Hi, for those wanting to do DebConf newbees again this year or are wondering if it's feasable, the short summary is: yes (if...). On Freitag, 5. April 2013, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote in another thread on debian-women@l.d.o: > The bottleneck to the viability of DebConf newbies have > historically been 1) someone taking care of the initiative (announcing > it ahead of time, reviewing applicants, etc.) and 2) coordination with > regular DebConf applications (ideally, "newbies" could just be a > category of regular applicants, that is somehow favored when doing > travel sponsoring decisions). [...] > > So, if people want to have DebConf newbies happen again, do not worry > about money, rather volunteer to help out the DebConf team to make it > happen from an organization POV! IOW: Stefano, our soon to be former DPL, considers DebConf newbees important and useful enough to dedicate regular Debian funds to it, if needed. I thankfully agree. cheers, Holger
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