Hi, I forwarded this on to Ton (hopefully he'll join the list here & answer more questions himself), and he told me:
"The subsidy request is now being finalized. Only in september or so we hear about that, until that time you can only mention that Amsterdam (+ Blender) have the option to organize it, but nothing is final... BTW: good news is that the city treats it very seriously... they want to create buzz by allowing good budgets for important speakers. They also suggested to add a session on open source in general for the press, and have Neelie Kroes do an keynote about open standards!" I'd support an Amsterdam bid, even in the absence of a subsidy, but Ton has said he'd be spread pretty thin unless there were a subsidy which would allow him to take on a part-time administrative assistant to do the work for us. Cheers, Dave. Louis Desjardins wrote: > 2008/6/11 Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > Hi all, > > Now that LGM 2008 is over, attention turns to LGM 2009. > > I know that Andy has already tentatively proposed Singapore, but for a > number of reasons (not least the cost, and the problem that many people > wouldn't be able to go), I'm not a fan of that option. > > I mentioned to Ton Roosendaal that Ansterdam would be a great site, and > whether he'd be prepared to lead up the organisation and put in a > proposal, and today he got back to me: > > Ton Roosendaal said: > > I've been approached by the Amsterdam city council, if we had ideas > > for an open source based CG conference next year june. They want to > > align it to big 3d Games event in Amsterdam, and the Dutch game days > > in Utrecht. > > > > I've immediately mentioned LGM to them. They need us to make an > > estimate before july 1. Answer then will follow in sept/okt. > > > > Is this opportunity worth pursuing, or did you find a good host city > > already? Note, if this works it'll be decadent, with enough money to > > fly in all celebs we need. :) > > So - does this sound like a good option for people? It's a change of > schedule, and also perhaps not as intimate as we've had over the past 3 > years, but Amsterdam is a transport hub for Europe, so cheap to get to > from Asia, the US and all over Europe, and is a very lively city that we > haven't been to previously. > > If there is a general feeling that this is an option, I'll give Ton a > green light to put together an estimate for costs, and we should have a > definitive site for the conference soon. > > Thoughts? > > > Hi all, > > Lots have been said so far regarding Singapore and Amsterdam. I think we > should make a decision pretty soon now. Do we feel we need a couple more > weeks for discussing? I would like to hear from *all* teams. > > If so, I would suggest that by mid-July we come up with a decision on > the location and also constitute an organisation team (both local and on > the web) working on the next edition. Things go quick and sponsoring is > not easy. Plus, if we want to increase media awareness on the LGM, the > sooner we start, the better. > > Things to consider first to make a choice are: > > 1. Estimated costs for travel for all the participating teams. > 2. Estimated costs for accomodations (hotels and food). This is > important to figure out whether some people will still be able to make > it to a specific destination provided the only reimbursement they get is > their flight. > 3. Time of the year to make sure we have no agenda conflicts with other > important event(s) > > You might also find advisable to add (or at least figure out) the costs > of the people who are not necessarily official members of a specific > team but who do give lots of valuable inputs to one or more projects. > Also, we must let room to newcomers and new projects. Getting fresh > blood is also what LGM is about. > > Cheers, > > Louis > > > > Cheers, > Dave. > > -- > Dave Neary > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 > Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > -- Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
