D Conference 2007 ? How about co-location?

[janderson]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Justin C Calvarese wrote:
>> Frank Benoit (keinfarbton) wrote:
>>> The posting in D.announce 11/16/06
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D.announce&article_id=5536 
>>
>> for those that like the web interface
>>
>>
>>> Anything new about this?
>>
>> Well, all I know is what people posted in that old thread.
>>
>> Some people showed interest in attending such a conference, but there 
>> was much disagreement about where it should be held. Walter proposed 
>> having it in Seattle, Washington or Astoria, Oregon, but that seemed 
>> like too expensive of a trip for most people that responded in the 
>> newsgroup.
>>
>> Other places were mentioned by other people. In short, everywhere 
>> seemed to be too far away (i.e., too expensive) for most people (i.e. 
>> whoever doesn't already live there).
>>
> 
> D may be too small at the moment to really be able to swing a dedicated 
> conference.  But the alternative is to co-locate with a bigger 
> conference that lots of people will be going to anyway, then hold a 
> "Birds of a Feather" meeting on site or nearby.
> 
> The only big conference I go to is SIGGRAPH, but I suspect that's a 
> destination not too many of you are headed for.  FWIW, it'll be in San 
> Diego this August 5-9.  But I'd definitely be interested in having a D 
> Birds of a Feather there if anyone else is interested.
> 
> So what conferences are everyone going to attend this year?  SD West is 
> maybe popular?  GDC (not the compiler)?
> 
> --bb

I'll by attending GDC (Game developers conference), this year.  They are 
right next door and the company I work for is paying for it :)

-JOel