That does sound like a rather friendlier, more inclusive wording. regards Steve
On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:19 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: > Hi Nick, All, > > I believe that the first full paragraph of > https://tac-apply.apache.org/should be reworded. Currently it states; > > The Travel Assistance Committee is looking for people who would like to be > able to attend AC-EU-2012 who need some financial support in order to get > there. There are VERY few places available and the criteria is high, that > aside applications are open to all open source developers who feel that > their attendance would benefit themselves, their project(s), the ASF and > open source in general. > > > But that doesn't ring well. > > I believe it should be something along the line of: > > The Travel Assisting Committee support people who intend to attend the > ApacheCon EU 2012 event, by covering (some of) the cost involved. Of course > its budget is limited and acceptance criteria are high. However, > application for financial support is open to all open source developers, > who feel that their participation in the event would benefit the ASF, their > project(s) and open source in general. > > I will look at the rest later today. > > Regards, > > Pierre > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, 1 Aug 2012, Nick Burch wrote: >> >>> The announcement is due to go out today. Before that, someone needs to >>> load the revised dates into the webapp. I won't have access to my ssh keys >>> to get into the tac-vm box until tonight. If someone can beat me to it, >>> please svn up the webapp, do "./manage.py loaddata initial_data" to pull in >>> the revised dates, then bounce httpd to activate. Oh, and then start >>> drafting the announcement :) >>> >> >> The update has been applied, and applications for TAC assistance to ACEU >> are now open! >> >> Before we send out the announcement (which still needs drafting - no >> takers yet to help with that?), it'd be good if someone could confirm it >> works fine. >> >> So, if you were planning to apply for TAC assistance, it'd be great if >> someone could try it soon and report to <tac-ap...@apache.org> (a >> private, non-archived list so your privacy is protected) if you hit any >> problems. Assuming none are reported in, say, the next 6 hours, we can >> announce. Well, announce as soon as somone writes up the announcement email >> that is...! >> >> >> Details of TAC are available at http://www.apache.org/travel/ , and to >> apply you'll want https://tac-apply.apache.org/ >> >> Cheers >> Nick >> > > > > -- > Pierre Smits > > ApacheCon EU 2012 <http://www.apachecon.eu> - Sinsheim, Germany > Apache OFBiz <http://ofbiz.apache.org> -- Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com, Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ Next: DjangoCon US Sep 6-8, Washington DC http://djangocon.us/
