you updated!
p.s. another proposed location was in Athens, Greece - Panos and George from GRNet mentioned that they could inquire for us at the local University regarding space - it might be a good option during the colder months of the year.
+1
--Aaron
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