On Thu, 03.07.08 23:09, Dave Neary ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > These two are equally well fulfilled in A Coruna.
Yes, they are. The thing with Coruna ist however, that because it is not a top tourist destination you won't get cheap charter flights. > > 2. The conference tourist that I am would prefer to go to the Canary > > Islands, it's way more interesting from a tourtistic pov than > > the other two suggestions. > > This seems like the only argument specific to Gran Canaria, and doesn't > seem to me like a very good reason. > > In fact, it's *exactly* the reason that I cited when arguing *against* > Gran Canaria. Since it's a tourist destination, I think convincing > sponsors will be more difficult (bear in mind that on your money > arguments, cheap flights mean we can bring more people for free/cheap). Uh? Scientific conferences happen at nice spots all the time. That's how conferences work. And with non-scientific conferences it is not that different. I think it is very far fetched to assume that moving the conference to a not-so-nice place will attract any additional sponsoring. That's outright a ridiculous assumption. Do you really think the position of GNOME is so weak that someone who might want to sponsor GUADEC thinks that the community having a good time could be detrimental to what the outcome of the project? Come on! Sorry, but this argument of yours is nonsense. The fact that Gran Canaria is a touristy place makes thing cheaper, brings infrastructure. And that's two things we need for a good conference. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4 _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list