[PD] pd~conf 2.0

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Mar 24, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> Another approach is to have who ever is planning the next pd~conf  
>> take
>> control of the donations under the guise of whatever organization  
>> that
>> they are working for.  I know Alexandre has talked about hosting  
>> pd~conf
>> at artengine in Ottawa, CA.
>
> I don't think he was serious about that =) Ottawa, ON is too  
> "small" for
> such a thing, and I'm including Gatineau, QC, across the bridge. I  
> mean
> "small" as in not enough Pd users. Ottawa and Gatineau together  
> might be
> one million people, but if you try to find Pd users, you only find  
> them at
> Ottawa U or Artengine.

Graz is 350,000, and it worked there.  I don't think that would be  
such an issue.  Plus there are a lot of people who live near enough  
Ottawa.

> I have strong doubts about being able to do it in Montréal, QC, even
> though there are several organisms that are involved in Pd stuff  
> currently
> (Vidéographe, SAT, StudioXX).
>
> I think Montréal is still not ready for such an event, if it has to  
> be a
> reasonable sequel to PdConvention04.

Why not.

> Right now I'd like to hear _why_ another Pd Convention should happen.
> Well, I mean, apart from being _damn_ _fun_...

To me, that's not really a question that needs to be asked, but I'll  
answer it.  So much can get accomplished in 10 minutes of face-to- 
face discussion that would take days on the list.  Plus its great  
because we can all set aside a time to just listen to what everyone  
is doing with Pd an focus on that.

Pd~conf 1.0 was drinking from the fire hose in an amazing way.  In  
our daily lives, we tend to be stuck in narrow circles, which a  
narrow range of ideas that we come across.  Pd~conf 1 covered such a  
broad range, it took me in many directions I would never have gone  
had I not attended.

.hc

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