[20:01] <AlanBell> so, who is going to attend the first remote UDS?
[20:05] <IdleOne> I'll check it out for sure, like I always do remotely
[20:05] <IdleOne> Little sad though. This means i probably won't ever get to meet in person some people I always wanted to shake hands with.
[20:13] <AlanBell> yeah, that is the sad part for me too
[20:13] <AlanBell> bunch of people I will probably never meet, and some I will probably never meet again
[20:14] <AlanBell> I would like it if they did a pay-to-attend conference at some stage
[20:14] <AlanBell> so totally different content
[20:15] <AlanBell> not a "come and work for free" thing
[20:16] <AlanBell> I used to pay thousands to go to conferences
[20:17] <IdleOne> maybe they will revisit this and decide to do in person UDS for LTS releases
[20:18] <IdleOne> that would be 1 every 2 years, little more financially digestible for them?
[20:20] <IdleOne> Just seems to me that it makes sense to get your best people together in one room every now and then
[20:33] <pleia2> AlanBell: too short notice :(
[20:33] <pleia2> I have a day job and all
[20:33] <IdleOne> how did this affect your day job?
[20:34] <pleia2> IdleOne: a week is not enough time to schedule time off
[20:34] <IdleOne> oh, you won't be able to participate as much :/
[20:35] <JoseeAntonioR> same here with school, I start on Monday
[20:35] <AlanBell> pleia2: yeah, this is really short notice
[20:35] <IdleOne> its almost like they don't want too many people actually involved
[20:36] <AlanBell> bit of an odd format for it as an online event, 8 things in parallel
[20:36] <AlanBell> the reason for doing lots of tracks in parallel in person is that everyone is there, you have to occupy them
[20:37] <AlanBell> for online it could have been done in a much more spread out way
[20:43] <popey> i am not convinced UDS will never be in-person again
[20:52] <AlanBell> popey is rarely negative, but when he is, it is a double negative \o/