The GNOME Foundation was asked to send someone to the FOSS Nigeria event in Kano, Nigeria (April 23-25). We identified two volunteers who
were planning to go, but the board has recently been informed that neither person is able to go any longer.
Since it is an important GNOME goal to further develop ties with the developing world, this is unfortunate. The board suspects it is likely not possible to make further arrangements for someone to represent GNOME at this event due to the short timeframe and the fact that this does not leave much time to coordinate a visa. However, if anybody has any ideas about how to address this problem then let us know. Perhaps there is a volunteer out there who lives in a country where a visa would not be required for this travel. Or if someone is interested to go and wants to try to coordinate a visa quickly, then let us know. The GNOME Foundation would be agreeable to covering the travel costs for a qualified volunteer who would be able to make arrangements to go. Brian _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
