2015-04-30 18:38 GMT+02:00 S.Kemter <sirko.kemter@...400...>:
Hi,
I will do in November an event in Cambodia called Fossography, main purpose of the even is to include asian contributors better into foss projects. Cambodia sounds far but flight costs are not more expensive as an flight from US to Europe, visa is not a problem there are only few countries excluded from the arrival one, so its pay get in. The hotels in Phnom Penh are extremly cheap, you get for 40$ an 5star hotel room but prices start with just 1$ a day (including breakfast and a bottle water a day). Same is for food, you get for 3-5$ a nice all you can eat khmer bbq.
Cambodias people are extremly welcoming and open, especially the youth who really likes to learn and work to change their lifes. Inkscape has already a lot of friends now there, I was last year twice in Phnom Penh and gave a lot of workshops how to use it. This was the last one in November organized by Development Innovations an US AID driven NGO and I trained there teachers and employees of other NGO so that they can use it in there lessons and working processes.
In addition I will have some budget for speakers and participants of hackfests, so could be a good possibility for Inkscape.
Checked the flight prices from Warsaw, indeed they're not terribly higher than to US, though all the options have two stops.
I know almost nothing about Cambodia, so if you want I can give you a wiki account and you can expand this proposal on the page.
Regards, Krzysztof