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Prospective teams for DebConf 18 present their bid proposals.

Next up: Paul Liu and "madduck"
will present the DebConf 18 bids.

Hello everyone. I'm Paul, from Taiwan

and today I'm here to bid for
Debconf18 for Taiwan.

Let me introduce it.
Where is Taiwan?

It's here - this small island.
Let's look closer:

We are here, near China, Korea, Japan
and Hong Kong - they are around us.

Taipei is a modern, convenient and safe city.

How convenient?

It's safe to walk outside even at
midnight - that kind of safe.

Convenience stores are mostly open 24 hours
so you can buy food or drinks any time.

And also many direct flights from anywhere
to Taipei, including these airports.

So what's good in Taiwan?
Basically food!

And food...

... and more food.

We present our culture by food.

So when you eat the food, you can
taste our culture.

This is our tallest building in Taiwan -
the I.T. industry is very good

so you can see that we have
our friends here - Google and Canonical.

Local transportation is very high-density,
so you can go everywhere just by MRT.

You can use the EasyCard, a contact-less card,
to take the bus or train to anywhere.

And in less than two hours, the high-speed
railway to the South part of Taiwan.

The network is also very cheap,
for example US $15 for 10 days usage

and free Wi-Fi has good coverage
in the city, but you have to stay

in the same spot to use it - it's
not mobile.

OK, I don't have much time, so I will
just show some pictures of Taiwan.

All these places can be reached by the MRT
so they're really near.

At the city zoo and cable car you can
drink some Chinese tea

and this is also a good place.

Along the roadside you can see there are
food stands everywhere

so that's why food is so good.

So, if you have questions you can contact
us in IRC or by email.

We have a good team contributing
and preparing the bid.

Thank you.
(applause)

(audience)
Do you have ideas for possible venues?

Yes, I am looking at the
universities in Taipei

because of the price.

(audience)
Do you have any idea about dates?

Yes, we want to go for June
because in May it's humid and rainy

and in July and August there
are typhoons and strong winds

so that's not good.

The best time is June.

There is a wiki page if you're interested
in following more about Taipei

so for instance the venue option
currently being investigated is here.

We also answered the question about
the potential dates here.

So if you have interest please go
to the wiki and develop questions there.

(audience)
What's it like for visas?

For many European countries and USA
there is a waiver, so you don't need visas.

Also some Asian visitors have
30 days without needing a visa.

(audience)
How many people are in the local team?

Currently four committed, but I am
trying to build the team more.

(applause)

Now, I am standing up here

not because you should be afraid
that I will organise another DebConf

but...

Oh, hmm.

but because I am not a member of
the DebConf decision team I can

stand in for the Prague people
who can't be here

to present their bid.

So even though Taipei would be
the first DebConf in Asia -

and that's fantastic, so thank you
very much for coming forward -

we're just not going to make it
that easy for you, there is competition!

Prague ran last year but
Montreal was selected

so they stood up and are doing it again.

I'm not going to mention the
E.U. joke on here.

So Prague: a lot of people have been there
and a lot of people have heard about it.

It's a very beautiful city in
the heart of Europe

and the cradle of the first university
as far as I can tell.

It has a big international airport
with direct connections from

pretty much anywhere else in the world.

As I suspect a lot of DebConfers will
travel there by train or bus because

that is already an adventure.

There are multiple venue options
being looked at; we had one for DebConf 17

but that needs to be re-negotiated because
the Dean of the university changed

but that's always an opportunity
as well, isn't it?

And then of course in terms
of leisure options

for when we're not working hard at the venue

there is the historic city, many parks,
the Prague zoo, excellent public transport

- curiously I don't know why Ondrej sent
me these slides today, because

last year he specifically mentioned beer
about fifty times during these slides

but there is no beer in here, he has
one picture of Prague,

and then another one, and
one of the zoo

which is the fourth best zoo in the world
(laughter)

That would make a great day trip option.

So just imagine that you
see beer here

and when I talked to Ondrej earlier
he's running up the team again.

They're prepared and committed
to improving the bid they sent last year

so by the bid deadline we expect to have
a very competitive suggestion

for DebConf 18 in the Czech Republic.

And that concludes this presentation,

are there any questions
that I can answer or proxy?

(audience)
Will there be beer?

No, there isn't going to be any beer.

(audience)
Will there be food?

Help.
(audience laughter)

I can't answer that question but
I'm happy to relay it to the team.

Well, thank you very much
and Didier would like your attention.

(applause)

I don't have any slides, but
just a small reminder for teams

who would like to present something
for DebConf 18

about what the procedure is.

As you might have been made
aware at previous DebConfs

you're supposed to build a team

gather all the information you can
and prepare it on the DebConf wiki.

You can ask for a mailing list,
either on DebConf or Debian infrastructure

if you need to co-ordinate the work.

The deadline for bids is 1st December
of this year, and you are encouraged

to join the existing DebConf list -
[e-mail]

You can ask for assistance or feedback
on your bid, and make sure your bid

is really super-good by 1st December.

Then we will have some interactions
with your team to enhance your bid

and then the DebConf committee will
try to get the decision done

some time in February.

So we will announce the schedule
when we have it, but that is roughly it.

To recap: get everything ready for
1st December

get involved, talk to people who have
been organising this DebConf and next.

Get involved in Montreal and their bid
to see how they work

and if possible be part of the local
team next year

and that's it.
Are there any questions?

Wow, that looks so simple when
we say it like that, but...

(audience)
Is it nice to organise a DebConf?

It is nice to get DebConf organised.
(laughter)

It's very cool to host DebConf -
energy-consuming, certainly

but very cool if you can organise
one in your country.

So it's apparently time for penguins.