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FSDeveloper meeting at FSWeekend?

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Hi all,

Just an idea that popped into my mind recently. The last two years I had a small FSDeveloper stand at the FSWeekend in the Netherlands. This event is always held in early November. I will probably be there again this year.

But such an event could also be an interesting place to organize a sort of developers side-meetings, where we can meet each other, share tips, experiences, maybe have some developer oriented presentations. In my mind this should not be too formal, but fun.

Would this be interesting to other developers? Are there forum member that would like to participate in something like that? Let me know what you thoughts on this are.

I propose it for the event in the Netherlands now, but if another location/event would suit forum members better just mention that as well.
 
Spain sounds like a good sunny place in November:).
You can sit outside in the evenings, have a smoke, good food and a good big glass of whiskey for liitle money after a hard day's work on FS stuff.
 
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Sounds like a lot of fun! (Except I'm on the other side of the pond :rolleyes:)

How about a stand at High Flight 2011 at Triangle North? I will have a Flight Sim station set up for the kids to fly around... anybody is more than welcome to come! :)
 
Sounds great except for one tiny problem...

I'm in the middle east... :rolleyes:

FSDevelopers are spread around the world, from the US to Australia to Russia to South Africa, so it's really gonna be a challenge to get many people from this forum to show up...

Besides that problem, I LOVE the idea!
 
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Hi,

Yes, distance is indeed a problem. It would be impossible to organise something that people from America, Europe, Australia, Middle East, Asia can all attend. If we want that we should do it online I guess.

But if there are some Europeans that find this interesting we can see if we can organize something.
 
You can always pre-plan it as well... For example, if you plan it for say August of 2012, then many of us would be able to plan for it, save money, make travel plans, and come spend a week and have a blast!!!! IF then, it goes well, you do it in a different country every year or every other year... Someone on the forum plays host... sets up the hotel arrangements, conference room reservations, make a fun itinerary of places to visit while there, etc... This would be something I would very much love to do...and WOULD do...

VERY interested!!!!

- Greg
 
Hi Greg,

My idea was to keep it smaller than what you describe here. Some like that would take a lot of effort (and money) to setup and would require quite some people attending to be possible. Look at how Avsim has trouble with their FanConf in the last years.

That's why I suggested to join up with an existing event, that some developers will already attend anyway.
 
Arno... Actually, what I am suggesting, doesn't have to be large at all. Say 20 people all decide to go on vacation at the same time to where you live... You should easily be able to get a hotel to give discounted rates on rooms for that many people... Costs no one anything for that part of it... The hotel just agrees to give a good rate for 10 people..a better rate if 20 people book, etc... And most restaurants have meeting rooms or party rooms...even hotels will have a small to medium sized conference room...if it isn't booked, they may let it be used for free, or for a very small fee.. At least that is what I have found locally here when doing this type of thing for family reunions with people coming into town from all over the country/world...and for class reunions...same...with people coming from all over the country/world.. Just a matter of talking to the right people...

And those 10-20-30 people all on vacation at the same place, same time, could enjoy doing things together for a few days...

Just a thought...

Would be interesting to see how many people would be up for such a thing...

I vote yes.. With at least 9-12 months notice, I can save up for the trip...

- Greg
 
Hi Greg,

D'you have any idea how many people from the forum we met at the last FS Weekend in Lelystad? As far as I know, maybe one or two.
I'll gladly put you up, but in order to have a bunch of them come over, that will take some more doings.
I think that is really why Arno put in this "advertisement" because if and what he proposes is for the month of November, it will mean that a lot of people that still work for their employers, will have a hard time getting free to come to Europe or some other place.
On the other hand, plane tickets will probably be cheap because it is not the holiday season anymore and charter planes will want to add a few more weekly flights to their destinations if enough people are interested.
The FS weekend in Lelystad was really a very nice event with lots of things to see in a very nice environment ( a real airport, an aircraft museum and an FS exposition at the same time) and it would be nice if he could have a stand that is a tiny little bit bigger than last time. And that is where you guys would come in.

Roby
 
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