Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24
> We owe you more than that!
> Really, really great news! :)
Thanks :)
> Thanks Adnan.. well to you and politicians on pict. We owe them beer too.
> (btw I bet beer with mr. Dodik would be fun)
I'm actually thinking to have him on DebConf as honorary guest, most serious :)
Adnan
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Amar Cosic <amar.cosic@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2011/2/24 Leandro Gómez <leo.telsen@gmail.com>
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>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Adnan Hodzic <adnan@foolcontrol.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey everybody,
>>>
>>> There were many great days for DebConf11, but we should definitely
>>> remember this one.
>>>
>>> As you may know I had a meeting with President and Minister of Science
>>> and Technology today. Meeting was a big one, I was there with lady
>>> that's in charge of NGO "DIVA", we were meeting with President and
>>> Minister of Science and Technology of Republika Srpska, along with the
>>> Mayor of Banja Luka along with other government officials, and there
>>> was some press as well.
>>>
>>> Many issues were discussed but the main point of this meeting was to
>>> see what are we going to get from the government in terms of
>>> sponsorship. First we were planning to get money from Government,
>>> then we planned to get stuff in compensation, we were basically aiming
>>> for free Venue and Hotel Bosna. To sum it up, this is what happened
>>> and what we got:
>>>
>>> President alone gave us 50.000€! From Government we got 100.000€ and
>>> from the City of Banja Luka we got a free Venue (Banski Dvori), we
>>> even got Student Dormitories as bonus and backup option for
>>> accomodation, however I'm planning that we stick with the original
>>> plans and go with hotels as planned. Oh yea, FYI what I just said
>>> wasn't a Disney movie :)
>>>
>>> I think that line itself sums how the meeting went, I've also told
>>> President what our plans are for future, and that we are working on,
>>> getting more sponsorship, he even offered his help in getting the
>>> local sponsorships. I've told him that we are planning to start our
>>> work on Penta and have the registrations open within the next month.
>>> And then we'll start acquiring information about all attendees and
>>> their preferences, and where they'll be getting from to Banja Luka and
>>> in what times. Mostly beneficial regarding organized transportation
>>> from airports to the Venue.
>>>
>>> We also discussed other matters such as visas, I explained how the
>>> situation was with some of the attendees. Solution to this problem
>>> will be that, we'll start a list people that will need visas, those
>>> people will be granted approval to enter Bosnia on the border, all
>>> that those attendees need to let us know is where/what country will
>>> they be entering Bosnia from in case of transit. I suggest we start
>>> working on making this list ASAP.
>>>
>>> After the meeting we also went to the President of our Venue, and we
>>> told him our requests, we got what we asked for 14 days. There's much
>>> more to say on what happened, but I think I said the most crucial
>>> things, please attend next IRC meeting on 8th of March if you want to
>>> find out more.
>>>
>>> *Note* for BiH local team, for members that are new, don't just appear
>>> on the IRC meeting or mailing lists just like that, introduce yourself
>>> on our local list firsts before starting discussions or before jumping
>>> into fire.
>>>
>>> Here's even an image for all of you :)
>>>
>>> http://twitpic.com/43c759
>>> From left to right, NGO DIVA president, Minister of Science and
>>> Technology, President, me :)
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>>
>>> P.S: You owe me beer for this one :)
>>>
>>
>> We owe you more than that!
>> Really, really great news! :)
>> Cheers,
>>
>>>
>>> Adnan
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> Thanks Adnan.. well to you and politicians on pict. We owe them beer too.
> (btw I bet beer with mr. Dodik would be fun)
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