Re: PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit, Call for Contributions

btw,

how expensive is to go to the Niagara waterfall from Toronto ?
I'd like to take an opportunity to see it.

Oleg

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Chris Browne wrote:

> gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu (Greg Stark) writes:
>> Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> writes:
>>
>>> Letter of Invitation for Countries Whose Citizens Require a
>>> Temporary Resident Visa to Enter Canada
>>
>> I missed that this was happening up here in Canada. How exclusive is
>> the guest list for this? Like, are you only expecting 50 top
>> contributors by invitation only or is anyone who can make it
>> welcome? What kind of costs are anticipated?
>
> It's not intended to be punitively high priced, so as to keep it
> exclusive, but the more expensive you find it to travel to Toronto,
> the more you'll find it costs, naturally... I'll probably grouse
> about parking costs a bit, at some point, but I won't have a thousand
> dollar plane ticket to pay for, to be sure... ;-)
>
> I think there is some desire to have some amount of funding provided
> for travel/accomodations based on what can be raised thru SPI; that's
> certainly still a matter in flux. The answers aren't clear yet...
>

Regards,
Oleg
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