Re: Debconf Saint-Petersburg
I will beg the team and the Committee to consider the implications for
the queer members of the community. For that reason I did not attend
this year, and would *not* attend a DebConf in Russia.
This happened only today:
https://gcn.ie/russian-lgbt-activist-yelena-grigoryeva-murdered-being-listed-saw-website/
On 23/07/2019 14:19, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:
> Hello Yury,
>
> On 23.07.2019 12:26, Юрий Андреев wrote:
>> Dear colleague,
>>
>> Has the next conference location been chosen?
>> Thank you!
>
> Yes, DebConf for 2020 is already decided (Haifa). November was somewhat
> late to start a bid.
>
> But DebConf for 2021 is undecided. Now bidding team should start to
> meet and form a team. It is also a good period to see how a DebConf
> work, and ask opinion and advice from actual and former teams.
>
> In any case, you still have time. But on November you should have a good
> plan, and ready to discuss with Debconf people about problem you have
> encountered, so to have priority and help to finalize the bid.
>
> For sure Russia will be an interesting bid, on the other hand we had a
> Debian Developer arrested in Russia because he was running a Tor node.
> Because many DD care a lot about privacy, this could create some fear
> for many potential participants. I think the bid should assure us about
> this issue.
>
>
> If you have any question, fell free to ask them. We have this mailing
> list (debconf-team@lists.debian.org) and IRC channel #debconf-team on
> irc.debian.org, as main orga channels.
>
> ciao
> cate
>
>
>>
>> пт, 2 нояб. 2018 г. в 18:29, Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@debian.org>:
>>>
>>> Hello Yury,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 03:37:45PM +0300, yury@inforoo.me wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We are writing to you concerning the Debconf conference we would
>>>> like to
>>>> hold in Saint-Petersburg.
>>>>
>>>> It would be a great opportunity for us to start new collaborations,
>>>> and we believe that it would be very interesting to visit
>>>> Saint-Petersburg for participants.
>>>>
>>>> Please, tell us, with whom we could discuss this idea?
>>>
>>> Usually a proposal do host Debconf at your city should be prepared by,
>>> or together with, existing Debian community members in the area. You can
>>> start by reading the following wiki page for some requirements that we
>>> expect for a Debconf proposal:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/LocationCheckList
>>
>>
>>
>
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