There is no contact link on the DrupalConSF site, and there are so many organizers listed... (is that BeautyTips they are using?... nice).<br><br>So I picked out Kieren Lal to write to and sent a message via his <a href="http://drupal.org">drupal.org</a> contact page:<br>
<a href="http://drupal.org/user/18703/contact">http://drupal.org/user/18703/contact</a><br><br>Bill, I'm so sure how easy it will be to change the dates. 11 months in advance is very short for the Moscone Center. It's possible that it was available at this late hour due to the fact that it is Passover and other groups don't want to touch those dates. But thanks for the support.<br>
<br>Shai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com">bill@funnymonkey.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Has anyone contacted the organizers directly?<br>
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Once the oversight was pointed out to them, it should be pretty easy (I'm hoping, anyways) to persuade them that these dates need to be changed.<br>
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Shai Gluskin wrote:<br>
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Hi Folks,<br>
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A great group of Drupal folks from San Francisco are putting together what looks like a fantastic proposal for DrupalCon 2010.<br>
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They've got a web site launched at: <a href="http://drupalconsf2010.org/" target="_blank">http://drupalconsf2010.org/</a><br>
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Unfortunately, the proposed conference dates, March 29 - 31, are during the first two nights of Passover when Jews gather with their families and friends to conduct the Passover "seder," a reenactment of the leaving of Egypt. This is probably the most compelling Jewish ritual there is and even very assimilated Jews take part in this ceremony. There has been a lot of creativity around this ritual in recent years which makes it even more compelling for even marginally religious Jews.<br>
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I'm Jewish and I personally know a lot of Jewish Drupal developers. I just think it would be a shame to force us to have to make this choice.<br>
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Anyway, it would be great if folks advocated against these dates in support of Jewish Drupal developers.<br>
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I think the best way to voice this right now is on Twitter, though I think I'll start a thread on <a href="http://drupal.org" target="_blank">drupal.org</a> <<a href="http://drupal.org" target="_blank">http://drupal.org</a>> and post back here. The relevant Twitter accounts are @DrupalConSF and maybe @dries as well.<div class="im">
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Thanks in advance for those who are supportive of this objection.<br>
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Shai<br></div>
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