Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009
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The GNOME Foundation invites proposals to host GUADEC, the annual GNOME
conference, during the Summer of 2009. GUADEC is the biggest gathering
of GNOME users and developers and includes a three-day conference, the
annual general
Hi there,
As I'd love to see GUADEC (as well as Akademy) being hosted in North
Carolina, and as this is not an official bid, I was wondering if there
is anyone interested in helping/coaching me? I don't have any
experience with this kind of activity, but I do know a lot of people
and we have big
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 01:24:06PM -0400, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
There are two main issues with having GUADEC in the US:
- The Big Pond. It's just more travel to fly everyone to the US.
- US visa. It's a real issue. It's not a predictable and fast
process like most European
Hi Behdad,
Thanks for the quick reply.
- US visa. It's a real issue. It's not a predictable and fast
process like most European countries are. It literally takes months to
get a US visa for those of us that need one. And many people going to
GUADEC need one.
Unfortunately you're
quote who=Thomas Thurman
Is the rule about having GUADEC in Europe rather than, say, in Bangalore
still in play, by the way?
The 'E' still stands for Europe, yeah. ;-)
- Jeff
--
GUADEC 2008: Istanbul, Turkey http://www.guadec.org/
The two [separate] UIs are both
quote who=Jeff Waugh
quote who=Thomas Thurman
Is the rule about having GUADEC in Europe rather than, say, in Bangalore
still in play, by the way?
The 'E' still stands for Europe, yeah. ;-)
Aha, was this more in reference to the text of the CfH? In that case, it's a
minor disconnect
On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 03:41 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
quote who=Thomas Thurman
Is the rule about having GUADEC in Europe rather than, say, in
Bangalore
still in play, by the way?
The 'E' still stands for Europe, yeah. ;-)
Except that we have been advertising it as GUADEC, The GNOME
The boards of KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation have issued a call to
co-host Akademy and GUADEC, the flagship conferences of the KDE and
GNOME projects respectively, during the Summer of 2009.
This would be the first time that the conferences are to be co-hosted.
The combined conference is
Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico
has less strict rules about visas? It is not hard to imagine that the
Americans might feel that it is a little unfair that guadec always is
in Europe. Couldn't there be two conferences?
2008/4/22, Behdad Esfahbod [EMAIL
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:34 PM, BJörn Lindqvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico
has less strict rules about visas? It is not hard to imagine that the
Americans might feel that it is a little unfair that guadec always is
in
quote who=BJörn Lindqvist
Americans might feel that it is a little unfair that guadec always is in
Europe. Couldn't there be two conferences?
GUADEC and the Boston Summit. :-)
- Jeff
--
OSCON 2008: Portland OR, USA http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
Imagine a four
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Thomas Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's something I think might be useful:
If we had a list of where everyone attending aKademy and GUADEC will
come from (which might be decently approximated by seeing where they
came from last year), we can then
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:03 -0400, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
Except that we have been advertising it as GUADEC, The GNOME
Conference for the past couple of years. Maybe we should make that
official.
About GUADEC out of Europe, that's fine as long as the place is Ok for
travel. Bangalore
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 12:42 -0300, Jonh Wendell wrote:
Hi, folks.
FISL - the biggest FLOSS event in Brazil - is over.
Thank you bunches John for representing GNOME at the event, blogging
regularly about it, and sending this update!
Cheers,
behdad
Thanks to Foundation, GNOME was
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Behdad Esfahbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
About GUADEC out of Europe, that's fine as long as the place is Ok for
travel. Bangalore has the same problem that US has. Too far... That
said, I love to see GUADEC '11 in Morocco for example...
I wouldn't. GNOME
On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 04:38 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
Americans might feel that it is a little unfair that guadec always
is in
Europe. Couldn't there be two conferences?
GUADEC and the Boston Summit. :-)
Except that we don't pay for travel to Boston Summit.
We are launching GNOME.Asia
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:43 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:03 -0400, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
Except that we have been advertising it as GUADEC, The GNOME
Conference for the past couple of years. Maybe we should make that
official.
About GUADEC out of Europe,
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:38 -0400, Adam Schreiber wrote:
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:34 PM, BJörn Lindqvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico
has less strict rules about visas? It is not hard to imagine that the
Americans might feel
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 19:03 +, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Behdad Esfahbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
About GUADEC out of Europe, that's fine as long as the place is Ok for
travel. Bangalore has the same problem that US has. Too far... That
said, I love
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:38 -0400, Adam Schreiber wrote:
I too would appreciate another North/Central/South America based
conference if GUADEC can't be moved across the pond occasionally.
However, I suspect that because the GNOME summit is held in Boston
every year we will have to make due.
Cool!
Proposed location for the first joint GUADEC/aKademy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth ;)
(Alternative, sunny locations come to mind though)
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Hubert Figuiere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Note also that Summer is probably the
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 20:34 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico
has less strict rules about visas? It is not hard to imagine that the
Americans might feel that it is a little unfair that guadec always is
in Europe.
This American
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 15:43 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote:
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 20:34 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico
has less strict rules about visas? It is not hard to imagine that the
Americans might feel that it is a
Em Ter, 2008-04-22 às 12:13 -0700, Ted Gould escreveu:
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:38 -0400, Adam Schreiber wrote:
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:34 PM, BJörn Lindqvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico
has less strict rules about visas?
Hey
On 4/22/08, Behdad Esfahbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:38 -0400, Adam Schreiber wrote:
I too would appreciate another North/Central/South America based
conference if GUADEC can't be moved across the pond occasionally.
However, I suspect that because the
Hi,
Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
For the first time we also invite proposals to hold GUADEC and Akademy,
the KDE community conference, at the same time, in the same location.
Proposals should detail plans for hosting up to 800 attendees, with
separate facilities available for Akademy and GUADEC
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Bruno Boaventura [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Jonh Wendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh, It would be really, really, amazing!
GUADLAC, as Behdad suggested. A GNOME Conference in Americas, with the
same structure as
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 23:42 +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
An aside: some of my preferred locations for GUADEC would be (planting
ideas in the heads of possible organisers):
Amsterdam
Frankfurt
Paris
Brussels
Geneva
Milan
FYI, Akademy is in Belgium this year.
Hub
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Germán Poó-Caamaño [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For what it is worth, we have discussed GUADLAC in previous years (I
think as far back as 2004, maybe 2003?) but it typically foundered on
travel costs, which were always unacceptably high for some large group
GNOME is People. Do you have any evidence that the Moroccan *people*
are opposed to the values GNOME stands for?
I think the Moroccan *people* are not the issue.
Those people have an oppressing
regime, ignore them is not a really compelling idea to me.
If the purpose of
- US visa. It's a real issue. It's not a predictable and fast
process like most European countries are. It literally takes months to
get a US visa for those of us that need one. And many people going to
GUADEC need one.
I think it would be a good thing for GNOME to make a
As for me, the reason not pushing for Canada is that a GNOME community
in Canada is surprisingly non-existent. Sure, there's you, me, and
desrt. But that's pretty much it.
Is there anyone from Western Canada? You, me, desrt and Hub are
living in the Eastern part of the country.
I agree
quote who=Clare So
Where in the world with the highest concentration of GNOME and KDE
community? This thread has so far been considering the GNOME community
only.
Both communities have their strongest presence in Europe.
- Jeff
--
GUADEC 2008: Istanbul, Turkey
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 22:57 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
GNOME is People. Do you have any evidence that the Moroccan *people*
are opposed to the values GNOME stands for?
I think the Moroccan *people* are not the issue.
Those people have an oppressing
regime, ignore them
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