Hi all, please make sure to download a new copy of the sponsorship application form before you apply. It has changed since last year and is now available as an ODT and in plain text for your convenience.
I would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that sponsored attendees are highly encouraged to volunteer during GUADEC: https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2014/Volunteers Thanks, Kat On 17 May 2014 09:37, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > The GNOME Foundation can offer travel sponsorship to individuals who > want to attend GUADEC and need financial assistance. > > We are happy to announce that the Travel Committee is ready to receive > applications for sponsorships to attend to GUADEC 2014. > > Application deadline: 2014-05-31. Please send in your applications > now, do not wait until the deadline. > > The instructions are detailed at https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel > Please read them carefully. > > Some additional comments: > * Any information you send to the Travel Committee will be private. > * Asking for sponsorship *does not* guarantee that you will be sponsored. > * A good application with good information will be processed faster. > * If you are offered help with accommodation, the Travel Committee > will book your accommodation. You should state that you need > accommodation, and leave the cost blank. > * Always choose the most economical option whenever possible. People > who need travel sponsorship should look for the best price (i.e. > through a service like kayak.com). If the Travel Committee finds a > cheaper price, that will be the price considered during the > evaluation. > * No personal emails. Keep travel-committee CCed on all of your replies. > Neglecting to do this will delay your application. > * There are direct flights to Strasbourg available, including through > budget airlines. Other close airports are Frankfurt (Germany), Charles > de Gaulle (Paris) and Baden-Baden (Germany). > * If you are a Foundation member, you should mention it in your > application. Preference will be given to Foundation members. > * If your abstract was accepted to be presented at GUADEC, you should > mention it in your application. Preference will be given to people > giving presentations at GUADEC. > * If you are in the Google Summer of Code program or Outreach Program > for Women (as student or mentor) you must mention it in your > application. Preference will be given to GSoC or OPW interns and > mentors. OPW and GSoC students usually get a percentage of their > GUADEC expenses covered by their sponsoring organisation. > * The Travel committee should confirm that we have received your > application within 2-3 days. After that, we will process them > together. So please do not panic (and have any butterflies in your > stomach) if we take some time to respond with the status. Regardless > of whether your application is accepted or rejected, you will always > receive a response. > > You can find us in the #travel channel at irc.gnome.org. _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
