Re: I need information about PG-Day

Bruce Momjian escribió:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian escribi?:
> > > Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks a lot for the support, I will prepare the PG-Day for the next
> > > > > year 2010.
> > > >
> > > > Might I suggest doing a general Carribean PGDay?
> > > >
> > > > The folks in Cuba really want to hold a PGDay, but we can't send an
> > > > American PostgreSQL Hacker to speak if they did.  If the PGDay in the DR
> > >
> > > I don't think that is true.  I was invited to speak in Cuba two years
> > > ago but had a schedule conflict, but I did research at that time and
> > > found that US citizens can attend professional conferences in Cuba:
> >
> > That might well be true -- however, the funds held by SPI Inc. on the
> > behalf of PostgreSQL cannot be used to refund the travel expenses, which
> > is what I think Josh is alluding to.
> >
> > (I know this very well because I'm travelling there later this month to
> > teach a PG week-long course, and our liaison told me it was no use
> > applying for a refund due to US govt. limitations.  So I have to pay for
> > the expenses out of my own pocket.)
>
> Uh, I actually don't see any mention in the government document about
> funding issues.  My _guess_ is that the flight can be funded from the
> USA, but not the payments in Cuba, like the hotel, but I never got far
> enough to researching funding details.

Really?  Then I'll be contacting our SPI liaison.  The Cuba guys are
taking care of the lodging and such, so that's not a problem for me, but
the airplane fares are a different story.

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