Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-03 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 12:46 -0500, Adam Schreiber wrote: On Dec 3, 2007 12:41 PM, Og Maciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about North Carolina? We have a great place with big name companies, schools and exciting people. Seconded. Adam Schreiber *cough*Clemson University, Clemson,

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-02 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 14:53 +0100, Kjartan Maraas wrote: Just a note... I can probably find some good space at the University of Toronto (Canada) if it was ever required. It is generally easier for folks in some countries (like China, and Russia) to get visas to come here, and it is a

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Behdad Esfahbod But if you look, I asked for help about Boston Summit on the boston-social list as early as June: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/boston-social/2007-June/msg0.html and got no reply. I mailed at least three Boston residents directly and got no reply either.

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Ghee Teo
Part of the issue is the Boston Summit is always in Boston where as GUADEC can always get fresh enthusiastic teams to help out. This is because in order to become a host city for GUADEC you already have to have a team assembled to make and sell a bid. This is helped by the fact that host

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:44 +, Ghee Teo wrote: Part of the issue is the Boston Summit is always in Boston where as GUADEC can always get fresh enthusiastic teams to help out. This is because in order to become a host city for GUADEC you already have to have a team assembled to make

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Ghee Teo Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the Red Hat and Novell desktop teams. - Jeff -- GNOME.conf.au

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Jeff Waugh quote who=Ghee Teo Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the Red Hat and Novell desktop teams.

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 07:53 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: Perhaps a roaming Columbus Day weekend conference (still in the USA) would be a good thing? s/USA/North America/ Canada do exist. And in that case Columbus day is Thanksgiving in Canada so it might be wise to move the date a bit. Hub

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread David Bolter
Hi Jeff, all, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Jeff Waugh quote who=Ghee Teo Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of