Anne, Danilo, We talked yesterday about the "early birds": people looking for discount prices, needing sponsorship for trave & accomodation and/or having special visa needs. Like Anne suggests, I'm also for a wide call now in order to estimate sooner the needs and have more time to deal with them. Also to save money all of us: the sooner we book the cheaper the prices are, so wit he same resources we can help more people. We need to have something like a checklist to assist us approving sponsorship offers i.e.: - Willing to help. - Proposing to run a session. - GNOME Foundation member. - Active in GNOME projects. - Participant in previous years. - Resident in regions such as Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, non-hitech Asia... About cheaper accomodation options, will report soon about them. About visas, Span has no difference with the rest of EU-Schengen countries as far as I know. I think there are no special restrictions made by Spain only. Maybe getting a limited tourist visa is easier for certain Latin American countries due to historical rasons but I don't know - would need to check. The Schengen area has the same visa policies no matter in which country are you, isn't it? En/na Danilo Šegan ha escrit: > On Wednesday at 22:15, Anne Østergaard wrote: > > >> * Anne: "I think it is time to announce on foundation-list and and >> else where that persons who needs visa and invitations from the >> Spanish organizers should begin the process now in order to be >> able to find cheap flights etc." > > > I'd also wonder about cheaper accomodation options (I definitely won't > be able to afford regular hotel prices, and I'd like to get better > hostel prices if possible too ;). > > Cheers, > Danilo > > -- Quim Gil - http://desdeamericaconamor.org
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