PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit
=============================

Call for Contributions
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The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9, 2006, in
Toronto, Canada. We are planning for a gathering of about 50 hackers,
contributors, and other friends of the PostgreSQL project to celebrate the
project's 10th anniversary, reflect on the work accomplished, establish new
contacts, and plan for the future. The summit will feature speaker sessions,
workshops, discussion groups, and social events. We are now looking for
content proposals. Topics can include:

- Development, how to and how not to

- Features for the future (or of the past)

- PostgreSQL-related research projects

- Issues relating to the project's organization

- PostgreSQL-related projects

- Legal issues

- Non-profit organizations

- Advocacy, marketing

- How to make PostgreSQL more appealing to $X

- Business aspects

- Other interesting event proposals such as discussions, contests, awards,
question sessions, etc. will also be considered if you are prepared to
organize them.

There is considerable freedom in developing the program. Anything that is
important to you, of interest to others, and of value to the project can be
reasonable. But remember that this is a conference of PostgreSQL
contributors, so user-level talks should normally not be submitted.

Submissions and the actual sessions should be in English. Contributions
should generally use time slots of 45 minutes, but feel free to specify
otherwise if you have special requirements. We are also welcoming "lightning
talks" of about 5 minutes.

Send submissions to conference-submissions@lists.pgfoundry.org in free form,
but include the following information:

- your name
- your e-mail address
- title of your contribution
- type of your contribution (talk, discussion, etc.)
- abstract of up to 100 words (for publishing in the program)
- extended description (for review by the organizers, not published)

The deadline for submissions is March 31st.

Speakers and other supporters of the conference program (exception: lightning
talks) will be offered free registration. They will also be first in line to
receive financial assistance, but we cannot guarantee any such thing at the
moment, so be prepared to pay for your travel and accomodation.

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Peter Eisentraut
on behalf of the conference team

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Peter,

I'd need an invitation to get a visa. Is't possible ?

Oleg
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit
> =============================
>
> Call for Contributions
> ----------------------
>
> The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9, 2006, in
> Toronto, Canada. We are planning for a gathering of about 50 hackers,
> contributors, and other friends of the PostgreSQL project to celebrate the
> project's 10th anniversary, reflect on the work accomplished, establish new
> contacts, and plan for the future. The summit will feature speaker sessions,
> workshops, discussion groups, and social events. We are now looking for
> content proposals. Topics can include:
>
> - Development, how to and how not to
>
> - Features for the future (or of the past)
>
> - PostgreSQL-related research projects
>
> - Issues relating to the project's organization
>
> - PostgreSQL-related projects
>
> - Legal issues
>
> - Non-profit organizations
>
> - Advocacy, marketing
>
> - How to make PostgreSQL more appealing to $X
>
> - Business aspects
>
> - Other interesting event proposals such as discussions, contests, awards,
> question sessions, etc. will also be considered if you are prepared to
> organize them.
>
> There is considerable freedom in developing the program. Anything that is
> important to you, of interest to others, and of value to the project can be
> reasonable. But remember that this is a conference of PostgreSQL
> contributors, so user-level talks should normally not be submitted.
>
> Submissions and the actual sessions should be in English. Contributions
> should generally use time slots of 45 minutes, but feel free to specify
> otherwise if you have special requirements. We are also welcoming "lightning
> talks" of about 5 minutes.
>
> Send submissions to conference-submissions@lists.pgfoundry.org in free form,
> but include the following information:
>
> - your name
> - your e-mail address
> - title of your contribution
> - type of your contribution (talk, discussion, etc.)
> - abstract of up to 100 words (for publishing in the program)
> - extended description (for review by the organizers, not published)
>
> The deadline for submissions is March 31st.
>
> Speakers and other supporters of the conference program (exception: lightning
> talks) will be offered free registration. They will also be first in line to
> receive financial assistance, but we cannot guarantee any such thing at the
> moment, so be prepared to pay for your travel and accomodation.
>
>

Regards,
Oleg
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Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru),
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia
Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83

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oleg@sai.msu.su (Oleg Bartunov) writes:
> I'd need an invitation to get a visa. Is't possible ?

"Certainty" is difficult to promise, but there is a reasonable
population of relevant people here such that invitations can be
arranged.

In view of the fact that it can take a fair bit of time to arrange
visas, this is something we should watch for pretty early...

Now is not too early to be arranging for passports and visas...
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Chris Browne wrote:
> oleg@sai.msu.su (Oleg Bartunov) writes:
> > I'd need an invitation to get a visa. Is't possible ?
>
> "Certainty" is difficult to promise, but there is a reasonable
> population of relevant people here such that invitations can be
> arranged.

I suggest that everyone who needs invitations or other documentation, be
it for arranging a visa or getting a day off work or whatever, write to
conference-plan@pgfoundry.org and we'll work it out.

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http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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Just curious, but what is involved in these "invitations"? For instance,
is there a limit on # of invitations any one person(?) or company can
issue? Are there any legal implications of issuing such an invitation? I
could imagine some pretty hot water if "pre 9/11" someone were to invite
bin Laden to a conference, and had the twin towers go down while he was
here, for instance ...

