Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
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, Clemson, SC*cough* Would one of you guys like to put together a proposal including venue, costs and dates? It might be too late for this year since I am pretty sure we can book the Stata Center in January but it would be nice to have people talking to other venues and getting estimates so we have backup plans and the ability to move fast when choosing a venue for the year after. Alternatively if you wanted to get your feet wet and start small you could organize a smaller event and apply for funding from the board. -- John (J5) Palmieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
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 it is a cheap flight for Bostonians. There is a Red Hat office here, not sure about other GNOMEy elements. Sounds like a great idea to me. Do we have any numbers showing how many non US attendants were there at the previous Boston summits? Don't think so. But I'm all in favor of Boston Summit in Toronto 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
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
quote who=Behdad Esfahbod 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 Jeff ended up doing it all the way from Australia. It was going well until the *reserved venue* got canceled... Thanks for pointing that out - but I do want to stress again that Zana and Owen saved the day when all else failed, and we should be very grateful to them (not that you're forgetting them, I just wanted to say thanks again). We have to wait until January to book the usual venue at MIT, so I hope J5 (elected or not - formalities, formalities) can adopt that task and pursue it vigorously! :-) - Jeff -- GNOME.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australia http://live.gnome.org/Melbourne2008 On Tuesday I saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with Zack and two ladies whom I presume are gracious. - Seth Schoen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
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 host cities and organizers often see prestige in hosting GUADEC. 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. Is it still true now? Are there other locations that substantial number of hackers are around? Just some thoughts :) -Ghee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
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 make and sell a bid. This is helped by the fact that host cities and organizers often see prestige in hosting GUADEC. 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. Is it still true now? Are there other locations that substantial number of hackers are around? Just some thoughts :) It is called the Boston Summit. All joking asside cost is the main issue. The Boston Summit is supposed to be a more informal and efficient gathering where GUADEC is the big bang go all out conference so budgets are handled accordingly. Having it in one city allows us to theoretically keep costs down and make sure the quality is still there. There is also historically a large contingent of GNOME hackers in Boston. We did have it in New York one year. In fact that was the first year I went since being in NY meant I just had to hop a couple of trains to get there. The venue was, shall we say, less than desirable, though it worked out for me. So there are always pros and cons to the equation. Right now I think the pros still outweigh the cons in keeping it in Boston but who knows what the future brings. If someone wanted to organize in some other city and could put together a detailed proposal there is nothing stopping the board from considering it. -- John (J5) Palmieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
quote who=Ghee Teo 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, Australia http://live.gnome.org/Melbourne2008 The FFF policy: File a bug, Fix it, or F*ck off. - pwhysall on gnomedesktop.org ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
quote who=Jeff Waugh quote who=Ghee Teo 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 that while this was true when the Boston Summit was created, there aren't a lot of Novell desktop hackers left in Boston these days. Perhaps a roaming Columbus Day weekend conference (still in the USA) would be a good thing? - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australiahttp://lca2008.linux.org.au/ The only people still using Microsoft IIS are those who don't even know it's there. - Larry Ellison ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
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 ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
Hi Jeff, all, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Jeff Waugh quote who=Ghee Teo 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 that while this was true when the Boston Summit was created, there aren't a lot of Novell desktop hackers left in Boston these days. Perhaps a roaming Columbus Day weekend conference (still in the USA) would be a good thing? 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 it is a cheap flight for Bostonians. There is a Red Hat office here, not sure about other GNOMEy elements. cheers, David ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
