Re: Call for comments on where to have GUADEC in 2007
ons, 17 05 2006 kl. 10:20 +1200, skrev Glynn Foster: > Hi, > > Anne Østergaard wrote: > > Dear GNOME Foundation Member, > > > > You are invited to comment on where you would prefer to have at GUADEC > > in 2007. > > > > The period for comments stops on June 15th 2006. > > > > The board (minus Dave Neary and Vincent Untz who are behind the French > > invitation) will make the final decision. > > > > We have got two very fine invitations to choose among: Birmingham in the > > UK or Lyon in France. The bids are attached in this mail. > > Neither of the bids have any details about financials and budgets - I > think the decisions can't possibly made until we know the details of > what the costs involved of hosting in each of the bids. I agree with this. Financials and budgets are very important issues. I think that the two bidders are entitled to make an addendum to their original invitations at the ned of the the period for comments and questions - but not later than June 18th. Anne ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Re: Call for comments on where to have GUADEC in 2007
Hi, Glynn Foster wrote: > Neither of the bids have any details about financials and budgets - I > think the decisions can't possibly made until we know the details of > what the costs involved of hosting in each of the bids. Aside from the cost of the venue, which we have never paid (at least not since I've been involved), the conference is actually pretty cheap to organise. This year, the majority of our budget is being spent getting people to the conference - this was also the case in previous years. Even in Stuttgart, where the cost of extras like the sandwiches, projectors and so on was more than expected, this represented a small portion of the budget. I certainly agree that we need to consider the financial risk of a conference, but GUADEC is cheap, and could even be cheaper. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Re: Call for comments on where to have GUADEC in 2007
Hi, Selon Glynn Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The board (minus Dave Neary and Vincent Untz who are behind the French > > invitation) will make the final decision. > > > > We have got two very fine invitations to choose among: Birmingham in the > > UK or Lyon in France. The bids are attached in this mail. > > Neither of the bids have any details about financials and budgets - I > think the decisions can't possibly made until we know the details of > what the costs involved of hosting in each of the bids. CPE Lyon has agreed to host the event for costs - essentially the security guard. We have been working with them on hosting GUADEC for several months, and we will have all of the university's facilities available to us for the conference, and will likely have someone from the university working part-time on the conference organisation. This is the same place where we help the Libre Graphics Meeting in March, and the total costs for the site for that event were 475 for one security guard for two days. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary Lyon, France ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Re: Call for comments on where to have GUADEC in 2007
Hi, Anne Østergaard wrote: Dear GNOME Foundation Member, You are invited to comment on where you would prefer to have at GUADEC in 2007. The period for comments stops on June 15th 2006. The board (minus Dave Neary and Vincent Untz who are behind the French invitation) will make the final decision. We have got two very fine invitations to choose among: Birmingham in the UK or Lyon in France. The bids are attached in this mail. Neither of the bids have any details about financials and budgets - I think the decisions can't possibly made until we know the details of what the costs involved of hosting in each of the bids. Glynn ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
