Re: [Debconf-team] Updated DebConf budget draft - explanations
On 10/04/13 at 10:07 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 05:14:58PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> > But as always it depends on having some well known speakers.
> > That where the 3k for external speakers should go. If we don't need them
> > and get well known and good speakers for free or cheaper, even better.
>
> As Gunnar said: I'm pretty sure there are some well known speakers at
> DebConf and I can not imagine that we need to invite additional speakers
> to celebrate Debian birthday.
Hi,
Not focusing specifically on Debian Birthday, I'd like to stress that
it's often very interesting to have external speakers at Debconf. Of
course, not speakers that would come just to give a talk, and leave
immediately afterwards. But ideally, people who:
- will talk about a topic of general interest to the community
- will stay for at least a few days and work with other Debconf
participants
Such external speakers generally have a very positive impact on Debian.
I'm thinking of representants from Debian usptreams, downstreams, or
organizations that collaborate on a regular basis with Debian, or
organizations that would have an interest in intensifying their
collaboration with Debian.
There has been various ideas of speakers floating around. Maybe people
supporting their coming to Debconf could elaborate a bit on what they
would talk about and why it will be interesting to have that talk at
Debconf, and on what they will work on with other attendants during
Debconf.
Provided we have a target of 2-3 such invited speakers, maybe the budget
of 3k CHF could be reduced a bit, especially if we agree that we could
offer the same accomodation conditions as for other attendants (I'm not
sure that it's currently the idea).
Lucas
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