11 Jul
2011
11 Jul
'11
09:55
Am Sonntag 10 Juli 2011, 04:09:39 schrieb Izabel Valverde: > > > > Please all, review the attached announcement. The exact process I don't > > have clear yet. Should we set up a mail address and let people send > > requests there? Or could indico help with this? > > If we can easily set indico for it would be great otherwise we could > make a "osc_sponsorship_committee@opensuse.org" or something like > this. By email its not so easy to analyse but after have all > applications we can decide by irc the "5" together. Indico could, but I think it makes more sense to do that on the list for two reasons: 1. if the fields are in Indico, people might click "I need support" by default. If they have to compose an email, its still a low barrier but not sooo "oh, why shouldn't I try..." 2. Asking for sponsoring requires quite some data and people start to line up alternatives etc etc. In Indico that would require a comparable large amount of space and wouldn't be as flexible as mail. So I recommend (closed) mailinglist. regards, Klaas > > openSUSE announces travel sponsorship options > > > > While the openSUSE Conference team is > href="http://news.opensuse.org/2011/06/08/opensuse-conference-looking-fo > > r-sponsors/">still looking for sponsors, we have enough initial > > commitments to start the travel sponsorship process. So if you want to > > come to the openSUSE conference but can't afford the travel costs > > because you're a student or live far away, read on! > > > >Time to start registering!
> > The openSUSE conference is the place to be for anyone involved with, > > working on or taking advantage of openSUSE technology. Which includes > > the Open Build Service, the openSUSE distribution, it's deriviates and > > projects like Tumbleweed and Factory, openFate, Hermes and Connect, > > Zypper, libYUI, YaST and much more. > > > > Yes, it is a wide gamut of topics. Packaging and distribution tools are > > the common thread but we also have friends from upstream projects like > > KDE, the kernel, Samba, LibreOffice and many other projects there. And > > of course many developers from other linux distributions with whom we > > collaborate on technologies like packaging (OBS), package installation > > (appstream) and low-level tools like systemd. > > > > So if you are looking for a fun event where you can meet your fellows, > > become even more part of the Free Software community, learn about what > > is going on and help shape openSUSE and Free Software in general - be > > there! > > > >Travel sponsorship
> > The > href="http://news.opensuse.org/2011/05/16/opensuse-conference-2011-to-be > > -creative-and-open/">openSUSE conference "RWXł" takes place in Nuremberg, > > Germany. That's quite easy to reach from Europe but it happens that > > the world is slightly bigger than that. We have openSUSE contributors > > living in India, Taiwan, the US, Brazil, Australia and many other > > countries around the globe. > > > > The conference team has been looking for a > > href="http://news.opensuse.org/2011/06/08/opensuse-conference-looking-fo > > r-sponsors/">sponsors to aid in the travel costs and set up a team to > > look at incoming requests. We would obviously love to support everyone > > with their travel and hotel costs, but funds are limited. So this team > > will decide priorities. > > > >So who will be supported?
> > If you're a speaker for the openSUSE conference and can't afford the > > travel yourself chances are quite good we'll support you. Our google > > summer of code students are also high on our list, as are contributors > > who have to travel far and students who wouldn't be able to afford > > coming otherwise. However, depending on funds and contributions, we will > > try to accomodate as many people as possible. > > > > So, no matter what your situation is, if you are interested in the > > openSUSE conference but you can't afford it yourself, apply for support! > > > >how
> > To apply for support, you need to make an estimation of your travel > > costs. Search for a cheap airfare or train trip, look at the hotel > > options and make a guestimation of the total costs you'll make. Then > > figure out what you can afford and send the info to the conference team > > (see below). > > Ask what the conference will make for them... Just costs is hard to > decide. Ask how support the free software environment, if had a chance > to be in an openSUSE meeting/conference/people before, ... > > > As a rule, we reimburse 80% of travel and if really needed, 80% of hotel > > as well. However we can make exceptions when it's really needed and pay > > up to 100%, or for example 50% if that would suffice. > > Personally I wouldn't mention about how much % we'll reimburse. We can > ask for the travel estimation costs separately and then we can decide > like 50% of flight tickets and 100% for hotel... or even better to say > "we will sponsor until US$1000,00". GUADEC worked that way before... I > did the same 6 years for Fórum GNOME in Brazil! > Also say how the reimburse will be make... e.g. just by bank transfer > and 20 days after the conference. This is a really important. > > > you can > href="http://conference.opensuse.org/indico//conferenceDisplay.py?confId > > =2">register on the website. Until August 1st you can send in such > > requests for travel support via xxxxx. > > August 1st I think it's a little bit late cause after we will need at > least 3 days to decide, send the answer and then the sponsored/or not > will reserve the flight and hotel. Might be more expensive with just a > month to plan. > > I would open few days for applications like after decided between > indico or email open in July 15th and close July 25th. The month > didn't change so the prices are better. > > My 0.02 cents > > Izabel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-conference+help@opensuse.org