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       Re: sysdharma - Gophercon
       April 08th, 2018
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       I was so excited about the possibility of a gophercon when I saw
       the first mention of Brazil. I was just as heartbroken when it
       turned out (once again) to be about Go-lang. It drives me crazy
       that they keep using "gopher" for everything. Fakes me out every
       time. Boo.
       
       Bitreich has something they do in Germany for gopher, but I'm not
       sure what sort of attendance it gets or if it's more for their
       private community. I'd love a real gopher (1436) conference, but
       we regular users are far too spread out around the globe. I can't
       imagine many people traveling across continents to attend. Maybe
       a virtual thing? Do those work?
       
       If we were to have a conference I think it should either be called
       simply "1436con" or "Port 70". No confusion there. What sort of
       things would happen at a conference for gopher? Ideas:
       
         - A talk or two on TLS and Gopher over Tor 
         - Panel discussion on the pros & cons of adding new ItemTypes
         - "To gophermap or not to gophermap, that is the question"
         - Social networking on legacy, minimal systems
         - Other sociological stuff about community
         - "Content is King"
       
       What else?