Re: pgcon 2012

On 03/24/2012 12:46 AM, Arvind Singh wrote:
> Is http://www.pgcon.org/2012/?2nd
>
> a valid and certified Postgres Event or is it just a marketing
> strategy by Private Event Management firm

There is no such thing as a "certified" Postgres event. All of the
conferences in the world are run by private groups and/or companies. In
addition to what attendees normally pay, there are normally a number of
companies involved in sponsoring each event. In many cases the events
wouldn't be feasible without that sponsorship help. Some conferences
also benefit heavily from the various PostgreSQL user's groups around
the world too, like the yearly European conference that you might
consider too: http://pgconf.eu

There are some policies for who can use PostgreSQL community resources
like the postgresql.org web site to promote their event, which you can
see at http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NewsEventsApproval But many
organizations and companies meet those guidelines, and none of them are
any more or less official than the others.

One helpful thing to consider when deciding which conference to attend
is whether the speakers are involved in the areas you're interested in.
For the database itself, a list of many frequent contributors is found
at http://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/ If you check the
PGCon speaker list, you'll see many of them are also on that contributor
list. That's one reason that PGCon is an excellent conference. It's
also very well run by its organizers, even though they are "private
event management" by your definition.

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