Stefano Rivera dijo [Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 01:45:56PM +0000]: > This is something that the video team (CCed) would like to continue to > experiment with and improve on. But we aren't able to support a > significant remote-presenter presence at DebConf, yet. > > Without any kind of interaction with an audience in a conference > theatre, an entirely remote track would be far more doable. We aren't > intending to do something like that at DebConf 22, at this time. I guess > if there was significant interest, we could reconsider that... > > Basically, supporting any of these things needs time and work from the > video team. And, since COVID-19, we haven't had any of the usual sprints > to improve infrastructure.
I know that all videoteam work is volunteer, and I very well known it is one of the most stressed teams during the conference. But we _have_ had talks via Jitsi in DebConf in the past; I remember participating in at least a couple during DC19: https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/83-whats-new-in-the-linux-kernel-and-whats-missing-in-debian/ https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/71-anti-harassment-bof/ So -- I understand the video team not wanting to deal with a _flood_ of online talk proposals. But I guess that having a _few_ talks, maybe restricted to not being part of the official program (i.e. as ad-hoc activities), should remain an option. The presenter could even take the work to record the talk and make it available afterwards. Of course, I'm not doing the work, and I cannot commit your time -- and I'm arguing against a team decision that's already been taken. I can commit that, if I can make it to Kosovo (and that's still marked as somewhat-unlikely-but-possible) I'll join the team and cover some such talks, if they are accepted... But please, I won't make more mess about this, and I surely won't insist on the team for upholding a decision already taken, and that's completely within their competences to take!