On 01-02-12 19:20, Philip Paeps wrote:
Excuse me, I though I was organizing this? Any other rooms you'd like to hijack while you're at it? Why not just squat a random building? Maybe one that's already occupied and evict the occupants?
Ferrer is occupied at the time. That's where the CAcert people are. We are not going to barge in and disturb their event. That's not how it works. We will be outside like every year. Snow or not. Cold or not. Blizard or not.
Latest weather reports are -4 degrees, by the way. That's not even cold.
Okay... so last year I participated in the keysigning party. By the time we were halfway, I started having trouble with just marking the people I was (even though it's a very simple move). I guess I'm not worthy to be called a hacker - I didn't subscribe this year. The primary reason is the cold weather. I agree the organisers should make decisions about location of events (and kudos for a good job) - I do think though that good feedback from the visitors is key too. Possibly it's a strategy off course. Imagine the keysigning party would be in a lounge, sipping a pina colada - we could have 5000 people attending the keysiging... this would last forever. :) This way only the die hard participate - resulting in a strong core and an event that finishes in time. Oh yeah... one thing I do remember (and Philip, you actually pointed this out from the start): people arriving late caused the chain to get broken and mixed up. Flipping pages because some "retards" (in the sense of being "en retard" - not the mental issue) decided to just pick a place at random... also were counter productive for this event. Possibly a "closed door" could prevent this kind of chaos too. Grtz, Just my little feedback. Jurgen.