Re: Shared call-for-participants & Proposal

[Mario Behling <mb mariobehling de>]

Hi,

I think you are referring to an old number. Let me update the document
online so it reflects the current status.

We also thought of about 300 people participating.

- Mario

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com> wrote:
> That's great. Once the venue has been confirmed, we can think about
> announcing the summit after that.
>
> One question for Mario and local team:
>
> In the proposal, I see the expected participants are 1000, that's a big
> number. Do you have any expectation who will be those 1000 people ? How many
> are GNOME developers,how many GNOME users? How many are from open source
> community, how many are students. From our experience in Beijing, there were
> 300 people attend this summit, about 50 people are core GNOME developers and
> contributors, 100 people are from open source community and companies, about
> 150 people are students. So I would like to know who will be those 1000
> people for the 2nd summit?
>
> It takes time for us to learn the local community, the summit don't have to
> be a huge conference, just bring together the GNOME people in Vietnam
> together, to build the GNOME community in Asia. A summit with 300+ people is
> good enough, just from my point of view.
>
> Thanks for all the good work did by our local team.
> Emily
>
>
>
>
>
> 2009/9/21 Anthony Fernandes <anthony saigonlinux com>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> It's the silent one again :-))
>>
>> Quang Trung's response is pretty positive, I have a meeting with them
>> tomorrow morning 9.00am to talk about the requirements & other necessities.
>> Hopefully, I can have a confirmation also from them.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Kevin Miller, Jr.
>> <kevin miller saigonlinux com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Okay, it seems that everything is set then in regards to the venue.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> Hong Phuc Dang wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> what are the current steps needed to get the Summit going? To my mind
>>>> we need to focus to get out the call for participants, to get the
>>>> website ready and to invite sponsors.
>>>>
>>>> Concerning venues - we are progressing. We have Quang Trung Software
>>>> City (QTSC) as a potential venue and they said they would like to talk
>>>> with us how we could do it. Besides that, there are venues such as:
>>>> NIIT, Aptech, UIT etc. They are all IT universities, and located in
>>>> Dist 1 and 3 (central). We are checking locations one after the other
>>>> and we will decide soon which are the best venues. I think the global
>>>> team does not need take up time and resources on this subject at the
>>>> moment. But we would be very happy and welcome any help with the call,
>>>> website and funding.
>>>>
>>>> So, lets focus on the call and website. The event will happen from Nov.
>>>> 20-22.
>>>>
>>>> I am looking forward to working with everyone together.
>>>>
>>>> Hen gap o Vietnam (See you in Vietnam)
>>>>
>>>> Hong Phuc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Will LaShell <will lashell net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I really tend to agree with Brian at this juncture. We need to push the
>>>>> date back to a point we know we can actually hold the conference. It is
>>>>> completely unrealistic to expect sponsors and speakers to make plans
>>>>> when we don't have a solid time and place to hold the summit.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want the GNOME.Asia Summit to be a signature event for GNOME and the
>>>>> free software community. We need to make sure the events we promote are
>>>>> done perfectly. If this year we delay, then so be it. Our goal can
>>>>> still
>>>>> be to do it annually.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Will
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 23:37 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any reason that the conference needs to be the weekend of
>>>>>> November 20th?  Pushing back the date, even to sometime early next
>>>>>> year might be better.  It will be easier to find good sponsors (and
>>>>>> get everything else done also) if we have more time to plan the event
>>>>>> properly without rushing too much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps GNOME.Asia will be a bi-annual event instead of a yearly
>>>>>> event.  :)  Really, I don't think that would be a problem.  It's
>>>>>> better
>>>>>> to do things right than to rush too much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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