Hi Benjamin,
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 07:08:17PM -0800, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
Count me in as a volunteer also if I can wrangle some
food/drink sponsors
let me know.
Thanks to you for volunteering, too! FWIW, the nature and scale of DebConf
is such that in-kind food donations are really not that useful. Donated
food works well for something like a bugsquashing party, but DebConf is more
a marathon than a sprint; the meals really need to be predictable and
consistently organized.
We certainly will need folks to rustle up monetary donations from local
sponsors when the time comes. Is that something you'd be interested in
helping with?
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On Jan 28, 2013 4:50 PM, "Gerald Turner"
<gturner(a)unzane.com> wrote:
>
> Steve Langasek <vorlon(a)debian.org> writes:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > In response to Moray's prompting on d-d-a, I'm writing to confirm that
> > we are interested in putting forth a bid to host DebConf14 in
> > Portland, OR.
> >
> >
http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/Portland
> >
> > The bid page is still a bit light on logistical details, but we have a
> > prospective lead on space associated with Portland State University
> > which we believe would be a good fit for a DebConf.
> >
> > I know the bid process for this year is generally behind schedule.
> > Can the DebConf team please provide a deadline for completion of
> > <https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/LocationCheckList> for Portland to be
> > considered?
>
> Wow! If DC14 were to happen in Portland, maybe I'd get over my social
> anxiety quirks and finally meet some of you fine people, get involved,
> perhaps as a developer, and perhaps one day fulfil my fantasy of
> traveling to exotic venues of future DebConfs. Ha! Really I ought to
> meet you folks at a BSP or Lucky Lab one of these days, irregardless.
>
> Count me in as a volunteer, a year in advance. I don't have any
> connection to PSU, so don't know how helpful I can be other than labor.
> Perhaps monitor debconf IRC and mailing lists and offer to help at any
> opportunity.
>
> Introduction: I'm a lurker, and not connected to Debian in any official
> way other than having been a user since way back in 0.93/pre-toy-story
> times, Debian is my "daily driver" at work and home, laptops, a bunch of
> Xen hosts at the Pittock building. Work in software development (Java,
> telecom), consumes me, I should have plenty of spare time to give back
> to Debian other than the odd bug report/patch, but you know how it is
> when your career and hobbies overlap, my off-hours are usually wasted on
> relaxation and libations ;-)
>
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