The price of travel (which is directly related to the distance) in combination with the (non-student) price of the conference did stop me.
R.E. Boss
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: programming-bounces at forums.jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-bounces at forums.jsoftware.com] Namens Björn Helgason
> Verzonden: zaterdag 28 juli 2012 10:41
> Aan: programming at jsoftware.com
> Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] J conference 2012
>
> Gratulations on the conference.
>
> It will be interesting to see material coming from it as time goes by.
>
> The user group meetings will hopefully grow in number around the world.
>
> Distance and the price of travel has stopped many from enjoying this one in
> person.
>
> 2012/7/26 Eric Iverson <eric.b.iverson at gmail.com>
>
> > The J conference was a success.
> >
> > There were 45 at the conference and 70 at the banquet. Feedback was
> > positive, particularly on the talks and the banquet food/drink/view/buzz.
> >
> > We will probably preserve the conference wiki page for historical interest.
> > Comments from attendees could go on a wiki page, but assuming there is
> > relatively little, it might be best to do this just in the chat forum.
> >
> > We are not committed to a conference in 2 years, but the last few days have
> > put us in a receptive frame of mind.
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