If we make it Canberra (Queanbeyan) here are a couple of good reasons.
I have several spare servers we can use for demonstrations in our in house server room. no need to transport equipment.
I have 2 x Business grade ADSL connections if we want to play with live VPNs and other funky stuff requiring 2 x connections. much nicer to demonstrate and play with 2 live permanent connections.
Having good connectivity no one will go without email and server checking abilities. You can setup one of my ip address's on your servers before you leave so you can remote into your servers if need be in case you need 2. Eliminates that stress of trying to log in from hotels.
I can accommodate a couple of people if they are a bit short on cash.
The hotel down the road is walking distance and nice and cheap.
Caravan park down the road if you want to bring your camper and make it a holiday.
Canberra has cheaper and easier to get to accommodation than Sydney
we are only 2 hours from the snow
we are only 2 hours from the beach
we are only 3 hours from Sydney if people want to visit Sydney.
There is HEAPS for the family to do safely in Canberra while we play with our computers. Sydney letting family loose is a stress all unto itself.
Kid friendly city with national museum, war memorial, questacon, lakes, dinosaur museum, parliament house, cockington green (miniature town), AIS, the Mint, Botanical Gardens, National zoo and aquarium etc etc. (how can the other half say no to all this).
Canberra has a good Business Linux users group. we could tie in a meeting with other Linux users that dont currently use SME.
Canberra has LOTS of cafe's, restaurants and bars for night entertainment.
Everyone should visit Canberra once in their life. See the land of the roundabouts in action.
I cook a mean BBQ.
Tax deductible of course.
It would be nice to find out interested numbers so I know how many people are actually interested. my place is big. but not sure how many would come.
I could easily find a conference room if 2 many ppl wanted to come.
Accommodation is less than a KLM from my place so would be ideal for families.
please indicate on this forum if you are interested and please let anyone else know to log on and indicate that may not have this message.
out of curiosity how many Canberra Queanbeyan people are there now using SME. Does anyone know? and is there a local group?
Danny in Queanbeyan (Canberra).