Re: Interest in bidding on future Debian Conference

[Stefano Rivera]

Hi Enrico (2023.12.06_15:09:04_+)
> I received similar spam from Bologna City Council, where I live: it
> looks like DebConf has been entered in some kind of conference marketing
> database, and we're getting the spammy attention of tourism event
> promoters

Of course these may be useful resources for anyone in any of these
cities that wants to prepare a bid. But the way we currently run the
conference, only project contributors or very like minded people would
be able to host a DebConf.

Stefano

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Re: Interest in bidding on future Debian Conference

[Enrico Zini]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 04:39:35PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:

> >We noticed that you are accepting proposals for 2024 and future years
> >and have a few questions:
[...]
> If you're aware of that, then great, but I thought I'd just point it
> out; I get the impression you organize commercial events, and I wanted
> to make sure that expectations were managed correctly (i.e., if you send
> us an invoice at the end of the conference for labor etc, then both
> sides will end up being very disappointed).

I received similar spam from Bologna City Council, where I live: it
looks like DebConf has been entered in some kind of conference marketing
database, and we're getting the spammy attention of tourism event
promoters


Enrico

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Re: Interest in bidding on future Debian Conference

[Wouter Verhelst]

Hi Lisa,

Sorry for the late reply.

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 01:24:18PM +, Lisa Goguen wrote:
>Hello,
> 
> 
>My name is Lisa Goguen and I work at Discover Halifax in Research and
>Business Development. I am writing to you today because we would love
>to have the opportunity to bring a Debian Conference to Halifax, Nova
>Scotia.
> 
> 
>We noticed that you are accepting proposals for 2024 and future years
>and have a few questions:
> 
> 
>Prior to reaching out to our local academia community, we wondered if
>it is possible to also submit a full proposal document or is the
>Debconf wiki format the only accepted format?

The wiki format is really the way to go.

Please note that DebConf is a non-profit conference. We rely strongly on
unpaid volunteers to do most of the work of organizing the conference,
and you should not expect to make a profit from it.

If you're aware of that, then great, but I thought I'd just point it
out; I get the impression you organize commercial events, and I wanted
to make sure that expectations were managed correctly (i.e., if you send
us an invoice at the end of the conference for labor etc, then both
sides will end up being very disappointed).

If my impression was wrong, then I apologize for misunderstanding you.
If you're still interested in placing a bid, then great! We'd love to
hear from you.

Thanks, and kind regards,

-- 
 w@uter.{be,co.za}
wouter@{grep.be,fosdem.org,debian.org}

I will have a Tin-Actinium-Potassium mixture, thanks.

Interest in bidding on future Debian Conference

[Lisa Goguen]

Hello,



My name is Lisa Goguen and I work at Discover Halifax in Research and Business 
Development. I am writing to you today because we would love to have the 
opportunity to bring a Debian Conference to Halifax, Nova Scotia.



We noticed that you are accepting proposals for 2024 and future years and have 
a few questions:



Prior to reaching out to our local academia community, we wondered if it is 
possible to also submit a full proposal document or is the Debconf wiki format 
the only accepted format?



Thank you so much for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.



Kind regards,



Lisa

Lisa Goguen (she/her)

Business Development Specialist & Manager

Discover Halifax

Web:
www.BusinessEventsHalifax.com