I will beg the team and the Committee to consider the implications for the queer members of the community. For that reason I did not attend this year, and would *not* attend a DebConf in Russia.
This happened only today: https://gcn.ie/russian-lgbt-activist-yelena-grigoryeva-murdered-being-listed-saw-website/ On 23/07/2019 14:19, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > Hello Yury, > > On 23.07.2019 12:26, Юрий Андреев wrote: >> Dear colleague, >> >> Has the next conference location been chosen? >> Thank you! > > Yes, DebConf for 2020 is already decided (Haifa). November was somewhat > late to start a bid. > > But DebConf for 2021 is undecided. Now bidding team should start to > meet and form a team. It is also a good period to see how a DebConf > work, and ask opinion and advice from actual and former teams. > > In any case, you still have time. But on November you should have a good > plan, and ready to discuss with Debconf people about problem you have > encountered, so to have priority and help to finalize the bid. > > For sure Russia will be an interesting bid, on the other hand we had a > Debian Developer arrested in Russia because he was running a Tor node. > Because many DD care a lot about privacy, this could create some fear > for many potential participants. I think the bid should assure us about > this issue. > > > If you have any question, fell free to ask them. We have this mailing > list ([email protected]) and IRC channel #debconf-team on > irc.debian.org, as main orga channels. > > ciao > cate > > >> >> пт, 2 нояб. 2018 г. в 18:29, Antonio Terceiro <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hello Yury, >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 03:37:45PM +0300, [email protected] wrote: >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> >>>> We are writing to you concerning the Debconf conference we would >>>> like to >>>> hold in Saint-Petersburg. >>>> >>>> It would be a great opportunity for us to start new collaborations, >>>> and we believe that it would be very interesting to visit >>>> Saint-Petersburg for participants. >>>> >>>> Please, tell us, with whom we could discuss this idea? >>> >>> Usually a proposal do host Debconf at your city should be prepared by, >>> or together with, existing Debian community members in the area. You can >>> start by reading the following wiki page for some requirements that we >>> expect for a Debconf proposal: >>> >>> https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/LocationCheckList >> >> >> > -- Martina Ferrari (Tina, the artist formerly known as Tincho)
