Date:  Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:31:34 -0500
From:  madodel <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] Event: Warpstock Europe Steering Group established

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From: Christian Hennecke <infodatd warpstock.eu>

In North America, Warpstock Inc. tries to ensure that a yearly user 
conference takes place. Local teams can submit bids. The board of directors 
finally takes the decision for a location and then provides basic support 
for the teams.

On this side of the Atlantic, there was nothing equivalent. As a result, 
the organisers of Warpstock Europe events each had to start from scratch 
for years. There was nothing to help them with organisational tasks, 
coordination, and building and maintaining the event web site. A first step 
to solve these issues was taken with the creation of the warpevents.eu / 
warpstock.eu platform.

On Saturday evening at Warpstock Europe, a discussion about further steps 
led to a consent that somebody was needed to take over responsibility 
between events and be a driving force in ensuring the next event. Everybody 
agreed that this could be done in a way that is a bit less formal than in 
North America. Finally, Gerrit Schoenmaker kick-started the constitution of 
this new group by volunteering himself and others joined in. The resulting 
Warpstock Europe Steering Group consists of:

	* Gerrit Schoenmaker
	* Peter Koller
	* Christian Hennecke
	* Keith Merrington
	* Howard Winter (backup)

All members have some experience in event organisation and team 
coordination. Gerrit Schoenmaker, Keith Merrington, and Christian Hennecke 
have been directly involved in Warpstock Europe events in the past, and 
Peter Koller can offer his experience gained from dealing with considerably 
larger events.

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  Warpstock 2007 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada: http://www.warpstock.org
  Warpstock Europe - Valkenswaard close to Eindhoven, the Netherlands: 
http://www.warpstock.eu

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