Hm... what time of the year will akademy be held? If it's during an
off-peak season (not summer), my aunt said she *might* be able to help
out...
She has a hotel with (I think) 63 rooms (packed from June to August) located
in Crete -- I'm not sure on pricing though.
On 7/26/06, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller <robin@roblimo.com> wrote:
>
> rmorgan@heavysystems.com wrote:
> > Would anyone in SLUG be interested in working with me to put together a
> proposal for hosting Akademy 2007 in Tampa?
>
> I'd be interested, and since they say press contacts are essential and
> I'm about as good as they come for Linux-type stuff, that's a plus.
>
> BUT read this:
>
> "Immigration procedures: The hosting country's immigration laws and
> procedures should not exclude any KDE contributor from attending. It is
> a plus if the hosting country does not have complicated and expensive
> visa procurement procedures for the majority of the participants (who
> will be from the EU and the US). For participants from other countries,
> getting a visa must be reasonably possible."
>
> At DebConf in Mexico this year, I was told bluntly that no international
> FOSS conference can be held in the U.S. right now because it's gotten so
> hard to get visas, esp. from mideast countries.
>
> AND ALSO read this:
>
> "Accommodation must be available for up to 200 persons during the peak
> days, and should not cost more than EUR 20/USD 25 per night including
> breakfast."
>
> So this would depend on a University dorm-type deal. Anyone have
> contacts to make that happen?
>
> AND LASTLY:
>
> "Travel grants were about EUR 8000 (USD 10000), for aKademy 2004 at
> Ludwigsburg and EUR 10000 for aKademy 2005 at Malaga and 20000 to be
> expected for aKademy 2006. If the conference location for 2007 is going
> to be outside Europe, we can expect a much higher need for travel grants
> (at least 4-5 times as much). Sponsoring of other costs (like food or
> accommodation) is of course also much appreciated."
>
> REALITY: I think it'll be someplace cheap in Europe, and that a U.S. bid
> is a waste of time.
>
> - Robin
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