On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 08:22:45PM +0200, _max_ wrote: > Greetings Debian event team! > > I'm known as _max_ , and i am one of the volunteers who work for Dreamhack. > Currently the worlds largest LAN festival. > > Currently at dreamhack there is a great absence of Scene, Hacking and Linux. > However this is something that we are -really- trying to change. > > Me and a few other people who work for Dreamhack are trying to bring > together people to create a linux section for dreamhack, At Elmia (the > exhibition center dreamhack is held in) there is a area called "E area", in > this area we want to achieve 4 things. > > 1. A Keynote/Hearing area where different distributions, security people, > hacking people, scene people can give lectures, hold hearings and keynotes > with a bigscreen projector and pa system. > > 2. A Distro area, an area where many large distributions have their own > small areas with some pc's setup with their distro, where people can have a > hands on experience, and be told why they should use specifically that > distribution. Hopefully these pc's will be sponsored by one of Dreamhacks > hardware sponsors. > > 3. A hacking area, where we have setup different operating systems with > price money upon finding a system exploit.
This is really a "cracking" area, I gather :) > 4. A Chill lounge with lots of beanbags, sofas and tables where people can > sit down and just talk about the good stuff in life :) > > So my question to Debian is if there are any people that are interested in > coming to Sweden for a 4 day event, where they can talk and spread the word > of Linux. It might help if you could give a bit more information: - Where exactly will Dreamhack happen? (city, ...) - When will this event take place? - Is this a free event, or is there an entrance fee? - ... Depending on budget and time constraints, I might be interested in going... > Sofar distributions such as Ubuntu, Redhat, SuSE, Gentoo have been > contacted, trying to get in touch with some more though :) > If anyone would like to come, are these people skilled in keynote/talking in > front of people? > Does Debian have a budget for PR? If not we might have a solution for this. No; Debian is an all-volunteer organization, and PR usually happens because volunteers want to provide it. -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
