Re: FOSDEM

Oh nice! Thanks. I asked to him to submit as maintrack, then in
devrooms, and if maintrack is refused, let's see if Debian, FSF or FSFE
can cover travel. Otherwise Hypra will try, but hard given our budget.

Regards,
Le 14/11/2015 20:24, Pau Garcia i Quiles a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I am the organizer of the Desktops DevRoom at FOSDEM.
>
> If the Distributions DevRoom does not accept Chris' talk, do not
> hesitate to contact me. The Desktops DevRoom cannot finance his
> travel, though: we have no budget :-(
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 4:44 PM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
> <mengualjeanphi_at_free.fr <mailto:mengualjeanphi_at_free.fr>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As you know we have been increasing the work about Debian
> accessibility since DebConf 2015. While it seems that a lot of
> work needs to be done upstream, some action ways are possible for
> Debian.
>
> I think that hearing an expert about the stuff would be
> inte!esting. Chris Hoffstader is member of FSF, he worked for
> company which develops the most famous screen reader (Jaws), and
> knows fine accessibility for blind people, what is to be done from
> a dev point of view, etc.
>
> Hence my idea to invite him at next FOSDEM, to get involved in
> Distro and Desktops devrooms. It wou;d be an occasion to meet it
> and discuss a strategy, from upstream to Debian. Typically, I'm
> having thoughts about fixing bugs vs new features, knowing
> technically the origin of problems and the amount of needed time
> to fix them, etc. It could prepare a hacking-day or
> squashing-accessibility-day if we manage to have talks together.
>
> He accepted to come, but needs to have his travel covered. Could
> Debian do this? He's from USA, so I think it would cost about
> 2000E. Would it be possible? What's the process or who's the
> contact to do this, so that I put him/her in our future mail
> exchanges if Debian accepts shis?
>
> Thanks for feedback,
>
> --
>
> Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
>
> HYPRA, progressons ensemble
>
> Tél.: 01 84 73 06 61
> Mail: contact_at_hypra.fr <mailto:contact_at_hypra.fr>
>
> Site Web: http://hypra.fr
>
>
>
>
> --
> Pau Garcia i Quiles
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> (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)

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