Re: [Fwd: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2007]

["Rodrigo Parra Novo" <rodarvus gmail com>]

   Olás,

On 2/19/06, Guilherme de S. Pastore <guilherme pastore terra com br> wrote:
> Que tal? Eles costumam gostar de vir pro Brasil ;) Precisa de uma boa
> dose de loucura, mas acho que não dá pra discutir que seria muito legal.

   eu cheguei a pensar nisso, um tempo atrás - o INdT até poderia
ajudar (bastante) na organização de um evento do estilo.

   O (grande) problema é que tradicionalmente, o GUADEC acontece em
paises europeus - o que torna o transporte barato para o pessoal de
lá.

   Se fossemos tentar trazer o GUADEC para o Brasil, precisariamos
pensar com *bastante* antecedência em como baratear a vinda desse
pessoal para o Brasil. (se bem que por outro lado, estadia aqui é bem
mais barato que por lá)

   Alguém tem idéia de quantas pessoas fazem parte do Gnome-BR,
atualmente? Do pessoal que está na lista, alguém "se anima" em
participar da organização de um evento do estilo?

   Abraços,

   Rodrigo

> -------- Mensagem encaminhada --------
> De: Anne Østergaard <anne oestergaard nu>
> Para: foundation-list gnome org
> Cc: foundation-announce gnome org
> Assunto: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2007
> Data: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 21:33:32 +0100
>
> Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2007
>
> GUADEC is the yearly GNOME Users and Developers European Conference.
>
> Dear GNOME friends
>
> For those of you who would like to host the next GUADEC in 2007 you are
> hereby invited to write a formal invitation to the board of The
> GNOME Foundation.
>
> The invitation should be send to
> board gnome org and
> Anne Østergaard <aoe(at)gnome.org>
> at the latest on April 19th 2005.
>
> As the conference is getting bigger and hopefully better and more
> important every year there is no reason not to tell you that it takes a
> lot of persons actively involved and committed in the actual planning
> and a lot of time and spent carrying out the practical work.
>
> It is also rewarding and very much fun and you learn a lot in the
> process.
>
> I usually say that when you can take care of a baby and handle a big
> conference you are pretty much prepared for anything. These things are
> real and can not be handed virtually.
>
> Some practical advice:
>
> There are a couple of things that you must take into account when
> writing your invitation:
>
> You must be a group of at least ten persons behind the invitation to
> take on responsibility.
>
> These ten persons each need a lot of helpers.-  For this purpose you
> can involve everybody - they do not all have to be nerds- other skills
> can often be of great advantage to the team.
>
> The conference must take place in the same physical place/ building.
>
> You must be many persons very near and in the place/city where the
> conference is taking place.
>
> It is an advantage if there is a strong support from the community:  the
> region, the city, university, huge companies, important organizations
> and/ or among a very large group of local citizens.
>
> The conference will need facilities from Saturday to Thursday. It will
> be nice to have the facilities from Saturday to Saturday as it will be
> the case this year. (The weekend normally used for establishing things
> and getting rid of jet-lack.- Some activities which involve moving in
> the sun and fresh air could be helpful here.)
>
> The technical infrastructure is crucial to the conference. The hacker
> room and the conference rooms needs a lot of bandwidth this is also the
> case for streaming.
>
> One large conference hall for 500 persons.
> Projectors, beamers and at least 3-4 large conference rooms and many
> smaller rooms are needed and possibly an exhibition area and/ or hall.
>
> You will need a lot of sponsors and good press contacts.
>
> You must have solutions for housing: Hotels, youth hostels, the living
> for free program etc.
>
> Catering, the "Beer Party" and cultural activities for a flexible number
> of persons must be possible as well as affordable lunch meals for all.
>
> Assisting in conference planning calls and taking notes for a long
> period of time (two calls every month for one hour over a period of nine
> months), taking care of registration, accounting, the technique in
> each conference room and of invited speakers and keynotes- which
> involves some local transportation etc. and a hospitality scheme.
>
> Construction and updating of the website, call for papers, logo
> competition, printing conference material etc.
>
> I am sure I forgot something but if you are able to meet most of the
> things on this list you are already a real GNOME champion.
>
> GUADEC has been hold at universities half of the time but other venue
> solutions are quite possible.
>
> Last years application/ invitation can be found here:
> URL of the document for GUADEC in Barcelona:
> http://desdeamericaconamor.org/blog/files/guadec06_at_barcelona-1.sxw
>
>
> GNOME greetings
>
> Anne
>
>
>
>
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