Re: EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: GUADEC!

[Matilda Bernard <serah4291 gmail com>]

Hi

I'd love to attend the GUADEC and give a short presentation on my
project. I'm applying for the sponsorship and need to apply for visa
too. Looking forward to a lot of learning and fun. :)

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> Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 20:13:56 +0200
> From: "daniel g. siegel" <dgsiegel gnome org>
> To: gnome-soc-list gnome org
> Subject: EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: GUADEC!
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> All work and no play makes you boring. So it's time for some play,
> GUADEC!
>
> In case you don't know it (where have you been?), GUADEC is *THE* GNOME
> conference: http://guadec.org/
>
> And it's extremely good fun to hang out with all the GNOME rockstars.
> Last year, some of the GSoC students were able to attend GUADEC and it
> was really fun and useful. Meeting your mentor, some people interested
> in your project and other community members has a positive impact on
> your work. Showing what you already achieved is also fantastic to get
> some good feedback.
>
> So it's probably a good thing for the students of this year's GSoC to
> attend GUADEC, if possible. We talked with GUADEC organizers, and they
> support the idea. While there's no guarantee, it's possible that you
> can get a sponsorship to attend GUADEC, if you need it. Our budget is
> limited, but we'll do our best. Please see the earlier sent mail by
> Germ?n for details. Of course, attending GUADEC is not mandatory. ;)
>
> We've also been allocated a slot for student lightning talks. These are
> short presentations (5, 10 or 15 minutes, to be decided) where each
> student gets the opportunity to present his/her work. It's also a good
> way to get a lot of interest (and become, like we promised, our next
> rockstar ;)). All of this still has to be organized though, more on
> that later.
>
> So, we'd like to know if you'd like to attend the conference. Please
> show us some love and reply to this mail asap so we can know about your
> plans wrt GUADEC. Also, please do not forget to apply for sponsorship if
> you need it before May 16, 2012, 23:59 UTC.
>
> Cheers,
>   Your friendly GSoC admins.
>
>
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Regards
Matilda Bernard