Tammy:
On 12/24/11 04:51 AM, Tammy Miller wrote:
That is a great idea. Is it possible to have a conference in the DC metro area?
Do you mean a GNOME specific conference? The GNOME Foundation does have a yearly GNOME-specific event in the fall over Columbus Day weekend. This typically has been held in Boston, but was held in Toronto last year. http://live.gnome.org/BostonSummit There has been some discussion about where a U.S. GNOME conference should be held in 2012. People have proposed having it in Boston or Portland so far. The GNOME Foundation would seriously consider any city with a strong GNOME volunteer community excited to make a GNOME event happen. It is often easy to arrange for a GNOME presence at any regional FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) event in your area. The GNOME Foundation can make arrangements to send posters, stickers, GNOME DVD's, etc. to help promote GNOME at any local event. Just ask. Some events also put together their own GNOME event t-shirt (or other specific goodies), but this typically only happens when the local GNOME volunteers make arrangements to do the needed design work, etc. The GNOME Foundation does also organize GNOME specific events, which are often hackfests with 5-20 people hacking away on some specific GNOME project. Typically, the people working on such projects approach the GNOME Foundation with a proposal when they are ready to work together in this way. When hackfests require funding, the proposal typically includes an expected budget to explain expected travel costs, etc. Hopefully this gives you some perspective on how we organize events, and how you can participate if interested. If you have any questions please ask. Brian -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
