1. Catalina, Moonlight Mask and GUADEC

    Finally, the Travel Committee has replied to every request for sponsorship received (positives and negatives). So, if you have not received an email from us yet, do not hesitate in get in touch with us through the email or irc (#travel).

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    Sculpture of Juan Gantes resembling Moonlight mask

    We have booked 16 apartments at Catalina Park, which looks nice, in a good location and still austere. We were told they will enable a special room for …

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  2. GUADEC's sponsorships update

    The Travel Committee is expected to reply every request for sponsorship in the next two weeks after the deadline. Because the original deadline was April 27, people who applied for sponsorship are worried because they do not have received any email coming from us yet (neither positive or negative).

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    Asserrín (Sawdust) and Almendra (Almond)

    So, this is just an update of the GUADEC sponsorship process in order to let the people know in which part of …

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  3. Status of GUADEC's sponsorship requests

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    Iguaçu falls, Brazil.

    The Travel Committee has received 48 sponsorship requests and we have started to processing them. It will be a bit hard, as you may guess and as you may deduce according the following tables:

    General statitics
    19 Speakers (not confirmed yet)
    8 Google Summer of Code students
    30 Members of GNOME Foundation
    1 Applicant declined his request
    Requests and funds (in US dollars)
    Minimum requested: $ 59,038.-
    Maximum requested: $ 61,101.-
    Funds available …
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  4. Travel assistantships (after hours)

    If you feel angry or disheartened because you missed the deadline to apply for sponsorship to attend to GUADEC 2009

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    Anger
    A group of Gnome enthusiasts next to a big Gnome banner looking up.
    Comfort after a tough day.

    the deadline has been extended in 72 hours. Applications will be received until April 30 19:00 UTC. Read carefully the instructions and the proccess at the Travel's page.

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    Gnome is people.
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