[DC LoCo] Call for Hosts: Akademy (KDE) and GUADEC (GNOME)

[Celeste Lyn Paul]

Hey all, 

There are many active linux user groups in the Baltimore-DC Metro area.  I 
think this is a great opportunity for these user communites to collaborate to 
host a great open source event.

Cheers,

~ Celeste

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Call for Hosts for Akademy 2009

The KDE e.V. invites proposals to host Akademy, the yearly KDE contributors 
conference and community summit, during the Summer of 2009. Akademy is the 
biggest gathering of the community and includes a two-day conference, the 
general assembly of the members of the KDE e.V., and a week of coding, 
meeting, and discussing. 

For the first time we also invite proposals to hold Akademy and GUADEC, the 
GNOME community conference, at the same time, in the same location. Proposals 
should detail plans for hosting up to 800 attendees, with separate facilities 
available for Akademy and GUADEC planned sessions. 

The conferences should be held independently, in the same location, with 
facilities available for joint sessions of interest to both communities. A 
co-hosted event would constitute one of the largest events on the planet 
dedicated to free software on the desktop. 

Proposals for Akademy should be sent to kde-ev-board at kde.org, proposals for a 
co-hosted event should be sent to board at gnome.org as well. Deadline for 
proposals is June 15th 2008. 

Key points which proposals should consider, and which will be taken into 
account when deciding among candidates, are: 
* Local community support for hosting the conference
* The availability and cost of travel from major European cities
* The availability of sufficient low-cost accommodation
* The budget for infrastructure and facilities required to hold the conference
* The availability of restaurants or the organization of catering on-site
* Local industry and government support

See the detailed requirements [1] on the KDE e.V. web site for more 
information about what it needs to host Akademy. 

The conference will require availability of facilities for one week, including 
a weekend, during Summer. Dates should avoid other key free software 
conferences. 

A few words of advice: organizing a conference of this size is hard work, but 
there are many people in the community with experience who will be there to 
help you. Bear in mind that people coming to these conferences do so 
primarily to meet up with old friends and have fun, and so the hallway track 
and social activities are very important.

[1] http://ev.kde.org/akademy/requirements.php

-- 
Celeste Lyn Paul
celeste at kde.org
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org
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