Hi! > I like Marga's suggestion, but as I said in the meeting maybe the money we are > getting for this $10*250 = $2500 is not worth it for all the hassle it'll be: > check everybody has paid, print invoices for some people, how to bill it > legally, etc
Indeed, the amount of money is not worth the hassle. The suggestion was only to try to prevent abuses, not to get a considerable sum from this. > So my suggestion is being stricter about the people who gets sponsored lodging > and food. If the name does not ring a bell (google site:debian.org and get > some > useful contribution) just say no, and give this people a week or so to mail > back > to the sponsoring team enumerating their contributions to Debian... I agree with this. > Some people get their companies pay them the trip (lucky them!), and they > are forced to get a hotel room and food for their own. > I would create the "my employer pays but i want to be with the sponsored > people" option, this people would pay their lodging and food, but would stay > with the rest of the Debian folks. Maybe with the only advantage of being in > the smaller rooms if they ask to. Yes, we are definitely doing this. I'll be preparing a mock-up page of what I want people to see when they start their registration. I intend to have three categories (all of these are for DebConf, not DebCamp). * Individual: intended for Students or Freelancers who are active contributors to Debian, and can't afford to pay the cost of attending to the conference. Cost: 0 or a small sum. * Professional: intended for professional employees that want to participate in the conference paid by their company or by themselves. Cost: USD 250 (maybe 300). What they get: option to stay in smaller rooms, extra goodies in their bag. What their company gets: logo+name+url in the "Companies that sent their employees" page. * Corporate: intended to corporate people from companies that are actively involved in Debian. Cost: USD 1000. What they get: bigger, nicer rooms, another extra goodie in their bag. What their company gets: logo in Sponsors section (size/category depending on the amount of Corporate+Professional employees sent). All of this is based on linux.conf.au registration categories (https://linux.conf.au/register). I have previously said all this and got a little input. More input is still welcome. > This option should be open to people who signs up for the conference very > late and we should have already set a price for this in the registration. Yes. After 31st May, you can only sign up as Professional or Corporate. > I guess I'm not the only one with the feeling that debcamp is a paid holiday > before the conference for some people... So I think we should only sponsor > DebCamp for people who is really going to do stuff (This is not so hard to > know for most of the people...), and give the oportunity of being at debcamp > just haging out with the people and paying your expenses for those days. > > This would mean have to ask for sponsored Debcamp (explaining what you are > planning to do) and ask for sponsored Debconf (and explaining what you do in > Debian). I agree with this, although I'm not sure as to how to present the options to the people, I think we should do this. Maybe have 2 categories for DebCamp: * I intend to do real work during DebCamp. Those that sign up for this category will be ask to state exactly what they plan to do. Cost: 0. * I intend to mainly hang out with other Debianites and socialize during DebCamp. Cost: 250 USD. > Btw, since I'm on it, we have to make clear in the registration form the > sponsored days, last year some people believed they have bed from sunday to > monday as well. I think that however clear we make it, people will always want more. Anyway, we'll try to make it clearer this time. -- Besos, Marga _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
