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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    www/sites/kde-ev/akademy
From:       Adriaan de Groot <groot () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-09-02 19:14:41
Message-ID: 1251918881.170057.5452.nullmailer () svn ! kde ! org
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SVN commit 1019074 by adridg:

Update the call

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--- trunk/www/sites/kde-ev/akademy/callforhosts.php #1019073:1019074
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 <?php
-$page_title = "Call for Hosts for Akademy 2009";
+$page_title = "Call for Hosts for Akademy 2011";
 include "header.inc";
 ?>
 
-<p><em>Update: <a href="http://akademy2009.kde.org">Akademy 2009</a> will be
-held from 3rd to 11th July 2009 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, in
-collaboration with GUADEC as part of the
-<a href="http://grancanariadesktopsummit.org">Gran Canaria Desktop
-Summit</a>.</em></p>
 
 <p>
 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
+conference and community summit, during the Summer of 2011. 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.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-For the first time we also invite proposals to hold Akademy and GUADEC, the
+For the second time we also accept 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
+Proposals which address both conferences should
+detail plans for hosting up to 800 attendees, with separate
 facilities available for Akademy and GUADEC planned sessions.
-</p>
-
-<p>
 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.
 </p>
 
+<p>Proposals for Akademy on its own are warmly welcomed, and should
+aim for 350-400 attendees.
+</p>
+
 <p>
 Proposals for Akademy should be sent to <a
-href="mailto:kde-ev-board@kde.org">kde-ev-board@kde.org</a>, proposals for a
-co-hosted event should be sent to <a
-href="mailto:board@gnome.org">board@gnome.org</a> as well. Deadline for
-proposals is June 15th 2008.
+href="mailto:kde-ev-board@kde.org">kde-ev-board@kde.org</a>.
+Deadline for proposals is March 15th 2010, so that
+the board has enough time to decide on proposals and
+invite the next organizing team to Akademy 2010 to see how it is done.
 </p>
 
 <p>
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