* Sivan Greenberg [[email protected]] wrote: > > All I can say is that I wish I could fund myself to attend, as I do > believe the realm of data collection connected apps is one of the > most important courts we should own to reach greater ecosystem > adoption (i.e. Android, iOS etc..).
Sivan, I'll challenge you a little, since I've met you many times after our first meeting at the KDE code sprint before Qt Developer Days in Munich 2010, two years ago. I guess you remember the "It's a yes" fun we had? If I recollect correctly, KDE sponsored your trip as on of the "new to the KDE project" together with Denish from India. KDE has the last years softened the edge of the code sprint travel sponsorship, making it more welcoming to new or potential contributors. KDE does a lot of freshmen tutoring from Google Summer of Code to other teaching or tutoring activities. The KDE travel sponsorship are possible through different companies sponsoring KDE. In addition Nokia sponsored community members with free passes for attending Qt Developer Days. That was changed in 2011, focusing on Qt contributors tending the Qt Contribution Day at Dev.Days in 2011. I remember you vividly participating on most of those events, doing good community work for MeeGo, at Qt conferences and KDE. It always seem to me that you've been able to get the travel and participation sponsored, which is often a challenge for most community members. The competition are often stiff. It's a lot of good contributors. Believe me, my pile of rejected talks are long since I started in 2000. Travel sponsorship was not always there, even if I was certain that my talk was relevant. Many times I've paid from my own pocket when tending conferences, sprints or when organizing community events. I've been using countless hours to find ways of getting project sponsorship. Not only for me, but to whole free software projects with hundreds, or maybe +1000 contributors. Believe me with Skolelinux / Debian Edu I've been rejected many times. I've also been able to knock out +400.000 Euro from government, private businesses and foundations to sponsor the different part of the Debian Edu project for 5 years, making it possible for hundreds for people getting travel sponsorship to code sprints and conferences around the world. I've heard many times contributors complaining that they are the ones who should be sponsored, even if there are no sponsorship left for a period. And they are not helping applying for sponsorship to the pile of businesses, foundations or branches of the government which might got grants. They continue expecting others to fix that. In that context, I'm challenging you Sivan. This because you have the expectation of being sponsored once again, not really handling the rejection as an opportunity to get acceptance next time. You should choose more constructive questions as: 1. What could I improve with my talk or topic, making it more interesting? 2. How can I find ways of getting me and others sponsored next time? 3. Is there ways of contributing which makes #1 and #2 possible? Summarizing bullet 1-3 and knowing you Sivan , It's a yes! Best regards Knut Yrvin -- Open Source Community Manager - Digia, Qt Email: [email protected] - Mobile: + 47 934 79 561 Visit us on: http://qt.digia.com _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
