(adding debian-events-eu) On 10/03/16 18:27, Thomas Osterried wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 01:55:59PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> >> Has Debian ever had a presence at Friedrichshafen? > > No > > Two years ago, we were three hams (one of them also an active kernel > develloper) wo had the chance to get a small table at the DARC-Verlag > in the Maker Hall (it was the first time the new maker fair was beneath > the HAM-Radio). > > Our motivation was: showing HAMs and Makers the strength of OpenSource > and the operating system linux. > Especially in the ham radio community we've seen many proprietary software > over the years (i.E. in the packet-radio world) and I see these trends > again in the SDR movement :( Thus, showing alternatives was a good idea. >
There is also the issue of each vendor (Yaesu, Icom, etc) having their own patented digital voice transmission system. It really provides a good opportunity for Debian to show why our values are so important and what the world would be like without us. > Another very good coincidence was, that it was the time the rasperry PI > was the new cool device everyone was looking for. And the Club Magazine > CQ DL had just a series of editions with articles about this topic. > => We talked a lot and could give away many CQDLs especially to the > Maker World visitors. > > > Unfortunately, last year we had no time to do it again. > >> Would anybody be >> interested in using it to publicize the Debian Ham Blend and Debian in >> general? > > basically, yes. > But we not only need other helping hands. We would need a concept what > to show. > Showing the Debian Ham Blend and some SDR equipment may be sufficient. Some of the SDR hardware vendors have a presence in Germany and we could ask them if they may loan some equipment for a Debian table. Do you think it would be good value for Debian to pay 200 EUR for a table there and maybe provide some travel funding for people who stay overnight in a hotel? Would we potentially get the money back from selling T-shirts or the Debian Swiss army knives? What was your impression of the crowd size, how many volunteers will we need for working at a table? Is the Friday busy, or it only gets busy on the weekend? >> It is quite a big event, 18,000 visitors over 3 days (24-26 June) >> >> For people in debian.ch / German-speaking Switzerland it is quite close, >> there is a ferry to go there from Romanshorn >> >> They have community stands available but it is not free, there is a fee >> of €200.00, details are in his form: >> >> http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/ham-wAssets/pdf/en/HAM-RADIO-2016-Anmeldung-Verbaende_EN_E-Form.pdf >> >> 24 June is also pgday.ch (PostgreSQL) in Rapperswil >> http://www.pgday.ch/ >> >> Regards, >> >> Daniel >> > > vy 73, > - Thomas dl9sau >
