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DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Canada, Finland and Mexico.
Previous Debian Conferences have featured speakers from around the world. They have also been extremely beneficial for developing key Debian software components, including the new Debian Installer, and for improving Debian's internationalization.
Fundraising
A fundraising event (also called a fundraiser) is an event or campaign whose primary purpose is to raise money for a cause, charity or non-profit organization. Events are used to increase visibility and support for an organization as well as raising funds. Fundraising is an essential part of DebConf planning. The Fundraising team has a predefined workflow to flow, of which is not restricted to the following:
- General resources b. Initial contact c. Follow-up d. Finalizing the deal e. At the end of the conference f. Updating the sponsor-table
General Resources
It's at this stage that you request and make available all the resources you will be needing for the fundraising. The resources include but are not limited to the following -
Request access to the mailing list, which has list for the sponsor and budget handling team for DebConf.
Join the Git repository by sending an email to sponsors@debconf.org, with your Alioth info.
Request Tracker (RT) are optional to use, it is where all emails to sponsors go first before it ti sent to the mailing list (also send an email to sponsors@debconf.org if you choose to use it).
- The next very important step here is to get your sponsor's file ready. Below is a sample of what a sponsor's file should look like
Format: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/sponsors-list-format-2.0
- Name: sponsor name
- Status: legacy / new / contacted / interested / committed /
- invoiced / settled / thanked / declined
- Tier: platinum / gold / silver / bronze / supporter
- Amount: 0,000.00 ZAR / EUR / USD
- Date-Confirmed: yyyy-mm-dd
- Date-Settled: yyyy-mm-dd
Contact: Name <e-mail>
Alt-Contact: Name <e-mail>
Debian-Contact: Name <e-mail> (IRC nick) ## NOTE: this is not the owner, see below…
Form-Link: http:// ## NOTE: when submitting a sponsorship request through an online form
- Invoicing-By: SPI, Verein, debian.ch, debian.fr
- Language: fr
- Invoice-Address:
- on indented new line
- PO-Number: 00000
Logo-Link: http://
- Logo-Source: dc-logos/
- TODO: free-form text (may include date and nickname like log messages)
- yyyy-mm-dd [nickname] log message
- yyyy-mm-dd [nickname] second log message, after a blank line
- with extra text on indented new line
Note: From the sample file above, only Format, Name, and Status are required, all other fields can be left out of the file. Also before contacting a sponsor, make sure to contact first the person who's written the last log entry, this person is currently responsible for the potential sponsor. Sponsors names are also not to be mentioned publicly until they have committed.
Initial Contact
General DebConf information
For bids DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/PriorityList • DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/LocationCheckList
All Debian Conferences
- 2021
DebConf/21 BIDs
- 2020
DebConf/20 Haifa, Israel
- 2019
DebConf/19 Curitiba, Brazil
- 2018
DebConf18 July 27-August 5 Hsinchu, Taiwan
- 2017
DebConf17 August 6-12 Montreal, Canada
- 2016
DebConf16 July 2-9 Cape Town, South Africa
- 2015
DebConf15 August 15-22 Heidelberg, Germany
- 2014
DebConf14 August 23-31 Portland (Oregon), U.S.A
- 2013
DebConf13 August 11-17 Vaumarcus, Switzerland
- 2012
DebConf12 July 8-14 Managua, Nicaragua
- 2011
DebConf11 July 24-30 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2010
DebConf10 August 1-7 New York, USA
- 2009
DebConf9 July 24-30 Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
- 2008
DebConf8 August 10-16 Mar del Plata, Argentina
- 2007
DebConf7 June 17-23 Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2006
DebConf6 May 14-22 Oaxtepec, Mexico
- 2005
DebConf5 July 10-17 Helsinki, Finland
- 2004
DebConf4 May 26-June 2 Porto Alegre, Brazil
- 2003
DebConf3 July 18-20 Oslo, Norway
- 2002
DebConf2 July 5-7 Toronto, Canada
- 2001
DebConf1 July 2-5 Bordeaux, France
- 2000
DebConf0 July 5-9 Bordeaux, France
Related links
DebConf website: https://www.debconf.org/
All Debian Upcoming Events: http://www.debian.org/events/
An archive with all available recordings from previous ?DebConfs and other Debian events is available at https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/
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