Possible venues for Git Merge 2025

Hi,

given that this year is the 20th anniversary of the Git project it would be great to host another Git Merge so that the wider community can come together and celebrate. Taylor and I have been chatting about this opportunity a bit to figure out what we're going to do this year.

We have been discussing two different options:

  - Hosting in the US in San Francisco at the GitHub HQ.

  - Hosting in the EU in Amsterdam colocated with the Open Source
    Summit Europe.

Typically, the location is alternating on a yearly basis between the US and the EU. So given that last year it was hosted in Berlin it would be the US' turn. But given the recent political climate in the US I'm afraid that many people would not feel comfortable traveling there right now. So in the spirit of being inclusive I think we should at least consider whether we may want to break the typical alternating cycle and host in the EU again.

I have been reaching out to the Linux Foundation, and initial feedback has been positive that colocating would be possible. I do not yet have any details though, so we'd know for sure in the first half of April whether this is an option in the first place.

Until then I wanted to get a bit of feedback from the community so that we can assess better whether my fear is unfounded or not, and what the majority's preference would be.

Patrick