On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Felipe Borges <felipebor...@gnome.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:45 AM, James <purplei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Red Hat (my employer) has a very large, and mostly unused office in > > Montreal which we could probably use if folks want to have an event in > > Montreal. There is really fast wifi, a full kitchen (no stove) and > > lots of tables/chairs, etc... > > > > Montreal is a good North American location, because it is a great > > city, it is close to Europe, and it's not in the United States which > > is more dangerous and politically unstable at the moment. > > I fully endorse this initiative. It is coherent with our recent > foundation statement on the immigration ban[0], and more importantly > it would allow many more foundation members to attend (including > myself). > > Thanks for the suggestion, I hope that this idea is taken into > consideration. > We hear you Felipe, thank you for sending that and we will definitely take it into consideration! Another important consideration and requirement is that we need to have a local team that can help with a lot of the planning. LAS is kind of like an emerging GUADEC -- it's definitely not going to be as big yet, but eventually we hope it will become as large or larger than GUADEC since it's not just GNOME-centered. James - I'll touch base with you to learn more about the space and local team there. Thank you for the suggestion! Is anyone else interested in helping to organize LAS at a local level? Since Spring 2018 (~April) is not that far away, as far as conference-planning goes, we really do need to keep up momentum on the planning. Please let us know at las-gn...@gnome.org by next week if you're even considering it. That way, we can connect with you further. Thanks! Best, Nuritzi -- Nuritzi Sanchez GNOME Foundation <https://www.gnome.org/foundation/> President, Board of Directors
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