Re: Travel assistance applications to attend to GUADEC

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Germán Póo-Caamaño <gpoo gnome org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 14:47 -0700, Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote:
> > The GNOME Foundation provides travel sponsorships to individuals
> > that want to attend GUADEC and need financial assistance.
> >
> > We are happy to announce that the Travel Committee is ready to
> > receive applications for sponsorships to attend to GUADEC 2013.
> >
> > The instructions are detailed at http://live.gnome.org/Travel
> > Please read them carefully.
> >
> > Deadline: May 31, 2013, 19:00 UTC.  You can start sending
> > your applications now!
>
> After further consideration the new deadline is: June 3, 2013, 19:00
> UTC.

Hi !

I'm a little confused, or perhaps just unfamiliar with this process.

How can the deadline to request sponsorship be on June 3rd
when the deadline for speakers to confirm their attendance is
already June 2nd ?

Cheers,
    -Tristan