Hello, folks, As Michelle Ribeiro announced in -project[0] but hasn't garnered much attention from the community, we thought it would be better to repost this revised version of our proposal here. We're looking forward for your comments on this idea. Thank you, The Brazilian Debconf4 Committee -snip- Hello, As some of you may have already heard, the Debian community in Brazil would be pleased to host the next Debconf in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As Mako mentioned, Brazil has been extremely active in the Free Software movement but very unrepresented at the past Debian conferences. The Real (Brazilian currency) is weak compared to USD and EUR which makes coming to Brazil from these places affordable but going from Brazil to Europe or North America extremely difficult. There already is a good deal of planning to host the conference some days before or after the Fórum Internacional de Software Livre (International Free Software Forum)[1], so that Debian developers can join us in this event as well. It's likely that DDs can give a talk at FISL and get some sponsorship that way as well. I already know that the Forum is interested in bringing Bruce Perens, for instance. We already have full support from the Porto Alegre data processing company (Procempa) and the City Hall (through its International Relations department). They will provide us with free (or low-cost) food and free acommodations. With regard to flight prices, we've made some research and have some figures: Amsterdam - Porto Alegre - Amsterdam: 772.00 EUR Frankfurt - Porto Alegre - Frankfurt: 855.00 EUR London - Porto Alegre - London: 647.00 GBP Madrid - Porto Alegre - Madrid: 998.00 EUR Milan - Porto Alegre - Milan: 817.00 EUR Paris - Porto Alegre - Paris: 641.00 EUR Toronto - Porto Alegre - Toronto: 1960.00 CAD Oslo - Porto Alegre - Oslo (conn. in Paris): 8220 NOK = USD 1148.00 NY - Porto Alegre - NY: 750.00 USD Seattle - Porto Alegre - Seattle: 830.00 USD To give a basic idea about what prices in Brazil are like: Newspaper 0.50 USD 1l milk 0.50 USD 1.5l soft drink (coke, etc) 0.70 USD Big Mac (#1 Combo) 3.00 USD City Bus 0.50 USD A Brazilian soccer t-shirt 20.00 USD A (really) great dinner 10.00 USD An average dinner 5.50 USD Movie theater 4.50 USD We already have an active mailing list to discuss our plans. That has been going on since Debconf3: debconf4@listas.cipsga.org.br. Please, feel free to join us. 0. http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2003/debian-project-200308/msg00007.html 1. http://www.softwarelivre.org/forum2003/fotos_evento/ 2. Generic info about Porto Alegre: http://www.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/portoalegre.html 3. Some Porto Alegre photos: Culture House http://www.riogrande.com.br/turismo/capital10.htm Public Market http://www.riogrande.com.br/turismo/fotos_mercado_publico.htm Gasometro usine http://www.riogrande.com.br/turismo/capital11.htm Please let us know what you think and join us at debconf4@listas.cipsga.org.br. -- Carlos Laviola < claviola@debian.org > Debian GNU/Linux <http://www.debian.org>
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