+1 to the change. I'll try to be as helpfull as possible to get this done.
Count me in (still i dont double check the dates but... either way ill try to help from Caracas). _- Gomix -_ On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:24 PM, María Leandro <[email protected]>wrote: > The FUDCon Venezuela team has pushed as hard as possible to make it > possible to hold FUDCon at Margarita Island, however, several complications > have made this goal difficult to achieve. The prices for hotel rooms have > increased dramatically, major sponsors have declined to help with an event > so far from their offices, and the local team has been too far from the > island to be efficient in their organization. In order to still have a > FUDcon at Venezuela inside the time-frame for LATAM (June to August), I > would like to propose the following changes: > > ======== New Location ======== > Move FUDcon to the city of Valencia. Valencia is the capital city of > Carabobo State, and the third largest city of Venezuela. The Valencia > airport, Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN), is the nation's > third busiest. It is served by all major Venezuelan airlines. For more > information about Valencia, please check > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia,_Carabobo,_Venezuela. > > Some of the reasons to choose Valencia as alternative city are: > > > * More local participation: This new location will make it easier to bring > people from the mainland of Venezuela and from several colleges in the five > nearby states using local resources. The city of Valencia has 26 local > colleges. > * Less expensive location: Hotels are WAY less espensive in Valencia. > Because of the travel season, the preferred hotels in Margarita have > dramatically increased their prices, and the increase in price would make > it difficult to provide subsidies for a large number of participants. > * Easier logistics: The logistics of trying to get a large number of > participants from the mainland to Margarita Island was substantial, and > weighed heavily in the decision to move the event to Valencia. Members of > the organizing team live much closer to Valencia, and they can use > volunteers from other communities that have been helping with previous free > software events to make easier work of the planning and organization. > > ======== New Date ======== > FUDcon LATAM has suffered several changes in dates, mostly due to the fact > that every date we had selected collided with other international events > that involved several of our attendees. In order to try to please as many > people as we can, we have already changed the event dates two times. This > has brought some issues. > > Changing locations will be a huge challenge. However, since there is a > strong local team in the Valencia area, things will be much easier. The new > (and final) dates for FUDcon LATAM 2012 will be 23-24-25 August (and 26 for > those who want to spend a FUDpub at Beach - Yes, we will still have an > optional day at the beach). I would have liked to pick the last week of > August, however, some people will want to attend LinuxCon, which will be > held from August 29-31. I feel that moving the event to August will allow > for better preparation and organization of the event, and allow for greater > local participation. > > > ========== Call for Help =========== > We need your help! We not only need people who are excited about > attending the event, but we also need people willing to work hard to get > all the preparations in place ahead of the event. We plan on having weekly > FUDCon planning meetings again, and we encourage everyone with an interest > in helping to join the meetings and help out. In particular, we could use > help with: > > * Design: Some designs might need changes > * Money: Call for additional Sponsor > * Marketing: Help in spreading the word about our event > * Organization: If you're in Venezuela, (doesn't matter if you're not part > of Fedora team) Contact us ASAP - If you're out Venezuela, drop all your > ideas at Wiki or through mail. > > ========== Travel Subsidies =========== > As usual, there will be a limited budget available for travel subsidies. > To requests a travel subsidy, pleast fill out a ticket in our FUDCon > Planning Trac system at https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/newticket. > The FUDCon planning team will consider requests based on a number of > criteria, including relevance to the event, how critical that request is, > the specific deliverables it will enable, the proximity of the traveler, > and the amount of the request. Please note that the subsidy is intended > to help offset the cost of travel and sleeping accomodations, but typically > don't cover taxis, food, sightseeing, passport or visa fees, or any other > personal expenses. For more information on subsidies, visit > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees > > > Travel subsidies should be filed no earlier than 21 May 2012, and no later > than 17 June 2012. > > ========= Next FUDCon LATAM Planning Meeting =========== > Our next FUDCon Planning meeting will be held on Friday, May 18th at 18:00 > UTC in the #fudcon-planning IRC channel. We'll discuss these changes in the > meeting and try to come to an agreement, we apreciate your support and > understanding. We are working hard to bring you a great FUDcon in > Venezuela. To see that time in your local time zone, visit > > http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2012&month=05&day=18&hour=18&min=00&sec=0 > > I hope to see you in the meeting to discuss any questions or concerns you > might have with these changes. After the meeting is done and we've come to > a consensus on the changes, we will update the wiki with the updated > information. > > > -- > tatica > Maria Gracia Leandro > http://www.tatica.org > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:tatica > LinuxUser= 440285 GPG Public Key: E1CDCC56 > > _______________________________________________ > fudcon-planning mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning > -- Ing.Guillermo Gomez S. Fedora Board Member A4 http://gomix.fedora-ve.org http://www.neotechgw.com
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