Re: [PLUG] Debconf 20/21 in India

Thank you, Raju, for the wonderful presentation. It was a quite a nice experience in attending DebConf18 and meeting the Debian community. All I have seen that most of the people are inclined towards making happen a DebConf20 at India which initially we were not thinking about. They have forced us to bid this time and we have already accepted the challenge :) Let's do the hard work and win the bid.

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Amey Abhyankar <sco1984@gmail.com> wrote:

नमस्ते,

On 4 August 2018 at 13:03, rajudev <rajudev@disroot.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 4 अगस्त 2018 3:21:07 pm GMT+08:00, Siji Sunny <sijisunny@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> On 3 August 2018 6:02:48 PM IST, Raju Devidas <rajudev@disroot.org>
>>wrote:
>>> >Namaste Everyone,
>>>
>>> >I have not decided up on the City or venue.
>>> >If you have any suggestions regarding the same, let us know.
>>> >The general consensus is to make it happen in Kerala or at Pune,
>>> >Maharashtra.

Pune is definitely a good strategic city.
Close to Asia's 1 of the busiest airport i.e. Mumbai & accessible from
Bangalore,Hyderabad,Cochin & other metro cities by several mode of
transportations.

Yes, definetely Pune is a good strategic city for various reasons we discussed.

I have a wild guess that University of Pune aka Savitribai Phule
university can help to host DebConf.

Another host which I can think of is IISER Pune which has the really good infrastructure for providing the venue for DebConf. IISER has a really good campus with excellent auditoriums and Dormitories for stay and a lot of open space for various DebCOnf activities. I have some connections with IISER Pune I can talk to them.

Another venue could be NCRA Pune and IUCAA Pune together as host with really good on campus stay and auditoriums and space for conference Dinner and parties. I have a really good connection with them also but in this case, we have to talk to both institutes.

If we plan in Kerala then NIT Calicut can also be considred as a good option or CSE Trivandrum.

I have attended Cent OS DOJO event in University Of Pune's campus few
years back arranged by Pune Linux User Group.

University Of Pune has many dormitories.
Date just need to be when its holiday time for university students I guess. :-)

>>> >You are welcome to suggest alternate cities or venues for the bid.
>>> >I would be suggesting the cities but would not be giving specifics
>>as
>>> >that is not decided yet.
>>> >
>>> >Let us know about your views and opinions/questions about the same.
>>>
>>
>>Go ahead, we can surely make it happen in India.Pls connect me, if you
>>required any further support for the bidding process.
>
> Just to want to announce.
>
> We have made the bid presentation today morning.
> So we are on with the bid now.

Fantastic = https://gemmei.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/debian-meetings/2018/DebConf18/2018-08-04/debconf20-in-your-city.webm

> I presented the bid and answered question's.

Thanks Raju for the awesome presentation.

> Kartik Mistry was in attendance from the Debian India Community there at DebConf.
>
> This was the early bid.
> Bidding does not mean that we have to do it.
> It means _expression_ of interest in doing so.
> We have made an early bid trying to create Interest about a DebConf in India for 2020/21
>
> The other bids that happened are
> Portugal
> Israel
> Slovakia

Israel & Slovakia bids were there last year too =
https://saimei.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/debian-meetings/2017/debconf17/debconf-19-in-your-city.vp8.webm
>
> DC19 is going to happen in Curitiba, Brazil
> We will have to make a formal bid again next year at DC19

I hope DD's aka Debian Developers from India are traveling to Brazil
next year for DebConf19 :-)

Regards,
Amey.

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>>>
>>>
>>> Give a bid. Let's see :)
>>>
>>> >cheers,
>>> >Raju Devidas
>>>
>>>
>>> --abhijith
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>>
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