Hi Brian,
On 12/14/2011 04:42 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
The board would like for the Foundation membership to help discuss
and decide whether it makes sense to move forward with having a Desktop
Summit. Although the Desktop Summit survey results indicated a strong
majority were supportive of the
On 12/14/2011 09:34 AM, Richard Hughes wrote:
First things first, I'll be happy if we have a GUADEC or a desktop
summit, both events rocked hard. My preference would be for the
former, just on the personal belief that I end up doing so much extra
work for the KDE desktop and get virtually
Hi Richard,
Henry Holtzman at the Media Lab and Walter Bender has helped us in the
past. They have work with the registrar's office at
http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/schedules/ though that link seems
outdated. This one seems to be the correct one -
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:49, Andrew Cowie
and...@operationaldynamics.comwrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 20:25 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote:
I likely going to GUADEC as I can meet *only* GNOME
focused people. With not having a GUADEC each year, I only meet GNOME
people every other year
I must
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 20:25 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote:
I likely going to GUADEC as I can meet *only* GNOME
focused people. With not having a GUADEC each year, I only meet GNOME
people every other year
I must admit this sentiment resonated. I have nothing at all against KDE
people — I've met
Thanks. Now I know enough to raise the issue on Monday.
If room booking only starts in March, maybe I can at least
find out if it will be allowed.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org www.gnu.org
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On 14 December 2011 13:32, Lennart Poettering mzta...@0pointer.de wrote:
Well, but let's not forget that the folks you explicitly list here are
probably more on the side against the colocation than for it. At least
of the one you named first I know that he is against the combined
conf. And I
We used to get free rooms (~4) at MIT on Columbus day long weekend.
I will inquire. What sort of rooms? Large lecture halls?
Ordinary classrooms? Does anyone recall the room numbers
from a previous time?
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA
Thanks so much for offering to look into this, Richard! I hear that the
Stata Center was a better location in the past than the Economics Building
if we have the choice...
When it was in the Stata Center, which rooms were they? If I get the
room numbers, I will know exactly what to
Richard,
Le vendredi 16 décembre 2011, à 10:39 -0500, Richard Stallman a écrit :
Thanks so much for offering to look into this, Richard! I hear that the
Stata Center was a better location in the past than the Economics Building
if we have the choice...
When it was in the Stata
On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 10:39 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
Thanks so much for offering to look into this, Richard! I hear that the
Stata Center was a better location in the past than the Economics Building
if we have the choice...
When it was in the Stata Center, which rooms were
2011/12/16 Máirín Duffy du...@fedoraproject.org:
On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 10:39 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
Thanks so much for offering to look into this, Richard! I hear that the
Stata Center was a better location in the past than the Economics
Building
if we have the choice...
Can we have next one in Toronto please? :D
I can run.
On 12/16/2011 12:45 PM, john palmieri wrote:
2011/12/16 Máirín Duffy du...@fedoraproject.org:
On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 10:39 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
Thanks so much for offering to look into this, Richard! I hear that the
Stata
Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me a écrit:
For instance, having Plumbers conference with a desktop conference would be
quite interesting I think considering the direction we are moving towards.
A vertical platform, this might be more interesting.
I couldn't agree more, Sri. Thank you for
What did the previous MIT contact do? Maybe I can get it done.
How about co-location with a Linux Foundation conference?
One major drawback of this is that it would inevitably lead GNOME to
support the practice of covering up the existence of the GNU system.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 16:41 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
What did the previous MIT contact do? Maybe I can get it done.
We used to get free rooms (~4) at MIT on Columbus day long weekend.
It would be great if you can get done it.
--
Germán Póo-Caamaño
http://people.gnome.org/~gpoo/
2011/12/14 Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me:
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Brian Cameron brian.came...@oracle.com
wrote:
Over the years, GNOME community events have grown in frequency, size
and the expectations of hosting professional quality events. It is a
challenge for a
On Thu, December 15, 2011 5:28 pm, Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote:
On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 16:41 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
What did the previous MIT contact do? Maybe I can get it done.
We used to get free rooms (~4) at MIT on Columbus day long weekend.
