[Debconf-team] Fwd: debian day for debconf 11
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From: Velimir Iveljic <velimir.lists@foolcontrol.org>
Date: Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: debian day for debconf 11
To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
Cc: debconf-team@lists.debian.org
Hi,
As I only took this task on yesterday, i still need some time to
figure all this out. And yes i will be "the point person" on this.
I have some rough ideas that need to be worked on, which i will do in
the next few days and then come to the global team with them so you
guys can see if they're good/bad/need fixing/etc.
Regarding the date of Debian Day, i don't think it was intentionally
put to be on the same day as the "arrival day", but it kind of
happened so. I would suggest we move the arrival day to 23rd, but i
remember a huge discussion about why we should/not do it (it was an
argue whether people would be allowed to come before the conference
start or not) and as it seems the conclusion was that arrival day
should also be on 24th.
Maybe we can discuss this issue on the next global meeting?
Velimir
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor
<dkg@fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
> Hi Velimir--
>
> The talks team met yesterday about the upcoming DebConf 11 [0]. One of
> the items that came up was Debian Day. We were hoping to learn more
> From you about what you've got planned, what you need, and how it might
> intersect (or not) with the rest of the scheduled events.
>
> Historically, DebianDay has been early in the conference (usually the
> first day, i think), and it tends to feature local speakers, events in
> the local language, and promotes participation from people who might not
> otherwise attend a full weeklong free software conference.
>
> Last year, at DC10's DebianDay [1] in NYC, we had a fairly broad range
> of events [2], including a talk by local city councilmember, tips and
> tricks for amateur sysadmins, how to get more involved with debian,
> discussions about the relationship between free software and other
> fields (design, entrepreneurship, etc) and so forth.
>
> Do you have plans for DebianDay DC11? If so, what are they? The talks
> team would like to get them into penta if possible, so that they can be
> scheduled appropriately. I suppose i should also check, to be sure: are
> you ok being the point person on this? If not, could you and the rest
> of the localteam find some willing delegate who will take this on?
>
> Concretely, it would be good to know:
>
> * a clear and unambiguous choice of day:
> http://debconf11.debconf.org/dates.xhtml says it's July 24th, which
> is also listed as "arrival day". This would mean people arriving
> later in the day would miss the bulk of DebianDay. Is that
> intentional?
>
> * a list of events/speakers/activities
>
> * a rough timeline, along with any hard constraints
> (e.g. busy/important speakers only available from 13:00 to 14:00)
>
> * plans for outreach (it's great if debianday is more heavily attended
> than the rest of the conference -- but it would be good to know in
> advance who might be coming)
>
> * plans for logistics for the day (food? bathrooms? rsvp requirements?
> building access restrictions? etc) that might be different from the
> rest of the conference
>
> * any information or work that you might need from the rest of
> global-team to help make DebianDay a success (e.g. video coverage,
> scheduling arrangements, etc)
>
> None of these things need to be set in stone, but it would be great to
> get a clear understanding of what's in the works.
>
> Thanks for all your work on this,
>
> --dkg
>
> [0] http://meetbot.debian.net/debconf-team/2011/debconf-team.2011-05-11-22.02.html
> [1] http://debconf10.debconf.org/debianday.xhtml
> [2] http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/day_2010-08-01.en.html
>
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