Re: an open-audit voting system for GNOME elections
Hi Ben, Ben Adida wrote: Currently, I am developing this using HTML+Javascript with *some* calls into the JVM for crypto. I may be able to eventually do these in pure Javascript, especially if there's a strong need, though I am hoping that's not necessary... BigNum in Javascript is going to be quite slow. That said, if this continues to be an issue (if Java isn't released under the GPL quickly enough), then definitely keep me posted. I imagine that if you test that this works with a Free JVM such as Kaffe that there won't be any issue. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
But one thing is for sure - the travel costs for attendees is something which will definitely be taken into account, and in general that will exclude anything outside North America and Europe. I think excluding NA would be reasonable as well - there are so many OSS conferences on the other side of the pond, please leave something to good old Europe:) Cheers, Sergey ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Neary wrote: But one thing is for sure - the travel costs for attendees is something which will definitely be taken into account, and in general that will exclude anything outside North America and Europe. Or, in short unless a conference outside NA or EU reimburses travel expenses for attendees/speakers a Regional GNOME Conference or a GUADAC with developer participation from NA or EU is effectively ruled out. Hmm...kind of puts regional organisers between rock(s) and hard place(s) since it will raise the sponsorship and attendance fees in order to ensure crowd attendance and also meet the objective of herding the cats etc etc :Sankarshan - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGAlPtXQZpNTcrCzMRAm14AJ4s2/aX3ckW38TrR6TGO9h//zSQZQCfSpTu 6MR2KNmdAsDDlayBi8cyhAs= =n4SB -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Regional gatherings ROCK! [Was: GUADEC 2008]
On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 10:12 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Waugh wrote: These are a hugely important part of local and worldwide GNOME culture and community development. Perhaps a GNOME meeting at FOSS.IN would be a good way to kickstart something in India? That's a kickstart but I was thinking more on GUADAC :) note the 'A', although the question does remain to be asked how many of the GNOME folks from EU also get to or like to travel to India It should be perfectly doable, if there's a team that can make it happen. Particularly if the higher travel costs can be offset by reduced accommodation costs. LCA manages it in Australia despite the costs. I'd love it. -- Murray Cumming [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
Hi, Sergey Udaltsov wrote: I think excluding NA would be reasonable as well - there are so many OSS conferences on the other side of the pond, please leave something to good old Europe:) To me the best free software conferences around aren't in the US - FOSDEM, aKademy, LSM, GUADEC, OLS, LCA, FOSS.IN, CeBIT, LinuxTag... Perhaps the biggest free software business conferences are in the US (your LinuxWorlds and OSCons of the world), but all the best community conferences happen outside the US. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
Perhaps the biggest free software business conferences are in the US (your LinuxWorlds and OSCons of the world), but all the best community conferences happen outside the US. OK, then let's keep it this way:) Sergey ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
But one thing is for sure - the travel costs for attendees is something which will definitely be taken into account, and in general that will exclude anything outside North America and Europe. That depends upon the time of year and location. The bit of North America which is civilised to visitors (Canada) can be very pricy in summer but very very cheap in winter [guess why]. This is a problem with OLS. Mexico has some claim to be the original home of Gnome... Alan ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
quote who=Luke Stroven I'll footnotes it. Hrm, except it's down right now. Boh! Darn thunderstorms anyways. Its back up ;) Thanks Stro, unsung hero! (Rhymes for great justice!) - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ And, most importantly, we now have modules named 'fontilus' and 'themus' -- the two founders of GROME. - Jonathon Blandford ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
Alan Cox wrote: But one thing is for sure - the travel costs for attendees is something which will definitely be taken into account, and in general that will exclude anything outside North America and Europe. That depends upon the time of year and location. The bit of North America which is civilised to visitors (Canada) can be very pricy in summer but very very cheap in winter [guess why]. This is a problem with OLS. Alan, Also don't forget that Ottawa (since you mention the case of OLS) by itself is not the best destination as, despite being the Nation's Capital, its airport route is barely direct. Most of people will have to fly through Toronto (YYZ) or Montreal (YUL), and depending in the airline, they might a non negligible cost to add for this last leg to Ottawa (YOW). That said if there is any proposal for Canada (Montreal is IMHO a better choice than Ottawa), count me in :-) Hub ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
quote who=Hubert Figuiere That said if there is any proposal for Canada (Montreal is IMHO a better choice than Ottawa), count me in :-) Where necessary, and in this case I think it is, we should be very clear about GNOME's geopolitical view of the world: Quebecistan is not in Europe. - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ Everyone's a little queer, why can't she be a little straight? - Weezer, Pink Triangle ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 01:35 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Hubert Figuiere That said if there is any proposal for Canada (Montreal is IMHO a better choice than Ottawa), count me in :-) Where necessary, and in this case I think it is, we should be very clear about GNOME's geopolitical view of the world: Quebecistan is not in Europe. Who said Quebec is in Europe ? Being one of the biggest regions in North America I'd think it would be hard to miss on the map, North America wasnt on the excluded list last I checked, is it ? Anyway, I dont expect to be going to any oversees FOSS related conferences but if there was one in Canada (and I must stress that Ottawa is one of the most boring places I've been to) then as hub says count me in :) Cheers, -Tristan ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 10:37 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: Does that mean that candidates outside the EU would be considered? Not sure - we would need to discuss it. But one thing is for sure - the travel costs for attendees is something which will definitely be taken into account, and in general that will exclude anything outside North America and Europe. /me fancies a GUADEC in Dubai. -- behdad http://behdad.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
