Re: F2F #2: 18-19 April in Boston area

["Eve L. Maler" <eve.maler@east.sun.com>]

I've been reminded that I totally messed up on something.  (Thanks, Hal. 
:-)  At F2F #1, I said that Sun could host meetings in the Bay Area as well 
as in Boston.  So there *was* someone who offered to host on the west 
coast!  But with everything going on that day (and with my natural tendency 
to be an east-coast bigot!), I completely forgot about this.

What this means in practical terms is not too different from what I said 
yesterday, except that we now already have one offer to host F2F #3 in the 
west.  (I'm still willing to accept additional offers; I now know it's 
quite a challenge to both host and chair!  However, if I don't receive any 
offers, that's okay too.)

Sorry about that,

         Eve

At 03:45 PM 3/12/01 -0500, Eve L. Maler wrote:
>According to the Evite poll, the clear winner for F2F #2 is the Boston area
>again, 18-19 April.  So the next meeting will be in the same location at
>Sun in Burlington.  I will put up a meeting page soon.
>
>A couple of people asked me why there was no west-coast option in the
>poll.  I have to apologize for not asking more formally whether additional
>people (particularly people on the west coast) could offer to host
>meetings.  I had offers from the NY, DC, and Boston contingents, so that's
>what I put in the poll.  Judging by one of the early polls I did, it does
>seem that we have a 2/3 east vs. 1/3 west leaning in the group, so by
>rights our third meeting should shift coasts.
>
>Since my F2F #3 poll attracted no answers, we can start off fresh with
>this.  Do I have any offers to host the meeting in the west?  I'm a bit
>concerned about reaching quorum given our center of gravity, so we'll have
>to double-check with a poll once we get some offers, but I'm pretty sure it
>will work out.
>
>Thanks,
>
>         Eve

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Eve Maler                                             +1 781 442 3190
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