Hi, Margarita. Thank you for your very seedy reply. On Jul 14 2008, Margarita Manterola wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was reading your debconf8 (http://debconf8.debconf.org) site and got > > under the impression that "everything is finished" and that there is no > > possibility for me to participate neither on the Debconf8 nor the Debian > > Day series of talks. > > You can't give an official talk in DebConf8, but you can still give > unofficial talks. The schedule for DebianDay is not yet finished, but > will be finished soon, so if you plan to give a talk during DebianDay, > you should submit it ASAP.
What exactly is needed for the DebianDay submition? Any latex paper or something similar? Are these unofficial talks recorded (or put into a DVD, like previous versions where, if memory serves me)? Will I be able to have any way of showing it to my employer to confirm? > > BTW, what does it take to be a sponsor of the debconf, if they are > > still needed/wanted? I have some savings and I could be a Steel Sponsor > > or a supporter or, depending on whether I can get support from the > > institution where I am a Computer Science professor, be something more > > visible (that would be the "Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie", São > > Paulo campus). > > You can still sign in as a DebConf participant, but you will have to > pay for your stay (300 USD the week). Paying for your stay is a way > of "sponsoring" DebConf. Ok. I was already expecting this. > If you want to help even a bit more, you can go for the "Corporate" (1000 > USD) option. I should have emphasized earlier that this was what I would be looking for (if I can actually attend DebConf). Thanks, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
