On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:34 PM, BJörn Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Usa isn't the only country in North America. Maybe Canada or Mexico > has less strict rules about visas? It is not hard to imagine that the > Americans might feel that it is a little unfair that guadec always is > in Europe. Couldn't there be two conferences?
I too would appreciate another North/Central/South America based conference if GUADEC can't be moved across the pond occasionally. However, I suspect that because the GNOME summit is held in Boston every year we will have to make due. Cheers, Adam > > 2008/4/22, Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 13:17 -0400, Og Maciel wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > As I'd love to see GUADEC (as well as Akademy) being hosted in North > > > Carolina, and as this is not an official bid, I was wondering if there > > > is anyone interested in helping/coaching me? I don't have any > > > experience with this kind of activity, but I do know a lot of people > > > and we have big companies around the area such as Red Hat, IBM, rPath > > > as well as most of the Foresight Linux developers. > > > > > > Anyone want to adopt me? > > > > Hi Og, > > > > There are two main issues with having GUADEC in the US: > > > > - The Big Pond. It's just more travel to fly everyone to the US. > > > > - US visa. It's a real issue. It's not a predictable and fast > > process like most European countries are. It literally takes months to > > get a US visa for those of us that need one. And many people going to > > GUADEC need one. > > > > For those reasons, I don't think having GUADEC in the US is practical as > > of now. Things of course may change in the future. > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > behdad > > http://behdad.org/ > > > > "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little > > Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." > > -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-list mailing list > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > > > -- > mvh Björn > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
