Re: GNOME Foundation Board Meeting Minutes :: 7/6/07

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr gnome org>]

Hi,

> 4) GNOME and KDE Conference
>
>    There has been some discussion about a possible merge of GNOME
>    and KDE conferences. This has been discussed at the advisory
>    board level, along with the KDE e.v. members list. If there is
>    considerable opposition from both sides, then it isn't worth
>    exploring further. Jeff mentioned that it's likely to come up
>    at DAM4.
>
>    ACTION: Jeff to follow up about a possible GNOME and KDE
>            conference merge at DAM4.

Does this mean that your're proposing a new merged KDE/GNOME
conference? Or is this a matter of scheduling GUADEC and aKademy at
the same time and place? Or is this a GUADEC replacement with this
merged conference? This is not clear in the minutes.

I think it would make sense to have both conferences scheduled in way
that it would be easier for us, GNOMErs, to attend both. But I don't
think we should have only one merged KDE/GNOME conference. Even though
we aim to increase the collaboration with KDE, we're still different
projects, with different development and organization aproaches.

My 2 cents,

--lucasr