Re: GUADEC 2007

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

David Neary wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Thomas Wood wrote:
> > I recently posted to the gnome-uk-list[1] to ask whether there was 
> > any interest in hosting GUADEC 2007 in the UK. There was a fairly 
> > decent response, with several people definitely willing, and with the 
> > resources, to organise an event. I'm now wondering what the process 
> > is for selecting the next GUADEC venue, and what we ought to do to 
> > formally suggest the UK as a location for GUADEC 2007. Could anyone 
> > shed some light on this?
>
> I'll add it to the agenda for the next board meeting.
>
> Usually how it works is that someone is asked to get candidatures 
> (Anne Oestergaard's done it for a number of years), and then the board 
> decides on the winning candidate at GUADEC (give or take a fortnight).

Is there anything that we might need to prepare for this? How is the 
final decision made?

-Thomas

(cc'ing the gnome-uk-list for info)