On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Oleg Bartunov wrote:
It's still not easy to come from Russia to Canada. I have to convince
officer in canadian embassy that
1) I have enough money for living in Canada
2) I don't want to immigrate
3) I'm a loyal citizen
Invitation from conference commitee could help me to
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc G. Fournier):
Just curious, but how do ppl come to Canada as tourists from other
countries? I don't imagine they need to be invited by a Canadian,
do they?
Well, the invitation thing doesn't apply at all to people from North
America or Western Europe; it's
It's still not easy to come from Russia to Canada. I have to convince
officer in canadian embassy that
1) I have enough money for living in Canada
2) I don't want to immigrate
3) I'm a loyal citizen
Invitation from conference commitee could help me to get an official letter
from my institute to
Alvaro,
Thanks for the pointers. I'm looking forward to finding somebody who
wants to sponsor me on this issue ... or maybe get me a passport from
the Holy See.
The other pointy bit is that the letter of invitation needs to
indicate the inviter's relationship to the person being invited.
Just curious, but how do ppl come to Canada as tourists from other
countries? I don't imagine they need to be invited by a Canadian, do
they?
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Josh Berkus wrote:
Alvaro,
Thanks for the pointers. I'm looking forward to finding somebody who
wants to sponsor me on this
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:56:23AM -, Dave Page wrote:
Do you have someone with some local knowledge who can recommend
some nearby hotels?
Yes.
If you go to http://conference.postgresql.org/Location/, I've put
up some information about this. I'll be expanding those pages as
things move
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 15:13:54 -0500
Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, now that we seem to be really underway, I'll also likely be
contacting known-to-be-local people and hitting them up for specific
things we might need. The organisers group was (at my insistence, so
you all can
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:18:43 -0500
D'Arcy J.M. Cain darcy@druid.net wrote:
What type of things will you be needing? I can probably spare some time.
Doh! Sorry about that. I did reply instead of reply all thinking it would
only go to Andrew. I didn't meant to send to the list.
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D'Arcy
Am Dienstag, 7. März 2006 08:50 schrieb Tom Lane:
Sometime you ought to clue us in on where the event is being held.
It's at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto. There will be a web site with
further information Real Soon Now.
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http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 11:04 -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
Uh oh, $50 sounds light for downtown; you aren't thinking of doing
this
thing somewhere out in Toronto's nigh infinite suburbs are you?
The Bay Street Hotel has rooms for about $60/night and is located within
a 7 minute walk of Ryerson.
People:
Uh oh, $50 sounds light for downtown; you aren't thinking of doing
this
thing somewhere out in Toronto's nigh infinite suburbs are you?
Since Ryerson is a university, they will rent us some dorm rooms for a cost
below that of nearby hotels for the budget-conscious.
BTW, the web
Greg Stark wrote:
I missed that this was happening up here in Canada. How exclusive is
the guest list for this? Like, are you only expecting 50 top
contributors by invitation only or is anyone who can make it welcome?
Everyone is hereby invited.
What kind of costs are anticipated?
We don't
Luke Lonergan wrote:
I'm asking our performance lead, Ayush Parashar, to develop a talk
proposal that will discuss performance of Postgres, including
enhancements like the on-disk bitmap index, sort improvements, etc.
We'd also like to discuss the business intelligence use-cases and
where
Greg,
What kind of costs are anticipated?
We don't know that yet. We're going to tell as soon as we have a
reliable calculation.
However, it's looking like registration will be around $175-$200 USD per
developer. Sponsorships may bring that down, but I'm not counting on it.
Josh Berkus josh@agliodbs.com writes:
Accomodations will range between $50/night to $110 per night depending on
where you want to stay.
