On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 10:09:29PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > On 2025-03-20 at 10:31:36, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > > given that this year is the 20th anniversary of the Git project it would > > be great to host another Git Merge so that the wider community can come > > together and celebrate. Taylor and I have been chatting about this > > opportunity a bit to figure out what we're going to do this year. > > > > We have been discussing two different options: > > > > - Hosting in the US in San Francisco at the GitHub HQ. > > > > - Hosting in the EU in Amsterdam colocated with the Open Source > > Summit Europe. > > > > Typically, the location is alternating on a yearly basis between the US > > and the EU. So given that last year it was hosted in Berlin it would be > > the US' turn. But given the recent political climate in the US I'm > > afraid that many people would not feel comfortable traveling there right > > now. So in the spirit of being inclusive I think we should at least > > consider whether we may want to break the typical alternating cycle and > > host in the EU again. > > Yes, I do think that given current circumstances the U.S. is not a good > place to host events. Perhaps that will change in the future, but I > don't think that would be a prudent choice right now. I've talked to > several people who are uncomfortable traveling there, so we'd probably > get better attendance hosting elsewhere. > > I would be fine with Amsterdam, and I might also suggest a major > Canadian city (such as Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver) if we preferred > to do this in North America (since we've traditionally alternated > continents). I can imagine other locations outside of the U.S. that > might be fine as well, so I'm willing to keep an open mind if a good > opportunity comes up. The only reasons why I proposed Amsterdam are the Open Source Summit and that I have some ways to help out with organizing the event over there. I would be equally happy with alternatives like Canada, but didn't really want to propose alternatives like this myself because I would have to push the entire burden onto somebody else. So if it would be a possibility and if people could help out getting things organized in other countries/continents I'd be happy. Patrick
