Re: Boston Summit?
On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 13:44 -0500, meg ford wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya > wrote: > > > I'm also considering going to Grace Hopper, especially if the panel > > proposal I'm a part of gets accepted. The speaker notifications for Grace > > Hopper will happen May 17th. I know there might be just a few of us for > > whom it will matter, but if Joanie was brave enough to ask, I'd like to > > second her interest in considering a different weekend because of this > > overlap. After all, if we do go to Grace Hopper, all we'll be talking to > > people and presenting about will be GNOME, and it would be disappointing to > > be missing an important GNOME conference at the same time. > > > > Also GSoC mentors summit will be October 19-21, and it would be nice if > > the GNOME Summit (wherever it is :) doesn't conflict with it either. > > > > I agree. I think that it would be good for GNOME to make as strong a > showing as possible at Grace Hopper. I understand that scheduling conflicts > are unavoidable in some cases, but I think that re-scheduling the North > American GNOME Summit should be strongly considered. It would be best for > members of GNOME to not have to choose between the two events. I was really > pleased that Joanie brought this up. A bit of context: The reason the Boston Summit is on Columbus day is because we could get the venue for free, plus being during a long weekend because of no university activities. Last year there were issues to book the venue, so we got alternatively Montréal just on September, which was not free but cheap ($200/day in holidays). However, the date was not changed. This year we booked the MIT in advance to avoid the same issue (as Karen already said). That said, the main driving force is who organize it keeping the costs as low as possible, being the 'who' the hardest part to get involved (it has to be a local person). -- Germán Póo-Caamaño http://people.gnome.org/~gpoo/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote: > I'm also considering going to Grace Hopper, especially if the panel > proposal I'm a part of gets accepted. The speaker notifications for Grace > Hopper will happen May 17th. I know there might be just a few of us for > whom it will matter, but if Joanie was brave enough to ask, I'd like to > second her interest in considering a different weekend because of this > overlap. After all, if we do go to Grace Hopper, all we'll be talking to > people and presenting about will be GNOME, and it would be disappointing to > be missing an important GNOME conference at the same time. > > Also GSoC mentors summit will be October 19-21, and it would be nice if > the GNOME Summit (wherever it is :) doesn't conflict with it either. > > I agree. I think that it would be good for GNOME to make as strong a showing as possible at Grace Hopper. I understand that scheduling conflicts are unavoidable in some cases, but I think that re-scheduling the North American GNOME Summit should be strongly considered. It would be best for members of GNOME to not have to choose between the two events. I was really pleased that Joanie brought this up. Meg - Original Message - > From: "Joanmarie Diggs" > To: foundation-list@gnome.org > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 7:30:19 AM > Subject: Boston Summit? > > Hey guys. > > Looking at my fall calendar I noticed that the Boston Summit* and Grace > Hopper overlap, the latter being 3-6 October and Columbus Day weekend > being 6-8 October. Also, as I understand it, there will be a FLOSS day > associated with Grace Hopper taking place on 7 October. My initial > reaction was to just forget about Boston Summit. But then I remembered > the lesson from last year: Traditions can be broken. ;) ;) > > So I realize it's still quite early, but are we planning on having > the Boston Summit in Boston and over Columbus Day weekend? > > Take care. > --joanie > > * Assuming we continue the Columbus Day tradition > ___ > 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 > > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit?
I'm also considering going to Grace Hopper, especially if the panel proposal I'm a part of gets accepted. The speaker notifications for Grace Hopper will happen May 17th. I know there might be just a few of us for whom it will matter, but if Joanie was brave enough to ask, I'd like to second her interest in considering a different weekend because of this overlap. After all, if we do go to Grace Hopper, all we'll be talking to people and presenting about will be GNOME, and it would be disappointing to be missing an important GNOME conference at the same time. Also GSoC mentors summit will be October 19-21, and it would be nice if the GNOME Summit (wherever it is :) doesn't conflict with it either. Thanks, Marina - Original Message - From: "Joanmarie Diggs" To: foundation-list@gnome.org Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 7:30:19 AM Subject: Boston Summit? Hey guys. Looking at my fall calendar I noticed that the Boston Summit* and Grace Hopper overlap, the latter being 3-6 October and Columbus Day weekend being 6-8 October. Also, as I understand it, there will be a FLOSS day associated with Grace Hopper taking place on 7 October. My initial reaction was to just forget about Boston Summit. But then I remembered the lesson from last year: Traditions can be broken. ;) ;) So I realize it's still quite early, but are we planning on having the Boston Summit in Boston and over Columbus Day weekend? Take care. --joanie * Assuming we continue the Columbus Day tradition ___ 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
