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| DATE | 2003-08-15 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] GNOME foundation seeks host city for Guadec 5
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That woiuld be good, especially if you can develop the proposal, because our
manpower is a little thin working on another large project.
Ruben
On 2003.08.15 15:40 David Sugar wrote:
> I do not have most of the information needed about how they are choosing the
> host city, so I am not sure what precisely we could offer. But I will
> inquire about this further and report back here or at the meeting on Monday.
> Technically, I am a member of the GNOME foundation...and it might be a good
> time to visit Brooklyn anyway, I have been away for too long.
>
> On Thursday 14 August 2003 09:53 am, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > David, there is a NYLXS general membership and board meeting Monday 8:00
> > P.M. at the Brooklyn Marriott. Can you come and make a presentation for
> > this?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Sugar [mailto:dyfet-at-ostel.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:49 AM
> > To: Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
> > Cc: Ruben I Safir; hangout-at-nylxs.com
> > Subject: Re: [hangout] GNOME foundation seeks host city for Guadec 5
> >
> >
> >
> > I am proposing that NYLXS both lobby for and offers help in organizing
> > guadec
> > 5. The places they have chosen in the past had no strong local free
> > software
> > organizations for them to work with. Keep in mind that Guadec 5 is not an
> > "unfunded" event, so I also see some oppertunity for some of our members to
> > be rewarded financially for their time and efforts. I think it would
> > generally be good for free software in the NYC area to have Guadec here,
> > and
> >
> > certainly it could raise the profile of NYLXS as well.
> >
> > On Thursday 14 August 2003 09:09 am, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> > > You tell them, unless your proposing that NYLXS host this:
> > >
> > > Then make a proposal and we'll make an invitation
> > >
> > > Ruben
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:14:28PM -0400, David Sugar wrote:
> > > > Don't tell us this, tell them :)
> > > >
> > > > On Wednesday 13 August 2003 07:59 pm, Ruben I Safir wrote:
> > > > > Hell Yeah
> > > > >
> > > > > They owe us
> > > > >
> > > > > Ruben
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2003.08.13 12:50 David Sugar wrote:
> > > > > > It may be worth noting that the GNOME foundation is seeking a new
> > > > > > host city for next year's annual Guadec conference. Now,
> > > > > > certainly, I could think of no better city to represent software
> > > > > > freedom, with excellent air connections with Europe, than New York.
> > > > > > Here is a publically archived reference to the original request:
> >
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-July/msg00032.htm
> >
> > > > > >l
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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