Re: Shared call-for-participants & Proposal

[Mario Behling <mb mariobehling de>]

Hi,

I am working on the website right now, so we can get the call out and
get to the details.

- Mario

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com> wrote:
> That's great news!
>
> About your questions, who are our sponsors, That's a good question. This is
> the priority 1 thing we need to work on these days. Mario, We need to send
> out the call for participants and proposals to our potential sponsors this
> Friday.
>
> How many booths? it depend on how many sponsors we have this year, and how
> many community or club will present in this summit. For example, last year,
> we have about 9 booths, 7 of them are our sponsors: Sun, Nokia, Mozilla,
> Motorola, Redhat, Google, Lemote, the other two booths are for Beijing Linux
> Users Group as co-organizer and CSDN which is magazine as our media partner.
>
> Let's plan a room for the booths, like a public hall. It could be the same
> place where our registration desk will be placed. I understand it depends on
> the venue. So just my suggestions.
>
> -Emily
>
> 2009/9/22 Anthony Fernandes <anthony saigonlinux com>
>>
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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