[PLUG] Debconf 20/21 in India

[Skool!lookS]

Without wasting my time in analyzing what you are trying to say or 
purportedly attempting to appear to say I will replace one word 
"descend" with two appearing as "climb down" in my previous post.

Others may and can contributely freely to this debate ONLY today, 
because tomorrow is another (meaning disrespectful) day for me when 
written thus.

On Monday 06 August 2018 02:53 PM, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> at bottom :-
> 
> On 06/08/2018, Skool!lookS <look.kool at guruvision.com> wrote:
>> Affraid of argument?
>>
>> Feel free to express...
>>
>> Origin of name Debian. ..  and what not?
>>
>> I think it will be better to not hold conference in India if comfort
>> becomes a priority and that too at Company's Dime..
>>
>> We just hold onto our "Nickel", till "Cent" prefers to descend from Cloud 9.
>>
> 
> Guru,
> 
> It's the companies who sponsor and make money on Debian. Why do you
> think the companies who sponsor debconf shell so much money on Debian
> ?
> 
> https://debconf18.debconf.org/
> 
> See the list of sponsors.
> 
> https://media.debconf.org/dc18/fundraising/debconf18_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf
> 
> Also then what would say of nullcon India and other such conferences.
> 
> https://nullcon.net/website/
> 
> https://nullcon.net/website/register.php
> 
> It's up to the people who want to have the conference to put in
> efforts or not, not you.
> 
> There are dozens of conferences round the year which use similar models.
> 
> Hope Conference US sells tickets for the conference
> 
> https://hope.net/
> 
> https://store.2600.com/products/tickets-to-the-circle-of-hope?variant=5063506821157
> 
> although it was in bad news for not enforcing its own CoC but that's a
> different matter altogether.
> 
> What needs to be understood is there is no 'company' behind Debian to
> foot the bill. It's a volunteer-based organization. Companies who
> benefit from Debian continue to sponsor the conferences and those who
> cannot send their people as corporate attendees.
> 
> One point to note is Debian does sponsor people who have skills, show
> commitment and works towards making Debian better which includes
> footing fully or partially their food, travel and stay at the local
> dorm.
> 
> I am guessing you have no issues with ruby conference asking for
> sponsorship money and making money on tickets, only Debian ?
> 
> https://www.rubyconfindia.org/pdf/RCI19SponsorshipProspectus.pdf
> 
> https://www.townscript.com/e/rci19/booking
> 
> I could give dozens of examples and if you put in the hard work you
> probably would get them all as well.
> 
> Give me an argument worth fighting for, mate.
> 

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