Fourth Annual GUADEC in Dublin, Ireland.

[GNOME Foundation <director gnome org>]

The GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) www.guadec.org
begins in less than a month at Trinity College in Dublin from June
16-18, 2003.  If you are planning to attend and have not yet registered,
please do so at: http://www.guadec.org/register.php

GUADEC 4 features two days dedicated to GNOME developers and a third
day for users, IT managers and policy makers from Europe and other
regions to examine successful case studies and share experiences from
the public and private sectors.  We've even added a small expo and
tutorials in GIMP & GTK this year.

GUADEC has enjoyed tremendous growth over its short history, with
attendance growing more than 400% in that time.  Last year's GUADEC in
Seville, Spain had an immediate and real impact on free software
adoption in the regions of Extremedura and Andalucia.  This year,
officials from the Junta de Andalucia and Junta de Andalucia will
present how these projects originated and have been implemented.

Can you help us?
GNOME Foundation has a number of requests from developers who need
financial assistance for GUADEC travel and housing.  If you are able
to "support a hacker," you may do so through the "Friends of GNOME"
program.  

Contributions can be made on-line, via PayPal, at
<http://www.gnome.org/friends/> or by sending a check via snail mail to:

GNOME Foundation
401 Park Drive, 3 West
Boston, MA  02215-3325

Thank you for your support.