Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] Defining the purpose of outreach during Debian Day
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 06:04:45PM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
>On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 02:12:38AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Andy Oram <andyo@oreilly.com> wrote:
>> Andy, I do believe at the end of the day, the highest priority goals
>> of Debian Day is to increase awareness of Debian and Free Software
>> among the local populace. However, I think that they are all very
>> important goals. Feel free to take a look at the previous Debian Day
>> schedules to get a better idea:
>>
>> Past Debian Day presentation schedules:
>>
>> http://debconf5.debconf.org/about/debianday.html
>> http://es.debconf.org/debianday/schedule/ (Debconf6 debian day)
>> https://debconf7.debconf.org/wiki/DebianDay
>> http://debconf8.debconf.org/debianday.xhtml.en
>> http://debconf9.debconf.org/openday.xhtml
>>
>> Please note, I do believe the local team has a significant amount of
>> discretion to tailor Debian Day to meet the needs of the local
>> populace. (Whether that be language, technical level, or interests).
>> Can somebody please confirm?
>
>I would say this is definitely the case.
Definitely, yes.
>In many past years there was the additional component of many
>(Debian|Open)Day talks being in the local language as DebConf proper
>is primarily (exclusively, even?) in English, regardless of host
>country.
Also true (on both counts).
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