[maemo-community] Organizing Maemo Summit 2009

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Andrea Grandi <a.grandi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
[Quim wrote:]
>> And a big problem that can go easily above 50% of the budget. I wish
>> Nokia would handle the big & critical funds guaranteeing free entrance
>> (location, equipment, wlan and perhaps even some food and night life)
>> and then make a one time donation to cover the sponsored participants
>> and whatever else going in the low amounts (e.g. when organizing GUADEC
>> I had to find out in the last minute where to rent a drum set).
>
> you mean we should do a donation  to help covering expenses?

I think Quim meant:

  * Nokia would pay for the big stuff.
  * Nokia would then give another donation to cover the sponsored
    participants' travel.

> Anyway: what if we looked for some sponsor?

Surely *Nokia* is the sponsor; who else would sponsor a Maemo Summit?

Cheers,

Andrew

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