Re: GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 - 1 day or 2 days conference

[Frederic Muller <fredm gnome org>]

Ooops I thought it was validated already so I updated the CFS 
accordingly. Sorry about that. So yes I am totally for 2 days 
considering the little cost difference.

Thanks.
Fred

On 02/10/2011 04:40 PM, Pockey Lam wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have updated the budget estimation [1] to see how much we need if we
> want to host 2 days of conference instead of 1 day.
> <https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?hl=en&hl=en&key=tSLJAF1QxPspGe82ZOwr5bg&authkey=CO-B09wD#gid=1>
> To summarize, with an extra day of conference, it will increase the
> total budget by $2K (including 14 extra hotel room for 1 day that cost
> $518) for max. budget (~$46K) i.e. increase by 4.3%, while increase the
> total budget by $1,5K for min. budget (~25K) i.e. increase by 6%.
>
> I also updated the tentative schedule [2] to see how many talks we can
> have if we have two tracks per day (for 2 days):
> To summarize: If we host two days of conference, we can accommodate 4
> keynote speeches + 18 talks (1 hour each) + 10 lightning talks (5mins
> each) with two tracks for 2 days (plus booths, Bofs, party, etc.)
>
> So far we have 18 confirmed speakers (6 from India, 5 from other Asian
> countries, 7 international) [3]
> For GNOME.Asia committee members who considered to join the event,
> please submit your talk topic, abstracts, bio on or before 13 Feb (which
> is the deadline of call for paper [4] :)
>
> Now we have more elements to make a decision to go for 1 day or 2 days
> of conference. I would suggest how about we go for a 2 days conference?
> Since we believe it will help to attract more sponsors (they get more
> for the money they sponsor :) If we are okay with this move, I will
> update and announce the two days of conference as next step, please
> share your thoughts here! Thanks!
>
> [1]https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?hl=en&hl=en&key=tSLJAF1QxPspGe82ZOwr5bg&authkey=CO-B09wD#gid=1
> <https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?hl=en&hl=en&key=tSLJAF1QxPspGe82ZOwr5bg&authkey=CO-B09wD#gid=1>
> [2[ http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2011Summit/TentativeSchedule
> [3] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2011Summit/PotentialSpeakers
> [4] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2011Summit/CallForPaper
>
> Pockey
>
>
>
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