Re: [guadec-list] any volunteer?

on where the overflow bar will be, and try to sort something out there too. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] any volunteer?

. We need permission to have a quiz, space, a microphone loudspeaker set up, and prizes. Do you feel up to helping get all that? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org

[guadec-list] GUADEC table quiz?

of the events? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC table quiz?

questions, for about 90 minutes of quizzing all told. I figure any longer and people will start getting brutally bored. Wanna help with the questions? :) -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 ___ guadec-list mailing

Re: [guadec-list] events/guides/etc. for non-participants? (basically, my girlfriend :)

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Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul, Turkey

are excited to see what the community is bringing to GUADEC this year. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary Lyon, France ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

[guadec-list] GUADEC 2008 in Ankara

of keynote speakers: -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2008 in Ankara

anything which isn't already public knowledge - so I don't really see any reason to bring it to guadec-planning. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec

Re: [guadec-list] Keynotes to invite

problems, or get you thinking about novel solutions. Reinforcing current views isn't really that interesting to me. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http

Re: [guadec-list] Keynotes to invite

but I think Mitchell Baker and Chris DiBona should be in Marketing or Business. Chris would probably not be impressed :) For Mitchell, I agree for sure. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list

[guadec-list] Keynotes to invite

hunting to get in contact. From past experience, we'll need to invite about 20 people to get 6 or 7 acceptances - the acceptance rate is much higher for people within the GNOME community, though. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2008 - Just start Rocking

Hi Baris, Baris Cicek wrote: * Looking for keynote speakers (We need conference date to be fixed, else speakers can't decide if GUADEC fit into their agenda. Dave Neary already pledged his support, and I hope some other people will also help so we can have good keynote speakers

Re: [guadec-list] Travel question

or 12 people coming in at the same time. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

[guadec-list] Cheap accommodation, with free wifi

, $30) and free wifi included (perfect for geeks). Thought some people might like to be aware of the option. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec

Re: [guadec-list] What's happening this Saturday [was Re: Train Times to Brum]

set-up tear-down, errand running lots more stuff. 17 volunteers isn't enough. And yes, communication is an issue, you'll need a decent boss to organise some kind of structure and keep everyone on the same page. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [guadec-list] Schedule Calendars

function also. Having gone through describing it, I think that it's probably not worth the effort. It might have been worth the effort for Ross when he was drawing up the schedule, but retro-fitting it seems silly. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [guadec-list] Schedule Calendars

this with a spreadsheet in the past (save as HTML in gnumeric is an amazing timesaver when you're doing big tables). I preferred gnumeric. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http

Re: [guadec-list] Linux Magazine Guadec ad

mentions of money in the ad - it may be an interesting thought experiment, but you don't want to give the impression we're doing features for money. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec

Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2007 - POS

it that way). Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] Preliminary GUADEC Budget for 2007

Hi, Thomas Wood wrote: Dave Neary wrote: Last year we had the best year ever with sponsorship raising - we got $105,000 more or less in sponsorship. This year, you've estimated that you'll get $195,000 and you don't yet have a cornerstone sponsor. I'm not quite sure were you got those

[guadec-list] Food for keynote thought

this came up?) Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] Printed Platform Overview for Guadec

in the project. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] Preliminary GUADEC Budget for 2007

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Re: [guadec-list] Guadec Planning Meeting Notes - 3rd March 2007

or signs for outside). You'll need to figure about £3000 - £5000 for everything, I would guess. You're planning on both a booklet and a programme? Or are they the same thing? Are you hiring someone to do layout? It'll need to be in the budget. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member

Re: [guadec-list] Guadec Planning Meeting Notes - 3rd March 2007

rates. I thought this was the typo you were going to correct :) Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] Guadec Planning Meeting Notes - 3rd March 2007

Hi, Dave Neary wrote: Print * We will need to produce: o A programme o Attendee badges o Booklet/Brochures o Banners (for main stage, and if possible something to attach to railings or signs for outside). You'll need to figure

Re: [guadec-list] Guadec Planning Meeting Notes - 3rd March 2007

some extra persuasion. Supplying lanyards is a reason to give more money, not less (it's an extra branding presence on-site). Just to be clear :) Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec

