[Koha] [Koha-devel] General IRC Meeting 3 August 2016 / Kohacon 2017 bidder information

[Joann Ransom]

Is it too soon to bid KohaCon 2019 for NZ ?

On 3/08/2016 9:31 PM, "Chris Cormack" <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz> wrote:

> We actually wrote it down in November of 2010, and it has been in
> place for every Kohacon since then.
> It is a safe guard that means that the conference isn't continuously
> in the same country.
>
> I think it has worked spectacularly well, and meant that smaller
> countries have a good chance of hosting.
> I don't think it needs to be relaxed to twice in a row, but if there
> are no other bidders then I think an exception could be made in that
> case.
>
> Chris
> (Who is grateful that Kohacon has meant I have gotten to places like
> Greece, Nigeria, Argentina, etc)
>
> On 2 August 2016 at 21:27, Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy at rijksmuseum.nl>
> wrote:
> >> as Kohacon was in Europe this year and can't be in the same continent
> >> within 3 years.
> >
> >
> > Little bit a side note:
> >
> > As I understand, this is some kind of unwritten rule in the community.
> >
> > Maybe we should write it down somewhere and relax it a little bit?
> >
> >
> > KohaCon should preferably not be held on the same continent twice in a
> row
> > (unless an alternative is not available).
> >
> >
> > Or something similar ??
> >
> > Marcel
> >
> >
> >
> >
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