On Saturday 26 June 2010, Alexandre Leray wrote: > Dear all, > > On 06/26/2010 05:31 PM, Louis Desjardins wrote: > > *What we ask here is to review the bids in the light of the guidelines, > > make sure you have all of them covered, and post your answers or > > questions here.* > > After reading the 3 proposals it is clear to us that we'd like the next > LGM to take place in Vietnam. Many reasons for this choice: > > 1. The Vietnam proposal is the most complete/detailed. A lot of > practical aspects has been covered in a very realistic way, showing the > pros, the cons and the overcomes. Hong Phuc has proved her professionalism. > > 2. The venue is booked, and seems to be very comfortable. We haven't > been to Montreal before, but we are sure it shares this point. > > 3. It is a chance to gather new comers and developers from Asia. As Hong > Phuc said during her presentation, Asia has a huge potential. Beside > that, Free software is about accessibility -- of code, of knowledge -- > and in that respect we see no reasons to limit ourselves to western > venues (we'd love to see LGM 2012 in Brazil.). >
That point is very important to me. Though we will have to find a way to increase the travel budget a lot, I support Vietnam as the next location > 4. As western citizens, We'd love to discover another culture with local > people. Definitively better than going there as tourists. On this point, > Brazil is equally a good choice. > > 5. We see no reasons to postpone the venue of LGM in Vietnam to 2012! It > sounds to us like a polite way to say "no, thanks"... > > Best! > > Stéphanie and Alexandre > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create -- Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
