2015/Planning
We used the following and discussions in IRC and in person at Homebrew Website Club to decide on the dates.
Candidate Cities
Add a city and whether you can make it (and/or help organize o) for those cities +1 (or can't -1 or don't care 0)
- New York City (was a 2014 city)
- +1 o bear
- +1 Tantek Çelik
- +1 Tim Owens
- +1 o David Shanske
- Berlin (was a 2014 city)
- +0 Amy Guy unless there's one in UK at the same time
- +0 Barnaby Walters "might be able to go"
- San Francisco (had its own IndieWebCamp in 2014)
- +1 o Kyle Mahan
- +1 Tantek Çelik - more likely to go to PDX, but happy to help support organizers in SF
- ... add more cities here, only if you could actually make it to that city, and/or want to help organize that city
Confirmed Cities
- Brighton
- +1 o Jeremy Keith
- +1 Pelle Wessman
- +1 Amy Guy
- +1 Peter Molnar
- +1 David Peach Live near Birmingham but may be able to make it down.
- Portland (was a 2014 city)
- +1 o Aaron Parecki
- +1 o Tantek Çelik
- +1 Kyle Mahan
- +1 gRegor Morrill
- +1 Kodumulo
- +1 Jon Pincus
Candidate Dates
Previously: Add a date and whether you can make it (and/or help organize o) for those dates +1 (or can't -1 or don't care 0)
June 13-14 (Sat-Sun)
a week before OSBridge
- +1 o Aaron Parecki
- +1 gRegor Morrill
- -0.5 Tantek Çelik (conflicts with YxYY003 2015-06-13..15, likely going)
June 18-19 (Thu-Fri)
leaves Saturday & Sunday 20th-21st to decompress in Portland. Before OSBridge 23rd-26th
- +1 o Tantek Çelik
- -0.5 gRegor Morrill - I can make it, but I like the idea of weekend IWC so it's less likely to conflict with work schedules/require time off.
- -1 Jon Pincus - would prefer weekend
- -1 o Aaron Parecki - will likely be at the QS conference
June 19-20 (Fri-Sat)
leaves Sunday 21st to decompress in Portland. Before OSBridge 23rd-26th
- +1 o Tantek Çelik
- +0.5 gRegor Morrill - A decent middle ground; see comment above.
- -1 Jon Pincus - would prefer weekend
- -1 o Aaron Parecki - will likely be at the QS conference
June 20-21 (Sat-Sun)
Before OSBridge 23rd-26th
- +0.5 Tantek Çelik (I could barely make this, have an afternoon flight on the 22nd for my SFO-YVR trip)
- +1 gRegor Morrill
- +1 Jon Pincus
- -0 o Aaron Parecki - will be coming back from SF right before this and would prefer to have a couple days in PDX before
June 27-28 (Sat-Sun)
Immediately after OS Bridge (as we've done it 2011-2014)
- -1 Tantek Çelik - have a conflict now
- +1 gRegor Morrill
- -1 Jon Pincus - have a prior commitment this weekend
- +0 o Aaron Parecki last year many people were too exhausted after osbridge
July 11-12 (Sat-Sun)
Weekend after July 4th weekend (where people hopefully recharged)
- +1 o Tantek Çelik would also be ok starting on Friday or Thursday before.
- +1 o Aaron Parecki best July option for me
- +1 gRegor Morrill
- +1 Ben Werdmüller - per IRC
- +1 Kevin Marks - per IRC
- +1 Kyle Mahan
July 18-19 (Sat-Sun)
Week before 2015/Edinburgh, help build momentum for it!
- +1 Tantek Çelik would also be ok starting on Friday or Thursday before.
- +0 Aaron Parecki this is right before the Esri conference, so it doesn't conflict, but is not my preference.
- 0 gRegor Morrill I can make this, but going with Aaron's comment
- -1 Kevin Marks has a conflict (per IRC)
July 25-26 (Sat-Sun)
same weekend as 2015/Edinburgh
- -1 Tantek Çelik I have a conflict
- -0 Aaron Parecki wouldn't want to recommend if tantek isn't there, and not sure same day as Edinburgh is a good idea
- 0 gRegor Morrill I can make this, but would rather Tantek be there.