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# Request For Proposal for XDC
These are the general outlines of what the Xorg Board is looking for when voting
on an XDC RFP. **The Xorg Board will not organize the conference itself**, the person or team proposing the conference will be the conference organizer. The Board will only vote on the proposals and afterwards collect
the bill. Please submit proposals to the [[BoardOfDirectors]].
## Venue
The venue should be known and included in the proposal, including the estimated costs. If the venue options aren't fixed
yet there should be at least one guaranteed fallback.
A recommended choice is a university/college. A Q&A session with Xorg
contributors for the students is often enough to pay for the venue and also
inviting students to participate in the conference itself is great way to get
new people into our community.
For the main track we need a room sitting up to 100 people (attendance is
usually 50-100, generally more in Europe than Americas). It's good to have a
second room with whiteboards and a few tables/seats for ad-hoc hallway tracks
and coding sessions. WiFi network needs to be there&solid.
## Accommodation
A lot of students travel to XDC on small budgets, hence there should be
affordable accommodations available in close proximity (or well-connected with
public transport). Best to list a few recommended places including prices.
## Location
The Xorg community likes to visit new places to enjoy all the
hall/pub/sightseeing/... tracks too. Sell your city here, but important points
are places for lunch/dinner in walking distance or well connected with public
transport from both the venue and recommended hotels. It's also great to organize a tour or similar for Saturday after the conference to a local sight.
Currently XDC is alternating between Europe (even years) and North America (odd
years). That's where most of the Xorg contributors are, which means lower travel costs and hence higher attendance. Given that constraint the board will consider proposals from other continents, especially if there's a colocation opportunity with a related event.
## Travel
The Xorg community is all over the world. List all options for planes&trains,
especially if there are non-obvious ones (like flying into another city and then
taking a train ride) to save a few monies.
## Visa Invitation Letters
A lot of our Gsoc/Evoc students need visa to travel to Europe/Americas and may need an
invitation letter for that. Since that usually must be done by someone local the
Xorg Board can't provide that. The best way to do that is through the
hosting/sponsoring company/university. We need a contact there.
## Video Recording
Since a lot of people can't attend every XDC we want to record all main track
sessions. Make sure you have the equipment and people to do that, including
publishing the videos (preferably within a day or so) to youtube or similar.
There's also sometimes local laws about required signage when sessions are
recorded, please make sure that any such are indicated on the XDC webpage too.
## Budget
We need an estimate of the overall cost. Our budget is generally quite low and mostly spent on travel assistance. We prefer locations where the venue costs are zero or cheap.
Some breakfast/snack buffet is nice to have and often not included in a sponsored venue, please include that too. This should include coffee, tea and water. Universities have catering for that, some may allow for outside food to be brought in but most don't.
AV equipment may need to be rented, please check with the location. Minimum requirements are one camera and two microphones (clip-on for the speaker, one wireless one for questions from the audience) and the associated hardware.
## Date
Since we want to invite GSoC students and also allow local students to join, the
conference should be at the beginning of the (northern) autumn term, so late
September.
The conference is usually 3 days Wed-Fri, with all three days filled.
## Logistics
A few minor things:
* Have badges/stickers and markers ready so that people can create name tags.
* Make sure there's enough signs for everything so people find the venue (especially if it's on a campus).
* For the pre-conference meet-up (usually Tue evening), make sure you have a location a few days ahead, before international travellers leave.
## Proposal Due Dates
The board would like to have at least a preliminary proposal 1 year ahead at the
preceding XDC. It should have an indication by when a definitive proposal will be
handed in and by when the board needs to make a final decision (e.g. to make
sure venues can be still be booked). The board can consider late proposals and
will decided on its own when is the best time to make the final vote or
whether to solicit more proposals.
## Process
After the final vote the board will inform all organizers. Announcing the
conference, setting up the conference page on the [[Events Wiki|/Events/]] and
running the CFP are all the organizers duties. The board will only serve as the
papers committee and for granting travel sponsorships.
## Sponsoring
X.org has a separate [[policy for sponsors of
XDC|Events/SponsorshipLevels]].
## Code of Conduct
X.org has an [[Anti-Harassment Policy|XorgFoundation/Policies/Harassment]] and organizers are expected to upheld and help enforce it.
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