Re: Next Git conference or meeting

> Hi everyone,
> 
> It looks like there will be no Git conference or Git developer meeting
> this year.
> 
> Anyway, next year Git will be 10 years old and it would be nice if
> something could be organized.
> 
> A few week ago, I was at the LinuxCon North America in Chicago [1]. I
> love going to a LinuxCon and giving a presentation there. It was my
> 4th LinuxCon (2 in Europe and 2 in North America) and they are always
> very well organized. They also often host other open source/free
> software conferences like for Mesos [2] or Gstreamer [3].
> 
> So I wonder if we could officially ask if they could host and help
> organize a Git conference next year.
> 
> In fact I already discussed this with a few of the LinuxFoundation
> people at the LinuxCon and they looked happy with that. I also talked
> with a few Github guys there who were also happy with that.
> 
> Github was a gold sponsor of the LinuxCon as well as Google [1], and
> Atlassian was a platinum sponsor of the co-located MesosCon [2]. So it
> looks like many companies involved with Git like the LinuxFoundation
> and already collaborate with it.
> 
> At the LinuxCon they said that the next LinuxCon North America is
> planned for August 2015 in Seattle. Seattle is a not very far away
> from were Junio, Shawn and Linus live, and Linus usually comes to the
> LinuxCon North America, so I suppose that it would not be a big burden
> for them to come if they want to.
> 
> As many Linux kernel developers have been contributing to Git,
> especially at the beginning, which was very important for the success
> of Git, I think it would be nice if some of them could easily take
> part of a Git conference where we would celebrate the 10th anniversary
> of Git.
> 
> To sum up it would be a very nice common ground for both companies and
> developers, and it would be much easier to organize with the great
> help and experience of the LinuxFoundation.
> 
> Best,
> Christian.
> 
> 
> [1] http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america
> [2] http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon
> [3] http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/conference/2014/index.html
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