On 3/23/07, Baris Cicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 11:29 +0100, Christian F.K. Schaller wrote: > > I think we should in general encourage people who think they are located > > in a place that make it feasible for people in west Europe and the US > > to go there to apply to host GUADEC. Even if they are not in Europe per > > se. For instance I it struck me that Morocco could be a good alternative > > when I was there, as its cheap in terms of food and lodging, yet > > reasonably well connected with cheap flights (EasyJet flies to Marrakesh > > from both London and Madrid for example). I am sure places like Egypt, > > Israel, non-European parts of Turkey and Russia have similar setups. > > Of course even within 'Europe' we have kept things quite far to the west > > so far so there is for sure opportunities for a spread of applicants > > even with that constraint in place. > I'll talk w/ our local GUG about if we can organize to host GUADEC next > year in Istanbul. >
I'm all for Istanbul! Zaheer _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
