Re: Official announcement and invitation to GNOME 3.0 Hackfest and GNOME.Asia Summit 2011

[Frederic Muller <fredm gnome org>]

On 01/23/2011 08:23 PM, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> On 01/22/2011 07:04 PM, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > Le vendredi 21 janvier 2011, à 23:41 +0800, Frederic Muller a écrit :
> > > So Hackfest registration is happening here:
> > > http://live.gnome.org/Hackfests/GNOME.Asia2011 , call for papers for
> > > the conference is here http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/CallForPaper
> > > and conference registration will be opening soon.
> > What's the plan on the marketing team side? Do we have people who can
> > go? I didn't see any replies on marketing-list to the previous mails,
> > unless I missed something.
> I think can go. Sounds fun.
> - Andreas

Hey thanks!

Actually the initial plan was 5 days (plan from September), then after 
Gnome Bostom Summit we reduced to 3 days based on feedback from Jason 
and a few other people living in the US and for whom the whole trip 
would be a bit long. It turned out that the release team prefers 5 days 
so this is what we have finally chosen:
3 days + 2 optional days hackfest + 1 conference day. The first 2 days 
are actually the optional ones and happening in Intel office who 
committed for space for 20 people and the next 3 days are happening in 
the university (with as much space as we need) where the conference will 
happen as well. This way people attending 'only' 3 days can also take 
part in the conference and the little tour trip the following day all 
together.

We thought that would be the best comprise fitting everyone's wishes.

There is still one unknown parameter: an extra conference day. 
Considering we will have all those great people from marketing, release 
and maybe documentation (Documentation is having a hackfest in Toronto 1 
week before), one day conference is very short. So based on sponsorship 
revenues and talks submitted we'll try to get an extra day.

I hope this clarifies any misunderstanding. It is sometimes hard to go 
into all those details in public announcements. In anyone needs further 
clarification please do not hesitate to email us or drop by on 
#asia-summit .

Thank you for all the support and we really hope to see some of you in 
Bangalore!

Fred