[Linux-aus] Travel Grant Application

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Jeff Waugh">

> GUADEC
> ------
> 
> This month, I'm travelling to Kristiansand, Norway for GNOME's European
> developer conference, GUADEC. I'll be attending GNOME Board and Advisory
> Board meetings, catching up with all the GNOME dudes, and presenting. The
> Foundation generally funds Board members, at the expense of sending other
> hackers. Flights from Australia can limit that funding quite significantly,
> so this year, I am hoping to find alternative sponsorship through Linux
> Australia. :-) Also, beer in Norway is very expensive.

Additionally, I'll be pitching gnome.conf.au (which I'm planning to hold
again at linux.conf.au next year) as an Officialish Proper GNOME Conference,
hopefully with some financial support from the GNOME Foundation. That may
help us fly out more GNOME hackers or have party-poppers or something. I'm
leaving tonight at 22:15. :-)

I just want to reiterate, given recent threads, that I make this proposal in
all seriousness, and without taking LA's bank account for granted. Hrm.

Thanks,

- Jeff

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GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norway                    http://2004.guadec.org/
 
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