send whit537 to OS//OS

[chadwhitacre]

Open Source, Open Society is a conference in New Zealand in August.

Welcome to the world where being open is better for business, technology and democracy.

Going there would further our relationship-building in the new economy movement, following on from Platform Cooperativism (#384) and OuiShare Fest (#314). Of particular interest, the conference is co-hosted by Enspiral, a group that is both a significant player in the new economy movement, and also highly geared towards face-to-face relationships. Going to OS//OS would help a) deepen our relationship with Enspiral, b) potentially clarify #421, and c) contribute to #72. @ntnsndr, recently returned from New Zealand, suggested under #72 (comment) that Alanna Krause and (Enspiral ex-founder) Joshua Vial would be particularly good connections for us to make. I've confirmed that both are planning to be at OS//OS.

Bonus points: our registrar is a sponsor! :o)

[chadwhitacre]

Note that I'm already committed to the Abstractions conference (#534), which is August 18-20. OS//OS is August 22-23, and it seems to take at least 24 hours to get from Pittsburgh to Wellington, plus jet lag. Might be too tight.

[chadwhitacre]

Looks like I would have to leave on the evening of the 20th in order to make it to Wellington on ... Monday afternoon, the first day of the conference. 😳

I'm not on payday during August.

[chadwhitacre]

This isn't gonna work. Too close to #534. :-/