On Thursday 23 December 2010 13:30:12 Bryen M. Yunashko wrote: > On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 13:02 +0100, S.Kemter wrote: > > Am Mittwoch 22 Dezember 2010, 00:57:09 schrieb Jos Poortvliet: > > > On Wednesday 22 December 2010 00:34:14 Bryen M. Yunashko wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > > > > > The openSUSE Marketing Team's Collaboration Days have concluded and > > > > Pascal (yaloki) entered the final statement into our log files as we > > > > closed up: > > > > > > > > "we can be heroes, just for one day" - David Bowie > > > > > > > > How fitting for us on days when so many marketing heroes stepped > > > > forward to make Collaboration Days a success. > > > > > > I want to echo this statement, thanks all - super work! Really > > > appreciate it, although I'm almost falling asleep behind the keyboard > > > now ;-) > > > > > > > I'm going to leave the report for today's Social Media collaboration > > > > day to our fine moderators Manu Gupta and Jos Poortvliet to convey > > > > to you all, but for me, I just want to make a general statement. > > > > > > > > You all did a wonderful job and proved that when we need to come > > > > together, we can do it! So many tasks were identified over the last > > > > 3 events this month and identified many things that we need to focus > > > > on in 2011. > > > > > > > > So what's next? To be sure, we will definitely plan special > > > > Collaboration Days as the need arises within our team. Hopefully not > > > > with the intensity we faced this month with 3 weekly events, but > > > > still, we learned what works and what doesn't work. > > > > > > > > The next tentative "collaboration day" is actually a face-to-face > > > > hackfest which we are aiming for February. We encourage you all to > > > > take a look at > > > > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:11.4_Marketing_Hackfest Soon we > > > > will need to review the list of people who are interested and start > > > > making concrete plans for organizing this event. > > > > > > Yes, please, ppl, anyone who would WANT to come and contribute - just > > > put your name there. Don't think about cost or whether the date works > > > for you - we will figure that out later. ADD YOUR NAME IF YOU WANT TO > > > COME PLEASE. > > > > > > Of course we can't fly 20 ppl over from India or the USA if we do it in > > > Europe. But we don't have to do it in Europe, if it's cheaper to do it > > > in the USA then that's where it'll be. And we have budget. The hotel > > > will be free, I surely pay for that, the travel depends on how much > > > you need it, how many ppl need it etc - but we will try to help as > > > many ppl to come as possible! > > > > first of all, I hate what u doing here talking in an other thread about > > an other thing! > > > > You should make a decision where, I mean psankar need a visa and thats > > not so easy for the indian guys, thats why he wrote later is better. > > For myself if u come on the idea to make it in US, then I am sure I need > > travel support same I think for Bruno I dont think he pays then, the > > travel costs self! > > And btw. I would need a passport for US that take me 2 months > > or faster I have to pay more and get a green one and then I need a visa. > > > > br gnokii > > - As a hackfest is a collaboration event, they are indeed related > topics. > > - Jos and I have already discussed directly with PSankar the issue of > visas from India and looking at ways we can help him with the visa. We > know it is not an easy challenge and all of that is being taken into > consideration. > > - As stated multiple times, nothing is final yet. We need first to know > who is interested in participating in the hackfest period, and then we, > as a team, can explore how dates work best for the most people and the > location that is ideal. Europe has been proposed, United States has > been proposed, and possibly other locations will be proposed before the > team, as a whole, decides where to go. > > - While I understand you and others have some time limits for obtaining > a passport, that is something that we are going to keep in mind. > Regarding visas, Europeans do not need a visa in order to visit the > United States, for 90 days or less. so you don't need to worry about > that for yourself. > http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#countries > > Obviously I cannot tell you what to do about passport applications. My > feeling is that its always good to have a passport handy to make future > events more possible. Let's face it, we're in the open source world and > there's always something coming up that gives us an opportunity to > travel outside of our boundaries. Having a passport, which usually is > valid for up to 10 years, makes this easier for future needs.
Amen. > Bryen
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