Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Andy Wingo
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Chris Kühl
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Dave Neary
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Lennart Poettering
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Patricia Santana Cruz
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Allan Day
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Piñeiro
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Olav Vitters
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Olav Vitters
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Olav Vitters
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Brian Cameron
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Gil Forcada
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
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

Re: Desktop Summit Planning

2011-12-14 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
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