Re: [guadec-list] Gnome Logo and Guadec Logo Fonts

and other documents. (may be this one breaks branding policies). I cannot remember more right now, may be more after some sleep. BTW I would like to dedicate this job to Quim Gil and Vincent Untz for their good job at GUADEC and GNOME Art. Cheers, -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member

Re: [guadec-list] Guadec Planning Meeting Notes - 20th January 2007

to guadec-papers, but if you want to use the Drupal system, Quim will be able to put you in contact with the person who set up the abstract submission module last year. Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list

Re: [guadec-list] copyright on guadec video archives

Thilo Pfennig wrote: On 1/19/07, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I guess we'll need to talk about it - I'd prefer BY-NC since there are talks by people who sometimes make money from their presentations (Kathy Sierra) unless the presenter says they're OK with BY-SA. I suggest next

Re: [guadec-list] copyright on guadec video archives

. (/me reminds 2007 organizers of http://wingolog.org/archives/2006/07/07/so-you-want-to-stream-a-conference) Regards, Andy. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman

Re: [guadec-list] Proposed timetable for Core days

have keynotes at the start of the day and after lunch. Half hour slots are tough to manage on-site, but could work well, but I'd cut the 4th stream and reduce the number of talk slots by 25%. We'll talk about how best to do the foundation AGM on foundation-list, I guess :) Cheers, Dave. -- Dave

[guadec-list] Call for papers

, Dave Neary, Ross Burton, Edd Dumbill and Rodrigo Moya) * Jan. 1: '''Done''' Final reminder of CFP abstracts deadline * Jan. 6: '''Done''' Another final reminder of CFP abstracts deadline * Jan. 12: '''Done''' Deadline for submission of abstracts and personal info (accept abstracts for a few

Re: [guadec-list] Key Note Speakers

to GUADEC. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

Re: [guadec-list] Key Note Speakers

Hi, Dave Neary wrote: In general, I'm trying to think of people I know give a good presentation, which would be a little relevant to the community - someone in software is great, someone in design would be great, someone in technical writing or technical marketing would be OK

[guadec-list] Keynote for GUADEC?

Hi, I would love to see Gapminder come to Birmingham for a keynote - what do you think? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7996617766640098677 Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org

Re: [guadec-list] guadec.org optimization

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: El dj 07 de 09 del 2006 a les 15:29 +0200, en/na Dave Neary va escriure: Is there an easy way in Drupal to archive a site (turn the current site into guadec.org/archive/2006 or something and start anew)? What is the difference between this and leaving the GUADEC2006

Re: [guadec-list] Video archive copyright forms

Hi Andy, Andy Wingo wrote: Also I am aware of the problems in the release form. I am definitely aware that no policy was set beforehand, as, um, I was making it up as I went, attempting to copy what Tim told Thomas last year. A more clear policy will be necessary next year. Board CCed.

Re: [guadec-list] Video archive copyright forms

Hi Andy, I think you can start releasing the archives straight away. Quim will know which attendees (if any) refused to sign the releases - I know at least one person wanted to sign a different release form than the one we had prepared (hi mitch) - next year we'll have to take out the exclusive

Re: [guadec-list] broken link on press release.

Hi, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: This link: http://guadec.org/Guadec2006/pressRoom Try: http://guadec.org/GUADEC2006/PressRoom Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org

Re: [guadec-list] [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: LUGRadio and GUADEC]]

Hi, No - it doesn't make sense to sponsor the equipment, but it's entirely possible that some locals have some or all of the equipment already? What's the Carpa? This stuff should be easy to get from volunteers (I hope): - 6 x microphones - 6 x microphone leads (with XLR connections) - 6 x

Re: [guadec-list] Press Release GUADEC 2006 - Final englisch+german

Hi, Sri Ramkrishna wrote: So what do we do about the other press release I wrote? If people like this one, we can go with this.. nobody has said much on the other one. I liked your one, Sri. We should push both, at 24 hours interval. Yours first, IMHO. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL

Re: [guadec-list] Cameras and machines for streaming

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: El dl 19 de 06 del 2006 a les 18:48 +0200, en/na Andy Wingo va escriure: So my proposal is to buy 4 normal boxes off the shelf, and some DV cards. Budget, please. Now it's GUADEC who decides if we rent or buy, and if we buy we will see if the Foundation is interested

