On 10/04/13 at 10:07 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 05:14:58PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > But as always it depends on having some well known speakers. > > That where the 3k for external speakers should go. If we don't need them > > and get well known and good speakers for free or cheaper, even better. > > As Gunnar said: I'm pretty sure there are some well known speakers at > DebConf and I can not imagine that we need to invite additional speakers > to celebrate Debian birthday.
Hi, Not focusing specifically on Debian Birthday, I'd like to stress that it's often very interesting to have external speakers at Debconf. Of course, not speakers that would come just to give a talk, and leave immediately afterwards. But ideally, people who: - will talk about a topic of general interest to the community - will stay for at least a few days and work with other Debconf participants Such external speakers generally have a very positive impact on Debian. I'm thinking of representants from Debian usptreams, downstreams, or organizations that collaborate on a regular basis with Debian, or organizations that would have an interest in intensifying their collaboration with Debian. There has been various ideas of speakers floating around. Maybe people supporting their coming to Debconf could elaborate a bit on what they would talk about and why it will be interesting to have that talk at Debconf, and on what they will work on with other attendants during Debconf. Provided we have a target of 2-3 such invited speakers, maybe the budget of 3k CHF could be reduced a bit, especially if we agree that we could offer the same accomodation conditions as for other attendants (I'm not sure that it's currently the idea). Lucas _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
