On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:36:07 +0100 Stefano Zacchiroli <leader@debian.org> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:08:42PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > A periodic BoF sounds reasonable. Of course attending DebConf is > > > not always possible, but we should then make very clear that, as > > > DebConf, we *invite* representative from derivatives to attend. > > > That is > > > > I was wondering if having a > > BoF/miniconf/debian-and-its-derivatives-morning at other events > > would be worth while too? They don't have to be big and structured, > > just a way of people to meet face to face when they can. > > Sure, absolutely. That is a variant of what I've proposed for FOSDEM Ah, way ahead of me :) > 2011. However, at FOSDEM, schedule is quite packed, so I believe the > best chance would be to actually use one of the available 1 hour slot > in the cross-distro room, as I doubt people would be able to have a > discussion slot spontaneously otherwise. I haven't followed fosdem, so I'm not aware of its layout (I'll have a look online and see what i can find out). > FWIW, we might even organize a proper cross-distro Sprint. In that I hope you get some good attendance for it, its always interesting to get distros into the same room. kk > case, Debian will be happy to contribute some money to enable people > to attend [1]. Of course, it would be nice if participants from other > distros will ask their own distro some sort of sponsoring to > attend :) All it takes, is a volunteer organizer (hint, hint!). > > Cheers. > > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Sprints -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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