Re: [guadec-list] [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: LUGRadio and GUADEC]]

Hi Jono, Jono Bacon wrote: The problem for me is getting gear onthe plane. I have amixer suitable for this, but my baggage allowance won't allow it, and its too big. I could get the mics in no problem, but the mixer and stands are a problem. How about we sponsor shipping to bring the mixing

Re: [guadec-list] Cameras and machines for streaming

Hi, Andy Wingo wrote: Last year there were 4 cameras total: 2 handicams from Fluendo and 2 nice cameras from Tim's wonderful friend whose name I forget, who was being paid I am sure. Jessica. I don't think she was paid for the loan of equipment, but I might be wrong. We have a possibility

Re: [guadec-list] Full GUADEC Schedule poster

Hi Andreas, Andreas Nilsson wrote: Hi all! Just finished the big schedule with all the talks in all the locations in it. Please check this out and make sure there are no errors in it. http://ramnet.se/~nisse/diverse/temp/fullschedule.pdf It's not very easy to see what's on at the same time

Re: [guadec-list] Marketing GNOME BOF

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: El dj 01 de 06 del 2006 a les 16:40 +0200, en/na Dave Neary va escriure: 1. I move the BOF into Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday (without being in the printed schedule, of course), and get the interested parties together during a time when there's no major clash My vote

Re: [guadec-list] asian story redone..

Hi, Sri Ramkrishna wrote: Asia is the growing market in this century. The GNOME desktop is well positioned to take on this market with massive deployments in China and India representing over 150,000 desktops. There

Re: [guadec-list] asian story redone..

Hi, Glynn Foster wrote: Are you sure you haven't gotten your wires crossed? That 'deal' was to make sure that the Solaris kernel was a core part of the curriculum over there AFAIK - nothing to do with GNOME as such. However, there was a rather large deployment figure a couple of years ago

Re: [guadec-list] Please make room for this link on the GPLv3 conference in Barcelona on the GUADEC website ASAP

Hi, I like If you're coming to GUADEC, why not come a few days early avd visit a href=http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/europe-gplv3-conference;the 3rd International GPLv3 Conference/a in Barcelona, the 22nd and 23rd of June, organised by the Free Software Foundation Europe. I think that

Re: [guadec-list] cool story 1

Hi Sri, Sri Ramkrishna wrote: Hi folks, attached is a first rev of the first cool story. This is in regards to the new markets created in Asia and South America by FOSS and Linux. I hope people can give me some feedback and correct things. Since this is the first one, this will be a good

[guadec-list] Marketing GNOME BOF

Hi, I had not planned staying around GUADEC on Friday, which is when the GNOME marketing BOF has been planned: Presentation: http://guadec.org/node/218 Schedule: http://guadec.org/GUADEC2006/schedule/AHW I see two possibilities: 1. I move the BOF into Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday (without

Re: [guadec-list] Schedule sprint

Hi, For info, I have made some corrections: * swapped Alex Graveley and Quim Gil's talks * Changed the NetworkManager talk to Robert Love's * Changed Anna Dirks' core usability session Cheers, Dave. Baris Cicek wrote: Josep can you please reflect all the changes on the version you sent to

Re: [guadec-list] HELP: Maintainer needed for schedule

Hi, Also, see the comments at the bottom of the page - can you swap Quim's talk (11h Monday) with Gimmie by Alex Graveley (15h Monday). Cheers, Dave. Quim Gil wrote: Baris, can you add these fixes below to the core schedule? Thank you. Also, we need to make the same division of 4 columns

Re: [guadec-list] Mistake on published core schedule?

Hi Rob, Rob Taylor wrote: On http://guadec.org/GUADEC2006/schedule, Kai Vehmanen's Telepathy talk has been put at Tuesday at 1600, but I think it should be Robert McQueen's. Kai's is already scheduled for after-hours. Indeed - my mistake, I asked Baris to take over the schedule and add links

Re: [guadec-list] Summer of Code folks

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: Let's do the following. snip If you agree, I'll publish that in guadec.org and Planet. Sounds good. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org

Re: [guadec-list] REAL banners

Hi Quim, Quim Gil wrote: We need to design the real (not web) banners of the conference. Those big signs in the entrance, the rooms etc. I met today the Vilanova people before the press conference there, and they showed me the list of banners that need to be delivered... BEFORE JUNE 6TH.

