On 18/10/2010 1:23 p.m., Ewen McNeill wrote:

[NOTE: Not posted to NZNOG list; feel free to reply there]

OK, reply on list.

Hi Gerard,

On 2010-10-18 13:04 , Gerard Creamer wrote:

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NZNOG 2011 : Jan 24 - Jan 28 Wellington, New Zealand

Just FYI, that's the same week as Linux.Conf.Au 2011, being held in Brisbane. I know at least a couple of NZNOG regulars are going to Linux.Conf.Au.

http://lca2011.linux.org.au/

(I guess this will be the first NZNOG I miss, since I'm already committed to going to Linux.Conf.Au as I'm organising one of their Miniconfs.)

We know. It's been frustrating to schedule and we went with squeezing between SANOG and NANOG and decided to live with a Linux.Conf.Au clash :^( It's a shame you can't make it, and sad that we might loose some other people as well.

Also note that Monday 24 January 2011 is Wellington Anniversary Day:

http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/holidays_act_2003/dates/2010_13.html

We were aware of this too. We had the same issue last year, but it only seemed to impact Wellingtonians who wanted to go to the routing workshop and didn't want to use a leave day to do so. We (Netspace) sent two bods to the workshop last year and both said it was worth it even though they had to muck about with leave. The tutorial day and main conference are on normal working days. Cheers, Gerard