DC 19 in India?
* My wife and kid (ie Kavin) went to Mumbai for enjoying Ganesh Utsav today. I came back home from station to home via AMTS (ah, that bought my 47 route memories of hostel days). During travel of that 15 minutes, I thought why Debconf can’t be in India? It can – May be DC 19 or 21? God knows – that is very long planning and I still have to be there at one Debconf 
But, but, as always – I am very optimistic.
I am looking for where in India it can happen.
Ahmedabad: Plenty of good venues, well connected, but in dry state – no alcohol ie no Cheese & Wine party! July/August is terrible weather for outsiders.
Bangalore: Very good connectivity (Internet/Reach), Venue is problem, Weather is good/ok.
Chennai: IITM. Probably, other venues? Debian is popular (I am only Indian DD, not connected to IITs). Weather?
Mumbai: Bad for organization of any event, costly – but IITB is plus point.
Pune: Weather seems good, good connectivity but no idea about venue(s).
Any other places?
Don’t shoot me, please
Bangalore: Weather is good in winter season. I believe FOSS.IN happens in IISC campus. So you have at least one venue to consider.
Mumbai: Not sure why you say it is costly. But you can find many venues. IITB, VJTI and some other colleges.
Pune: Weather is good ONLY in winter season. Venues are many. Just contact Pune LUG.
Even I had thought of organizing UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) in India. But the first question that comes to mind is ‘how to handle security’. If you find answer then let me know. Perhaps we can have a DC+UDS.
Onkar
August 22, 2009 at 12:44 pm
You are not ambitious enough. What about DC12 or DC13?
pabs
August 22, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Security? I didn’t get it..
Kartik Mistry
August 22, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Jabalpur?
Jo Shields
August 22, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Khandala
Amir Khan
August 22, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Oh, and you might face opposition for Mumbai after that whole November 2008 thing
Jo Shields
August 23, 2009 at 6:56 am
1) yes please, a asian debconf is badly needed
2) like pabs said
3) Join DC10 (new york) team so you can get experience organizing a debconf
riku voipio
August 24, 2009 at 2:54 am