thu aug 16, 2023 / Re: Debian's 30th Birthday (was: Re: Platform)
Hi,
[Cc-ing some -events lists, Mail-Followup-To: debian-localgroups@l.d.o.]
On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 02:08:11PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote at
debian-vote@l.d.o:
> On 2023/03/15 16:29, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote:
> > I believe this year is a special because it's 30 years of Debian.
> >
> > So we need a speciall call for celebration 😄
>
> I agree, last year I was swamped around Debian's birthday nearly even missed
> it altogether. I was thinking then that it would be a lost opportunity to
> not do something bigger for the 30th.
>
> How enthusiastic are you about this? Would you be willing to put together a
> team who could help manage a 30th birthday? This could be great for local
> teams, especially if we could try something like 30 birthday parties in 30
> cities across the world, and perhaps 30 talks/events that could be
> broadcasted during the event.
>
> Might be nice to set it up DebConf-style, complete with a wafer site and
> have the video infra up for it, but I'm just spitballing here. Either way,
> I'm very happy to support a team who work on 30th birthday celebrations, and
> the budget for it won't be a problem. If some people from local teams could
> get together to brainstorm and plan it, I'm sure it could be something very
> memorable.
Johathan: Thanks for allocating budget!
That would be thursday august 16, 2023. Seems our friends in La Paz, Bolivia
are already planning: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2023 .
Yes, I'm interested in helping out in .nl.
Bye,
Joost
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