Hotel cancellation policy for MeeGo Conference
Amy Leeland, Intel's event coordinator who is heading up the logistics of the MeeGo Conference, has got the preferred hotel's cancellation policy changed. Previously, a deposit of the first night's stay was required which was non-refundable. However, no cancellation fee will now be charged if the booking is cancelled before 12th October. She concludes: Please go ahead and book your reservations, but be sure to cancel them by the 12th of October if you are not going to attend. In a subsequent email, Quim Gil has clarified that the Linux Foundation will directly pay for the hotel room for anyone who is sponsored. Therefore, if you are requesting sponsorship, you are encouraged to, now, *not* book a hotel room until you receive word of the committee's conclusion. However, those who have already booked need not do anything, yet.
Join/Create a local MeeGo community
After the founding of a San Francisco Bay Area MeeGo Local Network several others followed in India, Finland, the UK, Canada and elsewhere in the US. Quim Gil has now posted an invitation to the MeeGo community to organize local MeeGo Networks in your own. Helsinki & Oulu, now what are you waiting for? Same for Bangalore, Manaos, Oslo, Berlin, Beijing, London, Portland, New York, San Diego and whoever else is reading this invitation with a genuine interest in MeeGo stuff. All what you need is 5 ameegos happy to meet once a month. Let it grow if it wants to grow. Though interest is likely limited given the lack of shipping devices, those in higher population density areas may have some success. If you like the idea of meeting with like-minded MeeGo community folks once a month, then see what you can do to organize a local meetup.
Early Bird Events being organised for weekend before MeeGo Conference
Community members are looking to organize a community designed and run event for the weekend prior to the MeeGo Conference, both because of the corporate-oriented content of the conference-proper and its unaffiliated-unfriendly scheduling during the week. It would be nice to organize a weekend like the Barcelona Long Weekend we (the Maemo Community) organized on October 2009. These two days should be completly organized by the community and for the community. No formal conferences or talks, but interactive activities and hacking sessions where you, the participant, are the main actor. Some conference money may be available to help provide additional days of accommodation to sponsored participants, as well as help provide support and materials for the community days. If you'd be interested in helping organize a community event, see the details on the wiki page and hit the MeeGo forums for more.
New local MeeGo Network candidate: Montréal, Canada
Stemming from the request for additional MeeGo Networks, Aniello Del Sorbo is looking to form one in Montréal. If you're in the area and interested in meeting up, be sure to drop by the thread.