Great, Thank you Srini. I will send your those visa information in another email.
-Emily 2015-05-21 18:04 GMT+08:00 Srinivasa Ragavan <[email protected]>: > Emily, > > The process here would be: I should get their information and the I > mail the board for approval. Once the board votes on favor, I shall > issue them invitation letter with the signature from the Sweden > Organization. > > Please look at: https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel/Invitations > > I still haven't heard from the organziers on the signing authority for > the Sweden organization & their contact. Also I know only the core > days dates. The BOFs/Hackfest dates arent available to me yet to > formulate the prefilled document. Hence the delay in the actual work. > > Thanks, > -Srini. > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Emily Chen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Srinivasa and GUADEC organizers, > > > > What is your suggestion for Ubuntu Kylin's visa letter? They can only > apply > > for business visa and not a speaker/foundation member. > > > > Thanks, > > emily > > > > 2015-05-17 22:35 GMT+08:00 Emily Chen <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Hi Srinivasa, > >> > >> Thanks for the information. > >> > >> The request is from Ubuntu Kylin team leader, there are three people > from > >> Ubuntu Kylin are planning to attend GUADEC. Ubuntu Kylin is one of the > most > >> popular Linux distribution in China, they are thinking about engage more > >> with GNOME/GTK core developers. They are interested in sponsorship, but > they > >> would like to participate in GUADEC this year first. > >> > >> They are not GNOME foundation members, neither speakers yet. I asked him > >> to try tourist visa but they can only go aboard for business. Ubuntu > Kylin > >> is a project between Canonical and China National University of Defense > >> Technology(NUDT), NUDT is a key university under the Ministry of > National > >> Defense. So they only can apply for business visa. > >> > >> Srinivasa, what would you suggest to do? If you need more information, > >> feel free to contact me and I am happy to provide more information. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Emily > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> 2015-05-15 18:36 GMT+08:00 Srinivasa Ragavan <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> Hi Emily, > >>> > >>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Oliver Propst < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Emily Chen <[email protected]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> People from China is asking for invitation letter to attend GUADEC, > it > >>> >> usually take weeks to get visa to European. > >>> >> > >>> >> Who is helping on the GUADEC visa letter ? > >>> > > >>> > If I understand things correctly Srinivasa Ragavan [1] [2] have > agreed > >>> > to coordinate Visa Letters. We in the local team should probably do > >>> > more efforts in reaching out him about this. > >>> > >>> Yes, I volunteered to prepare/send visa invitation to the attendees. > >>> > >>> > > >>> > Can also mention that the CEO of FFKP, the organization in Sweden > that > >>> > will act as a legal organizer of the conference (if the foundation > >>> > board agrees to the terms and sign a contract) have agreed to the > sign > >>> > the Visa Letters. > >>> > >>> I haven't yet got in touch with the Sweden organisation, for the > >>> signature approval or format approvals. Ill start that asap. > >>> > >>> > > >>> > Thanks Emily for paying attention to the situation around the Visa > >>> > Letters, we will hopefully have more updates to share soon. > >>> > > >>> > Note that on the last local team meetings Visa Letters have been a > >>> > standing agenda item so news about Visa Letters is made public when > we > >>> > publish the meeting notes, which we do on the GUADEC 2015 wiki [3]. > >>> > >>> Basically the process last time was: > >>> > >>> If you are approved by travel-committee for sponsorship or if you are > >>> a foundation member or an accepted speaker, you will be issued a > >>> invitation letter. For all other exceptions the board needs to vote > >>> (+4) on it. > >>> > >>> I prepare 2 documents: > >>> 1. Visa invitation letter with the digital signature of the CEO of the > >>> Sweden organization > >>> 2. For people who are sponsored by GNOME foundation, sponsorship > >>> document with the digital signature of the Foundation President. > >>> > >>> This was the process followed last time and AFAICS sure this holds > >>> good this time too. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> -Srini. > >>> > >>> > > >>> > 1 https://wiki.gnome.org/SrinivasaRagavan > >>> > 2 https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2015/Team > >>> > 3 https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2015 > >>> > -- > >>> > -mvh Oliver Propst > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > guadec-list mailing list > >>> > [email protected] > >>> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list > >> > >> > > >
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