Hi Adnan, On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:27:33 +0200, Adnan Hodzic wrote > For awhile Minister and I thought it would be great if we could have > "Google in Banja Luka" what this would mean is to have a lecture > that's going to talk why "Google uses Linux/Debian" etc ... This > lecture would be held on Debian Day and Minister and I believe it > would get local companies attention and reverse technique to get > people interested in what's Debian as everybody know's what Google is. > > I found couple of interested Debian people that are Googlers and > would do this talk, however both of them asked what the sponsorship options > are. We would give them free accommodation/food, but since Debian is > covering the travel reimbursement I was wondering what your stance is > on this one? > > They are not asking to be paid for their lecture, just wondering what > the sponsorship options are as they are obviously late for sponsored > registration. > > One of the question that comes up is "why are we supposed to pay > their attendance fees, they are Google employees!" > > It wasn't Google that said we want those guys there to promote our > technologies, it is us that need their help, btw they would ask > absence from their position during their visit. > > There are two interested people for this talk/lecture: Guido Trotter > and Jesus Climent > > Guido would be able to stay until Tuesday (26th) while Jesus would be > able to stay throughout the conference. Is Debian willing/able to > sponsor travel for either of these? > > Let me know what you think,
I think that talk has a low level of relevance for Debian, so I´m not in favor of making an exception and spending extra money on it. However, if it is really important for political purposes a and/or for local community, we may try to find someone from Google who is already registered to DC11 and contact s/he/them... That´s my opinion. Regards, -- Tiago Bortoletto Vaz http://tiagovaz.org 0xA504FECA - http://pgp.mit.edu _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
