Hi there, I was approached before debconf if I would like to hold the Poetry Night again. Personally I said wholeheartly yes, of course. But thinking more about it I wonder how much interest is there, and especially: how many people are willing to present something.
So this is meant as a straw poll: Who could be convinced to present a short text, either of their own or something they feel attached to, regardless of language or style? I would say if we can't find around 15 or more people that are willing to also present it doesn't make much sense to flock together to mostly sit and wait for someone to bring up another text. Short background: The Poetry Night was first done in Debconf12 in a bar where people were hanging out, drinking a beer (or two), having a nice time, where a mic and amp was set up for people to step up to to present a text. It was a great evening full with poems and poetry in spanish, english, german, japanese and other languages, self written or from famous writers. I was so much impressed by it that I tried to repeat it in Debconf13 where we sat by the camp fire which was a great ambience and a fair amount of people joined in there too. And there was cake from the birthday celebration. :) Though, last year in Heidelberg the setting wasn't best. The stonehenge place was nice, but there was a band playing at the same time which even I personally would have liked to listen to more closely, and I couldn't blame people from choosing them over us. On the other hand, it led to a rather short event, and the ambience wasn't as great as envisioned. This year, I don't know. I was told the pub by the fireplace would make a good place for it. And there isn't a soccer game for tuesday evening. But I fear if we don't find enough people to present I would rather blow it off. So, it would be great to hear your opinions or input on this. Please let me know, either off list, personally, or on list (I'm reading through the web archive, not directly subscribed). Thanks for reading. :) Rhonda P.S.: We are still missing people with debconf3 and debconf4 shirt for the shirt group photo!! If your brought yours along or if you know someone who has, please sign up in the wiki for the photo: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/DebconfShirts -- Fühlst du dich mutlos, fass endlich Mut, los | Fühlst du dich hilflos, geh raus und hilf, los | Wir sind Helden Fühlst du dich machtlos, geh raus und mach, los | 23.55: Alles auf Anfang Fühlst du dich haltlos, such Halt und lass los | _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
