Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 23:33 -0400, Clare So wrote: 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 with you, Behdad. There is no point in pushing for Canada. Other than the size of the community, another important factor is the weather. The winter here would be too shocking for a lot of people. (7-feet snowbank, -25C in the night, 10cm of new snow in a day ... just to name a few. But hey, great for skiing, snowboarding or skating!) I wouldn't mind having a joint skiing/hacking conference there :-) Where in the world with the highest concentration of GNOME and KDE community? This thread has so far been considering the GNOME community only. KDE seems to be more Europe-centric than GNOME, from what I know -- Rodrigo Moya [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009
Hi, Rodrigo Moya wrote: I wouldn't mind having a joint skiing/hacking conference there :-) Crazy idea (tell me if I've been smoking the wacky baccy): Someone offers to host the Summit at the Summit, say in Utah or Whistler? Travel costs would be an issue, but fitting in some skiing over a holiday weekend in (say) February would be cool. 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 hosts for GUADEC 2009
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 19:00 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: Hi, Rodrigo Moya wrote: I wouldn't mind having a joint skiing/hacking conference there :-) Crazy idea (tell me if I've been smoking the wacky baccy): Someone offers to host the Summit at the Summit, say in Utah or Whistler? Travel costs would be an issue, but fitting in some skiing over a holiday weekend in (say) February would be cool. Whistler should work, yeah. I hear there's going to be a huge Firefox summit in Whistler later this Summer. I may be attending, in which case I'll check out the place. *BUT*, we already have Boston Summit scheduled for October in Boston. Having another one just a few months later doesn't make much sense. So, we seem to be talking about '10. Cheers, Dave. -- 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
Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009
Hi, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: Whistler should work, yeah. I hear there's going to be a huge Firefox summit in Whistler later this Summer. I may be attending, in which case I'll check out the place. *BUT*, we already have Boston Summit scheduled for October in Boston. Having another one just a few months later doesn't make much sense. So, we seem to be talking about '10. Really? I wasn't aware we'd started planning the Summit in Boston yet this year. I was thinking about '08/'09, but obviously if you've got a site sorted out in Boston, keeping that makes sense. 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 hosts for GUADEC 2009
Hi all, Whistler should work, yeah. I hear there's going to be a huge Firefox summit in Whistler later this Summer. I may be attending, in which case I'll check out the place. *BUT*, we already have Boston Summit scheduled for October in Boston. Having another one just a few months later doesn't make much sense. So, we seem to be talking about '10. Whistler in 2010 would not work. At least it is going to be extremely expensive to go because Winter Olympic Games will be in Whistler. As Luis said, don't get too excited about Whistler. :( Clare ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 17:38 +0300, Quim Gil wrote: ...Being in Summer... This has been mentioned elsewhere, but not in this thread: the middle of summer is high season for air travel to Europe from North America and elsewhere and as a result tickets are much more expensive. Over the last 4 years of GUADECs we have shifted from mid-late May (no problem) to early July (the only dates that are harder to travel are religious holidays). If keeping the costs down is a factor, then perhaps some attempt should be made to return the conference forward in the calendar a bit. Too late for 2008, of course, but something we may want to consider for 2009. Otherwise, if we're not worrying about budgets, then by all means. European summers are lovely. AfC Sydney -- Andrew Frederick Cowie Operational Dynamics is an operations and engineering consultancy focusing on IT strategy, organizational architecture, systems review, and effective procedures for change management. We actively carry out research and development in these areas on behalf of our clients, and enable successful use of open source in their mission critical enterprises, worldwide. http://www.operationaldynamics.com/ Sydney New York Toronto London signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 08:48 +1000, Andrew Cowie wrote: Otherwise, if we're not worrying about budgets, then by all means. European summers are lovely. Or elsewhere since we are not worrying about budgets in this hypothesis. Hub ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2009
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 08:48 +1000, Andrew Cowie wrote: If keeping the costs down is a factor, then perhaps some attempt should be made to return the conference forward in the calendar a bit. Too late for 2008, of course, but something we may want to consider for 2009. GUADEC was pushed into the high-season to avoid conflicts with school exams. It just happens that school exams determine high season too. -- 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
