Dear all,
The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting proposals to host GNOME.Asia Summit
during the 1st quarter of 2012. GNOME.Asia Summit is the yearly GNOME
Users and Developers Conference in Asia. The event focuses primarily on
the GNOME desktop, and also covers applications and the development
platform tools. It brings together the GNOME community in Asia to
provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments
and businesses to discuss both the present technology and future
developments.
GNOME.Asia Summit was held in Beijing, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Taipei and
Bangalore respectively over the last four years. We would like to
continue finding new locations as we spread GNOME throughout Asia, and
we are looking for local organizers to rise to the challenge of
organizing an excellent GNOME event. The GNOME.Asia committee will
assist in the process, but there is a definitive need for individuals to
be actively involved and committed to the planning and delivery of the
event.
You can learn more about GNOME.Asia Summit at our official website:
http://www.gnome.asia
For those of you who would like to host the next GNOME.Asia Summit in
2012 you are hereby invited to write a formal proposal to the
gnome-asia-committee-list <at> gnome <dot> org . The deadline for the
proposals is July 4, 2011 Monday UTC 2359. Please send your proposal to
gnome-asia-committee-list <at> gnome <dot> org. We might invite you to
present your proposal in more details over our regular IRC meetings, or
send you additional questions and requests. Results will be announced by
the end of July 2011.
The conference will require availability of facilities for one week,
including a weekend, during the 1st quarter of 2012 (January to March
2012). Dates should avoid other key free software conferences or other
events that may have conflict and will be confirmed together with other
GNOME teams which might get involved.
Key points which proposals should consider, and which will be taken into
account when deciding among candidates, are:
* Local community support for hosting the conference.
* Venue details. Information about infrastructure and facilities to
hold the conference should be provided.
* Information about how internet connectivity will be managed.
* Lodging choices ranging from affordable housing to nicer hotels,
and information about distances between the venue and lodging
options.
* The availability of restaurants or the organization of catering
on-site, cost of food/soft drinks/beer.
* The availability and cost of travel from major Asian and European
cities.
* Local industry and government support.
* Please provide a reasonably detailed budget.
* Bear in mind that at GNOME.Asia Summit, the hallway track and
social activities are also very important.
Please check the GNOME.Asia Summit check list [1] and howtos [2] when
putting together a proposal. Please also feel free to contact
gnome-asia-committee-list <at> gnome <dot> org if you have any questions.
Please help to spread the words and we are looking forward to hearing
from you soon!
GNOME.Asia Committee
Pockey Lam
[1] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/event-organization-checklist
[2] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/summit-planning-howto
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