Balkans/Events:2011/Sofia
based on CC work by Sweti
Overview
The third Balkans Inter-Community meet-up will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 4th-5th 2011.
Lead contributors from Balkan communities will be invited and sponsored by Mozilla Europe to participate in a 2-day workshop.
The aim of the workshop is to enable Mozilla communities in the Balkans to share and learn from each other's experience working on the Mozilla Project, improve collaboration in the future, and work on specific tasks, based on the 5 goals defined in the previous Balkan Meetup in Ljubljana.
The event will be followed by a public event, which will be a part of OpenCamp Sofia.
When
- Contributor Event : Saturday June 4th from 9h to 17h
- Public event: Sunday June 5th from 10h to 16h
Where
What
Venue
Participants
- Kosovo community [Heroid Shehu,Altin Ukshini]
Contributors
The following Balkan communities will each be represented by 2 lead contributors:
- Albanian community [no one]
- Bosnian community [Aleksandar Savic, Nedim Zecic]
- Bulgarian community [Pavel Peev, Margarita Yordanova,Bogomil Shopov]
- Croatian community [no one]
- Greek community [Kostas Antonakoglou, Alfredos Damkalis]
- Kosovo community [Heroid Shehu,Altin Ukshini]
- Macedonian community [Taner Selim]
- Romanian community [Alexandru Szasz, Raul Malea]
- Serbian community [Oskar Ivanić, Saša Maletaški ]
- Slovenian community [Vito Smolej, Nino Vranešič]
- Turkish community [Selim Şumlu]
Mozilla Staff
- William Quiviger
- Pierros Papadeas
- Pike
- Milos
- Gandalf
- Chofmann
Practical Info
Accommodation
- Park-Hotel Moskva:
All rooms have air-conditioning, local heating, cableTV, free Internet, free mini-bar and a luxury bathroom (with bath-tub). The breakfast is included also into the price.
Travel
Participants travelling to Sofia by train, bus, or car are asked to purchase their own travel and request reimbursement after the meetup is over.
Those travelling by plane need to coordinate their travel with William. Please contact him as soon as possible to book your flights and avoid exorbitant prices.
All participants of the contributor event are asked to arrive in Sofia anytime on Friday June 3rd and leave Sofia on Sunday December 5th in the afternoon.
For those of you who are arriving by plane transfer from and to airport will be booked.
Weather
Map
Sponsorship policy
Mozilla Europe will cover all accommodation, food and travel expenses during the contributor event. This includes hotel expenses from June 3rd to June 5th, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Reimbursement policy
All participants who requesting reimbursement for their expenses need to fill out the following form and send it to William (william [at] mozilla [dot] com) along with scanned copies of all their receipts.
Mozilla Europe Reimbursement Form
NB: Please make sure to get approval from William before making any purchase
Communication
- Hashtag #mozbalkans11
- Mailing list
- IRC channel #balkans
- Bi-Weekly skype conferences
HELP
- If you need visa, other assistance, or any kind of information, please write to b@bgzilla.org or call: +359 888 098 768 - Bogomil Shopov
- In case of emergency call 112