Poll: Have you ever attended a ProZ.com powwow? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| Yes, countless | Dec 21, 2012 |
We have them every month in Cardiff and take it in turns to organise them. We've been holding them since May 2008 and I haven't missed many.
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Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 05:02
Member (2006)
German to English
and they are not a bad thing at all.
Wish I had time for more of them
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David Wright
Austria
Local time: 05:02
German to English
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and I wish there were more!
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I organised one but it didn't happen because nobody replied!
It has to be said we're a small community (17) and I'm not even sure that all those who're enrolled on Proz are still active.
I'd be interested to find out from other organisers what the average turn-out ratio is? (i.e. number of invites sent/number of attendees).
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Wolfgang Vogt
Argentina
Local time: 00:02
English to German
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Twice and I hope I won't have to wait another year for the next one! 
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Samantha Payn
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:02
Member (2008)
Russian to English
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| I'd like to ... | Dec 21, 2012 |
The Scottish ones seem to take place in Edinburgh, rather than Glasgow. Since that adds an hour to the journey time each way and makes a day-trip out of the question for me I'm waiting for a Glasgow one.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 23:02
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I've heard of Proz powwows for years, never attended one. However, I have attended some Proz-sponsored events, such as the nice dinner for translators arranged by Proz locals in Córdoba (2005) after two days of conferences.
I suppose powwows meet a certain local need that I don't see happening in the continental U.S., however. One ironical twist: powwow (the word) has American Indian origins. We would call them meetups here across the pond, but that's just me.
![]() ... See more I've heard of Proz powwows for years, never attended one. However, I have attended some Proz-sponsored events, such as the nice dinner for translators arranged by Proz locals in Córdoba (2005) after two days of conferences.
I suppose powwows meet a certain local need that I don't see happening in the continental U.S., however. One ironical twist: powwow (the word) has American Indian origins. We would call them meetups here across the pond, but that's just me.
I just remembered a question for my European counterparts: do you also meet for local translators chapters or organizations?
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 04:02
| I look forward to Porto 2013 | Dec 21, 2012 |
The ProZ International Translators' Conference is in Porto, Portugal in June 2013. At a 5-hour train trip from where I live, this is the closest I have ever been to a non-Web Proz event. Pre-conference pow-wow is on 7 June. I shall be attending. Yay!
(Edited because I no longer know what year it is.)
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Chun Un
Macau
Member (2007)
English to Chinese
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| Only once... | Dec 21, 2012 |
the pre-conference powwow in Budapest, Hungary, 2007. It was over five years now - how time flies!
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Melanie Meyer
United States
Local time: 23:02
Member (2010)
English to German
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... here in DC and I had a very good time. I met a nice bunch of fellow translators. Hopefully more of this in 2013!
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| Yes, in Vitoria and Bilbao | Dec 21, 2012 |
But that was years ago! I need to attend another powwow soon!
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 21:02
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In memoriam
I attended all three in Santiago, Chile, I enjoyed them a lot. One was a repeat that was held in my honor. None have ever been held remotely close to where I live, but we have our local association, so we meet often under the banner of EPITA.
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| Anyone can organise one, can't they? | Dec 23, 2012 |
Samantha Payn wrote:
The Scottish ones seem to take place in Edinburgh, rather than Glasgow. Since that adds an hour to the journey time each way and makes a day-trip out of the question for me I'm waiting for a Glasgow one.
Why not organise one yourself? I thought all Proz members could organise them. Or is this not the case?
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Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 06:02
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| I would love to | Dec 24, 2012 |
I don't think one has ever been held in the West Bank, and in fact, I doubt there are enough ProZ members here to organize one.
I never seem to be in Düsseldorf at the right time to catch one there either, but they sound like fun.
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