Re: Shared call-for-participants & Proposal

[Mario Behling <mb mariobehling de>]

Kevin,

lets have a chat about this. I think there is a misunderstanding.

Thanks,

Mario


On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Kevin Miller, Jr.
<kevin miller saigonlinux com> wrote:
> Come on Mario, be realistic.  First you say you do not want it at QTSC and
> then you do when RMIT said they cannot hold it at the time you want.  I am
> trying to work with you but you guys are not being realistic.
> Do not forget who your audience is.  You are going to need more than a month
> to translate your presentations into Vietnamese.  Where will you find the
> translators?  Google DevFest was interesting but many developers left since
> they could not understand the presentations.
>
> Lastly, do not forget about the legal issues.  All presenters will need
> approval by the Vietnamese government.  Google and e27 Singapore followed
> all the regulations to hold their event.  You guys need to do the same
> thing.
> Kevin
>
> Mario Behling wrote:
>>
>> Tony, will let us know within this week about the venue at Software
>> City. We have to wait until he has confirmation. Then we know about
>> the details.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mario
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Kevin Miller, Jr.
>> <kevin miller saigonlinux com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> We do not know, we do not have a venue yet.
>>> RMIT Vietnam confirmed that they did not have the space to hold this
>>> conference in November.  They recommend the week for Tet, the Vietnamese
>>> New
>>> Year, since many of the students will no longer be in class.
>>>
>>> Tony is talking with the Quang Trung Software City.  I have no contacted
>>> the
>>> two universities until QTSC gives a response.
>>>
>>> I am still trying to get into contact with the University of Technology
>>> which held the Google DevFest last year.  They are working on another
>>> event
>>> with e27 from Singapore now for October.
>>>
>>> We are doing the best we can here.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> Emily Chen wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have updated the latest call-for-participants document based on
>>>> Pockey's
>>>> suggestion, I also merged the draft from Shane.
>>>>
>>>> I have made below changes:
>>>> 1. This is not only call for talks, but call for lightning talks,
>>>> exhibitions and hands-on lab
>>>> 2. Explain who is our target audience
>>>> 3. Add GNOME 3.0, School software to topic areas
>>>> 4. Still waiting for the Theme to be decided
>>>>
>>>> Click here to view the latest call-for-participants:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AW0xSSV8T7asZGhqdGo4eF82MWhqamN6bWQ5&hl=en
>>>>
>>>> <https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AW0xSSV8T7asZGhqdGo4eF82MWhqamN6bWQ5&hl=en>
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I need to hear the opinion from Vietnam local team, especially on
>>>> the
>>>> exhibition and hands-on lab. Do you have such areas in the venue?
>>>>
>>>> -Emily
>>>>
>>>> 2009/9/15 Pockey Lam <pockey beijinglug org
>>>> <mailto:pockey beijinglug org>>
>>>>
>>>>   Dear Emily,
>>>>
>>>>   A few suggestions on the call for participants:
>>>>
>>>>   maybe we should mention potential audiences so they have an idea
>>>>   of who
>>>>   they will speak to?
>>>>
>>>>   2) ask them to spread their words to other potential speakers in
>>>>   any of
>>>>   their local communities, even though they may not be the right
>>>>   speaker,
>>>>   they can help to look around, maybe we miss some communities in
>>>>   Asia, so
>>>>   the local can help us
>>>>
>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>   Pockey
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 23:55 +0800, Emily Chen wrote:
>>>>   > Hi all,
>>>>   >
>>>>   > I create those two docs and shared them in Google Doc, so
>>>>   everyone can
>>>>   > edit them now.
>>>>   >
>>>>   > Call for participants (2008 version, Mario will update it with
>>>>   Summit
>>>>   > 2009 content):
>>>>   >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AW0xSSV8T7asZGhqdGo4eF82MWhqamN6bWQ5&hl=en
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  <https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AW0xSSV8T7asZGhqdGo4eF82MWhqamN6bWQ5&hl=en>
>>>>   >
>>>>   > Proposal :
>>>>   >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AW0xSSV8T7asZGhqdGo4eF82MGY1dGdqZnhn&hl=en
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  <https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AW0xSSV8T7asZGhqdGo4eF82MGY1dGdqZnhn&hl=en>
>>>>   >
>>>>   > I suggest differnt people add comments using different color. How
>>>>   > about it ?
>>>>   >
>>>>   > -Emily
>>>>   >
>>>>   >
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