[consulting] SF DrupalCon Proposal is During Passover Seders

[Bill Fitzgerald]

Hello, Shai,

Is this a proposal for DrupalCon NA 2010, or is this a done deal? To the 
best of my knowledge, this is a tentative thing --

>From 
http://www.chapterthree.com/blog/matt_cheney/drupalcon_2010_san_francisco

"This initiative is only a *proposal* and the final decision over where 
Drupalcon North American 2010 will be located is up to the Drupal 
Association."

So, I don't think this is set in stone, and the time for feedback on the 
dates is now.

Cheers,

Bill

Shai Gluskin wrote:
> There is no contact link on the DrupalConSF site, and there are so 
> many organizers listed... (is that BeautyTips they are using?... nice).
>
> So I picked out Kieren Lal to write to and sent a message via his 
> drupal.org <http://drupal.org> contact page:
> http://drupal.org/user/18703/contact
>
> 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.
>
> Shai
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <bill at funnymonkey.com 
> <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>> wrote:
>
>     Has anyone contacted the organizers directly?
>
>     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.
>
>     Shai Gluskin wrote:
>
>         Hi Folks,
>
>         A great group of Drupal folks from San Francisco are putting
>         together what looks like a fantastic proposal for DrupalCon 2010.
>
>         They've got a web site launched at: http://drupalconsf2010.org/
>
>         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.
>
>         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.
>
>         Anyway, it would be great if folks advocated against these
>         dates in support of Jewish Drupal developers.
>
>         I think the best way to voice this right now is on Twitter,
>         though I think I'll start a thread on drupal.org
>         <http://drupal.org> <http://drupal.org> and post back here.
>         The relevant Twitter accounts are @DrupalConSF and maybe
>         @dries as well.
>
>
>         Thanks in advance for those who are supportive of this objection.
>
>         Shai
>         -
>
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