On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Adnan Hodzic <ad...@foolcontrol.org> wrote:
> Hey everybody, > > There were many great days for DebConf11, but we should definitely > remember this one. > > As you may know I had a meeting with President and Minister of Science > and Technology today. Meeting was a big one, I was there with lady > that's in charge of NGO "DIVA", we were meeting with President and > Minister of Science and Technology of Republika Srpska, along with the > Mayor of Banja Luka along with other government officials, and there > was some press as well. > > Many issues were discussed but the main point of this meeting was to > see what are we going to get from the government in terms of > sponsorship. First we were planning to get money from Government, > then we planned to get stuff in compensation, we were basically aiming > for free Venue and Hotel Bosna. To sum it up, this is what happened > and what we got: > > President alone gave us 50.000€! From Government we got 100.000€ and > from the City of Banja Luka we got a free Venue (Banski Dvori), we > even got Student Dormitories as bonus and backup option for > accomodation, however I'm planning that we stick with the original > plans and go with hotels as planned. Oh yea, FYI what I just said > wasn't a Disney movie :) > > I think that line itself sums how the meeting went, I've also told > President what our plans are for future, and that we are working on, > getting more sponsorship, he even offered his help in getting the > local sponsorships. I've told him that we are planning to start our > work on Penta and have the registrations open within the next month. > And then we'll start acquiring information about all attendees and > their preferences, and where they'll be getting from to Banja Luka and > in what times. Mostly beneficial regarding organized transportation > from airports to the Venue. > > We also discussed other matters such as visas, I explained how the > situation was with some of the attendees. Solution to this problem > will be that, we'll start a list people that will need visas, those > people will be granted approval to enter Bosnia on the border, all > that those attendees need to let us know is where/what country will > they be entering Bosnia from in case of transit. I suggest we start > working on making this list ASAP. > > After the meeting we also went to the President of our Venue, and we > told him our requests, we got what we asked for 14 days. There's much > more to say on what happened, but I think I said the most crucial > things, please attend next IRC meeting on 8th of March if you want to > find out more. > > *Note* for BiH local team, for members that are new, don't just appear > on the IRC meeting or mailing lists just like that, introduce yourself > on our local list firsts before starting discussions or before jumping > into fire. > > Here's even an image for all of you :) > > http://twitpic.com/43c759 > From left to right, NGO DIVA president, Minister of Science and > Technology, President, me :) > > Comments? > > P.S: You owe me beer for this one :) > > We owe you more than that! Really, really great news! :) Cheers, > > Adnan > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-team mailing list > Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team >
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