It would be great if you can get done
Hi Brian,
A point of clarification:
On Wed 14 Dec 2011 04:42, Brian Cameron brian.came...@oracle.com writes:
3. The GNOME community has been having trouble finding volunteers to
help make events successful lately.
You mention that we had a problem with this in the last Desktop Summit.
Has
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Brian Cameron brian.came...@oracle.com wrote:
3. The GNOME community has been having trouble finding volunteers to
help make events successful lately. Some people like Dave Neary,
Lennart Poettering, and Ekaterina Gerasimova did a great job
volunteering
Hi Brian,
On 12/14/2011 04:42 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
At the October 26th IRC meeting, Jon McCann spoke about his concerns
about the Desktop Summit.[2] At the November 23rd meeting, Dave Neary
(who was also very involved in making the past Desktop Summit happen),
highlighted that there are
On Tue, 13.12.11 21:42, Brian Cameron (brian.came...@oracle.com) wrote:
Heya,
1. It subtracts momentum from the GNOME brand and community. With
GNOME 3 to focus on, the community needs to more focus on making
GNOME 3 a success, less on collaboration.
I ran the paper committee in
Aloha,
2011/12/14 Lennart Poettering mzta...@0pointer.de
On Tue, 13.12.11 21:42, Brian Cameron (brian.came...@oracle.com) wrote:
Heya,
1. It subtracts momentum from the GNOME brand and community. With
GNOME 3 to focus on, the community needs to more focus on making
GNOME 3 a
Hi Dave,
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote:
Hi Brian,
On 12/14/2011 04:42 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
At the October 26th IRC meeting, Jon McCann spoke about his concerns
about the Desktop Summit.[2] At the November 23rd meeting, Dave Neary
(who was also
On 12/14/2011 04:42 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
1. To not have a large combined GNOME+KDE event, and to instead have
a smaller Desktop Summit or focused hackfest(s) with a more clear
agenda to work on specific and measurable collaborative tasks.
GUADEC and Akademy would continue as
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:20:18AM +0100, Andy Wingo wrote:
You mention that we had a problem with this in the last Desktop Summit.
Has this been a problem in other events as well?
The board specifically requested GNOME-NL to hold GUADEC.
--
Regards,
Olav
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 08:02:32PM +0100, Olav Vitters wrote:
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:20:18AM +0100, Andy Wingo wrote:
You mention that we had a problem with this in the last Desktop Summit.
Has this been a problem in other events as well?
The board specifically requested GNOME-NL to
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 09:42:28PM -0600, Brian Cameron wrote:
The biggest complaints about the Desktop Summit seem to be:
I don't want to miss out on GUADEC. And a Desktop Summit is not a
GUADEC.
In discussion, the following options have been suggested as ways to
improve the event.
1. To
Foundation:
A point of clarification:
On Wed 14 Dec 2011 04:42, Brian Cameronbrian.came...@oracle.com writes:
3. The GNOME community has been having trouble finding volunteers to
help make events successful lately.
You mention that we had a problem with this in the last Desktop
El dt 13 de 12 de 2011 a les 21:42 -0600, en/na Brian Cameron va
escriure:
GNOME Foundation Members:
()
3. The GNOME community has been having trouble finding volunteers to
help make events successful lately. Some people like Dave Neary,
Lennart Poettering, and Ekaterina
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 17:08 -0600, Brian Cameron wrote:
[...]
Yes, as you might remember, we have had difficulties organizing the
Boston Summit this past year, ending up relocating the event to
Montreal rather last minute. Also, most of the volunteers who have
made GNOME.Asia successful the
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Brian Cameron brian.came...@oracle.comwrote:
Over the years, GNOME community events have grown in frequency, size
and the expectations of hosting professional quality events. It is a
challenge for a volunteer community to keep up with consistently year
after
GNOME Foundation Members:
At two previous GNOME Foundation IRC meetings, there has been discussion
about how to approach the Desktop Summit[1] going forward.
At the October 26th IRC meeting, Jon McCann spoke about his concerns
about the Desktop Summit.[2] At the November 23rd meeting, Dave
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