<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"><meta content="Group-Office 2.18" name="GENERATOR"></head><body><p>> But how many of the first summit European attendees would be at summit 2<br />
> in the US without sponsorship</p>
<p>I agree... There were all of maybe 15 North Americans (yes, including Canada) at the summit -- and I think we were all sponsored (i.e., I don't think _any_ Americans came without sponsorship).</p>
<p>Even if the summit was immediately after another conference (like it was this time), there might be a bunch of additional registrants, but they wouldn't be Maemo community members.</p>
<p>I actually think Germany is a great central location for most people in and around Europe. And, it's not that difficult for Americans to get there (e.g., no visa required, easy customs, etc.).</p>
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<strong>Subject: </strong>Re: Events in 2009<br />
<strong>From: </strong>Jamie Bennett <jamie@linuxuk.org><br />
<strong>To: </strong>"List for community development" <maemo-community@maemo.org><br />
<strong>Date: </strong>10/07/2008 8:44 am<br />
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On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 10:36 -0400, Ryan Abel wrote:<br />
> On Oct 7, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Jamie Bennett wrote:<br />
> <br />
> > For the summit to be its most successful it needs to be held where <br />
> > most<br />
> > of its target audience is physically based or can get to easily. If <br />
> > the<br />
> > majority of community members and contributors are in Europe then it<br />
> > makes no sense to hold the summit in Australia for instance. Too much<br />
> > cost for interested people to attend and too expensive for Nokia to <br />
> > ship<br />
> > people there on mass. Of course key contributing members should be<br />
> > sponsored regardless of where they are based.<br />
> <br />
> <br />
> Which is fine, but why should we hold the Summit on the same continent <br />
> every time? Switch it up a bit and shift the costs around some by <br />
> changing the continent every so often. Problem solved. ;)<br />
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But how many of the first summit European attendees would be at summit 2<br />
in the US without sponsorship and how many people missed out this time<br />
because it was in Europe? Interesting statistic maybe?<br />
<br />
> Ryan Abel<br />
> Maemo Community Council chair<br />
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Regards,<br />
Jamie<br />
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