Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Davyd, Davyd Madeley wrote: It seems to me that sponsorship to this event should really be handled by linux.conf.au, but I was wondering if the Foundation saw any place for itself here. I tend to agree with you. We have helped bring people to conferences in the past, and are doing so at

Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Davyd Madeley
On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 09:28 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: Davyd Madeley wrote: It seems to me that sponsorship to this event should really be handled by linux.conf.au, but I was wondering if the Foundation saw any place for itself here. I tend to agree with you. We have helped bring people

Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Davyd Madeley wrote: Send us a proposal (cost per t-shirt, number of prints, total cost) today if possible, we'll consider it at tonight's board meeting. I don't have anything harder than an idea so far. So I'm not going to be able to get anything to you today. I was more hoping to

Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Richard Stallman
One problem of associating GNOME with the name Linux is that it could tend to encourage the widespread tendency to think of GNOME and all of GNU as part of Linux. Arranging sponsorship through gnome.conf.au instead of linux.conf.au would be a small step to avoid encouraging

Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Sara Khalatbari
Hi all I am the one who has asked for sponsorship. Knowing that gnome.conf.au would be a miniconf to be held after linux.conf.au. I have already mailed [EMAIL PROTECTED]and Jeff just before mailing Davyd.I submitted a proposal to linux.conf.au and they replied that it would be of more

Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Davyd Madeley I received today a request for travel sponsorship to GNOME.conf.au. Obviously, GNOME.conf.au, being run as a no-money event (where we charge no entry, but all the facilities we require are provided for us by linux.conf.au). It seems to me that sponsorship

Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Jeff Waugh My linux.conf.au 2007 lead organiser hat is very firmly on for this reply With my GNOME Foundation hat on: There are *lots* of Foundation members who I would love to fund to attend linux.conf.au (thus GNOME.conf.au too), as I believe it is one of the most valuable and

Re: GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-11 Thread Davyd Madeley
Sara, On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 01:11 +0200, Sara Khalatbari wrote: I am the one who has asked for sponsorship. Knowing that gnome.conf.au would be a miniconf to be held after linux.conf.au. I have already mailed [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Jeff just before mailing Davyd. I submitted a proposal

GNOME.conf.au and sponsorship

2006-10-10 Thread Davyd Madeley
Board et al, I received today a request for travel sponsorship to GNOME.conf.au. Obviously, GNOME.conf.au, being run as a no-money event (where we charge no entry, but all the facilities we require are provided for us by linux.conf.au). It seems to me that sponsorship to this event should really