Hey folks-- At the local team meeting yesterday, we talked a bit about the idea of grouping some of the debconf talks (and other events) into thematically-focused tracks [0]. To follow through with this, we'll need coordinators for every track we run. Hans and i came up with the following 6 suggestions for tracks (they don't all need to happen, and other suggestsions are welcome): Media and Arts and Debian Debian Enterprise (Integration with Other Systems) System Administration within the Debian Project Trends and Tools for Debian Packaging Math and Science and Debian Outreach (Debian Everywhere!) I'm about to mail some potential track coordinators for each track to see if they are interested in pulling something together. I'm not listing them here, because i haven't checked in with them yet and i don't want to call anyone out. If you have suggestions for other tracks, or for someone who would make a good track coordinator (or if you want to coordinate a track yourself), please let me or the list know. The invitations/incitements that i'll be sending will be variants on the following: ----------------- Hi $potential, Are you interested in seeing more discussion at debconf about $topic? We were thinking you'd have a good perspective on $topic, and wanted to know if you'd be interested in coordinating a track for debconf 10 this summer. Tracks are a new idea for debconf as of DC10. A track would thematically group a consecutive set of debconf events (talks, panels, etc) to encourage a better understanding of a broader theme. For this to work, we'd like a knowledgable person about a given theme to act as a track coordinator. A coordinator would have a chance to set the tone and scope for the track, schedule events, assemble panels or debates, introduce speakers, and report back at the end of debconf to the larger gathering. We also hope that a coordinator could identify potential good work being done in their area, encourage people to submit relevant events for debconf, and shepherd talks in their track through the submission process. Are you interested in coordinating a track on $topic? Or do you have a suggestion for someone else who might do a good job on it? You can reach me and other members of the talks team privately at talks@debconf.org, or feel free to contact the whole debconf team (publicly) at debconf-team@lists.debconf.org --dkg ----------------- Just wanted to report back to the whole debconf team on the progress on this front. If we get no takers for track coordinators before the talk submission deadline (very soon!) we might consider abandoning the tracks idea for this year :/ --dkg [0] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/TalkGlossary
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