> We owe you more than that! > Really, really great news! :) Thanks :)
> Thanks Adnan.. well to you and politicians on pict. We owe them beer too. > (btw I bet beer with mr. Dodik would be fun) I'm actually thinking to have him on DebConf as honorary guest, most serious :) Adnan On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Amar Cosic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2011/2/24 Leandro Gómez <[email protected]> >> >> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Adnan Hodzic <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hey everybody, >>> >>> There were many great days for DebConf11, but we should definitely >>> remember this one. >>> >>> As you may know I had a meeting with President and Minister of Science >>> and Technology today. Meeting was a big one, I was there with lady >>> that's in charge of NGO "DIVA", we were meeting with President and >>> Minister of Science and Technology of Republika Srpska, along with the >>> Mayor of Banja Luka along with other government officials, and there >>> was some press as well. >>> >>> Many issues were discussed but the main point of this meeting was to >>> see what are we going to get from the government in terms of >>> sponsorship. First we were planning to get money from Government, >>> then we planned to get stuff in compensation, we were basically aiming >>> for free Venue and Hotel Bosna. To sum it up, this is what happened >>> and what we got: >>> >>> President alone gave us 50.000€! From Government we got 100.000€ and >>> from the City of Banja Luka we got a free Venue (Banski Dvori), we >>> even got Student Dormitories as bonus and backup option for >>> accomodation, however I'm planning that we stick with the original >>> plans and go with hotels as planned. Oh yea, FYI what I just said >>> wasn't a Disney movie :) >>> >>> I think that line itself sums how the meeting went, I've also told >>> President what our plans are for future, and that we are working on, >>> getting more sponsorship, he even offered his help in getting the >>> local sponsorships. I've told him that we are planning to start our >>> work on Penta and have the registrations open within the next month. >>> And then we'll start acquiring information about all attendees and >>> their preferences, and where they'll be getting from to Banja Luka and >>> in what times. Mostly beneficial regarding organized transportation >>> from airports to the Venue. >>> >>> We also discussed other matters such as visas, I explained how the >>> situation was with some of the attendees. Solution to this problem >>> will be that, we'll start a list people that will need visas, those >>> people will be granted approval to enter Bosnia on the border, all >>> that those attendees need to let us know is where/what country will >>> they be entering Bosnia from in case of transit. I suggest we start >>> working on making this list ASAP. >>> >>> After the meeting we also went to the President of our Venue, and we >>> told him our requests, we got what we asked for 14 days. There's much >>> more to say on what happened, but I think I said the most crucial >>> things, please attend next IRC meeting on 8th of March if you want to >>> find out more. >>> >>> *Note* for BiH local team, for members that are new, don't just appear >>> on the IRC meeting or mailing lists just like that, introduce yourself >>> on our local list firsts before starting discussions or before jumping >>> into fire. >>> >>> Here's even an image for all of you :) >>> >>> http://twitpic.com/43c759 >>> From left to right, NGO DIVA president, Minister of Science and >>> Technology, President, me :) >>> >>> Comments? >>> >>> P.S: You owe me beer for this one :) >>> >> >> We owe you more than that! >> Really, really great news! :) >> Cheers, >> >>> >>> Adnan >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Debconf-team mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Debconf11-localteam mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf11-localteam >> > > > Thanks Adnan.. well to you and politicians on pict. We owe them beer too. > (btw I bet beer with mr. Dodik would be fun) > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > Debconf11-localteam mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf11-localteam > > _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
