Should we call it 'Geekmas'?
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2004-10-25 14:16:17 - Graham EllisThere's a long gap in the UK between the August Bank Holiday in the late summer and Christmas day, the next public holiday .... yet there are then 7 public holidays in 5 months (Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May day and Spring Bank Holiday).
So, a couple of years ago, we declared the holiday of "Geekmas" over a weekend in November and had a small gathering (I think I should use the word "select", shouldn't I?) for whom Open Source is both a hobby AND a job around to join us.
This year, it's "grown up" a bit and we have a technical weekend on 27th and 28th November. Looks like we'll have a gathering of perhaps ten or a dozen people (not bad when you consider that most of our contacts are business contacts who treasure their weekends, and who live far from us) and I'm asking ... should we still give it the slightly frivolous name of "Geekmas".
Links:
Initial Announcement
Summary of talks and sessions (new)
If you're already expressed an interest, I'll be emailing you in the next few days. If not, please feel free to contact me - not quite "the more the merrier", but almost. Though I say so myself, the sessions look enticing and I know that your company would be great.