Dear all,
The deadline of
call for proposal of GNOME.Asia Summit 2012 is approaching (July
4, 2011 Monday UTC 2359),
do drop us an email if you have any question regarding the
proposal. Continue to help us to spread the word and
look forward to receiving your proposal!
Thanks!
Pockey
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Dear all,
The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting proposals
to host GNOME.Asia Summit during the 1st quarter of 2012.
GNOME.Asia Summit is the yearly GNOME Users and Developers
Conference in Asia. The event focuses primarily on the GNOME
desktop, and also covers applications and the development
platform tools. It brings together the GNOME community in Asia
to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders,
governments and businesses to discuss both the present
technology and future developments.
GNOME.Asia Summit was held in Beijing,
Ho-Chi-Minh City, Taipei and Bangalore respectively over the
last four years. We would like to continue finding new locations
as we spread GNOME throughout Asia, and we are looking for local
organizers to rise to the challenge of organizing an excellent
GNOME event. The GNOME.Asia committee will assist in the
process, but there is a definitive need for individuals to be
actively involved and committed to the planning and delivery of
the event.
You can learn more about GNOME.Asia Summit at
our official website: http://www.gnome.asia
For those of you who would like to host the
next GNOME.Asia Summit in 2012 you are hereby invited to write a
formal proposal to the gnome-asia-committee-list <at>
gnome <dot> org . The deadline for the proposals is July
4, 2011 Monday UTC 2359. Please send your proposal to
gnome-asia-committee-list <at> gnome <dot> org. We
might invite you to present your proposal in more details over
our regular IRC meetings, or send you additional questions and
requests. Results will be announced by the end of July 2011.
The conference will require availability of
facilities for one week, including a weekend, during the 1st
quarter of 2012 (January to March 2012). Dates should avoid
other key free software conferences or other events that may
have conflict and will be confirmed together with other GNOME
teams which might get involved.
Key points which proposals should consider, and
which will be taken into account when deciding among candidates,
are:
- Local community support for hosting the conference.
- Venue details. Information about infrastructure and
facilities to hold the conference should be provided.
- Information about how internet connectivity will be managed.
- Lodging choices ranging from affordable housing to nicer
hotels, and information about distances between the venue and
lodging options.
- The availability of restaurants or the organization of
catering on-site, cost of food/soft drinks/beer.
- The availability and cost of travel from major Asian and
European cities.
- Local industry and government support.
- Please provide a reasonably detailed budget.
- Bear in mind that at GNOME.Asia Summit, the hallway track
and social activities are also very important.
Please check the GNOME.Asia Summit check list
[1] and howtos [2] when putting together a proposal. Please also
feel free to contact gnome-asia-committee-list <at> gnome
<dot> org if you have any questions.
Please help to spread the words and we are
looking forward to hearing from you soon!
GNOME.Asia Committee
Pockey Lam
[1] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/event-organization-checklist
[2] http://2011.gnome.asia/about/gnomeasia/summit-planning-howto
