[LGM] [local_2020] LGM 2020 - Sri Lanka

[Pathum Egodawatta]

Hi all,

We have decided to move our bid to 2021. Will email the updated proposal on
a new thread.

Regards,
_pe

on mobile

On Tue, 29 May 2018, 20:04 Pathum Egodawatta, <pathum at mooniak.com> wrote:

> Hi Igor,
>
> Thanks for the response! You should definitely make it into a nice
> holiday! We can appoint someone from local team to help and advice on
> extended stays and prepare some suggestions; I added a few lines to the
> proposal
> <https://hackmd.io/m4nzIvaPTpmWB-LT64GJSA?view#Tourism-and-holidays>.
>
> Yes I agree that Galle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galle> is cool, but
> it is not fit for the main event. We will loose some of local participation
> and also the support from Moratuwa Uni infrastructure and the departments;
> University of Moratuwa has Computer Science, Software Engineering,
> Architecture, Interior Design, Fashion and Textile Design programmes which
> makes it perfect for LGM and assure good participation.
>
> However, I think pre-conference or post conference hackathons in Down
> South beach front sounds awesome :)  Galle is two hours away from Colombo
> on expressway, even in high traffic times and is fairly easy to get to
> <https://www.yamu.lk/blog/galle-how-to-get-there>. By 2020 a some parts
> of the expressway to North (Jaffna <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffna>)
> and Central SL (Kandy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy>) will be
> completed and would be much easier to get around.
>
> Cheers,
> pe
>
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 7:01 AM Igor Novikov <sk1.project.org at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Wow, really great! But it would be cool to have Southern Province as a
>> conference place (Galle etc.) but not Colombo.
>> This could be a chance for nice vacation ;)
>>
>> Igor Novikov
>> sK1 Project
>> https://sk1project.net
>>
>> пн, 28 мая 2018 г. в 18:46, Julien Deswaef <juego at requiem4tv.com>:
>>
>>> Wow, great. Thanks for putting together this proposition.
>>>
>>> Julein
>>>
>>> On 5/27/18 10:16, Pathum Egodawatta wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> This is a proposal to host LGM 2020 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. I have
>>> attached a PDF and live hackmd pad is here
>>> <https://hackmd.io/m4nzIvaPTpmWB-LT64GJSA?view>. We are in the process
>>> of organising the local team. Since this would be a departure from usual
>>> regions of the conference we would like to get comments at this stage.
>>>
>>> Cheers from stormy and rainy Colombo,
>>> Pathum
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