[CREATE] LGM 2009

[Jon Phillips]

On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 17:40 +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I forwarded this on to Ton (hopefully he'll join the list here & answer
> more questions himself), and he told me:
> 
> "The subsidy request is now being finalized. Only in september or so we
> hear about that, until that time you can only mention that Amsterdam (+
> Blender) have the option to organize it, but nothing is final...

This is cool. I bet we can get CC Netherlands involved as well since
they have connection to Kennisland and that funding pot. I sent an email
to Paul Keller who is project lead for CC NL and at KL.

> BTW: good news is that the city treats it very seriously... they want to
> create buzz by allowing good budgets for important speakers. They also
> suggested to add a session on open source in general for the press, and
> have Neelie Kroes do an keynote about open standards!"

Totally.

> I'd support an Amsterdam bid, even in the absence of a subsidy, but Ton
> has said he'd be spread pretty thin unless there were a subsidy which
> would allow him to take on a part-time administrative assistant to do
> the work for us.

Yes, I think Amsterdam is totally where we should do it next year. I
think it shouldn't be difficult to get subsidy and I have many
connections there to help with this...

Jon

> Cheers,
> Dave.
> 
> Louis Desjardins wrote:
> > 2008/6/11 Dave Neary <dneary at free.fr <mailto:dneary at free.fr>>:
> > 
> >     Hi all,
> > 
> >     Now that LGM 2008 is over, attention turns to LGM 2009.
> > 
> >     I know that Andy has already tentatively proposed Singapore, but for a
> >     number of reasons (not least the cost, and the problem that many people
> >     wouldn't be able to go), I'm not a fan of that option.
> > 
> >     I mentioned to Ton Roosendaal that Ansterdam would be a great site, and
> >     whether he'd be prepared to lead up the organisation and put in a
> >     proposal, and today he got back to me:
> > 
> >     Ton Roosendaal said:
> >     > I've been approached by the Amsterdam city council, if we had ideas
> >     > for an open source based CG conference next year june. They want to
> >     > align it to big 3d Games event in Amsterdam, and the Dutch game days
> >     > in Utrecht.
> >     >
> >     > I've immediately mentioned LGM to them. They need us to make an
> >     > estimate before july 1. Answer then will follow in sept/okt.
> >     >
> >     > Is this opportunity worth pursuing, or did you find a good host city
> >     > already? Note, if this works it'll be decadent, with enough money to
> >     > fly in all celebs we need. :)
> > 
> >     So - does this sound like a good option for people? It's a change of
> >     schedule, and also perhaps not as intimate as we've had over the past 3
> >     years, but Amsterdam is a transport hub for Europe, so cheap to get to
> >     from Asia, the US and all over Europe, and is a very lively city that we
> >     haven't been to previously.
> > 
> >     If there is a general feeling that this is an option, I'll give Ton a
> >     green light to put together an estimate for costs, and we should have a
> >     definitive site for the conference soon.
> > 
> >     Thoughts?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Lots have been said so far regarding Singapore and Amsterdam. I think we
> > should make a decision pretty soon now. Do we feel we need a couple more
> > weeks for discussing? I would like to hear from *all* teams.
> > 
> > If so, I would suggest that by mid-July we come up with a decision on
> > the location and also constitute an organisation team (both local and on
> > the web) working on the next edition. Things go quick and sponsoring is
> > not easy. Plus, if we want to increase media awareness on the LGM, the
> > sooner we start, the better.
> > 
> > Things to consider first to make a choice are:
> > 
> > 1. Estimated costs for travel for all the participating teams.
> > 2. Estimated costs for accomodations (hotels and food). This is
> > important to figure out whether some people will still be able to make
> > it to a specific destination provided the only reimbursement they get is
> > their flight.
> > 3. Time of the year to make sure we have no agenda conflicts with other
> > important event(s)
> > 
> > You might also find advisable to add (or at least figure out) the costs
> > of the people who are not necessarily official members of a specific
> > team but who do give lots of valuable inputs to one or more projects.
> > Also, we must let room to newcomers and new projects. Getting fresh
> > blood is also what LGM is about.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Louis
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     Cheers,
> >     Dave.
> > 
> >     --
> >     Dave Neary
> >     dneary at free.fr <mailto:dneary at free.fr>
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