I would love to see debian conference held in India. This will most certainly see the expansion of plug too.
Shiresh is right, it is essential to have 1/2/3 star hotels and hostels as accomodation preference. What i would like to know is that how feasible this is. Are we receiving sponsorship? Do we have a budget? On Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 3:49 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send plug-mail mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of plug-mail digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Debconf 20/21 in India (Skool!lookS) > 2. Re: Debconf 20/21 in India (shirish शिरीष) > 3. Re: Debconf 20/21 in India (akshat) > 4. Re: Debconf 20/21 in India (Skool!lookS) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 15:05:01 +0530 > From: Skool!lookS <[email protected]> > To: Pune Linux Users' Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Debconf 20/21 in India > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Without wasting my time in analyzing what you are trying to say or > purportedly attempting to appear to say I will replace one word > "descend" with two appearing as "climb down" in my previous post. > > Others may and can contributely freely to this debate ONLY today, > because tomorrow is another (meaning disrespectful) day for me when > written thus. > > On Monday 06 August 2018 02:53 PM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > at bottom :- > > > > On 06/08/2018, Skool!lookS <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Affraid of argument? > >> > >> Feel free to express... > >> > >> Origin of name Debian. .. and what not? > >> > >> I think it will be better to not hold conference in India if comfort > >> becomes a priority and that too at Company's Dime.. > >> > >> We just hold onto our "Nickel", till "Cent" prefers to descend from > Cloud 9. > >> > > > > Guru, > > > > It's the companies who sponsor and make money on Debian. Why do you > > think the companies who sponsor debconf shell so much money on Debian > > ? > > > > https://debconf18.debconf.org/ > > > > See the list of sponsors. > > > > > https://media.debconf.org/dc18/fundraising/debconf18_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf > > > > Also then what would say of nullcon India and other such conferences. > > > > https://nullcon.net/website/ > > > > https://nullcon.net/website/register.php > > > > It's up to the people who want to have the conference to put in > > efforts or not, not you. > > > > There are dozens of conferences round the year which use similar models. > > > > Hope Conference US sells tickets for the conference > > > > https://hope.net/ > > > > > https://store.2600.com/products/tickets-to-the-circle-of-hope?variant=5063506821157 > > > > although it was in bad news for not enforcing its own CoC but that's a > > different matter altogether. > > > > What needs to be understood is there is no 'company' behind Debian to > > foot the bill. It's a volunteer-based organization. Companies who > > benefit from Debian continue to sponsor the conferences and those who > > cannot send their people as corporate attendees. > > > > One point to note is Debian does sponsor people who have skills, show > > commitment and works towards making Debian better which includes > > footing fully or partially their food, travel and stay at the local > > dorm. > > > > I am guessing you have no issues with ruby conference asking for > > sponsorship money and making money on tickets, only Debian ? > > > > https://www.rubyconfindia.org/pdf/RCI19SponsorshipProspectus.pdf > > > > https://www.townscript.com/e/rci19/booking > > > > I could give dozens of examples and if you put in the hard work you > > probably would get them all as well. > > > > Give me an argument worth fighting for, mate. > > > > -- > Consultant Spirituel > > Guruvision Inc. > > -- > "Science is nothing more than an understanding of the way the world > is and why it is that way.. (it) is the method we use to try and > postulate a minimum set of assumptions that can explain, through a > straighforward logical derivation, the existence of many phenomena > of nature .." -- From "The Goal" by E.M. Goldratt > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 15:32:52 +0530 > From: shirish शिरीष <[email protected]> > To: debian-in <[email protected]> > Cc: "Pune Linux Users' Group" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Debconf 20/21 in India > Message-ID: > <CADdDZRm3wG3Q5qHi2o2fCeEMMKrxUOV7HN2GxbwGiEK8= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > at bottom :- > > On 06/08/2018, Skool!lookS <[email protected]> wrote: > > Without wasting my time in analyzing what you are trying to say or > > purportedly attempting to appear to say I will replace one word > > "descend" with two appearing as "climb down" in my previous post. > > > > Others may and can contributely freely to this debate ONLY today, > > because tomorrow is another (meaning disrespectful) day for me when > > written thus. > > > > <snipped> > > Nope, they already do it in universities and people who go to hotels > do of their own free will. > > Btw why don't you put @debian-in while asking your questions, nobody I > know at least in PLUG has answered or will answer. > > And once and for all, who are you to talk on behalf of debian-india > please share ? As shared before, it's upto people in Debian-India and > the sponsorers, delegates, organizers etc. whether or not whether they > want to have a Debconf in India or not, most importantly the > organizers when they feel fit to organize Debconf in India, work hard > for it and get the green signal from Debian. If it were not a > prestigious event than don't think people from 3 other countries would > also be trying to woo them to hold Debconf in their country. > > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 18:16:33 +0800 > From: akshat <[email protected]> > To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Cc: rajudev <[email protected]>, Siji Sunny <[email protected]>, > _List_Debian_Indian_Users <[email protected]>, > Abhijith > PA <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Debconf 20/21 in India > Message-ID: > <CAB2EFCbBRi+nTN=6of0zBRW-=Zbr-Kve+HFj1hy1VrJD4Jx= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thank you, Raju, for the wonderful presentation. It was a quite a nice > experience in attending DebConf18 and meeting the Debian community. All I > have seen that most of the people are inclined towards making happen a > DebConf20 at India which initially we were not thinking about. They have > forced us to bid this time and we have already accepted the challenge :) > Let's do the hard work and win the bid. > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Amey Abhyankar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > नमस्ते, > > > > On 4 August 2018 at 13:03, rajudev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 4 अगस्त 2018 3:21:07 pm GMT+08:00, Siji Sunny <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>> Hello. > > >>> > > >>> On 3 August 2018 6:02:48 PM IST, Raju Devidas <[email protected]> > > >>wrote: > > >>> >Namaste Everyone, > > >>> > > >>> >I have not decided up on the City or venue. > > >>> >If you have any suggestions regarding the same, let us know. > > >>> >The general consensus is to make it happen in Kerala or at Pune, > > >>> >Maharashtra. > > > > Pune is definitely a good strategic city. > > Close to Asia's 1 of the busiest airport i.e. Mumbai & accessible from > > Bangalore,Hyderabad,Cochin & other metro cities by several mode of > > transportations. > > > > > Yes, definetely Pune is a good strategic city for various reasons we > discussed. > > > > I have a wild guess that University of Pune aka Savitribai Phule > > university can help to host DebConf. > > > Another host which I can think of is IISER Pune which has the really good > infrastructure for providing the venue for DebConf. IISER has a really good > campus with excellent auditoriums and Dormitories for stay and a lot of > open space for various DebCOnf activities. I have some connections with > IISER Pune I can talk to them. > > Another venue could be NCRA Pune and IUCAA Pune together as host with > really good on campus stay and auditoriums and space for conference Dinner > and parties. I have a really good connection with them also but in this > case, we have to talk to both institutes. > > If we plan in Kerala then NIT Calicut can also be considred as a good > option or CSE Trivandrum. > > I have attended Cent OS DOJO event in University Of Pune's campus few > > years back arranged by Pune Linux User Group. > > > > University Of Pune has many dormitories. > > Date just need to be when its holiday time for university students I > > guess. :-) > > > > > > >>> >You are welcome to suggest alternate cities or venues for the bid. > > >>> >I would be suggesting the cities but would not be giving specifics > > >>as > > >>> >that is not decided yet. > > >>> > > > >>> >Let us know about your views and opinions/questions about the same. > > >>> > > >> > > >>Go ahead, we can surely make it happen in India.Pls connect me, if you > > >>required any further support for the bidding process. > > > > > > Just to want to announce. > > > > > > We have made the bid presentation today morning. > > > So we are on with the bid now. > > > > Fantastic = https://gemmei.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/debian-meetings/2018/DebCo > > nf18/2018-08-04/debconf20-in-your-city.webm > > > > > > > I presented the bid and answered question's. > > > > Thanks Raju for the awesome presentation. > > > > > Kartik Mistry was in attendance from the Debian India Community there > at > > DebConf. > > > > > > This was the early bid. > > > Bidding does not mean that we have to do it. > > > It means expression of interest in doing so. > > > We have made an early bid trying to create Interest about a DebConf in > > India for 2020/21 > > > > > > The other bids that happened are > > > Portugal > > > Israel > > > Slovakia > > > > Israel & Slovakia bids were there last year too = > > https://saimei.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/debian-meetings/2017/debco > > nf17/debconf-19-in-your-city.vp8.webm > > > > > > DC19 is going to happen in Curitiba, Brazil > > > We will have to make a formal bid again next year at DC19 > > > > I hope DD's aka Debian Developers from India are traveling to Brazil > > next year for DebConf19 :-) > > > > Regards, > > Amey. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Give a bid. Let's see :) > > >>> > > >>> >cheers, > > >>> >Raju Devidas > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> --abhijith > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > plug-mail mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > > > > > > -- > Akshat Singh > [PG-8 IIITM-Kerala] > Pune > > Mob.: +91-8806963718 > Webpage: akshat.info <http://akshat.info> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/attachments/20180806/9c6e9898/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 15:47:58 +0530 > From: Skool!lookS <[email protected]> > To: Pune Linux Users' Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Debconf 20/21 in India > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > > On Monday 06 August 2018 03:32 PM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > at bottom :- > > > > On 06/08/2018, Skool!lookS <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Without wasting my time in analyzing what you are trying to say or > >> purportedly attempting to appear to say I will replace one word > >> "descend" with two appearing as "climb down" in my previous post. > >> > >> Others may and can contributely freely to this debate ONLY today, > >> because tomorrow is another (meaning disrespectful) day for me when > >> written thus. > >> > > > > <snipped> > > > > Nope, they already do it in universities and people who go to hotels > > do of their own free will. > > DO NOT know what this sentence above refered to... > > > > Btw why don't you put @debian-in while asking your questions, nobody I > > know at least in PLUG has answered or will answer. > > I am not the member there, no reason for me to become also. > > I only voice a single person's opinion, you are free to seek others. > Why in the hell did you assume that nobody on PLUG mailing list will > answer? > > Most prefer to keep quiet albeit with documented and proven wisdom :-) > > But be prepared to get surprised (always). > > > > > And once and for all, who are you to talk on behalf of debian-india > > please share ? As shared before, it's upto people in Debian-India and > > the sponsorers, delegates, organizers etc. whether or not whether they > > want to have a Debconf in India or not, most importantly the > > organizers when they feel fit to organize Debconf in India, work hard > > for it and get the green signal from Debian. If it were not a > > prestigious event than don't think people from 3 other countries would > > also be trying to woo them to hold Debconf in their country. > > > > I did not assume any authority like you. Neither on behalf of organizers > not on behalf of sponsors. Prestige which make me dress/behave like > what others like to see me as becomes and remains "Pure Drama". > > > -- > Consultant Spirituel > > Guruvision Inc. > > -- > "Science is nothing more than an understanding of the way the world > is and why it is that way.. (it) is the method we use to try and > postulate a minimum set of assumptions that can explain, through a > straighforward logical derivation, the existence of many phenomena > of nature .." -- From "The Goal" by E.M. Goldratt > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > plug-mail mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > > > ------------------------------ > > End of plug-mail Digest, Vol 43, Issue 5 > **************************************** >
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