On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:44 +0000, Ghee Teo wrote: > > Part of the issue is the Boston Summit is always in Boston where as > > GUADEC can always get fresh enthusiastic teams to help out. This is > > because in order to become a host city for GUADEC you already have to > > have a team assembled to make and sell a bid. This is helped by the > > fact that host cities and organizers often see prestige in hosting > > GUADEC. > > > Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? > Is it because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. > Is it still true now? Are there other locations that substantial number of > hackers are around? > > Just some thoughts :)
It is called the "Boston" Summit. All joking asside cost is the main issue. The Boston Summit is supposed to be a more informal and efficient gathering where GUADEC is the big bang go all out conference so budgets are handled accordingly. Having it in one city allows us to theoretically keep costs down and make sure the quality is still there. There is also historically a large contingent of GNOME hackers in Boston. We did have it in New York one year. In fact that was the first year I went since being in NY meant I just had to hop a couple of trains to get there. The venue was, shall we say, less than desirable, though it worked out for me. So there are always pros and cons to the equation. Right now I think the pros still outweigh the cons in keeping it in Boston but who knows what the future brings. If someone wanted to organize in some other city and could put together a detailed proposal there is nothing stopping the board from considering it. -- John (J5) Palmieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list