Hi, On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 12:00, David Neary wrote: > I want to start a new thread to get this discussion (which I > consider important) back on track. Good idea. > LOCATION > > So far there are 5 propositions in various stages of development, > each of which has some + points and some - points. > 1) GUADEC > 2) Lyon > 3) London > 4) Dublin > 5) Chemnitz > > Are there others? We need volunteers. Personally I think it would be best to piggy-back on an existing event given that the organizers wouldn't mind, of course. This would give us the benefit of an existing infrastructure. > FACILITIES > > What facilities do we need? I've been working (in my head) with > figures of 20-30 people, needing fairly liberal access to > conference facilities and computer network, preferably staying > with LUGgers, but perhaps in a hotel. 20-30 people sounds right to me. We need a conference room or similar (the GimpTent at GIMPCon 2003 wasn't exactly a conference room, but it filled our need perfectly) and access to the internet. Of course we need a place/places to sleep as well, but anything from a tent to a hotel would fit this need. > MONEY > > Who will manage the money side of things? We need someone who is > good with numbers, to organise a few people to do fundraising. It would be ideal if The GIMP Foundation was a reality when we start the fund-raising. We could then use the conference to evaluate the steps taken to raise funds - and perhaps improve the process. > DATE > > When is the earliest we could meet? When's the latest reasonable > date? I like late June, I think June/July/August is our target > area. Any comments? I agree. I would say late June, July or early August. Sincerely, ./Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@xxxxxxxx>
