Petter, Using www.orbitz.com as my flight search engine I see nothing cheaper than $1043 or ~866 Euros :-( Unless anyone else knows of any cheaper tickets then perhaps I can attend another year when I can pay for my travel expenses :-)
Cheers, -- -Colin Applegate President, Applegate Consulting Yorktown HS LTSP Lab Administrator Edubuntu Developer <www.edubuntu.org> On 7/16/05, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Colin Applegate] > > I would be absolutely thrilled to take part in gathering in Norway, > > however my funds are limited. Would it be possible for I, Colin > > Applegate, to be one of those "few foreigners" that have travel > > expenses covered by the treasury? > > Ah, I remember you from the edubuntu gathering, and it would be nice > to have you participating. > > > I am coming from the Washington, DC area. My estimated flight > > expense to Norway is about $1150, roundtrip, as of today on a United > > flight. > > This on the other hand make it harder. It is enough to get at least > 3-5 developers from Norway to the gathering, and way over the limit of > 200 EURO where you need approval up-front to get the travel covered > (<URL:http://www.skolelinux.org/portal/board/financial_overview/document_view>. > > With that prize-tag, I would personally recommend against paying your > trip. Are you sure there are no cheeper alternatives? I believe Joey > Hess was able to get from USA for 300-400 EURO. > > > My expertise is on K12LTSP, classroom teaching using LTSP, and > > teaching computer science in general. I have been Jeffrey Elkner's > > (computer science teacher) classroom aid and lab administrator for > > over a year. I will be a first-year student at university this > > coming fall in the United States. I am also a student developer of > > Edubuntu, my mentor is Oliver Grawert. I will be able to aid > > debian-edu project by helping with K12LTSP integration, thin-client > > ideas/solutions, and user application selection. > > Your experience sounds very relevant, and I would love to have you > working on thin client solutions or application selections for > debian-edu. :)
