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) --
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