Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-04-26 Thread Miguel Angel López Hernández
El jue, 22-03-2007 a las 12:11 +, Alan Cox escribió: Mexico has some claim to be the original home of Gnome... In fact! we want to organize the GUADLAC (GNOME Users And Developers Latin American Conference) the Latin American GUADEC, later this year, it can be the pre-GUADEC in Mexico :)

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-04-26 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 00:01 -0600, Miguel Angel López Hernández wrote: El jue, 22-03-2007 a las 12:11 +, Alan Cox escribió: Mexico has some claim to be the original home of Gnome... In fact! we want to organize the GUADLAC (GNOME Users And Developers Latin American Conference) the

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-04-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Behdad Esfahbod Why not just GUADAC? You are suggesting that US and Canada should start their own GUADNAC, are you? You guys have the Summit! - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ 'Cause remember, smug is beautiful. -

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Adrian Custer
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 02:01 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: Where necessary, and in this case I think it is, we should be very clear about GNOME's geopolitical view of the world: North America is not in Europe. - Jeff Hey Jeff, GNOME cannot have a geopolitical view since Gnome is people and

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Luis Villa
On 3/23/07, Murray Cumming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 15:14 +0200, Baris Cicek wrote: I'll talk w/ our local GUG about if we can organize to host GUADEC next year in Istanbul. Please, yes. Please, no. Not until I can come. Istanbul 2010! ;) Luis (seriously, Istanbul

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread sri
What about Malta? Cypress? sri On 3/22/07, Behdad Esfahbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Martin Michlmayr
I'm only on foundation-announce, not on foundation-list, but yet I get this discussion about GUADEC 2008. Can you please make the announcement list moderated so all these follow-up postings don't get distributed to everyone. Thanks. Example: * Christian F.K. Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Zaheer Merali
On 3/23/07, Baris Cicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 11:29 +0100, Christian F.K. Schaller wrote: I think we should in general encourage people who think they are located in a place that make it feasible for people in west Europe and the US to go there to apply to host

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Baris Cicek
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 07:04 -0700, Elliot Lee wrote: Baris Cicek wrote: I'll talk w/ our local GUG about if we can organize to host GUADEC next year in Istanbul. Not Constantinople? It was called Constantinople ages ago, afaik, but however you call it, as long as we point same land

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Luis Villa
On 3/24/07, Baris Cicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 07:04 -0700, Elliot Lee wrote: Baris Cicek wrote: I'll talk w/ our local GUG about if we can organize to host GUADEC next year in Istanbul. Not Constantinople? It was called Constantinople ages ago, afaik, but

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Curtis Hovey
On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 20:01 -0700, sri wrote: What about Malta? Cypress? While I don't know where all the membership lives, I do know that Sri is hanging in Portland. Why are so many North Americans (No.mericans) suggesting cities, and why have so many missed the entire European peninsula? This

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-24 Thread Thomas Wood
On 24 Mar 2007, at 14:56, Curtis Hovey wrote: [...] Reykjavik is the closest European city to North Americans. It has the largest number of pubs/bars per capita. Lots of hot tubs. It produces more than its fair share of musicians. Faries (magical folk) are protected by law! Brilliant idea! I

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-23 Thread Christian F.K. Schaller
I think we should in general encourage people who think they are located in a place that make it feasible for people in west Europe and the US to go there to apply to host GUADEC. Even if they are not in Europe per se. For instance I it struck me that Morocco could be a good alternative when I

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-23 Thread Fernando Herrera
Well, I would love a GUADEC in Morocco, however, I doubt that we had the necessary local group there for organizing it. :( Salu2 On 3/23/07, Christian F.K. Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we should in general encourage people who think they are located in a place that make it

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Sergey Udaltsov
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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Dave Neary
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,

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Sergey Udaltsov
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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Alan Cox
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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
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,

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Hubert Figuiere
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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Tristan Van Berkom
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

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-22 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
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

Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-21 Thread Anne Østergaard
Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008 GUADEC is the yearly GNOME Users and Developers European Conference. Dear GNOME friends For those of you who would like to host the next GUADEC in 2008 you are hereby invited to write a formal invitation to the board of The GNOME Foundation.

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-21 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Anne Østergaard Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008 I'll footnotes it. - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ GNOME. Vorsprung durch Einfachheit. ___

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-21 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Jeff Waugh quote who=Anne Østergaard Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008 I'll footnotes it. Hrm, except it's down right now. Boh! - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ Instead you're doing circle jerks with

Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

2007-03-21 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Østergaard wrote: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008 GUADEC is the yearly GNOME Users and Developers European Conference. Does that automatically exclude those outside EU from sending proposals ? :Sankarshan - -- You see