Fwd: Travel Assistance to ApacheCon US 2008 - 3 days to apply!

[Craig L Russell <Cr...@Sun.COM>]

> NOW ONLY 3 DAYS TO GO BEFORE WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUR HELP OF TRAVEL
> ASSISTANCE TO APACHECON US 2008
>
> The Travel Assistance Committee is taking in applications for those  
> wanting
> to attend ApacheCon US 2008 between the 3rd and 7th November 2008 in  
> New
> Orleans.
>
> The Travel Assistance Committee is looking for people who would like  
> to be
> able to attend ApacheCon US 2008 who need some financial support in  
> order to
> get there. There are VERY few places available and the criteria is  
> high,
> that aside applications are open to all open source developers who  
> feel that
> their attendance would benefit themselves, their project(s), the ASF  
> and
> open source in general.
>
> Financial assistance is available for flights, accommodation and  
> entrance
> fees either in full or in part, depending on circumstances. It is  
> intended
> that all our ApacheCon events are covered, so it may be prudent for  
> those in
> Europe and or Asia to wait until an event closer to them comes up -  
> you are
> all welcome to apply for ApacheCon US of course, but there must be
> compelling reasons for you to attend an event further away that your  
> home
> location for your application to be considered above those closer to  
> the
> event location.
>
> More information can be found on the main Apache website at
> http://www.apache.org/travel/index.html - where you will also find a  
> link to
> the application form and details for submitting.
>
> Time is very tight for this event, so applications are open now and  
> will end
> on the 2nd October 2008 - to give enough time for travel  
> arrangements to be
> made.
>
> Good luck to all those that will apply.
>
> Regards,
>
> The Travel Assistance Committee
>

Craig L Russell
Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://db.apache.org/jdo
408 276-5638 mailto:Craig.Russell@sun.com
P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!