[LGM] LGM in Paris?

[Frank Trampe]

I think that we originally asked the 2018 proposers whether they could also
do 2019, since it seemed like a waste for them to discard a good proposal
when it could just be pushed back, and Dave Crossland proposed doing both
as early as last year. Jehan's proposal originated from our disorganization
and forgetfulness about the status of the 2018 proposals, but now that it's
here and now that we know what a great event it could be and the community
interest it might attract, we must pursue it.

Hosting is a lot of work, and Jehan originally offered to host only to save
us from being without a venue, so I'll let him confirm that he's still
interested before we push him any deeper into all this.

Three years of Europe does indeed limit exotic travel destinations, but,
particularly with the cloud over travel reimbursements, that may be a good
thing. Our center of gravity is in Europe, and I think that Rio's distance
from there hurt turnout.

I think that the most important thing for a successful conference is local
energy and interest, and, in that regard, these three all start with an
unusual amount of momentum.


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Simon Budig <simon at budig.de> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Frank Trampe (frank.trampe at gmail.com) wrote:
> > Your speed and efficiency in putting this together caught me off-guard!
> > Saarbrucken and Milan are both firmly back onboard, so we're probably
> > looking at 2020 for Paris.
>
> Hm, maybe there is a misunderstanding here. My understanding was, that
> Saarbrücken and Milan were alternate options for 2018, with Paris 2019
> being a chance to somewhat restore the 2 years rhythm again.
>
> Putting Paris down for 2020 also would mean that we have europe-based
> LGMs for three years in a row. While I am sure that being picky is
> currently not the best of our options I was secretly hoping, that (for
> europens) more remote options would show up as well.
>
> Hm. Dunno. Seems we have some sort of luxury problem now   :)
>
> Bye,
>         Simon
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