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Chris Browne wrote:
>> oleg@sai.msu.su (Oleg Bartunov) writes:
>>> I'd need an invitation to get a visa. Is't possible ?
>>
>> "Certainty" is difficult to promise, but there is a reasonable
>> population of relevant people here such that invitations can be
>> arranged.
>
> I suggest that everyone who needs invitations or other documentation, be
> it for arranging a visa or getting a day off work or whatever, write to
> conference-plan@pgfoundry.org and we'll work it out.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut
> http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
>
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Ühel kenal päeval, N, 2006-03-02 kell 15:35, kirjutas Marc G. Fournier:
> Just curious, but what is involved in these "invitations"? For instance,
> is there a limit on # of invitations any one person(?) or company can
> issue? Are there any legal implications of issuing such an invitation?

Sure. The one who dares to invite anybody is called to an aeroport and
strip-searched as well, legal or not.

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On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 11:51 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9, 2006, in
> Toronto, Canada. We are planning for a gathering of about 50 hackers,
> contributors, and other friends of the PostgreSQL project to celebrate the
> project's 10th anniversary, reflect on the work accomplished, establish new
> contacts, and plan for the future.

One thing I'd like to add: we're considering organizing a "code sprint"
for the days immediately following the conference. This would be an
opportunity for people interested in contributing to PostgreSQL to work
together in the same (large) room. I'm hoping that some of the major
contributors will be there, but anyone who's at the summit is welcome to
join us. We'll have a bunch of planned projects to work on, but I'd
encourage everyone to bring their own project ideas as well. You'll need
your own laptop, or have someone you can pair program with.

Before we go any farther organizing the sprint, I'd like to get an idea
how much interest there is. If you're likely to attend the summit and
would be interested in staying for the code sprint, please let me know.
You should include you how many days you'd be interested in sprinting
for (I'd like to do at least one day, and perhaps two).

Thanks,

Neil



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Yea, sure I would like to attend.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 11:51 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9, 2006, in
> > Toronto, Canada. We are planning for a gathering of about 50 hackers,
> > contributors, and other friends of the PostgreSQL project to celebrate the
> > project's 10th anniversary, reflect on the work accomplished, establish new
> > contacts, and plan for the future.
>
> One thing I'd like to add: we're considering organizing a "code sprint"
> for the days immediately following the conference. This would be an
> opportunity for people interested in contributing to PostgreSQL to work
> together in the same (large) room. I'm hoping that some of the major
> contributors will be there, but anyone who's at the summit is welcome to
> join us. We'll have a bunch of planned projects to work on, but I'd
> encourage everyone to bring their own project ideas as well. You'll need
> your own laptop, or have someone you can pair program with.
>
> Before we go any farther organizing the sprint, I'd like to get an idea
> how much interest there is. If you're likely to attend the summit and
> would be interested in staying for the code sprint, please let me know.
> You should include you how many days you'd be interested in sprinting
> for (I'd like to do at least one day, and perhaps two).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
>
>
>
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FOlks,

> One thing I'd like to add: we're considering organizing a "code sprint"
> for the days immediately following the conference.

To add further. There will probably be a "code sprint" AT the conference
as well. Then Monday and Tuesday for an "extended code sprint". We're
still discussing it.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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The world rejoiced as scrappy@postgresql.org ("Marc G. Fournier") wrote:
> Just curious, but what is involved in these "invitations"? For
> instance, is there a limit on # of invitations any one person(?) or
> company can issue? Are there any legal implications of issuing such
> an invitation? I could imagine some pretty hot water if "pre 9/11"
> someone were to invite bin Laden to a conference, and had the twin
> towers go down while he was here, for instance ...

Here should be the authoritative information:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.html
Countries/Territories Requiring Visas

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/letter.html
Letter of Invitation for Countries Whose Citizens Require a
Temporary Resident Visa to Enter Canada

If an .se address implies Swedish citizenship, there's good news;
Swedes don't need a visa to come to Canada. Ditto for pretty well all
of Western Europe, all of North America (including Mexico), and Japan.

I expect that most of those likely to need visas (and letters) will
hearken from Eastern Europe or Asia.

It's worth noting that whomever is providing that letter of invitation
has to be prepared to send, to our foreign friends, a photocopy of our
own Canadian birth certificate or some equivalent thereof.

Not to say that this is *spectacularly* intimate information, but I
daresay people would Not Be Pleased if such material got misused.

There is some fairness there; the requirements are nicely laid out,
and the "intimacies" go in both directions.

The other "pointy bit" is that the letter of invitation needs to
indicate the inviter's relationship to the person being invited. I
expect that would need to be a tad more specific than merely "he's
some guy from Sweden that I heard about on the Internet"...

What this all implies is that these Letters of Invitation do indeed
impose a certain degree of legal burden (whether highly formalized or
not) such that I'm sure NOT going to be heading to the printers so I
can send them out by the gross...
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