Leandro Gómez dijo [Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 08:04:53AM -0600]: > > Quite different audiences and models of participation. This separation > > is important: we don't *want* DebConf attendees to think that "Debian > > Day" is intended for their consumption. > > Well, as I see it, Debian Day is a 'developers-meets-users' thing, where the > Debian Developers have the opportunity to talk about all the cool stuff they > do in Debian and get people excited about it (and even motivate some of them > to start contributing to the Debian Project). I share this preference... But many DDs don't. Possibly we could offer sponsored lodging/food to anybody arriving on Friday 6 (if DebianDay is moved to Saturday 7) without requiring any sort of workplan, explicitly inviting them to take part of DebianDay, but without mixing it with DebConf? > I understand that some of you can see it as a 'waste of time', as it takes > one day off the DebConf week, but it has been like that for the past three > DebConfs. If having the Debian Day as part of DebConf is an issue, I guess > we can change it to the last day of DebCamp. Logistically speaking, it would > mean to rent the conference spaces for an additional day, but other than > that, I think we're fine with it. No, if it were a waste of time, we would just stop holding DebianDay, period. It is an important outreach event, and I think it has produced good results. While it is also not the same as DebCamp, DebCamp work pace can be held while there is a DebianDay going on, so we have often seen it as compatible. Now that you point to DC11's dates, I guess this should have been the explicit case - It is a bit contradictory to me to say "DebConf begins / Debian Day / DebConf participants are encouraged to arrive this day" - If DebConf begins that day, participants should have been encouraged to arrive a day earlier, right? :) Greetings,
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