Hi! We are very excited to announce our bid for Montreal, Canada to host DebConf16. Located in the north-east of North America, Montreal is the largest francophone city on the continent and a frequent host for international events. Its rich cultural diversity, casual style and historical sites make it an attractive destination for business and leisure travels alike. Montreal is also renowned for its excellent public transit and bike-friendliness. The vast number of festivals, parks, museums and local breweries make it a great meeting destination in any season. While the city's official language is French, the majority of the population is bilingual and so it's quite easy for English speaking visitors to navigate the city. Montreal is an ideal choice for hosting DebConf16 and the team presenting this bid is solid, with an entirely local roster of DebConf veterans and newcomers. We have several great potential venues in our sights, both downtown and offcenter, all with fantastic network capacity. Last but not least, Montreal has a well-established free software community which would readily gather around an event such as DebConf. While we are aware that our wiki page currently is light on venue specifics, we will be working hard in the next few days to bolster this section. Our bid proposal is available at: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Bids/Montreal On behalf of the Montreal bid team. -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl@gmail.com> Freenode: cyphermox, Jabber: mathieu.tl@gmail.com 4096R/DC95CA5A 36E2 CF22 B077 FEFE 725C 80D3 C7DA A946 DC95 CA5A
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