Re: GNOME Hackfest and GNOME.Asia Summit announcements

[Pockey Lam <pockeylam gnome org>]

I think the announcements look excellent, thanks Fred for drafting it!  
If there is no grammatical mistake or other comment, I would like to put 
the content on the front page of gnome.asia website today.

And who can help to put this announcements up on gnome.org?

Thanks!
Pockey

On 01/19/2011 12:12 PM, Frederic Muller wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Here is a draft announcement of the 2 major upcoming events that will 
> happen right before the GNOME 3.0 release. I hereby submit the text 
> for your review and comments, and once we're all ok with the content, 
> grammar and web links (I think there should be more and they should 
> probably point to gnome.asia once it's launched - 1/2 more days).
>
> These 2 announcements should appear on gnome.org upcoming event 
> section and on gnome.asia website.
>
> ---- announcement start ---------
>
> *GNOME 3.0 Bangalore Hackfest 2011*
> /March 28 - April 1 2011, Bangalore, India/
>
> We are hosting a 5 days hackfest (March 28 - April 1) for the release, 
> documentation and marketing teams focusing on GNOME 3.0 release. This 
> will ensure some heavy testing of the code during the last week before 
> the official release of GNOME 3.0, as well as preparing the release to 
> happen in an optimal way. And at the same time, it will help the 
> marketing team to clarify messaging when needed and finalize the 
> launch details.
> It is not primarily aimed at users or new contributors but we may 
> organize some training and hands on sessions during the last 3 days of 
> the hackfest (March 30 to April 1). Apart from that any contributor 
> involved in the release process is strongly encourage to join.
>
> Please let us know you are coming by registering on the Bangalore 
> Hackfest 2011 page <http://live.gnome.org/Hackfests/GNOME.Asia2011>.
>
> *GNOME.Asia Summit 2011*
> /April 2 2011, Bangalore, India/
>
> Right after the GNOME 3.0 Bangalore Hackfest, we will jump on the 
> opportunity of having a lot of the GNOME developers already on site to 
> aim for the greatest GNOME.Asia Summit of all time. Now in its forth 
> year, GNOME.Asia Summit will have the pleasure to continue to bring 
> GNOME to users and developers in Asia and more specifically India this 
> year, but also to celebrate the release of GNOME 3.0 with the people 
> who actually write the software!
> The event will bring the light on the GNOME desktop both from a 
> applications and a development platform point of view, as well as 
> strengthen the GNOME community across borders.
>
> Visitors should expect great insights into how GNOME 3.0 will 
> transform their desktop experience, the changes and improvements under 
> the hood and how to make the best out of this new desktop environment 
> both from a developer and user perspective.
>
> The call for papers is already out at 
> <http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/CallForPaper> and we hope to receive 
> a lot of submissions from the Hackfest participants. We are also 
> finalizing our call for sponsors and, depending on the momentum, 
> planning for an extra conference day to cover all the topics (based on 
> available budget and paper submissions). So stay tuned and visit 
> Gnome.asia for the latest information!
>
> ---- announcement end ---------
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Fred
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