 We are very glad to have all of you here and we welcome you to DevConf 8 We are part of the organizing team afterwards. We are going to ask Everyone who has been involved in the organizing team to come up here He's Damian Viano. I'm Margarita Materola. He's Martin Ferrari Well first I'd like to tell you a bit about how DevConf 8 was born In 2004 Four of the Argentinian guys who went to Brazil for the first time Marcella, Luciano, Maxi and me the four of us were the only users and now have become deviant developers And When we went to DevConf 4 it was like a life-changing Event for all of us afterwards we We became very much involved in deviant and we never missed a DevConf Then next year in 2005 Martin here also came to DevConf 5 and also Sebastian over there and well up to This morning actually I thought that I was the one that had had the idea of having DevConf 8 but then I went and dug up the email and It turns out it was Martin so all these months I've been feeling very guilty about having had DevConf the idea of having DevConf 18 Argentina, but It's actually all his fault Now she puts all the blame on me So then in DevConf 6 We were even more Argentinian people involved in deviant and we started thinking more seriously about doing DevConf 18 Argentina and Well, we started dreaming of where it would be how it would be like and well, finally We came to the decision in which we went also with Venezuela and well Argentina was finally chosen and well since the ending of 2006 we've been working for this and Well at the beginning it seemed like yeah 2008. It's a long time away We have a lot of time to prepare but well the time became became Closer and closer and well, we have to realize that no you don't profit for the deviant So now Martin is going to tell you a bit more about what has been like for the past six months or so Well For all of you who are thinking about hosting a DevConf in your country think twice or more the past six months or so We were working since One year one year and a half, but the past six months and being well our lives Spent in the DevConf, which is quite fine. We enjoyed it. They were also very stressed Especially when four months before the event we had to switch the venue. This was not the whole original hotel So we have to come with the man In April and find some other place and start from zero because all the work we had done previously was wasted We had to do everything from start So this were quite interesting times Finding a network connection in this place is not easy Making a hotel understand the needs of 250 gigs is not easy. I can't tell you But well, I think things are going pretty smooth by now. I hope that we have a pretty good outcome And I hope it ends nicely and without any trouble And that's it We would like to thank All the people who helped us from the beginnings Some that have all the way along some that have at the beginning so they help out the latest months When the work was much more We'd like to thank all the teams that are usually working with DevConf Our video team which is doing this amazing broadcasting The Orga team that is every year Working to make this happen The people that find sponsors and of course our local team which has done an incredible job for this So if you want to join us here to so everybody Sees you Please come here Sebastian and Maxie There's also the people working over there Also the Orga team Yes Responsors they an HP computer by Nokia Yeah, HP Nokia Linux magazine Google Canonicals and trollteach Intel Giaolio inti Banco Creakup group almost Decide by Mark hosting univention hands.com credit in colabora green quadrant context shift timbra as a currency latin wheat Qv9 my SQL pulsar consulting and neuro work and also the Help that has been given us by the people from via libre who have been helping us a lot with all the money stuff No some announcements. Yes The church announcements Well, we are Continuing the tradition start I think in the comfort. We will have a day trip on Wednesday We will depart from here at 11 We will go we go into a ranch in the countryside About ten kilometers from here Where you will enjoy a day in the open which is quite quite scary Without Wi-Fi nor internet connection, of course, so don't bring the computer. It will be useful and useful So after a nice day in the open you will come back and then we will have a party This party will be special because we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of Debian a couple of days before but whatever And then we will have traditional food and music from Argentina So, you know our traditions and I hope that everybody will dance again Yes, important as the trip is not fully sponsored by Debian because money is running out quite fast You have to remind that the deadline for signing up and paying for the trip is tonight, please So enjoy your Debian and I hope you will remember this