Welcome to GNOME 3.28 Release Parties!

GNOME 3.28 was officially released on March 14, 2018. This wiki page is meant to help GNOME friends from different corners of the world plan their celebrations.

Why?

  • To celebrate GNOME 3.28
  • To promote the GNOME 3.28 release and let everybody know about GNOME and its benefits
  • To create talking points and attract local / international press to talk about GNOME
  • To build awareness of GNOME in general
    • Post pictures to social media. Use hashtags #GNOMEParty and #GNOMERelease

    • Learn how to submit your photos so we can share them among the community. We may even use them for things like our website, annual report, and other important publications that help GNOME thrive.

Who?

Anybody can hold a GNOME 3.28 launch party, including user groups, FOSS communities, distro communities, universities, NGOs and companies.

Note: If you want to join an existing party it might be nice to contact the organizers by email so they know how many people to expect.

When?

GNOME 3.28 was released in mid-March of 2018 and around then is an ideal time to host a release party. We recommend having it within about 2 weeks of the actual release day.

Reimbursements

There is limited funding available to help our community organize local release parties. If you are interested in this reimbursement option, please contact Nuritzi at nuritzi AT gnome DOT org to request a budget before you plan your event.

In addition, please make sure that you meet these requirements:

  • You can be reimbursed up to $50 USD (limited to the first 10 groups to request it)
  • May be used to help with:
    • snacks
    • activities
    • drinks
  • You must send scans of receipts
  • You must take pictures of your event and post to social media or a blog to help us spread the word (please send a link to the post when you request reimbursement)
  • You must have a TransferWise or PayPal account. Unfortunately, transaction fees and international rates will apply so total reimbursed may be a bit less than what you request once you get it in your account. For more information on how to be reimbursed, please read the reimbursement guidelines carefully.

Locations

Please add your information below for confirmed parties and help to spread the word to everybody you know!

If you would like to list your release party, but do not have access to the wiki, please send the information to engagement-list (at) gnome (dot) org to have it posted for you.

Africa

City, Country

Date and Time

Place

Team

Contact Email

(Optional) Afterwards: Link to blog or photos

Kisumu, Kenya

14th April

Lutheran Church, http://podiihq.com offices

sigu [at] podiihq.com

Nairobi, Kenya

20th April, 5 pm - 8 pm

AkirChix, Bishop Magua Ground Floor

Rails Girls Nairobi

stellamarisnjage [at] gmail [dot] com or railsgirls.nairobi [at] gmail [dot] com

Asia

City, Country

Date and Time

Place

Team

Contact Email

(Optional) Afterwards: Link to blog or photos

Beijing, China

Wednesday, March 28th

SUSE Office

Beijing GNOME User Group & LinuxStory

777710 [at] qq.com

ShangHai, China

Saturday, March 17th

DUNKIN'DONUTS

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

ChongQing, China

Saturday, March 17th

ChongQing University

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

GuangZhou, China

Saturday, March 17th

w.coffee

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

YangZhou, China

Saturday, March 17th

tdxy.njupt.edu.cn

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

NanChang, China

Saturday, March 17th

Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

WuHan, China

Saturday, March 17th

湖北省武汉市洪山区民族大道158号光谷时间广场20楼

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

ChengDu, China

Saturday, March 17th

Chengdu University of Technology, 6A204

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

XiAn, China

Saturday, March 17th

Xidian University

LinuxStory

ls [at] linuxstory.org

Europe

City, Country

Date and Time

Place

Team

Contact Email

(Optional) Afterwards: Link to blog or photos

Ankara, Turkey

Monday, March 26th at 16:00

TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM 7. Kat 2 Nolu Toplantı Salonu

GNOME Turkey & Pardus Project

muhammetk [at] gnome [dot] org

Photos More photos And more photos

Ankara, Turkey

Wednesday, March 28th at 18:00

METU Computer Engineering Department BMB-1

GNOME Turkey

gokhan [dot] sakar [at] metu [dot] edu

Announcement poster Photos

Gothenburg, Sweden

Wednesday, March 21st 18:00

Haket

mattias.jc.bengtsson@gmail.com

Almeria, Spain

Friday, March 23rd, 21h30

ChesterCafé

Hacklab Almería

juanjosalvador [at] netc [dot] eu

North America

City, Country

Date and Time

Place

Team

Contact Email

(Optional) Afterwards: Link to blog or photos

San Francisco, CA

Friday, April 20th @ time TBD

Bar in SF, TBD

GNOME SF

nuritzi [at] gnome [dot] org

Denver, CO

Saturday March 17th @ time TBD

Bar in Denver, TBD

GNOME Colorado

sri [at] gnome [dot] org

Oceania

City, Country

Date and Time

Place

Team

Contact Email

(Optional) Afterwards: Link to blog or photos

South America

City, Country

Date and Time

Place

Team

Contact Email

(Optional) Afterwards: Link to blog or photos

São Paulo, Brazil

Thursday, April 5th

R. Gomes de Carvalho, 1609 - Vila Olimpia

GNOME Brasil

gbsneto [at] gnome [dot] org

Recife, Brazil

Saturday, Marcdh 31th

Sovaj Veg Bar - Rua Princesa Isabel, 207

GNOME Brasil

isaacmob [at] riseup [dot] net

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