[PD] next conv in Brasil... meaning business

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

You should add a link to that list on the mailing list page so others  
can find it:

http://puredata.org/community/lists

Also, we are about to launch the pdpedia in Portuguese:

http://wiki.puredata.info/pt/

.hc

On Oct 5, 2007, at 5:14 PM, PORRES wrote:

> we are coming up with a national list on it:
>
> pd-eventos-regionais at googlegroups.com
>
> please join, and so do other brasileiros and invite other people...
>
> I am pointing to Sao Paulo :)
>
> i think if we come up with a reasonable proposal, it can be decided  
> to be here...
>
> cheers
> alex
>
> Luiz Naveda <lab.naveda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Everybody,
>
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> I really would like to work to a PD conference in Brazil.
>
> I am from Belo Horizonte (UEMG-UFMG-FUMEC) and my background is  
> music performance, analysis, acoustics psychoacoustics, mediation  
> technology, guitar, PD, Eyesweb, origami arquitecture... I love  
> Macs, I work in a PC...I love PD but I work also with Matlab... I  
> love Samba but I am working in the academic world...
> It is difficult this task to be subversive into the enemy's field !  
> 8-)
>
> I have experience with projects in Brazil (FAPEMIG, FINEP,  
> research) and I can help with contacts, writing the project,  
> finding money and support.  I worked also in projects related with  
> music education content for computer aided education and I know  
> what the funding agencies want to read....
>
> Let's be practical:
>
> (We can put subjects like free software, 3rd world and information,  
> art/show/science/resistance actions into the conference timetable!)
>
> Who decides where will be the conference?
> What we have to provide in order to be a serious option?
> Who is pointing to São Paulo (must be there?)?
> Where is the PD community of Brazil?
> Who are the Brazilians or Pd users active in this proposition? We  
> need a specific list.
>
> Best!
>
> Luiz
>
> On 9/10/07, Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hey alex, good to see you in Montreal,
>
> I think the small things happen all the time, at least that's what  
> we strive for I hope. Meanwhile, the big thing can happen too in  
> 2009. One thing I think would be a really good idea is if there is  
> some kind of map around when things happen - the conferences always  
> happen at about the same time every year. I've been at the ICMC  
> twice now and I intend to go again, but that's always the last week  
> of August or first week of September (for example).
>
> Really, conferences are far too short -- and busy. If we can find a  
> two-week window in the international conference schedule (ISMIR.  
> ICMC. Pris Ars Electronica, NIME etc) then we could do it then.
>
> Balancing this, those of us who have academic commitments need the  
> summer to finalize our work, often, so maybe late July/Early August  
> would be a good time?
>
> But---this is two years away. We still need to be precise about it  
> though, because funding agencies are keen to have timetables/ 
> schedules etc.
>
> And I was gutted I didn't go to the party...but I'd love to see you  
> all in Sao Paulo in two years time...
>
> Best,
> Ed
>
>
>
> PORRES < mentalosmosis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > If it is a problem to get university support
>
>
> Is actually the opposite. I Believe we could get much more  
> involvement and fundings from it here in Brasil! :)
>
> > You don't need to have the developers, you
> > need people who stick
>  together
>
>
> Sure, Cool... And as I said, it's nice to have some local meetings  
> before an international one... and the goal must be gathering  
> people! Users, whatever... like you described.
>
>  > It's better to organise the schedule so that
> > people organised in one thing aren't likely
> > to be
>  interested in the other thing that
> > happens at the same time
>
> hmmm, yeah, the event in Montreal could be much longer if things  
> werent all at the same time...
>
> We could have here a longer event. If it is "smaller", things could  
> be not simultaneous... one way or another, there should be plenty  
> space and material
>
>  for a Convention here...
>
> Cheers
> alexandre torres porres
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