Re: Call for Volunteers for DebConf Organizing Team in India.
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On 21/03/2019, rajudev <rajudev@disroot.org> wrote:
> Namaste everyone,
>
> The time to take action for getting DebConf to India is upon us now.
> For those who are unaware of DebConf, It is 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.
>
> We have been talking about it here and there for a while. It is time to
> finally take action. We have around 3 months to take some very important
> decisions for DebConf Bid 2021.
>
> We will need to bid for DebConf 2021 at this years DebConf 19 this year
> in Curitiba, Brazil. Unlike last year, when we did an Informal bid for
> a DebConf in India [1]
>
> - DebConf 20 in your City - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJg7UOSqWJU
>
> this year would be a formal bid, with confirmed details of organization
> of the conference.
>
> Over the years we have had some Mini Debian Conferences and DebUtsav's
> in various cities of India. It would be great if the people who helped
> with these events join in the planning up for the bid and subsequently
> for DebConf in India
>
> We need volunteers in various roles. I am mentioning them some of them
> below. But please make sure you initiate a separate thread if you want
> to help with them. If you have any questions regarding volunteering,
> then you can reply on this thread or create a separate thread if the
> context demands it.
>
> 1. Finding venue for Debconf
> 2. Approaching colleges/organizations who can host DebConf.
> 3. Volunteers looking after logistics and operations of the conference.
> 4. Food arrangements
> 5. People who can deal with Government authorities (state/centre)
> regarding various issues ranging from Visa invitations to legal
> permissions and stuff.
> 6. People who can handle social media, edit wiki's, write event
> reports, blogs etc.
> 7. Designers who can design logo's T-shirts, banners etc.
> 8 All rounders, who accomplish tasks as they come through.
>
> If you are interested in volunteering in for the bid and the subsequent
> conference please add your names to the volunteers list on this wiki
> page. And join the communication mediums listed on the page
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/21/Bids/India/planning
>
> [Note: Due to spam control restrictions, Debian Wiki accounts can take
> time, in that case, you can ask some of the existing volunteers or ask
> on the discussion groups mentioned on that wiki page, and we will add
> your name there and assign you a suitable task to help out with.]
>
> -------
> rajudev
>
Slight addition -
Look at the bids of Haifa or/and Lisbon.
They tell what routes we need to take as both were and are good bids.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20/Bids/Lisbon
https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20/Bids/Haifa
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Regards,
Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल
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