[Soc-coordination] Sponsoring DebConf for Summer of code students

[Gaudenz Steinlin]

Hi

During the first IRC status meeting I had today with the Summer of Code
student I'm mentoring together with Per Andersson the topic of wheter
she planned to go to DebConf or not came up. it turned out that she did
not yet know about DebConf and did not consider it at all.

I guess the situation might be similar for other GSOC students. IMHO
going to DebConf could make a big difference for a GSOC project. Getting
more involved into the community increases the chances that these people
will stay active in the project even after summer of code.

Therefore I propose to make an exception for these students so that they
can still register for sponsored food and accomodation until 3th June.
What do others think?

One problem might be that most students don't have the money to fund
their own travel to nicaragua. Should we ask the DPL to fund another
DebConf newbies program for those from Debian money? This might be a bit
problematic as we don't have much money for normal travel sponsorship at
the moment at all.

Gaudenz

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