Re: Possible venues for Git Merge 2025

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 10:09:29PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> On 2025-03-20 at 10:31:36, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > given that this year is the 20th anniversary of the Git project it would
> > be great to host another Git Merge so that the wider community can come
> > together and celebrate. Taylor and I have been chatting about this
> > opportunity a bit to figure out what we're going to do this year.
> > 
> > We have been discussing two different options:
> > 
> >   - Hosting in the US in San Francisco at the GitHub HQ.
> > 
> >   - Hosting in the EU in Amsterdam colocated with the Open Source
> >     Summit Europe.
> > 
> > Typically, the location is alternating on a yearly basis between the US
> > and the EU. So given that last year it was hosted in Berlin it would be
> > the US' turn. But given the recent political climate in the US I'm
> > afraid that many people would not feel comfortable traveling there right
> > now. So in the spirit of being inclusive I think we should at least
> > consider whether we may want to break the typical alternating cycle and
> > host in the EU again.
> 
> Yes, I do think that given current circumstances the U.S. is not a good
> place to host events.  Perhaps that will change in the future, but I
> don't think that would be a prudent choice right now.  I've talked to
> several people who are uncomfortable traveling there, so we'd probably
> get better attendance hosting elsewhere.
> 
> I would be fine with Amsterdam, and I might also suggest a major
> Canadian city (such as Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver) if we preferred
> to do this in North America (since we've traditionally alternated
> continents).  I can imagine other locations outside of the U.S. that
> might be fine as well, so I'm willing to keep an open mind if a good
> opportunity comes up.

The only reasons why I proposed Amsterdam are the Open Source Summit and
that I have some ways to help out with organizing the event over there.
I would be equally happy with alternatives like Canada, but didn't
really want to propose alternatives like this myself because I would
have to push the entire burden onto somebody else.

So if it would be a possibility and if people could help out getting
things organized in other countries/continents I'd be happy.

Patrick