Hi, There was recent discussions on debian-dug-in list [1][2] on the content of a mini debconf being planned in India during October 17 and 18. The event is being organized in an engineering college with a good track record of free software contributions [3]. I proposed a mini debconf in the hope of getting more contributions to debian. Since we did not get many debian contributors to attend the event and encouraging the student who already contributed to give talks on their Free Software contributions. But many in the community felt mini debconfs and debconfs have been primarily about debian and having other talks would confuse attendees. Some suggested 1/3 of the talks could be about debian as debconfs have a debian day where local community can join. I would like us to define the requirements of calling an event mini debconf as a policy so we don't have to have this debate every time we organize a mini debconf. My suggestion would be to leave that to the local organizers based on the strength of local communities to decide how much debian content would qualify for calling it a debconf. I'm also thinking about creating a new brand like "debian utsav" which would mean a joint event of debian and local debian community to share each others experiences. Cheers Praveen [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-dug-in/2014/08/msg00090.html [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-dug-in/2014/09/msg00014.html [3] http://amritafoss.in/
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