Hi! Working on DebConf gives me the unique opportunity to talk to a lot of people when asking for sponsorship. This year I was once again taken aback by the way how highly companies value us and the work we do and how that expresses itself in how they support us. This year we got more then 100,000Euro (or 130000$US) in cash donations and several very valuable donations of goods. These are the companies that committed to sponsorship until now: HP, Intel, Nokia, IBM, Linux Magazine, Linux Aktivaattori, Movial, SLX Debian Labs, Helsinki University, Hostway, O`Reilly, Progeny, Ubuntu, Damicon and Univention. I think we need to re-calibrate how we think of Debian ourself and remind us that we managed to create an enormously valuable system. Now lets get our act together and lets become the kick-ass Über-distro that rules the world! Yay! Ok, back to the DebConf update. We got enough sponsorship commitments to allow us again to provide everyone with free food and accommodation. All that requested travel support can be accommodated. If you requested travel support and have not yet heard from me, please contact me, perhaps mail got lost. From the 47 received proposals we selected 14 for talks. This is the preliminary list: Andreas Barth Debian release management Erinn Clark, Magni Onsoien Debian Women and Women in Free Software Tollef Fog Heen Multiarch - An a proposal and an implementation Dann Frazier Debian-Kernel Team Oveview and Status Matthew Garrett "DFSG-free" panel discussion Dafydd Harries Debian New Maintainer Process: History and Aims Joey Hess Securing the testing distribution Steve Kowalik Linda - A Debian package checker written in Python Frank Lichtenheld Debian Website Round Table Margarita Manterola Are we really devoted to our users? Christian Perrier, Holger Levsen, Joey Hess Debian Installer - a developers view on it's past, present & future Branden Robinson WTFM: Write the Fine Manual Andreas Tille Custom Debian Distributions Anthony Towns Debbugs, tips, tricks and hacks Enrico Zini Debtags We hope to see the remaining proposals as bofs. Soon we will reopen the proposal page where all bofs should be registered to allow proper scheduling. For people that want to hack together in a focused way, the location is available ahead of time. Note that it has proven to be of limited productivity to come and "just work on something" or "just help". You can read mail and browse the web at home. If you however work on a team (e.g. d-i, debian-edu, debian-cd, ...) you are very welcome: This is your opportunity for tight face-to-face cooperation and team work! Please let us know how many you are and when you want to come. The dorm is available for you from the 3rd. We will still be setting up the infrastructure, but basic net access will be there from the start. As a novelty this year we will have the "Debian Day" on the 9th (before DebConf starts on the 10th), where we will present Debian to the natives. The target groups are press, users and interested techies. We will have a special track of talks and tutorials so that people might see the Light. Preparations for the Debian Day are still under way. Lets meet and make magic happen! /andreas
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