Dear On 06/27/2011 12:14 PM, Pockey Lam
wrote:
Dear all,
The deadline of call for
proposal of GNOME.Asia Summit 2012 is
approaching (July 4, 2011
Monday UTC 2359), do drop us an
email if you have any question
regarding the proposal. Continue
to help us to spread the word and look
forward to receiving your proposal!
Thanks!
Pockey
-------- Original Message --------
Dear all,
The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting
proposals to host GNOME.Asia Summit
during the 1st quarter of 2012.
GNOME.Asia Summit is the yearly GNOME
Users and Developers Conference in
Asia. The event focuses primarily on
the GNOME desktop, and also covers
applications and the development
platform tools. It brings together the
GNOME community in Asia to provide a
forum for users, developers,
foundation leaders, governments and
businesses to discuss both the present
technology and future developments.
GNOME.Asia Summit was held in
Beijing, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Taipei and
Bangalore respectively over the last
four years. We would like to continue
finding new locations as we spread
GNOME throughout Asia, and we are
looking for local organizers to rise
to the challenge of organizing an
excellent GNOME event. The GNOME.Asia
committee will assist in the process,
but there is a definitive need for
individuals to be actively involved
and committed to the planning and
delivery of the event.
You can learn more about GNOME.Asia
Summit at our official website: http://www.gnome.asia
For those of you who would like to
host the next GNOME.Asia Summit in
2012 you are hereby invited to write a
formal proposal to the
gnome-asia-committee-list <at>
gnome <dot> org . The deadline
for the proposals is July 4, 2011
Monday UTC 2359. Please send your
proposal to gnome-asia-committee-list
<at> gnome <dot> org. We
might invite you to present your
proposal in more details over our
regular IRC meetings, or send you
additional questions and requests.
Results will be announced by the end
of July 2011.
The conference will require
availability of facilities for one
week, including a weekend, during the
1st quarter of 2012 (January to March
2012). Dates should avoid other key
free software conferences or other
events that may have conflict and will
be confirmed together with other GNOME
teams which might get involved.
Key points which proposals should
consider, and which will be taken into
account when deciding among
candidates, are:
- Local community support for
hosting the conference.
- Venue details. Information about
infrastructure and facilities to
hold the conference should be
provided.
- Information about how internet
connectivity will be managed.
- Lodging choices ranging from
affordable housing to nicer hotels,
and information about distances
between the venue and lodging
options.
- The availability of restaurants or
the organization of catering
on-site, cost of food/soft
drinks/beer.
- The availability and cost of
travel from major Asian and European
cities.
- Local industry and government
support.
- Please provide a reasonably
detailed budget.
- Bear in mind that at GNOME.Asia
Summit, the hallway track and social
activities are also very important.
Please check the GNOME.Asia Summit
check list [1] and howtos [2] when
putting together a proposal. Please
also feel free to contact
gnome-asia-committee-list <at>
gnome <dot> org if you have any
questions.
Please help to spread the words and
we are looking forward to hearing from
you soon!
GNOME.Asia Committee
Pockey Lam
[1] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/event-organization-checklist
[2] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/summit-planning-howto
