Re: Scope of Conference

[Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan gnome org>]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Haggen So <haggenso gmail com> wrote:
> 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.

Glad to hear that. If you have problem posting on PGO, feel free to
ask others to do so. Me, Chandni, Brian, Emily, err, most of us have
rights and could link to your blog post on PGO/ Twitter.

-Srini.

>
> 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
>>> >> IRC: glassrose [on irc.gnome.org and FreeNode]
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