Well personally, considering what you have said and what already has been said before I feel even more tempted to state it with JFK [1]: Ask not what the open source community and specifically the ASF can do for you - ask what you can do for the open source community and the ASF in particular. Consider this a great opportunity for give back and networking! If the ASF TAC [1] isn't a well known institution amongst your fellow ASF community members make a change to the better by spreading the word. I know other individuals from the past who really tried very hard to attend ApacheCon events in the US and they actually sacrificed much to achieve that goal cause they were from countries with a developing economy. So I truly believe that German citizen should be able to make it to ApacheCon EU in Sinsheim if considering all of the various possibilities and options at hand even if there's a conference fee. So IMO it's really our obligation, and not solely the obligation of the ASF, to work together and make that happen.
One final word - by the attending a conference versus having a nice vacation comparison you are really wakening your own point cause one could question whether your intentions in this matter are true and honest. That's why a emphasized that to me such a comparison is a false comparison. [1] http://youtu.be/sURNP5PRiMI [2] http://www.apache.org/travel/ Cheers Daniel On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: > dsh wrote: >> >> 3) Don't make this an AOO-specific or -only issue. If it's an issue at >> all it applies to every individual planning to attend. > > > Yes, but there are several reasons that make the OpenOffice case special > here, including: > > - The OpenOffice Conference admission fee in 2005-2010 never exceeded 10 > Euros, so community members did not expect this difference. > > - This is the first ApacheCon for most people who used to be involved with > the old OpenOffice project, so TAC is a relatively new concept for us. > > - Apparently there are dedicated funds for travel assistance to OpenOffice > committers. > > Regards, > Andrea Pescetti - Apache OpenOffice PPMC.