Re: [guadec-list] Press team

Hi, Javier Vazquez wrote: My conclusions, so far, are that we need: snip I could be the person responsible for handle Spanish press during the conference (I have a cellphone, I like talking ;)), but I would like that a native English speaker cope with international press if necessary.

[guadec-list] HELP: Maintainer needed for schedule

Hi, The schedule really really needs a maintainer - there will be numerous shufflings of sessions, some sessions added, some presenters will change, some people will want to co-present, etc. There's also the synchronisation of the ical and the online schedule to think about. This doesn't take

Re: [guadec-list] HELP: Maintainer needed for schedule

Hi, Dave Neary wrote: PS: Outstanding changes that need to be done are: * Add co-authors: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/guadec-list/2006-May/msg00065.html (and its follow-up) * Move a session: Portland (16h Wednesday) is moving to a plenary on Thursday * Add new sessions: o Anne

Re: [guadec-list] [Fwd: Sponsorship brochure]

Hi, I'd like to use BY-NC-SA - but it's really up to the authors - if they prefer BY-SA, that's fine by me. I don't like the idea of commercial conferences taking our work and retouching it a little too much. BY-SA works OK if there's something given back. Cheers, Dave. Quim Gil wrote: We

Re: [guadec-list] Closing the Football equipment

Hi, Alvaro del Castillo wrote: For 13€/person we have the complete equipment: shirts, sockets and shorts. If we get only the shirts, I think it will around 9€ (if possible). I think that the 4€ (160€) difference isn't a big deal and that the full equipment is much more attractive than

Re: Re : [guadec-list] Urgent : Printed Program Status

Hi, Shaun McCance wrote: Whatever gets the job done. Right now, I don't even have a clear sense of what I should be writing, and that's a big problem. Is the information on the wiki even a correct representation? http://live.gnome.org/GUADEC2006/PrintedContent 140 pages is a lot of

Re: [Fwd: Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC T-Shirts]

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: Lates version of the back, all in white. I think we are almost there. Igalia needs to have their new logo (not easy to put in one color at all) and I'm looking for a good quality version of http://planet.gnome.org/heads/nobody.png . I've contacted jimmac and tigert,

Re: [guadec-list] Other t-shirts (volunteers, professionals)

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: As Ludovic suggested, we need t-shirts for the volunteers. However, I think they are more a recognition gift to be given at the end of the conference rather than a tool to be identified and used during the GUADEC days. I agree. I wasn't joking when I suggested

Re: [guadec-list] Lanyards

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: Another branded object to be defined: lanyards. No branding needed IMHO. They're only neck-bands, and most of them will be thrown away at the end of the conference. Plain blue, red, black or yellow will be fine. Or the rainbow variant is nice too. (I just learnt that this

Re: [Fwd: Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC T-Shirts]

Hi, Murray Cumming wrote: Don't you think it's enough to get a GNOME branded GUADEC t-shirt? I'd like the foot to be more visible everywhere. Your eyes will find the little logos if you know to look for it, but you'll never remember the logo if you don't see it as the most obvious thing.

Re: [guadec-list] Re: Final cost for the football equipment

don't think most people will mind that much. I also agree that a €5 participation isn't asking too much for getting the t-shirt and borrowing equipment (please let's borrow the footballs, referee whistle and whatever other equipment we need). Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary Lyon, France

Re: [Fwd: Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC T-Shirts]

they weren't requested?) People who have submitted a11y related content could tune up the keyword by tagging their articles with the tag, once it's added. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary Lyon, France ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http

Re: [guadec-list] Re: Final cost for the football equipment

whoever is not playing at the time can be the referee if is needed, but this is supposed to be a friendly/fun game more than a competitive one. I agree. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary Lyon, France ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http

Re: [guadec-list] List of approved sessions

Hi, Actually, I now think that schedule V1, with everything moved forward an hour, is better. 10:00 start, 13:00 - 15:00 lunch break, 19:00 finish. As Quim suggested. We should make sure that people know that sessions are planned for 4 minutes, starting on the hour. I want to leave people a

Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC T-Shirts

Hi, Murray Cumming wrote: On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 16:33 +0200, Quim Gil wrote: http://guadec.org/files/G1.jpg is like the sparser but with bigger fonts. The fonts there are still very small for some words. I doubt that T-shirt printing would be high-enough quality to make them readable.

