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From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:06:54 +0100
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Subject: Re: Missing America event
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:57 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 09:47:29AM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:21 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > >
> > > PGCon/Ottawa will be having only an unconference in May:
> > >
> > >         https://www.pgcon.org/2021/
> > >
> > > This leaves missing Postgres activity for this spring, particularly for
> > > America continent time zones.  Is there any interest in putting together
> > > some kind of online conference during this period?  I can easily get
> > > online platform funding and technical help.
> >
> >
> > PostgreSQL US has an open call for proposals listed on their site at
> > https://postgresql.us/ (directly under News), with a deadline this
> > week. Hopefully something good can come from that -- but please reach
> > out with a proposal there!
>
> It says:
>
>         The United States PostgreSQL Association (PgUS) is calling for
>         conference proposals for a Virtual Event to be held in the Fall of 2021.
>
> so it is for the Fall of this year, not in the next few months.


Oh, I missed that. I just got to the part about calling for conference
proposals for a virtual conference.

That said, it's probably too late for most attempts to make a full
virtual conference in the next few months. It takes more preparations
than that... But a smaller event could probably be managed, if someone
wants to.

//Magnus