FYI. Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Gavin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/25/2008 09:36:44 AM: > Dear PMCs, > > Please could you forward the below message to your user@ and dev@ mailing > lists, thanks in advance. > > ------------- > > The Travel Assistance Committee is taking in applications for those wanting > to attend ApacheCon US 2008 between the 3rd and 7th November 2008 in New > Orleans. > > The Travel Assistance Committee is looking for people who would like to be > able to attend ApacheCon US 2008 who need some financial support in order to > get there. There are VERY few places available and the criteria is high, > that aside applications are open to all open source developers who feel that > their attendance would benefit themselves, their project(s), the ASF and > open source in general. > > Financial assistance is available for flights, accomodation and entrance > fees either in full or in part, depending on circumstances. It is intended > that all our ApacheCon events are covered, so it may be prudent for those in > Europe and or Asia to wait until an event closer to them comes up - you are > all welcome to apply for ApacheCon US of course, but there must be > compelling reasons for you to attend an event further away that your home > location for your application to be considered above those closer to the > event location. > > More information can be found on the main Apache website at > http://www.apache.org/travel/index.html - where you will also find a link to > the application form and details for submitting. > > Time is very tight for this event, so applications are open now and will end > on the 2nd October 2008 - to give enough time for travel arrangements to be > made. > > Good luck to all those that will apply. > > Regards, > > The Travel Assistance Committee
