BTW here is a flyer that was forward to me by the event organizers: *http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3 <http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3>*
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:25 AM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On 10 August 2014 13:00, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > On 10/08/2014 jan i wrote: >> > >> >> It would be nice if at least the PMC group got knowledge about the >> size of >> >> this fund. >> >> >> > >> > Of course it does. See http://s.apache.org/Vcg and >> > http://s.apache.org/YqfA (links only accessible to members). Despite >> many >> > discussions, we never managed to reimburse anything so far except >> > merchandising for FOSDEM 2013 (about 145 EUR).the >> > >> >> Thanks for a swift reaction ! >> >> Just to sure nobody misunderstand it, the "never managed" part is not due >> to lack for will ! We are very open to any proposals, that benefits our >> community but there has not been so many request (and some of them ended >> up >> by people not asking for funding). >> >> rgds >> jan I >> >> >> > >> > Regards, >> > Andrea. >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > >> > >> > > In the past there were some events that speakers and others received > funding. The policy change depending of relevance and opportunity. Most of > the funding was shared with the event organizers (split the bill between > airfare or hotel bill). > > A similar form-driven process was handed by KDE EV for their activities. > > This time around the event is somewhat relevant to the area since is the > largest and better organized event for the past 5 years. There seems to > have gain some popularity in the area and even thought I have never > attended to it before. I have got good reviews from ECSL. > > Unfortunately there hasn't been a relevant amount of contributions for > that part of the world, and there has always been the intention but not > always the right time to do it. > The average number of participants is around 300 people, from 4 countries > and with good potential to contribute to the project specially on l10n, but > also extension development and such. > > I am in touch with the organizers so I could get more specific information > on request. Will give a look at Jan's links and see what else is there to > be done. > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614
