Re: Minutes of the board meeting of June 24, 2019
On Tue, 2019-07-09 at 14:52 -0500, mcatanz...@gnome.org wrote: > I agree with Meg that it would be a bit sad to lose our only North > America event indeed (especially since it only occurs every second > year), but I guess events happen where people are willing to host > them > Indeed, it's something I'm aware of too, and it's part of the reason we're having a large (3 team) simultaneous hackfest next week in Portland: https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/WestCoastHackfest I'm also exploring options of holding something in Mexico, possibly next year. Neil -- Neil McGovern Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the board meeting of June 24, 2019
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:42 AM, meg ford wrote: Yeah, I’m wondering why LAS is going to be in Europe. Is it being co-hosted with a KDE event? Will it be held with GINA? I’m happy it won’t be in the US because travel here, etc, is not good right now. But it’s also too bad that we’ll lose our remaining North American GNOME event. Oh, I misread and thought GUADEC. Don't mind me! Those dates seem reasonable for LAS. I agree with Meg that it would be a bit sad to lose our only North America event indeed (especially since it only occurs every second year), but I guess events happen where people are willing to host them Michael ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the board meeting of June 24, 2019
Hi, On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:32 AM Florian Müllner wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2019, 16:43 , wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 5:33 PM, Philip Chimento via foundation-list >> wrote: >> > Suggested dates are November 19–21 >> >> Any later than Aug 14-19 will lose US university students, for the >> second year in a row (most schools here will start on the 26th next >> year). It's also very very late for GSoC students. Well, late GUADEC is >> better than no GUADEC >> > > My first reaction was "now those are weird GUADEC" dates as well, so > probably with pointing out that the bid is for LAS, not GUADEC. > Yeah, I’m wondering why LAS is going to be in Europe. Is it being co-hosted with a KDE event? Will it be held with GINA? I’m happy it won’t be in the US because travel here, etc, is not good right now. But it’s also too bad that we’ll lose our remaining North American GNOME event. Meg > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the board meeting of June 24, 2019
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019, 16:43 , wrote: > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 5:33 PM, Philip Chimento via foundation-list > wrote: > > Suggested dates are November 19–21 > > Any later than Aug 14-19 will lose US university students, for the > second year in a row (most schools here will start on the 26th next > year). It's also very very late for GSoC students. Well, late GUADEC is > better than no GUADEC > My first reaction was "now those are weird GUADEC" dates as well, so probably with pointing out that the bid is for LAS, not GUADEC. > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the board meeting of June 24, 2019
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 5:33 PM, Philip Chimento via foundation-list wrote: Suggested dates are November 19–21 Any later than Aug 14-19 will lose US university students, for the second year in a row (most schools here will start on the 26th next year). It's also very very late for GSoC students. Well, late GUADEC is better than no GUADEC, and avoiding summer travel rush is very nice for those of us who can travel any time of year, but I'm curious to know how many people won't be able to make it. I'm also curious to know how many people won't be able to make it *this* year (Aug 23-28, when university here starts on the 19th). These dates would have been a blocker for me when I was in university, since missing a week of classes would be a very tough setback. The late July or early August dates seem safer. Then again, I know no dates will work for everyone, but two years in a row seems unfortunate. Michael ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
