[Debconf-team] LWN coverage of DebConf15
Hi all,
By initiative of Paul Wise, recently there has been some talks about
inviting a LWN journalist to cover DebConf15, by offering travel and
board sponsoring.
LWN is one of the most respected news outlets in the Linux world, they
have a strong emphasis on free software, and they are known for the
quality and technical depth of their articles.
They have not covered DebConf since 2005, and it seems like a good idea
to work to have them covering us again. It is a good way to increase
exposure and to make the sponsors more happy about giving us money.
The LWN people have already said that they would like to cover the
conference, and that they have had that pending for a while. They also
said that helping cover some of the costs would make it more feasible.
To quote Paul:
> "(Flock) offered travel sponsorship to LWN
> reporters and as a result Flock 2014 had some great coverage.
> https://lwn.net/Articles/608426/
> https://lwn.net/Articles/608546/
> https://lwn.net/Articles/608915/
> https://lwn.net/Articles/609048/";
Does this seem like a good idea to the wider orga team? If so, I would
then defer this to bursaries and budget team to study the costs and
feasibility.
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Tincho.
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Martín Ferrari (Tincho)
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