Hi, On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 18:56 +0530, Bharath Acharya wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 13:32 +0800, Frederic Muller wrote: > > Dear Indonesian and Indian team, > > > > note: I'm writing an email which just represents my feelings and put the > > comments in a mixed bag. They might not apply to both teams. > > > > In order to be able to vote we would really need more information on: > > - Venue: photos of accommodation rooms when included > > Hello All, > > We have a choice between service apartments or hotels. We have kept the > option open for both as of now. The hotels usually are a little less > expensive. Akhil came up with a few searches. But they can get us a > better deal once we have a larger group confirming their attendance. > > Some service apartments > [1] http://www.alcove.co.in/graheja.html > [2] http://www.transitliving.com/Tariff.html > > Some hotels > [1] http://www.hotelpeearlinn.com/tariff.htm > [2] > http://www.theeliteroyale.com/intro/elite-kormangala/webfiles/Accommodation.html > > We prefer hotels. Service apartments are a little too comfortable and > many people might decide to WFSA (Work From Service Apartments) ;) > > > - Venue: hackfest site photos > > Already attached some in the proposal. > > > - Venue: conference site photos covering conf rooms and free spaces > > where we could have booth > > I talked to another university this weekend, Dayananda Sagar College of > Engineering. They are really interested in hosting both the hackfest and > the conference. Sad I went on a weekend when they didn't open the > conference rooms. > > http://www.dayanandasagar.edu/infra_index.php > > But its a huge university with a lot of space to host booths and in a > very accessible location in Bangalore where many people can attend it. I > did a site visit, and it is one of the huge campuses I have ever seen. > > The CS HOD has told me they are renovating their homepage and they have > captured photos of the class rooms and conference halls as part of that. > I'll send the photos over as soon as I get them. > > > - Ability to acquire sponsors: who have you met so far and what's your > > feelings on raising 60K USD from local companies. be specific to which > > companies you think will vouch for GNOME (and honest of course ;-) ) > > Honestly approached none yet. But we know the potential players who'll > want a booth setup and sponsor the hackfest and the conference. We can > approach them only when we have the right number and only when we know > it is definitely happening in this location. > > The minimum money each company pays for a booth in Open Source > conferences (1-2 days) is Rs 20000 (approx 450 USD) > > But even with many companies helping with the booths, and many with > sponsoring hackfest, 60K USD sounds a lot of money to find :) Let me get > back on this, but just wondering if we made 60K USD from any event in > GNOME till date. > > > - Infrastruture: I guess bandwidth/speed data for Internet is important, > > availability of wifi, public transportation, distance from airport, > > distance from and ease of access to 'downtown' matter too. > > The universities have good wifi, and if people feel it is not good > enough, we can get private networks for the conference. It doesn't cost > much. > > There are a lot of options for public transportation. > http://www.mapsofindia.com/getting-around/bangalore.html > > Distance from airport is a one time transportation, and it doesn't take > long either as we discussed on IRC the other day. > > > - Visa: I think someone needs to do some research. My impressions are > > that both HK and Bali give visa on arrival to almost anybody (maybe not > > Chinese?) and for India I am under the impression the process is rather > > cumbersome (requiring to deposit some cash in a specific bank - at least > > in China and even for foreigners). Can you elaborate on those issues, > > confirm or correct my 'claims'? > > I do not think getting VISA to India is too difficult either for other > nations. I read somewhere on Nat's blog he got a VISA to India in less > than 6 hours in a queue!!! But yeah that's Nat :D > > Here are more details, > http://www.indiainvites.com/visa.html > http://india.visahq.com/ > > Let me know if I need to provide any other details. I'll send more > details as soon as I get hold of them. And thanks for the detailed > questions Frederic. It helps us make sure we do not miss anything. > In addition to the above information, i looked for airfare from GNOME community locations across worldwide [1] to Bangalore so that we may have idea about travel cost. I have used kayak.com and assumed Start Date - 25 April, 2010 Departure - May 2, 2010 1) Paris, France - Bengaluru : $ 802 2) London, United Kingdom to Bengaluru : $ 762 3) Madrid, Spain to Bengaluru : $ 884 4) Berlin, Germany to Bengaluru : $ 959 5) Beijing, China to Bengaluru : $ 1010 6) Taipei, Taiwan to Bengaluru (Malaysia Airlines) : $ 820 (Cathay Pacific) : $ 2424 7) Sydney, NSW, Australia to Bengaluru : $ 1509 8) New York, US to Bengaluru : $ 1074 9) Washington, DC to Bengaluru : $ 1137 6) Brasília, Brazil to Bengaluru : $ 1942 [1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWorldWide Regards, Akhil
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