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TL;DR FSCONS is held in Gothenburg, Sweden during 5-7 november 2010. Debian meetup during FSCONS? It is an opportunity to start a Debian-Nordic group. We can probably receive some travel sponsorship for this. Hi! Since 2007 the Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) is held in beatiful Gothenburg, Sweden. Debian has always had a presence there in some form, devrooms, talks etc. Last year, when there was almost a separate Debian track, some people from Sweden also tried to give a minidebconf during the conference. The interest from fellow nordic Debian people was quite low though... During DebConf10 in New York I spoke to several people from the nordic region and discussed having meetups and maybe even forming Debian-Nordic. Many of us agreed upon that having such a group would create a more vibrant and active Debian community in the nordic region. It would be an awesome way for developers to meet as well as spreading Debian and creating a platform and gateway for interested people and wannabe contributors. It seemed like the interest from fellow nordic Debian people was quite high! I think there is a great opportunity here. Also, it is really fun to meet people AFK. :-) The Debian presence at FSCONS this year basically consists of two people involved with Debian, and me giving a talk about using Git for packaging. There is of course the possibility to have a Debian meetup on the side. I think that, if some people are interested and will come, we could have a general Debian workshop at the conference for a few hours. If people want to take part in a Nordic Debian meetup at FSCONS I believe that we can receive sponsorship for it. Practical information about FSCONS http://fscons.org/practical-information Best regards, Per -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikps3siftgx1+7zyacoh=vd26zqjnr6fpjhj...@mail.gmail.com