[guadec-list] Printed content

out and come up with a first draft which we can refine a little and announce? In any case, once we've announced it, several people will not be happy with it, and we'll probably need to make some changes right up to the conference. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary Lyon, France

[guadec-list] Re: murrayc bio photo needed for GUADEC journal

Hi Sara, The year before last we got a lot of web-sized photos (100x200 type size) and they were unusable for printing. Last year, I asked authors to submit a 1024x768 or larger photo, which was big enough that we could scale and/or crop as needs be for the web, and the printer had enough pixels

[guadec-list] Re: murrayc bio photo needed for GUADEC journal

Claus Schwarm wrote: rasterization effect (sorry, I'm not sure about the English word). That's it. Pixellation works too, I think. This may happen with small images optimised for web usage (72dpi). With pngs, this is fine usually - you get a little pixellation, but nothing too dramatic. But

Re: [guadec-list] Computer room

Hi, Davyd Madeley wrote: Perhaps we could get Sun to provide some of those 17 integrated Sunrays running off OpenSolaris with their latest GNOME builds? That would be pretty nifty. Sun have been pretty generous so far - I'd feel like I was pushing my luck to ask for some thin clients too.

Re: [guadec-list] Re: Sorting out the teams

Carlos Fenollosa wrote: BTW, shouldn't the list be configured to reply by default to the list and not to the person? Reply-to is evil. Kill kill kill. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list

Re: [guadec-list] Has this list been closed?

Hi Anne, Anne Østergaard wrote: Has this guadec-papers list been closed? The guadec-papers list is a list for discussion of acceptance and rejection of papers for the GUADEC schedule. Only the people who are evaluating papers for the core days of GUADEC are on that list now, along with Quim

Re: Re : [guadec-list] GUADEC-Program layout - Draft 1

Hi, Ludovic Danigo wrote: Before you go further, are we really going to print all pages in color? Good question indeed ! That one need to be answered by Quim who manage the budget. In the past, we have gone for a 4-colour cover, with BW pages, on a decent paper, matt finish. It's a

Re: [guadec-list] Football: GNOME - Rest of the World

Hi, Not at all, I would say... but we need a couple of RotW captains as motivated as Pedro and Bastien. Cheers, Dave. Quim Gil wrote: I've see Pedro's post in the Planet: http://blogs.gnome.org/view/pvillavi/2006/04/20/0 There is no mention at all to a GNOME - Rest Of The World match, it

Re: [guadec-list] 93 presentations: what's next

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: - The GUADEC Committee will proceed with the selection of presentations, starting with those targeting the Core days (Catwalk, Topaz, Tangle). On April 25th we announce the submitted presentations accepted, either for the Core days or for Warm Up - After Hours. I propose

Re: [guadec-list] Football: GNOME - Rest of the World

Hi, Bastien Nocera wrote: About the technical aspects, I think it's easier/better/funnier to go for a futsal [1] match instead of an official 11 players football game. Easier to complete a team with players in the bench, easier to find a location, easier to get the tier more full than empty...

Re: [guadec-list] Online registration - alpha

Quim Gil wrote: Either we introduce this variable in the form, or either we consider sponsors an exception since there are not lots of them. Exception, it's definitely better - an added benefit is the personal touch as you get in contact with the person, and ask for the names of the people

Re: [guadec-list] Online registration - alpha

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: We need more testing! Pick a calculator, choose several options, discounts, donations and make sure the final result is correct. For the individuals the calculation is pretty simple, testing is needed specially in the group booking. The accommodation page is confusing me.

