[LGM] Proposal selection commitee

[Timothée Giet]

Hi Cédric,

Sorry for the misleading comment, after double-checking actually the 
distance from the city center to the new location is quite similar to 
the old one, and it's true that globally there are more bus/metro 
frequency in this direction.

A few more precisions below:

Le 04/03/2024 à 08:47, Cédric Gémy a écrit :
> Hi ale,
>
> since two talks have been deleted, we have decide to shrink the
> official duration of LGM program so that people who want to get back
> home early don’t feel guilty.
>
> I don’t share Tim thoughts about our new place location : we have now 3
> bus line, two having bus each 5minutes.

During week days it's actually closer to every 10 minutes for these two 
lines (C1 and C2), but that's still pretty good.

Note that on Sunday and holidays (Thursday 9th), it's reduced to every 
35/40 minutes. And the 3rd line (11) doesn't go there at all during 
those days. The metro also stays a good alternative then for people not 
afraid of a 15minutes walk, with an average frequency between 3 and 4 
minutes.

We may add those precisions on the Location page of the website.

Cheers,

Timothée


>   + we have subway station at 10-
> 15minute walk, and it will run every day (subway is fully automated in
> Rennes). So i think it is easier to come now, than before.
> apart of that, our place is a bit smaller.
>
> cheers
> Cédric (pygmee)
>
>
> Le dimanche 03 mars 2024 à 21:20 +0100, Timothée Giet a écrit :
>> Le 03/03/2024 à 18:16, ale rimoldi a écrit :
>>> hi
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Ale -
>>>> I am certain you would be most welcome to join the small team  -
>>>> but selection already took place -
>>> oh!
>>>
>>> well, i was aware that my reply was late...
>>> (i just missed that email...)
>>>
>>> now, i wonder how we could get a couple more people involved and
>>> raise
>>> the interest for this year's LGM...
>>>
>>> personally, i plan to start to get in touch with the projects and
>>> try to
>>> get them to submit the slides for the "state of libre graphics".
>>>
>>> does anybody want to help writing the messages (email, forum posts,
>>> chats...)?
>>>
>>> have a wonderful start to the week
>>> a.l.e
>> Hi,
>>
>> Indeed and as you can see on the website, the program is already set.
>>
>> About the "State of Libre Graphics", actually we skipped it as Halla
>> who
>> proposed to do it had to cancel because she's not sure anymore she'll
>> be
>> able to attend. Though if someone else steps-up to do it, we can
>> probably make room for it on Thursday's schedule.
>>
>> Another thing to note about the program: a few days ago we re-
>> organized
>> it to fit from Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th, the Sunday 12th will be
>> removed (we still need to update the dates on the front page to
>> reflect
>> that, it should be done soon). Considering the amount of proposals
>> (note: we accepted them all) it was doable to remove one day, and on
>> a
>> practical level it makes sense to avoid the Sunday. The reason is
>> that
>> on Sunday (and on Thursday May 9th which is a holiday here), the city
>> bus/metro have very less frequency, first buses are quite later and
>> last
>> buses a bit earlier. As Activdesign's office (the venue) moved
>> recently,
>> the new place is a bit further from the center than before, so the
>> bus
>> frequency is a bit more of a concern than before. For the Thursday,
>> it's
>> not really a problem, we just avoided scheduling talks in the
>> morning,
>> so everyone should have enough time to reach the venue before it
>> starts.
>> But for the Sunday, it could be complicated for many people to reach
>> the
>> venue early enough if there's something in the morning, or to leave
>> early enough to catch their train if there's something in the
>> afternoon.
>> So really safer to remove the Sunday in the end.
>>
>> Cédric and Elisa were going to announce it next week with some more
>> info, but as I started answering on the program topic I thought
>> better
>> mention it already. They'll surely send another mail soon with the
>> remaining info.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Timothée
>>