Asheesh, Thank you for this email, I couldn't agree more with everything you said. Just wanted to send an update that we extended sponsored registrations until May 19th so there's still time to register!
I personally would like to encourage everybody to register and request sponsorship, see you in Banja Luka! Adnan Sent using Android (Nexus S) On May 7, 2011 7:35 PM, "Asheesh Laroia" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone on debian-mentors, > > I wanted to send a special invitation for new contributors to Debian: Come > to Debconf and Debcamp! Even if you're not a Debian Developer yet. > > Here are the things you need to know: > > * Debconf is a week-long conference (this year, in Banja Luka, in Bosnia) > where many Debian contributors and some Debian users discuss the present > and future for Debian. > > * It is also the most continuous fun I ever have in a week. > > * The first Debconf I went to (in 2008) I was not a Debian Developer yet. > At first, I felt timid about participating, but everyone was so > exceedingly friendly that I quickly became a loudmouth. (-: > > * The sponsored registration deadline is tomorrow: > http://debconf11.debconf.org/dates.xhtml -- SOON! > > * If you contribute to Debian, like by maintaining packages, just indicate > what you do (for example, "QA work sometimes" and maybe a link to the > patches you have submitted) in the registration form. > > * Debcamp is a week-long hack fest, before Debconf, and if you want to get > things done in Debian before Debconf, please come to that, too! > > Your registration will be free of cost if you sign up within the next day, > by Sun May 8. that's pretty soon! > > Around this time, three years ago, I tiptoed onto the #debian-devel IRC > channel and asked, "Should I go to Debconf?" I was overwhelmed with > positive responses. I took a chance and decided to go. It was *so* worth > it. > > PLEASE JOIN US! It'll be totally great. > > -- > -- Asheesh. > > http://asheesh.org/ > > Avoid reality at all costs. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >
