Re: Scope of Conference

[Haggen So <haggenso gmail com>]

Hi Chandni,

23 March is just some date in a very preliminary draft of the Call for
Paper. Last night we discussed that the deadline will be 20 Apr and we
need a final confirmation on this date. So Chandni you are not missing
out.

Haggen

On 21 March 2012 12:36, Chandni Verma <chandniverma2112 gmail com> wrote:
>
>
> On 20 March 2012 10:00, Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan gnome org> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Chandni,
>> >
>> > Usually, call for papers will be announced on Planet GNOME. Sponsors'
>> > brochure can be present in GNOME Advisory board meeting. Organizer
>> > contact
>> > potential sponsors by emails.
>> >
>> > Both call for paper and call for sponsors are on our gnome.asia website.
>>
>> I might be sloppy in reading email announcements, but I dont remember
>> anywhere seeing CFP for GNOME Asia. And the deadline it says March 23.
>> CFP needs to be promoted better than this for sure. I wanted to talk
>> there, but was hoping to find more information on CFP soon. Shocked to
>> see that the deadline is just 3 more days away. PGO is the first place
>> I'd say.
>>
>
> Max told me he had applied for PGO membership and is about to do that as
> soon as approved but AFAIK approval takes time. March 23 seems impossible. I
> am unaware of what's holding it back until now if that's already approved!
>
>>
>> -Srini
>>
>> >
>> > -Emily
>> >
>> > 2012/3/20 Chandni Verma <chandniverma2112 gmail com>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> My input:
>> >> Is the call for sponsor out on planet GNOME yet?
>> >> I know it will help you by giving you a lot of eyes and ears.
>> >>
>> >> That's the first thing to do in my opinion.
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > For the training, we found it is really appealing when hosted in
>> >>> > university.
>> >>> > Many students like this part, they can learn something even they are
>> >>> > new to
>> >>> > GNOME. We also can provide certificate for students, Karen or  Brian
>> >>> > can
>> >>> > sign on the certificate, as ED and Chairman of the GNOME Foundation.
>> >>> > It
>> >>> > is
>> >>> > also easy to arrange a training session, we only need to choose
>> >>> > several
>> >>> > topics from our speakers. 2011 summit's training session has a good
>> >>> > example:
>> >>> > http://2011.gnome.asia/conference/activities/student-training
>> >>>
>> >>> Yes, we are negotiating with Universities and hope to attract
>> >>> students.
>> >>>
>> >>> > Then for after hour, it can be a one day trip (usually for speakers
>> >>> > and
>> >>> > organizer ), Party. movie or football match, this is various in
>> >>> > different
>> >>> > culture and country. Organizer can make the best decision.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -Emily
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > 2012/3/19 Haggen So <haggenso gmail com>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Hi All,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> While we are negotiating for a venue and try to book the right
>> >>> >> hotel,
>> >>> >> it
>> >>> >> will be helpful to fix the scope the the conference. According to
>> >>> >> the
>> >>> >> original proposal
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2012Summit/Bids?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Proposal_of_HongKong_GNOME_Asia_Hackfest_2012_20120124.pdf)
>> >>> >> It will be a 1 Day Conferece + 1 Day Tour + 5 Day Hackfest.
>> >>> >> Emily suggested to have a community track. This is noted and will
>> >>> >> be
>> >>> >> considered seriously when we put together the conference schedule.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Is this the scope that everyone comfortable with? The 5 day
>> >>> >> hackfest
>> >>> >> is
>> >>> >> actually copied from last years' proposal. With GNOME 3 to be
>> >>> >> released,
>> >>> >> there were plenty of work to be done. As I know that a number of
>> >>> >> person are
>> >>> >> interested in the "Adapting GNOME to New Types of Devices", some
>> >>> >> topic
>> >>> >> within the hackfest can be related to that as well.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Any comments?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Regards,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Haggen
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
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>> >> Chandni Verma
>> >> www.chandniverma.blogspot.com
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