Seems sensible on the face of it.

I think it'll be interesting prep for if there's a discount programme for the next device; and whether there's any animosity over the selected candidates getting sponsorship; and the selection mechanism.

Question on a single block booking for accomodation would be the quality of the rooms and the potential number of rooms needed limiting the options quite significantly.

Selecting which "general" community members go could be something like:

1. Top n karma holders
2. Top m tmo posters
3. Top o tmo thanks count (or ratio?)
4. One slot for a "caption" competition winner on tmo: "I'd like to go to the Maemo Summit because...". Judged by the council.

There's a lot of overlap in those groups with speakers & core community volunteers anyway.

Also, what about some members of the upstream communities? Sponsorship seems like a good way of saying "thank you" and potentially getting them more involved in Maemo as a developer; rather than just an upstream provider.