[Promotion] You are invited to GUADEC 2006

[Quim Gil]

Any news on this? If there is a more appropriate channel to send this
invitation to the KDE community please tell me and I will re-send it.


On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 17:58 +0200, Quim Gil wrote:
> GUADEC 2006 is being held in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Catalonia - Spain) at
> the end of June - http://guadec.org
> 
> In order to enforce dialog and collaboration we have decided to offer to
> the KDE project free registration for 10 members. Freedesktop.org, X,
> Xfce and other free desktop related people can also get a reasonable
> amount of invitations. Just ask.
> 
> The Call for Participation is closed for submissions targeting the
> GUADEC Core days. However, the call is still open to sessions proposed
> for the WarmUp Weekend and the After Hours Workshops, and the GUADEC
> Committee is leaving some slots available in the Core days to late but
> very interesting proposals. Sessions relating to free desktop topics are
> welcome if they are interesting to the GNOME community, but they don't
> need to be exclusively related to GNOME. 
> 
> For instance, we invited Waldo Bastian to submit a session explaining
> the Portland Project and here we go: http://guadec.org/node/225 (thanks
> Waldo). Feel free to suggest ways to participate actively, as we all are
> trying to do through this channel.
> 
> Also, we are organizing a football match: GNOME - Rest Of The World
> 
> And yes, it's serious. What would you expect, being in Futbolàndia
> during the FIFA World Cup.  :)   We will provide the infrastructure,
> neutral referees and customized t-shirts for the members of both teams. 
> 
> Someone in guadec-list has already mentioned the risk of playing against
> a team with a high KDE component, since KDE has a high German component
> and we know that Germany is default favorite in any football match.  :)
> Anyway, GNOME has started recruiting the stars for its dream team. And
> we expect the Rest Of The World to accept the challenge.
> 
> As any other GUADEC participants, you have the chance to request
> sponsorship if your budget is tight. Accommodation, which is one of the
> most expensive costs of any conference, is quite affordable if you join
> the GNOME Village. 
> 
> See http://guadec.org for more details and do not hesitate asking me if
> you have questions.
> 
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