Come one, come all down to the MIT Tang Center 3rd floor for this years GNOME Boston Summit. The Summit starts at 9am with a couple of minutes to say hi to everyone. We will start organizing the bar camp like sessions around 9:30 and break off into smaller groups around 10. If you want to give a presentation to the whole group let me know and we can fit you into the schedule. Keep in mind this isn’t a conference of talks, this is a conference of participation and getting things done™. Talks should be short and allow for a good bit of discussion.
If you haven’t already, please update the wiki to propose a topic. At the beginning of the first session we will have people write their proposed session on a piece of paper, pitch them and then organize them into time slots and rooms. Hope to see you there!!!
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I was hoping to have a confirmation by now on the dates of the summit but we are a bit delayed in securing the rooms. I apologize as I know people need to know the dates in order to plan other events. What I can tell you is we are trying to secure room at the newly built MIT Media Lab which is one of the reasons for the delay. The preference right now is for the November dates with the October dates being requested as a fall back. The decision for that was based on the few people who contacted me with strong reasons why November would be better. This included better timing to go over results for the GNOME 3 marketing campaign and more people being in the Boston area at that time due to the Linux Plumbers Conference. Hopefully I will have more information by next week. It isn’t always easy to get big institutions to move quickly, especially since the rooms are provided gratis, but we have good people on the ground helping us out with this. Thanks for your patience.
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This is a reminder to all you GNOME hackers that the 9th annual Boston GNOME Summit is only one month away. On October 10th through the 12th join your fellow GNOMies at the MIT Sloan building E51 for a grand hacking event. I don’t have to remind people that GNOME 3.0 is just around the corner. Come and be part of the effort to continue GNOME’s excellence as the premier Open Source Desktop Environment and application platform.
Details
October 10th, 11th and 12th
MIT Sloan Building (E51)
Cambridge, MA
Rooms 315, 325, 335, 345
Tell us you are coming
Please go to the Boston Summit wiki page to find out more information and let us know you are coming.
Travel Sponsorship
For the first time the Travel Committee has been given a modest budget to send people to the Summit. If you feel you have something to contribute but don’t have the funds to get here please go to the Travel page to find out how you can apply for sponsorship.
Travel Visa’s
If you are coming from a country from which the US requires you obtain a visa please contact the Travel Committee so that they may send you a letter inviting you to the conference. You will need this to apply for a visa.
What is the Boston Gnome Summit?
The Boston Summit is a three-day hackfest for GNOME developers and contributors. It is not primarily aimed at users or new contributors, but if you want to jump right into the deep end, it’s a fantastic way to meet everyone and get involved. Unlike traditional conferences, the Boston Summit is all about getting developers together and getting things done. While there are some non-hacking sessions, they are geared heavily towards many-to-many, interactive discussion and planning, rather than one-to-many presentations.
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