Hi Louis,

I am not answering for the team, but some info where we are:

On Tuesday 29 June 2010 15:28:14 Louis Desjardins wrote:

TO THE DEVS.

Hi guys,

In the light of the proposed Guidelines for Organising LGM http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011 it would be great to know, as a team, if :

a) You have enough information to make a call on the proposed LGM venues for 2011? if not, what are you missing?

I think there is enough. We know Brazil has done their own LGM. Montreal has always been a success and Vietnam looks intriguing.

Personally, I will vote for Vietnam, but I have been there and I have a personal bias. :)

b) You had enough time for a round of internal discussions to see whether a significant portion of your team will make it to any of the 3 possible venues? If not, how much time would you like to have for such a round before making it a team decision?

We are doing that now!

c) You are in the end satisfied by the process? if not please give some hints on how to improve this process.

No issues there personally. It is transparent and open.

d) You are ready to make your call about the venues? if yes, please make it now, if not please tell us when, and maybe why!

Soon. By end of the week I would say.

Parallel questions:
e) Do you think the guidelines are helpful? if not, are they useless? can we improve them or should we simply remove the code? f) What do you think of the bidding process? Should we keep it as it is, a one-year process? or should we make it a two-year process? And do you think again you have enough information to make a real choice? Please explain.

For another mail I think.

Thanks for getting back asap.

Louis

Each of the venues have a page on the Create Wiki: Brasil: http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Brasil_Bid Canada:
http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Montréal_Bid Vietnam: http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Conference_2011_Vietnam_Bid

On 29.06.2010 17:28, Louis Desjardins wrote:

a) You have enough information to make a call on the proposed LGM venues for 2011?

Yes.

b) You had enough time for a round of internal discussions to see whether a significant portion of your team will make it to any of the 3 possible venues?

Yes. We're fairly sure that very few GIMP developers will attend a LGM in Vietnam (distance and politics), some more in Brazil (distance) and probably a few more in Montreal, although some may decide to skip a LGM that's held at a familiar place for the third time.

If not, how much time would you like to have for such a round before making it a team decision?

The difficult part is that it's almost a year till the next LGM. Nobody can yet tell for sure if they'll be able to attend.

c) You are in the end satisfied by the process? if not please give some hints on how to improve this process.

I'd like to see it extended on future LGM plans as well - i.e don't wait until after LGM 2011 to decide about 2012. Knowing where the next few meetings might be can help a lot if you know that you'll skip one for whatever reasons.

d) You are ready to make your call about the venues? if yes, please make it now, if not please tell us when, and maybe why!

My personal preference would be Brazil - Vietnam - Montreal; without any really strong opinion for or against any of them.

e) Do you think the guidelines are helpful? if not, are they useless? can we improve them or should we simply remove the code?

The guidelines are useful. There outline exactly why each item is important for the organizers, without being rules for rules sake.

f) What do you think of the bidding process? Should we keep it as it is, a one-year process? or should we make it a two-year process? And do you think again you have enough information to make a real choice? Please explain.

Two years. Especially for people who have to save up for travel and accommodation (even if reimbursed, you'll have to cope with less money for some time), it is very helpful to know that a next LGM may be closer to one's location.

Regards,
Michael