Re: Call for Papers for LinuxTag 2010 (9.-12.06.2010)

[Marko Jung <mjung@markojung.net>]

Hi Axel,

thank you for your feedback.

Axel Beckert wrote:
> contrary to what I've read and heard, you still (or again) seem active
> for LinuxTag. :-)

As I said last year, I stepped back from the first row removing the 
requirement to interact with our lovely partner. Nevertheless I am still 
dedicated to advocate free software and I am heavily involved behind the 
scenes getting the conference program and free projects presentation done.

> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 10:42:11AM +0000, Marko Jung wrote:
> > LinuxTag's call for papers [1] ended this weekend. As program co-chair I  
> > am pleased having received a new all-time record of abstract  
> > submissions. Nevertheless, surprisingly there is a all-time low of  
> > Debian related talks: we just got two entries in our database :(
>
> Let me guess, one of them is mine? If not, it should be rather three.

No, your submission is one of the two. Other one is from Andreas Tille 
on pure blends.

> > The program committee will start putting a initial draft together
> > this week, but if you develop a good idea what to talk about during
> > FOSDEM, please do not hesitate to submit a proposal then.
>
> I'll have a look. I'm organising the Debian booth at FOSDEM. Maybe we
> get some ideas there. Although to my knowledge no DD from around
> Berlin will be there (at least not at the booth)... So one result
> could be that I send in a second Debian related talk proposal. I just
> can't promise anything.

Thats fine, put in as many abstracts as you like, but I can not 
guarantee we accept all of them ;) Please try to remind as many people 
as possible of considering a late submission.

Thanks!
Marko

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