Re: Meeting Minutes and Log - GNOME.Asia IRC meeting 7 Sep 2010

[Pockey Lam <pockey beijinglug org>]

Dear Brian,

I have checked the flight ticket price from selected European cities / 
Chicago to our three potential cities (hosts): Indonesia, India and Hong 
Kong.

Based on the pricing, we can see the flights cost from India and Hong 
Kong are quite similar.

For Indonesia, it's ~20% more expensive than Hong Kong and India.

Here is the link to see the details: 
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/FlightCost

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Dear everybody,

Feel free to add your countries / cities pricing for us to compare :)

Thanks,
Pockey

On 09/11/2010 11:48 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Pockey:
>
> > Also, many people who should attend such an event are located in
> > Europe. While the Philippines is a good option to consider, perhaps
> > somewhere closer to Europe (such as Turkey or India) might be more
> > practical.
>
> Note that if we are going to ping different people in the GNOME
> community to see if they will come, then I think it would be better
> to provide people with options and find out which locations might
> be more successful and draw more people.  If we sound like we
> have already picked a location, then people may not consider the
> idea fully.
>
> Also, it might be good to check the travel costs from international
> flight hubs to various potential places in Asia and make sure that we
> pick a location where travel is not too expensive.  Since the GNOME
> Foundation may have to pay travel costs for people, we want to make
> sure that the costs are not too burdensome.
>
> It might be a good idea to ask people questions to get a feel for
> how many people would consider attending but only if The GNOME
> Foundation covers their travel costs.
>
> I don't know, perhaps a survey could be used for this sort of
> thing.
>
> Brian