[Dune] Dune user meeting?

[Mario Ohlberger]

Dear all,

I strongly support the initiative!

Best regards,

Mario

Bernd Flemisch wrote:
> Dear Dune,
>
> thanks for participating in the poll, and thanks to Oliver for counting
> 12 entries from 8 groups out of 4 countries. Subtracting the (to my
> knowledge) around 4 developers still leaves around 8 users from around 6
> institutions.
>
> I would say this exceeds the critical mass we need to have for a
> potentially nice and fruitful first Dune user meeting. What do the other
> users/developers think?
>
> I would contact the potential helpers and hosts (thanks for
> volunteering!) and most likely get back to you with a new poll for
> establishing a date for the meeting.
>
> Kind regards, have a nice weekend
> Bernd
>
>
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>> Dear Dune,
>>
>> I created a doodle poll to find out how much interest for a Dune user
>> meeting actually is out there.
>>
>> So please, Dune users (and I guess that 100% of the developers are also
>> users), participate at
>> http://www.doodle.com/vzx9zbnz7aup8485
>>
>> I will keep it open until Friday, 9.10.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Bernd
>>
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>>> Hi Bernd!
>>> I also think that a Dune user meeting may be a good idea.  The
>>> reason why I hesitate to propose such a thing is that I am not
>>> sure how much interest there is out there.  I wouldn't like to
>>> organize such a meeting and then not have any attendance.
>>>
>>> Ideally, such a meeting could come from the user community
>>> itself, without direct intervention of the developers (you can read
>>> this as a hint if you like, but you don't have to :-) )  I am sure
>>> developers would attend a community-organized user meeting.
>>>
>>> Let me close by making clear we welcome interested users at
>>> the developer meetings, like the one next months.
>>>
>>> Yours,
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>> Bernd Flemisch schrieb:
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>>>> Dear Dune,
>>>>
>>>> I think the thought appeared already previously on this list, maybe you
>>>> can discuss it on your developer meeting: What about an official Dune
>>>> user meeting?
>>>>
>>>> I think that it would be great for the users to get personally in touch
>>>> with other users and with the developers. And it should be very
>>>> interesting for the developers, too.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, I would be happy to assist you in organizing such a meeting.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Bernd
>>>>
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