Hi! Today, in a friendly 3-hour long meeting, the location of the Debian annual conference for 2008 was chosen, and it will be the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina [1]. The estimated dates are the second and third weeks of August, 2008. Which means that this will be the first DebConf to take place in winter. The other group that participated in the election was the team from Venezuela, who presented a very good proposal as well. Choosing between both options was quite difficult. We do hope to have DebConf hosted in Venezuela in the future. A webpage about the future conference is currently in preparation. In the meantime, to find more information about the chosen venue, you can visit the proposal's webpage [2]. DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Canada, Finland and Mexico. DebConf is preceded by DebCamp, which is a smaller, less formal event that gives an opportunity for group work on Debian projects. Between both events, DebianDay takes place. DebianDay is a short conference aimed at Debian users, and others interested in learning more about free software. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_Plata [2]: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Argentina/Mar_del_Plata -- Love, Margarita Manterola
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