Coordinating a track on Media and Art and Debian at debconf 10?

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Hi Reinhard and the rest of the debian multimedia folks--

On 05/01/2010 02:41 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 20:21:49 (CEST), Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> 
>> Hi IOhannes, Paul, and interested folk on the debian multimedia
>> packaging team,
> 
> Hey there!
> 
>> Are you interested in seeing lively discussion at debconf about
>> multimedia and arts and debian?  Some of you have already submitted
>> events or talks, and we wanted to know if any of you would be interested
>> in coordinating a track for debconf 10 this summer about the work going
>> on in this area.
>>
>> Tracks are a new idea for debconf as of DC10.  A track would
>> thematically group a consecutive set of debconf events (talks, panels,
>> etc) to encourage a better understanding of a broader theme.  For this
>> to work, we'd like a knowledgable person about a given theme to act as
>> a track coordinator.
>>
>> A coordinator would have a chance to set the tone and scope for the
>> track, schedule events, assemble panels or debates, introduce
>> speakers, and report back at the end of debconf to the larger
>> gathering.  We also hope that a coordinator could identify potential
>> good work being done in their area, encourage people to submit
>> relevant events for debconf, and shepherd talks in their track through
>> the submission process.
>>
>> So, are you interested in coordinating a track on media and art and
>> debian for DC10?  Or do you have a suggestion for someone else who might
>> do a good job on it?  You can reach me and other members of the talks
>> team privately at talks at debconf.org, or feel free to contact the whole
>> debconf team (publicly) at debconf-team at lists.debconf.org.
> 
> I'm very interested in having such an multimedia track. However, I'm not
> sure if I have the required experience to drive such an track. Moreover,
> I'm already hard at my time limit I can devote to debian tasks, and I'm
> not sure how much time this task requires, I'd very much prefer to
> assist rather than to drive such an track all alone.  In any case,
> please keep me in the loop about this efford!

Thanks for your feedback! (cc'ing debconf-team here, which is the public
place for talks discussion, since this message already went out to
another public list, pkg-multimedia-maintainers)

Unfortunately, no one has stepped up to act as a coordinator for this
track yet.  There will still be arts and media presentations at debconf,
but they'll be evaluated as independent proposals (not in a track) if no
one volunteers to act as track coordinator for the Media and Art track soon.

Please let debconf-team at lists.debian.org know if you want to volunteer
(or you can contact talks at debconf.org privately if you have questions or
concerns that you don't want to be public).

I'd love to see a concerted focus on debian in art and media at DebConf
10, personally, and i hope that someone will step up!

Regards,

	--dkg

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