Re: travel sponsorships, press kit and media partner.

[Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzi gnome org>]

Hi Shrish, 

Thanks for writing to us! We really appreciate your interest in being part of GNOME Asia this year.

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 5:42 AM, shirish शिरीष <shirishag75 gmail com> wrote:

According to https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel/Policy

It's only GNOME Foundation members and GSOC, Outreachy participants
who can ask for travel allowance.

There are definitely some cases where non-Foundation members can ask for travel sponsorship, so I wouldn't let the fact that you're not a Foundation member hold you back from at least applying. I will say that the more active you are in our community, the more of a chance you'll have at getting sponsorship though, especially as a non-Foundation member. 

I think it's worth submitting a talk idea when we open the call for participation, and you may also see if you can volunteer at the conference as a way to more likely qualify for sponsorship. I don't have full details for that yet, but keep an eye out for the CfP and then maybe ping us in a couple of weeks about volunteering opportunities to give us a time to discuss if and what they might be.

 

Am I getting this correctly ?

I have applied for GNOME Foundation membership although I'm doubtful
as while I have commented and reported bugs over the years, nothing in
the recent times so let's see.

People who have made a "significant" level of contribution to GNOME are eligible for Foundation membership. Usually that means being actively involved on a team / with one of GNOME's many projects. As far as I know, commenting and reporting bugs every now and then doesn't count as a significant level of contribution, although it is genuinely appreciated!

If you're interested in getting more involved, we've greatly improved our newcomer's experience over the years. I'd highly recommend checking out the newcomer's page: https://wiki.gnome.org/Newcomers/ if you haven't already. A lot has changed within the GNOME community since 2008, so it may be a good time to check it out :)

 

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Nuritzi Sanchez 

GNOME Foundation 

President, Board of Directors