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I heard Justin Ghetland on the CogniCast saying that he is a big fan of the EuroClojure so it would be nice to see the beginnings of a plan…
@raymcdermott: a plan?
@raymcdermott: as Cognitect organise it now, maybe ask @alexmiller?
I came to this channel to find out some info … I don’t really want to nag people but I guess @alexmiller will see that he has been mentioned here (twice now!) so he might pop over and let us know what’s happening
@raymcdermott: we have been working on it but frustratingly have yet to find a venue (across multiple countries) that is not 3x what we paid last year. so we have not selected a location yet. we are as frustrated as you in not having more details yet.
we are also looking at late summer/early fall dates as an option
@alexmiller: but make sure it doesn’t clash with my summer holiday plans!
it's unlikely to be in july/august
@alexmiller: thanks for the insight, are the costs going up as you want to hire a larger venue?
@alexmiller: I know Croatia was an option for last year's conference -- if that's still an interesting destination for you, feel free to ping me, I'd be glad to help
Lynn has been doing the search, so I'm not sure why things are more expensive
funny because it was a great venue last year in Barcelona which is not a notoriously cheap city; some of the EU peripheral countries (yes I also dislike the phrase) like Greece, Portugal and Eire are still in the financial doldrums so might offer some better deals and are still very accessible (@nikolap Croatia too - although it doesn’t fall in the same class as the others - fortunately!). But perhaps I’m stating the obvious
or maybe its because all of the EU venue owners now know that Clojure is so damn popular and that Cognitect, the multibn$ US megacorp is coming to town 😛
@raymcdermott: yep, I believe even the more expensive parts of Croatia (which would probably be the Adriatic coast during the time period Alex mentioned) could compete pretty well against Barcelona
I can offer you to host EuroClojure in Sofia (or Varna/Burgas) in Bulgaria, but I believe few people would be interested in this
personally I am in favour of doing it in a "peripheral" country. Let's support our fellow Europeans who, due to no fault of their own, have ended up in not so favourable situations. ( to phrase it diplomatically)