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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <orwittm...@googlemail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 3:27 PM Subject: Re: ApacheCon EU 2012 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Cc: gary_domke <gary_do...@sbcglobal.net> Hi Gary, please help us and use the application form to apply for a travel expense subsidy. Otherwise it would be quite hard to consider your application. The application form is: > You need to apply for the travel expense subsidy by sending an email to the > public mailing list <ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org> until 2012-10-12, 12:00 > (Central European time, GMT+2). > The subject of this email have to be "[ACEU 2012 - travel subsidy] > <YourName>". > In the content of the email please fill the following fields: > - full name > - email address > - affiliation to the OpenOffice community (something like: "committer", > "user", "contributing X", "translator", ...) > - Apache ID (if available) > - accepted or stand-by speaker at ACEU? > - description why applying for the ticket discount and why support is > needed > - job or eduation status (something like: "student", "employee", > "freeflancer", ...) > - estimated travel expense > - estimated needed accommodation - # of nights > - other available funding (something like: "corporate", "ACEU - TAC", ...) > - applying for 300,00 EUR or 600,00 EUR? > Best regards, Oliver. On 04.10.2012 18:40, gary_domke wrote: > Dear Olive, > > My name is Gary E. Domke. I've been an Open Office user since the > inception of the community and program (incubator) and do truly love the > concept, the product and the nature of the contributors. I'm 66 years old, > a "semi-retired" executive vice president of a stock brokerage and > investment banking firm (somewhat dependent on my social security checks to > put food on my table). I'm slightly more technologically competent than > most people my age, have built several computers starting with Heathkit and > Commodore PET products back in the '70s. I've written a couple of tiny and > unsophisticated programs in Basic and C+ at various times that served my > purpose. I helped establish the original MIRC and was sysop for the > #new2mirc training link visited by thousands of users as a first step to > using Internet Relay Chat. Even with that very limited (self - taught) > level of knowledge, I'm frequently asked to assist clients, family and > friends with computer issues, problems or to provide guidance about > purchases of hardware or selection of appropriate software. > > I think a forum like ApacheCon EU might benefit from input at my level > of expertise. I could well be the "proto-typical" end user of Open Office. > I'm a gifted public speaker, friendly, outgoing and reasonably personable. > > Following a couple of unfortunate personal events, I no longer have > the > resources to pay for travel outside of the range of a couple of tanks of > gasoline. > > I'd love to attend and believe I could make a contribution. Lacking > any > personal financial resources of significance and without any corporate or > TAC funding, I'd need the full subsidy, discount and 600,000EUR to be able > to make the trip. It'd be great if I could stay for several nights. > > Every product development process should have input from typical > end-users. I'm about as typical as you'll find anywhere on the planet. > > Gary > > gary_do...@sbcglobal.net > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:05 PM, catriona <cawh...@sctelco.net.au> wrote: > Would you please send me an application form for Travel to Germany > to attend the conference. > Yours Sincerely, > Catriona >
