Ok, please tear this apart, but quick - We are six weeks away, lets give enough time to the local teams!
------------------------------------------------------------ So it is that time of the year again - the time of year we see people arguing on why they want to host DebConf at their country. Some of you have seen how Debianic are processes inside the Debconf organization team - Some time ago, decisions just happened. Some time later, huge flamefests were thrown and only the fittest survived. We try to learn from our mistakes, however, and make our decision making process easier to track, understand - and make it harder for people to get bitter at the decisions taken. During this last year, we had to develop a process to allow us to judge, as objectively as possible, which of the proposed venues is better equiped to host a Debconf. It includes a checklist [1] on the incrastructure, on the available local team, and of the country/area in general. We will host this document in Debconf's wiki, under the Debconf 9 category [2]. We want to have the teams express their intent of hosting Debconf 9 before Debconf 7 starts, and to have a public session of them quickly presenting their offer; in order to do this, we request from you bidders to answer to our checklist and prepare a quick introduction by June 16th (DebianDay). The documents will be made public so everybody interested can compare the main bids (and single out missing points, so they can be taken care of before the presentation). We will hold the presentation session probably on Wednesday 20th. Unlike the session we had at Debconf 6, this presentation should be quick, at 5-10 minutes per venue (we currently anticipate four running venues), followed by a Q&A session. The final decision should be taken around two months after Debconf 7. Now, where will Debconf 9 be? We have a tradition that has become policy: Debconf does not take place two years in a row at the same continent, in order to make it easier for people from all over the world to attend. As Debconf 8 will be in Argentina, Debconf 9 basically rules out America - It's time for Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania to be creative! Anyway... Quick summary of what I said so far, if you are interested in holding Debconf close to your home: - NOW: Go to the location checklist [1], start filling the information. Start working on a short formal document describing the facilities you plan to host Debconf at. - June 16: Final day to send the proposals to the Debconf 9 wiki. - June 20: Short presentations, general open discussion with the Debconf 7 attendance. - End of August / Beginning of September: Official decision is taken. [1] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/LocationCheckList [2] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Greeetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
