Re: Shared call-for-participants & Proposal

[Mario Behling <mb mariobehling de>]

Hi Anthony,

Great news! Thanks you for the organization.

I will be on Friday in HCM. Lets meet up then and sort out the
questions. We can arrange via PM.

All the best,

Mario


On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Anthony Fernandes
<anthony saigonlinux com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm happy to say that Quang Trung has given me a YES - but have several
> questions which I cannot answer very clearly - example: who are the
> sponsors, how many booths we need - stuff like that.
>
> I would like to introduce one person to them, and would like to know who
> this person can be.
>
> Cheers,
> Tony
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:24 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