Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread john palmieri
My offer of advice extends to this summit also. On May 1, 2013 12:57 AM, "Sriram Ramkrishna" wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:41 PM, meg ford wrote: > >> If we do bids, I might be able to talk the Chicago GNOME community into >> applying for a future year. We are in the middle of the US,

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:41 PM, meg ford wrote: > If we do bids, I might be able to talk the Chicago GNOME community into > applying for a future year. We are in the middle of the US, and have a > major international airport, so it might be a nice option. > > Meg, that sounds like a great idea.

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread meg ford
If we do bids, I might be able to talk the Chicago GNOME community into applying for a future year. We are in the middle of the US, and have a major international airport, so it might be a nice option. Meg On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Jared L Jennings wrote: > +1 > Jared Jennings > jared

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Jared L Jennings
+1 Jared Jennings jaredljenni...@gmail.com On Apr 30, 2013, at 8:27 PM, john palmieri wrote: > Just a suggestion, perhaps the next year's location should be bid on and > announced during the current year's summit like GUADEC is. That would make > it much easier to plan for budgets, etc. ___

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread James
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:21 AM, James wrote: >> >> >> I previously mentioned that I'm based in Montreal, and happy to help >> organize this if people are interested. >> HTH, >> James >> >> > > OK, looks like we have a winner. Do

Re: GNOME Quarterly Reports

2013-04-30 Thread Jared L Jennings
While writing is not my, bread and butter, I am willing to help. If there is a need for someone to generate and post the quarterly reports and also board minutes let me know and I will will jump in. Jared Jennings jaredljenni...@gmail.com On Apr 30, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Tim-Philipp Müller wrote:

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread john palmieri
Just a suggestion, perhaps the next year's location should be bid on and announced during the current year's summit like GUADEC is. That would make it much easier to plan for budgets, etc. -- J5 On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:10 PM,

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Andrew Cowie < and...@operationaldynamics.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2013-04-30 at 10:47 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > > BTW Columbus Day is "Thanksgiving" in Canada right? > > No, it's Thanksgiving, without the quotation marks. :) We've always > wondered why the

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: > > > It's not that we don't like Portland. Hell, if Portlandia is any > indication, Portland might be the best city EVER. :) Even the > inconvenience of people having to take an extra and/or longer flight, > while not great, is not a show-s

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Andrew Cowie
On Tue, 2013-04-30 at 10:47 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > BTW Columbus Day is "Thanksgiving" in Canada right? No, it's Thanksgiving, without the quotation marks. :) We've always wondered why the Americans insist on having it on the wrong day. The end of November? The snow is already flying t

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
On 04/30/2013 01:11 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Piñeiro wrote: > >> On 04/30/2013 06:22 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: >>> Although working for the venue is appreciated, imho, is irrelevant. If >> that extra hop means that suddenly every one (or almost every one

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Tristan Van Berkom
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 2:21 AM, James wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Karen Sandler wrote: >> On Fri, April 26, 2013 4:51 am, Alberto Ruiz wrote: >>> I'd love to visit Portland! >>> >>> However we might want to take into account that doing it in the west >>> coast will have an impact o

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:21 AM, James wrote: > > I previously mentioned that I'm based in Montreal, and happy to help > organize this if people are interested. > HTH, > James > > > OK, looks like we have a winner. Do you have a venue that you can research? BTW Columbus Day is "Thanksgiving" i

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread James
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Karen Sandler wrote: > On Fri, April 26, 2013 4:51 am, Alberto Ruiz wrote: >> I'd love to visit Portland! >> >> However we might want to take into account that doing it in the west >> coast will have an impact on the travel budget since a lot of people >> live in

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
On Tue, 2013-04-30 at 19:03 +0200, Piñeiro wrote: > [...] > What is the point of that long previous paragraph? Sincerely, for me, > taking into account that we are talking about a small event, just > starting to move to a different city for the sake of moving is an overkill. AFAIU, the idea of doi

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Piñeiro wrote: > On 04/30/2013 06:22 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > >Although working for the venue is appreciated, imho, is irrelevant. If > that extra hop means that suddenly every one (or almost every one) > interested on assist the summit would need to ask fo

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Piñeiro
On 04/30/2013 06:22 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Benjamin Otte > wrote: > > Sriram Ramkrishna ramkrishna.me > > writes: > > > I agree that is a point worth considering. Portland is a second > tier

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Benjamin Otte wrote: > Sriram Ramkrishna ramkrishna.me> writes: > > > I agree that is a point worth considering. Portland is a second tier > city > and sometimes takes a extra hop because there are not a lot direct flights > especially from Europe. > > That's a

Re: GNOME Quarterly Reports

2013-04-30 Thread Tim-Philipp Müller
On Mon, 2012-12-31 at 17:24 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote: Hi, > Currently I don't plan to send out further calls for quarterly reports > (as it would be the case again tomorrow). It would be great if the foundation website could be updated to reflect this, perhaps mentioning some other places wher

Re: "Boston" Summit 2013?

2013-04-30 Thread Karen Sandler
On Fri, April 26, 2013 4:51 am, Alberto Ruiz wrote: > I'd love to visit Portland! > > However we might want to take into account that doing it in the west > coast will have an impact on the travel budget since a lot of people > live in Europe and the east coast. I know Sri is working hard to look

Re: New service: Jabber.gnome.org

2013-04-30 Thread Vincent Untz
Le mardi 30 avril 2013, à 12:03 +0200, Andrea Veri a écrit : > I did successfully export Daniel's roster and mailed it to him. Did the > same for you, that's all I can see on the database for the entry 'vuntz'. > As a side note if any old member had an huge number of registered contacts, > I can tr

Re: New service: Jabber.gnome.org

2013-04-30 Thread Andrea Veri
I did successfully export Daniel's roster and mailed it to him. Did the same for you, that's all I can see on the database for the entry 'vuntz'. As a side note if any old member had an huge number of registered contacts, I can try to retrieve them from the old database if that's really needed. Co