Nice sentiment, and yes you are probably right about the logistics of
getting a group together someplace, anyplace. Breaking it down into
regions might fare well. A North America region for instance. In fact, the
Europeans among us seems all the better situated for such a occurance. A
central hub there would be within a thousand miles or less for all. Or
about a 3 day drive, plus extra for the crossing of waters. The U.S. would
have a central meeting place of around 1250 miles of all.
Nearly the same goes for Australia but the distance or money and hardship
needed for travel gets to a certain point there. I prefer driving (okay, I
hate planes).
Anyway, a good idea if it were feasible somehow. There's a few people on
AOL who talked of getting together sometime also. At least a few of us are
within easy reach, that is to say, within a few hundred miles of a central
location.


Lewis wrote:
> 
> I have been thinking about this idea for a while, ever since the Pov-Ray
> festival idea came up and ever since my friend told me how he met his
> newsgroup friends.
> 
> One day, probably not very soon (5 years or so) from now, I'd like to
> organise a REAL pov-ray festival. It would be something like an actual
> real-world (yes, there exists something like that. I heard the rendering
> times are amazing over there...) meeting of all us POV enthusiasts
> somewhere. It would be really nice to actullay meet the people here and
> for a few days, do nothing but talk about pov, learn about pov, and
> teach about pov. It would be great.
> 
> I think that this is not at all unrealistic, only not in the near
> future. I'd say the 2006-7 would be reasonable. The main reason I'm
> putting it off so long is that I'm actually going to be in the army for
> 4 years AT LEAST, so I can't really do anything for the next 4 years...
> 
> This may sound crazy, but heck, why not?
> 
> The main problem with this idea is that people don't have money to fly
> around the world. This location problem can't really be solved in any
> reasonable way. I, for one, don't see a way I could go anywhere futher
> than Europe, and I doubt that as well. Right now, I can't go anywhere
> (money, and besides I'm getting drafted).
> 
> That's all, I just like to dream and like the song says - "Dream on,
> dream until your dream comes true."
> 
> Looking forward to meet you all (hehe) -
> 
>  Noam Lewis

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