DebConf "Newbies" Funding Initiative
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The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/
DebConf "Newbies" Funding Initiative press@debian.org
May 15th, 2011 http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110515
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DebConf "Newbies" / Non-Regulars Funding Initiative
This year the Debian Project again invites "Newbies" and non-regular
attendees to join the yearly Debian Conference DebConf. As a special
incentive, an extra travel fund has been set up, which is only available
to new or returning DebConf attendees. Every Debian Developer or
Maintainer who has never been to a Debian Conference or who last
attended 2007 (Scotland) or before is invited to participate.
People who want to apply for this special funding, or who want to
recommend other deserving members of the Debian project, can do so by
sending a mail to the DebConf Newbies Team <newbies@debconf.org> before
June 18th. Funding will be given out on a first-come/first-serve basis.
In your email please include an estimate of your travel costs, where you
are traveling from and the amount you are unable to fund yourself. We
also need to know what dates you plan to arrive and leave at, as well as
whether you have already registered for DebConf. (In case you haven't
registered yet, please do so now at the conference website:
http://debconf11.debconf.org/register.xhtml)
About DebConf
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DebConf is the 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. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Canada, Finland, Mexico,
Scotland, and Argentina.
DebConf11 will take place in Banja Luka, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and
Herzegovina from Sunday 24th to Saturday 30th July, 2011. DebConf will
be preceded by DebCamp, from Sunday 17th to Saturday 23rd July, 2011.
DebCamp is a smaller, less formal event intended for group work on
Debian projects.
More information about DebConf11 can be found on the conference website:
http://debconf11.debconf.org/.
About Debian
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The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free
community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the
largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain
Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range
of computer types, Debian calls itself the "universal operating system".
Contact Information
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For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to <press@debian.org>.
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