Sometime you ought to clue us in on where the event is being held.
regards, tom lane
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Christopher Browne wrote:
Here should be the authoritative information:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.html
Countries/Territories Requiring Visas
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/letter.html
Letter of Invitation for Countries Whose Citizens Require a
Temporary
Wow, this is a great deal of burden that for sure I didn't have to do
last time :-( Not sure why, maybe the laws changed or something. It is
crystal clear that I have to do it this time however.
I think you're overreacting guys... I would first try and go to the
nearest Canadian embassy and
Csaba Nagy wrote:
Wow, this is a great deal of burden that for sure I didn't have to do
last time :-( Not sure why, maybe the laws changed or something. It is
crystal clear that I have to do it this time however.
I think you're overreacting guys... I would first try and go to the
Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Christopher Browne wrote:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/letter.html
Letter of Invitation for Countries Whose Citizens Require a
Temporary Resident Visa to Enter Canada
Wow, this is a great deal of burden that for sure I didn't have to
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Stark)
wrote:
Are you sure that Temporary Resident Visa is what you need?
Isn't the regular visa people get called just a Guest Visa?
That's possible too... It is probably a good idea to contact a local
Canadian embassy to
Peter,
I'd need an invitation to get a visa. Is't possible ?
Oleg
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit
=
Call for Contributions
--
The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9,
Chris Browne wrote:
oleg@sai.msu.su (Oleg Bartunov) writes:
I'd need an invitation to get a visa. Is't possible ?
Certainty is difficult to promise, but there is a reasonable
population of relevant people here such that invitations can be
arranged.
I suggest that everyone who needs
Just curious, but what is involved in these invitations? For instance,
is there a limit on # of invitations any one person(?) or company can
issue? Are there any legal implications of issuing such an invitation? I
could imagine some pretty hot water if pre 9/11 someone were to invite
bin
Ühel kenal päeval, N, 2006-03-02 kell 15:35, kirjutas Marc G. Fournier:
Just curious, but what is involved in these invitations? For instance,
is there a limit on # of invitations any one person(?) or company can
issue? Are there any legal implications of issuing such an invitation?
Sure.
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 11:51 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9, 2006, in
Toronto, Canada. We are planning for a gathering of about 50 hackers,
contributors, and other friends of the PostgreSQL project to celebrate the
project's
Yea, sure I would like to attend.
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Neil Conway wrote:
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 11:51 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9, 2006, in
Toronto, Canada. We are
FOlks,
One thing I'd like to add: we're considering organizing a code sprint
for the days immediately following the conference.
To add further. There will probably be a code sprint AT the conference
as well. Then Monday and Tuesday for an extended code sprint. We're
still discussing
The world rejoiced as [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc G. Fournier) wrote:
Just curious, but what is involved in these invitations? For
instance, is there a limit on # of invitations any one person(?) or
company can issue? Are there any legal implications of issuing such
an invitation? I could
Christopher Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Letter of Invitation for Countries Whose Citizens Require a
Temporary Resident Visa to Enter Canada
I missed that this was happening up here in Canada. How exclusive is the guest
list for this? Like, are you only expecting 50 top contributors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Stark) writes:
Christopher Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Letter of Invitation for Countries Whose Citizens Require a
Temporary Resident Visa to Enter Canada
I missed that this was happening up here in Canada. How exclusive is
the guest list for this? Like, are
btw,
how expensive is to go to the Niagara waterfall from Toronto ?
I'd like to take an opportunity to see it.
Oleg
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Chris Browne wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Stark) writes:
Christopher Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Letter of Invitation for Countries Whose
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:07:06 +0300 (MSK)
Oleg Bartunov oleg@sai.msu.su wrote:
how expensive is to go to the Niagara waterfall from Toronto ?
I'd like to take an opportunity to see it.
If you are driving, Niagara Falls is about one hour from Toronto. Cost is a
tank of gas and parking. Looking
PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit
=
Call for Contributions
--
The PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit will take place on July 8 and 9, 2006, in
Toronto, Canada. We are planning for a gathering of about 50 hackers,
contributors, and other friends of the
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