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## About you

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* **Name**: Akashdeep Dhar

* **Location** (closest airport, country of residence): Pune, MH (domestic) and Kolkata, WB (international)

* **Your current employer**: Red Hat

* **Your title at place of work**: Software Engineer

* **How do you primarily contribute to Fedora?** (2-3 sentences): I lead the Fedora Websites and Apps Council Objective and help with the onboarding (Fedora Join) and mentorship (Fedora Mentored Projects) efforts. Apart from that, I help develop, package and maintain the applications and services within the Fedora infrastructure as a part of my day job in the Red Hat Community Platform Engineering team.

## About the event

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* **Event name(s)**: FOSDEM 2023

* **Event dates**<!---e.g. from 28 February 2027 to 2 March 2027--->: Thursday, 2 February 2023 to Monday, 6 February 2023

* **Event location(s)**<!---city, state/province, country--->: Brussels, Belgium

* **Event URL(s)**: https://fosdem.org/2023/

* **Event description(s)** (2-4 sentences per event): * FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open-source software. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to get in touch with other developers and projects; be informed about the latest developments in free software world; be informed about the latest developments in the open source world; attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers; to promote the development and benefits of free software and open source solutions.

## Requested support

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* **Amenities requested**<!---Delete all that do NOT apply.--->: accommodation & stay | food & dining stipend | travel, air | travel, car/ride-share | visa application support

* **Budget estimates**: <!---Make estimates below in U.S. dollar (USD) to the best of your ability. Try using a site like Kiwi.com for comparing airfare options.--->
* **Travel expenses**<!---In USD: air, rail, car/ride-share--->: $1620
* **Accommodation & stay expenses**<!---In USD: hotel, hostel--->: $600
* **Other costs**<!---In USD: any anticipated, required costs outside travel and accommodation--->: $400 (Misc) + $150 (Visa)

* **Accessibility needs & requests**<!---If you need special accommodation for an event to be more inclusive, describe these needs so they can be prioritized early.--->: Not applicable

* **Other needs**<!---Things you must have to attend this event that are not listed above.--->:

## This event & Fedora

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* **Are you a speaker or presenter? If yes, give the title and description of your presentation**:
1. Linux Workstation's State of Gaming
2. Fedora CoreOS - Your Next Multiplayer Homelab Distro

* **Are you an organizer or volunteer? If yes, explain your role**:
1. Volunteer, Distributions Devroom

* **Why is it a good idea for the Fedora Project to have a presence?**:
Fedora Project, being one of the stellar free and open-source software communities, can benefit from its presence in the event as the contributors can get to connect with those of other communities and exchange interests. We can also potentially get to onboard new contributors over there who are willing to participate in multiple communities.

* **Why do you want to represent the Fedora Community here?**:
Having participated in the community for over three years now, I understand just how important it is to put good ideas forward for them to be listened to and discussed. Reaching out to the contributors and making them feel right at home within the community has been my forte and I would like to put that to use to connect with others during the event and share the good word about all the good works that our community has been up to.

* **Are there others in the Fedora Community who could help this event be successful? If yes, name any key individuals, teams, or SIGs in the Fedora Community needed for success**:
I could use the Fedora Design team's assistance to help review my slide deck and make it look all shiny before I present them.

## Other

* **Is there anything else the Fedora Mindshare Committee should know when reviewing your request?**: I am willing to share a room with a roommate to help lower my total cost.

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