Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-03 Thread Og Maciel
On Dec 3, 2007 3:16 PM, John (J5) Palmieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would one of you guys like to put together a proposal including venue, > costs and dates? What do you say Adam? Are you in NC? Want to grab a cup of coffee and chat? Cheers, -- Og B. Maciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-03 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 12:46 -0500, Adam Schreiber wrote: > On Dec 3, 2007 12:41 PM, Og Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about North Carolina? We have a great place with big name > > companies, schools and exciting people. > > Seconded. > > Adam Schreiber > *cough*Clemson University, Cle

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-03 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Dec 3, 2007 12:41 PM, Og Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about North Carolina? We have a great place with big name > companies, schools and exciting people. Seconded. Adam Schreiber *cough*Clemson University, Clemson, SC*cough* ___ foundation

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-03 Thread Og Maciel
How about North Carolina? We have a great place with big name companies, schools and exciting people. -- Og B. Maciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Keys: D5CFC202 http://www.ogmaciel.com (en_US) http://blog.ogmaciel.com (pt_BR) ___

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-02 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 14:53 +0100, Kjartan Maraas wrote: > > > Just a note... I can probably find some good space at the University of > > Toronto (Canada) if it was ever required. It is generally easier for > > folks in some countries (like China, and Russia) to get visas to come > > here, and

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-12-02 Thread Kjartan Maraas
on., 28.11.2007 kl. 16.00 -0500, skrev David Bolter: > Hi Jeff, all, > > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > > > >> > >> > >> > >>> Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it > >>> because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. > >>> > >> B

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 07:53 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Perhaps a roaming Columbus Day weekend conference (still > in the USA) would be a good thing? s/USA/North America/ Canada do exist. And in that case Columbus day is Thanksgiving in Canada so it might be wise to move the date a bit. Hub __

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread David Bolter
Hi Jeff, all, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > >> >> >> >>> Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it >>> because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. >>> >> Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the >> Red Ha

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
> > > > Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it > > because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. > > Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the > Red Hat and Novell desktop teams. Dan Winship points out on IRC t

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it > because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the Red Hat and Novell desktop teams. - Jeff -- GNOME.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Aust

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:44 +, Ghee Teo wrote: > > Part of the issue is the Boston Summit is always in Boston where as > > GUADEC can always get fresh enthusiastic teams to help out. This is > > because in order to become a host city for GUADEC you already have to > > have a team assembled to

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Ghee Teo
> Part of the issue is the Boston Summit is always in Boston where as > GUADEC can always get fresh enthusiastic teams to help out. This is > because in order to become a host city for GUADEC you already have to > have a team assembled to make and sell a bid. This is helped by the > fact that ho

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 05:57 -0500, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 12:46 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote: > > Even if not elected I am an available Boston resident and would > > be more than happy to help out. > > I'm sure you do, and you alredy showed that by organizing the poub n

Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
> But if you look, I asked for help about Boston Summit on the boston-social > list as early as June: > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/boston-social/2007-June/msg0.html > > and got no reply. I mailed at least three Boston residents directly and > got no reply either. And I gave up and J

On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]

2007-11-28 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 12:46 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote: > Even if not elected I am an available Boston resident and would > be more than happy to help out. I'm sure you do, and you alredy showed that by organizing the poub night this year. Thanks for that. But if you look, I asked for help