Press

Home of the old DebConf Global press team

This is old stuff, kept for archive purposes.

To see how it's been handled (and being handled) DebConf Press & Publicity these years, go to Publicity

Old Mailing Contacts

• http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-press <<< DEPRECATED. Use the general and public debconf-team mailing list for discussion
• press@debconf.org (RT queue) << DEPRECATED. Provide press@debian.org address as (private) contact.

Old Members

• USA DC10 localteam press contacts
  • Brian Gupta brian.gupta@brandorr.com irc:bgupta
  • Biella
• Brazil (Portuguese)
  • Rogério Brito rbrito@ime.usp.br
• France (French)
  • Christian PERRIER bubulle@debian.org
• Bosnia (Bosnian) DC11 local press contacts
  • Adnan Hodzic adnan@foolcontrol.org irc:AbsintheSyringe
  • Velimir Iveljic velimir@foolcontrol.org irc:change_

Seeking translators and contacts

• Spanish (Since many previous DebConfs have been in Spanish speaking countries, and it would be great to keep the news flow going)
• German (Many Debian Developers speak German, and Germany has a large enough population to host Miniconfs.)
• Norwegian (DC3 in Norway)
• Finnish (DC6 in Finland)

Projects

• DC10 Final pre-conference Press release
  • Translations
• DC11 Site selection Press release
  • Translations

Archived Press releases

• DC10 releases
  • Notes on how to write a press release: http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/action/action-tools/how-to-press-release.htm
  • 1st press release (sent upon selection): http://osdir.com/ml/debian-devel-announce/2009-02/msg00012.html
  • 2nd press release (send upon date selection): http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20091030.190443.b4c0f3dc.en.html
  • Announcement we send to LUGs: http://calypso.tux.org/pipermail/dclug/2010-June/011221.html
  • http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/bih/DebConf11-okupila-oko-500-strucnjaka-99089.html
  • http://www.nezavisne.com/nauka-tehnologija/programi/DebConf11-pocinje-u-nedjelju-98988.html

Old -team press emails

https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2007/debconf-team-200710/msg00012.html https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2006/debconf-team-200611/msg00026.html