Re: IDLELO 5: March 19 - 23 2012
Heya, On 26.01.2012 16:30, Karen Sandler wrote: I think it's really important for GNOME to have a presence there. Is anybody going now? Cheers, Tobi signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: IDLELO 5: March 19 - 23 2012
On Mon, February 20, 2012 4:12 pm, Tobias Mueller wrote: Heya, On 26.01.2012 16:30, Karen Sandler wrote: I think it's really important for GNOME to have a presence there. Is anybody going now? Not that I know of sadly. Perhaps we should start thinking about our participation next year now, since I think this takes more time to organize properly. I know it's a long way down the road, but is anyone interested in participating next year? karen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: IDLELO 5: March 19 - 23 2012
Hi people, Will be good to have you guys around...you may also consider looking at the sponsorship packages available. You can find this on the idlelo site. www.idlelo.net. Cheers! FOSSFA country representative -Nigeria sent from google nexus On Jan 26, 2012 4:30 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: On Tue, January 24, 2012 19:56, Ben Konrath wrote: For those interested, IDLELO 5 is taking place between March 19 - 23 2012 in Abuja, Nigeria. People requiring a visa must meet the requirements to get a visa application letter by February 20, 2012. Details can be found on this page: http://www.idlelo.net/node/21 Ben Hi Ben, Thanks for letting everyone know about IDLELO - I think it's really important for GNOME to have a presence there. I'm cc'ing foundation-list to remind folks that the GNOME Foundation could probably fund travel for any GNOME member who wanted to go to IDLELO, experience Nigeria and promote GNOME! Thanks for keeping us focused on this - we can definitely use more volunteers thinking about the developing world. karen ___ developing-world-list mailing list developing-world-l...@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/developing-world-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: IDLELO 5: March 19 - 23 2012
Hi Karen, On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: snip Thanks for letting everyone know about IDLELO - I think it's really important for GNOME to have a presence there. No problem. It would be great if GNOME had a booth there again! I'm cc'ing foundation-list to remind folks that the GNOME Foundation could probably fund travel for any GNOME member who wanted to go to IDLELO, experience Nigeria and promote GNOME! If the Foundation does decide to fund travel for somebody, they should be aware of the travel advisories currently active for Nigeria. A quick search of the advisories from the U.S. [1], Canada [2], and the U.K. [3] shows that only essential travel is recommended. I don't know off hand how these advisories relate specifically to the Federal Capital Territory (where Abuja is located) or if these advisories will be active in March during Idlelo. My initial feeling is that it will be difficult for somebody to go without some kind of local support / security while they are in Nigeria. Providing this kind of local support might be beyond the scope of what the Foundation can arrange. Perhaps this is something that should be discussed with FOSSFA if the Foundation is thinking about providing some sponsorship again. That said, I don't want to discourage anybody interested in going. I would be more than happy to help out whoever wants to go as much as I can. This would also be a great opportunity for me to update the marketing flyers that I made specifically for the developing world: http://bagu.org/gnome/ I also found this page about Idlelo 5 on the Fedora wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IDLELO_5 It's pretty sparse but it seems somebody was interested enough to create it. We should check in with them and the folks at Mozilla to see if they are planning to send anybody. It would probably be a good idea to try collaborate with them if either of them are sending people (shared booth, stay at the same hotel, shared local transportation etc). Ben 1. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5644.html 2. http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=218000 3. http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/nigeria ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: IDLELO 5: March 19 - 23 2012
On Tue, January 24, 2012 19:56, Ben Konrath wrote: For those interested, IDLELO 5 is taking place between March 19 - 23 2012 in Abuja, Nigeria. People requiring a visa must meet the requirements to get a visa application letter by February 20, 2012. Details can be found on this page: http://www.idlelo.net/node/21 Ben Hi Ben, Thanks for letting everyone know about IDLELO - I think it's really important for GNOME to have a presence there. I'm cc'ing foundation-list to remind folks that the GNOME Foundation could probably fund travel for any GNOME member who wanted to go to IDLELO, experience Nigeria and promote GNOME! Thanks for keeping us focused on this - we can definitely use more volunteers thinking about the developing world. karen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
