[Debconf6-data-commit] r62 - website/www/news/items

Mon Nov 7 11:58:05 UTC 2005

Author: neilm
Date: 2005-11-07 11:58:05 +0000 (Mon, 07 Nov 2005)
New Revision: 62

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   website/www/news/items/01_Call-for-papers.html
   website/www/news/items/02-Sponsorship.html
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+          Call for papers
+
+
+    Call for Papers and Presentations Debconf 6 Oaxtepec, Mexico
+
+The annual Debconf conference is a technical and social forum for Debian
+developers, sponsors, affiliates, and friends. It allows various groups
+within Debian a chance to come together and network.
+We invite you to submit a proposal to present a technical paper, panel
+discussion or tutorial, or to host a meeting (BoFS, or Birds of a
+Feather Session).
+
+
+      Step 1. Submit Proposal
+
+The proposal lets us know in advance what sort of talks we will have.
+This helps us in attracting developers and potential sponsors to the
+conference.
+Your proposal can be a rough outline, but should be at least 500 words
+in length (and ideally no more than 1500 words). Your proposal should be
+clear about whether your proposal is political (Free Software, dealing
+with traditionally marginalised groups, etc.), technical, or social
+(Dealing with debian structures and groups). It's okay to hit all three
+of these.
+Your proposal should also include some information on why you're
+qualified to talk about this. Ideally it will also include links to
+posts your have made to Debian mailing lists. A presentation is not the
+best place to mention your idea for the first time.
+Proposals will be accepted until December 6th 2005, 23h59 UTC.
+To submit your proposal, go to
+https://www.debconf.org/comas/attendees/new and register as an attendee.
+Once you are registered, there is a "Submit a proposal" link. You will
+see your proposal on the site. If it's not there for some reason, please
+tell us right away!
+
+
+      Step 2. Committee Review
+
+The review committee for this year consists of Alexander Schmehl,
+Andreas Schuldei and Joerg Jaspert.
+This committee will make its decision by December 20th. If you aren't
+available between December 7th and December 20th for questions, please
+let us know your schedule. All correspondence will be done by email.
+
+
+      Step 3. Paper Submission
+
+Like last year, we are asking for papers to be submitted along with the
+presentations. The goal is to provide written information along with
+transcripts of the sessions for later viewing. Having written papers in
+advance will allow us to get translations done, to help
+non-native-English speakers feel more comfortable with the topics
+presented.
+Papers are due by April 6th 2006, and should cover the topic in
+reasonable depth (3 pages A4 text, plus pictures and diagrams). We will
+use LaTeX to typeset the proceedings. Please submit your paper formatted
+in LaTeX. Should you be unfamiliar with LaTeX earlier submission in
+plain text is also fine.
+
+
+      Step 4. Live Presentation
+
+Presentations are either 45 minutes or 90 minutes in length. 90 minute
+presentations have a break in the middle and should include workshop
+items that directly involve the participants. If using slides, please
+consider that your audience will consist of people who use free
+software, and your choice of application to prepare and display the
+slides should reflect this if at all possible.
+
+
+    Fine Print Publication Rights
+
+Debconf requires non-exclusive publication rights to papers,
+presentations, and any additional handouts or audio/visual materials
+used in conjunction with the presentation. The authors have the freedom
+to pick a DFSG-free license for the papers themselves and retain all
+copyrights.
+The presentations will be recorded, and may be broadcast over the
+Internet. Any copies of the presentation will be made available under a
+license like the MIT/X11 license.
+
+
+    Failure to Submit
+
+In the event that a deadline is missed we reserve the right to revoke
+any offer to present.

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+Hi!
+
+DebConf6 will take place from the 14 May to the 22th 2006 in Oaxtepec, Mexico.
+It is preceded by an unofficial work camp called "debcamp", from the 6th to the
+12th of May. 
+On the 13th May, Debian Day, an information day for users, the press and
+Important People will be held. This will be mostly in spanish, and partly
+translated.
+
+To be able to plan and budget for this we ask people who need travel support to
+tell us as early as possible. This is done so that we might take advance of
+the cheaper flight prices and special offers that can be found.
+
+Are you interested in attending DebConf6, but can't afford the
+entire trip?  
+Are you working on any aspect of Debian?  
+
+If so, please register at
+http://www.debconf.org/comas/attendees/new and make sure you tag
+the "Yes" radio button to the question "Will you require travel
+sponsorship?".
+
+Please ensure you specify:
+- the area you work on within Debian
+- the approximate travel costs, if booked well in advance
+  (accomodation and food is taken care of)
+- how much of those costs are you able to pay yourself
+- your contact information (phone required)
+
+We, the DebConf6 organizers together with the DPL, will apply some common sense
+and fuzzy-logic filters and match the incoming requests against our vague idea
+of how the budget will look like and come back to you for further planning and
+information before February 17th 2006 (11 Weeks ahead of debcamp).
+
+We will try to handle this process in a semi-open way. It will be kept private
+to some extent as many people are not comfortable about sharing travel dates
+and intentions publicly and might feel that their financial make up is a
+private issue. 
+
+The decisions about sponsorship won't be drawn by lot or decided on arbitrarily
+but according to our general consensus.