[guadec-list] Places where there should be a link to the call for papers

Hi, I just wrote a blog entry for the call for papers, and was navigating around the site a bit, and there are definitely a few more places where we should add a link to Submit an abstract. * Front page, sidebar - Publish just doesn't get the meaning across. * Schedule page - Right at

[guadec-list] Simon Phipps

Hi, In case this slipped through the net, I have confirmed Simon Phipps as a keynote speaker, and we should probably announce that. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org

Re: [guadec-list] Accommodation plans

Hi, A nice compromise is to have 2 or 3 accommodation options recommended and on the website - a hotel in the $50 - $100 price range per night, where people coming with companies and invited speakers will be put up, a more economical option (like the youth hostel last year) for people on a

Re: [guadec-list] Weekly meeting reminder

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: Like every Monday, today we meet at #guadec (irc.gnome.org) at 20h UTC, 21h Vilanova time. I'll be there. Topics: - Sponsors' brochure: steps to finish it. A last review. - Website: steps to release the website. Homepage elements, navigation and new theme

Re: [guadec-list] Brochure updated

Hi, Calum Benson wrote: Haven't proof read it as other people seem to be doing a good job of that, but I did notice one typo on a quick scan through: two speaking slot (p5) should be two speaking slots. I agree with Quim's opinion that editorial content and sponsorship should be

[guadec-list] Re: Fubdraisers contacting sponsors

Hi, Quim Gil wrote: Of course more people is always better than less people. However, I think that what we really need is to get the right contact inside the companies we are looking for sponsorship. I'm not suggesting that any old volunteer could get us sponsorship - but we have the

Re: [guadec-list] Registration fees

Hi, Murray Cumming wrote: The poll survey wasn't very useful. However, in general the response to the Stuttgart Fees, even after we'd fixed the communication problems was: 1. Enough speakers complained about paying (or even the suggestion that they might want to pay) that it's clearly very

Re: Scribus help (was Re: [guadec-list] Brochure design settled - need content work)

Hi, In general, you should be using Scribus 1.3 (the latest release or CVS snapshot) since a lot of things have changed, and it's quite usable - it wouldn't surprise me that Ludovic has been using this version. I've added a couple of Scribus heads to the CC, hopefully they can point you in

Re: [guadec-list] Did You see this on the board meeting agenda?

Quim Gil wrote: Like Anne suggests, I'm also for a wide call now in order to estimate sooner the needs and have more time to deal with them. Also to save money all of us: the sooner we book the cheaper the prices are, so wit he same resources we can help more people. Can we have an estimate

Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC budget

Hi, Some line items: * Equipment hire (typically this is not included in rental of the site - check with university) * Security (1 week, 2 guards, roughly €600 per day, see with university) * Insurance (I have no idea) * Network equipment (bandwidth?, switches, Wifi hotspots, extension

Re: [guadec-list] Sponsors for GUADEC 2006

Hi, Javier Vazquez wrote: El mar, 14-02-2006 a las 01:12 +1300, Glynn Foster escribió: You should probably sync up with the board, because quite often they are the best people to get in contact with the current advisory board members, of which there are quite a few sponsorship prospects. I

Re: [guadec-list] Weekly meeting reminder

Hi, I'm not going to be able to attend this evening, sorry. For info, I've contacted Sun about sponsorship (a while ago), but no-body else. And Jeff's said that since he's already looking for sponsorship for linux.conf.au for next year, he's not going to be helping out in any significant

Re: [guadec-list] Homepage structure feedback

administraton is welcome too. -- Quim Gil - http://desdeamericaconamor.org -- Dave Neary Lyon, France ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list

[guadec-list] Keynote possibility

Hi, Kathy Sierra would *rock* as a keynote. Her blog, Creating passionate users reads like a litany of the things we should could be doing to make GNOME rock. I'd like to invite her. Any opposition? Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [guadec-list] Keynote possibility

Quim Gil wrote: Alright, alright, invite her and let's see what happens. Cool :) You're a honey. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org

Re: [guadec-list] schedule

Hi Quim, Quim Gil wrote: Dave, are you still around these days? I've been working 12 hour days, and all my spare cycles have been going into chasing down sponsors for LGM. A papers schedule based on the timescale in last year's would be great. I hope that's the only thing people are

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