On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 17:40 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > I forwarded this on to Ton (hopefully he'll join the list here & answer > more questions himself), and he told me: > > "The subsidy request is now being finalized. Only in september or so we > hear about that, until that time you can only mention that Amsterdam (+ > Blender) have the option to organize it, but nothing is final...
This is cool. I bet we can get CC Netherlands involved as well since they have connection to Kennisland and that funding pot. I sent an email to Paul Keller who is project lead for CC NL and at KL. > BTW: good news is that the city treats it very seriously... they want to > create buzz by allowing good budgets for important speakers. They also > suggested to add a session on open source in general for the press, and > have Neelie Kroes do an keynote about open standards!" Totally. > I'd support an Amsterdam bid, even in the absence of a subsidy, but Ton > has said he'd be spread pretty thin unless there were a subsidy which > would allow him to take on a part-time administrative assistant to do > the work for us. Yes, I think Amsterdam is totally where we should do it next year. I think it shouldn't be difficult to get subsidy and I have many connections there to help with this... Jon > Cheers, > Dave. > > Louis Desjardins wrote: > > 2008/6/11 Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Now that LGM 2008 is over, attention turns to LGM 2009. > > > > I know that Andy has already tentatively proposed Singapore, but for a > > number of reasons (not least the cost, and the problem that many people > > wouldn't be able to go), I'm not a fan of that option. > > > > I mentioned to Ton Roosendaal that Ansterdam would be a great site, and > > whether he'd be prepared to lead up the organisation and put in a > > proposal, and today he got back to me: > > > > Ton Roosendaal said: > > > I've been approached by the Amsterdam city council, if we had ideas > > > for an open source based CG conference next year june. They want to > > > align it to big 3d Games event in Amsterdam, and the Dutch game days > > > in Utrecht. > > > > > > I've immediately mentioned LGM to them. They need us to make an > > > estimate before july 1. Answer then will follow in sept/okt. > > > > > > Is this opportunity worth pursuing, or did you find a good host city > > > already? Note, if this works it'll be decadent, with enough money to > > > fly in all celebs we need. :) > > > > So - does this sound like a good option for people? It's a change of > > schedule, and also perhaps not as intimate as we've had over the past 3 > > years, but Amsterdam is a transport hub for Europe, so cheap to get to > > from Asia, the US and all over Europe, and is a very lively city that we > > haven't been to previously. > > > > If there is a general feeling that this is an option, I'll give Ton a > > green light to put together an estimate for costs, and we should have a > > definitive site for the conference soon. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Lots have been said so far regarding Singapore and Amsterdam. I think we > > should make a decision pretty soon now. Do we feel we need a couple more > > weeks for discussing? I would like to hear from *all* teams. > > > > If so, I would suggest that by mid-July we come up with a decision on > > the location and also constitute an organisation team (both local and on > > the web) working on the next edition. Things go quick and sponsoring is > > not easy. Plus, if we want to increase media awareness on the LGM, the > > sooner we start, the better. > > > > Things to consider first to make a choice are: > > > > 1. Estimated costs for travel for all the participating teams. > > 2. Estimated costs for accomodations (hotels and food). This is > > important to figure out whether some people will still be able to make > > it to a specific destination provided the only reimbursement they get is > > their flight. > > 3. Time of the year to make sure we have no agenda conflicts with other > > important event(s) > > > > You might also find advisable to add (or at least figure out) the costs > > of the people who are not necessarily official members of a specific > > team but who do give lots of valuable inputs to one or more projects. > > Also, we must let room to newcomers and new projects. Getting fresh > > blood is also what LGM is about. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Louis > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > > > -- > > Dave Neary > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 > > Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 > > _______________________________________________ > > CREATE mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
