On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 02:42:50PM +0200, Bertrand LUPART wrote:
I can't organize something myself (eg i'm not in touch with any organization that could provide a place to meet), but i'm willing to help.
you don't need to be in touch with any organization. you could just ask where other groups (like your local linux user group) meet. many cities have community centers that can be used, or ask at the university.
and, we don't need a place for free. renting a place would be ok too. the conference fee has been extremly low until now so it sure would not be a problem to raise it a bit to pay for a location.
we also have funds available to make a prepayment. so there should be no financial risk.
really all that is needed is for someone to be at the location to help ensure that everything goes all right and handle the communication with the location provider.
in latvia, while we didn't pay for the location itself, we did pay for catering, and the location was only part of that deal.
so don't worry about not having contacts. just open the phonebook and call a few places to see where we can get a room.
greetings, martin.