2012/4/25 Gunnar Wolf <[email protected]> > > Wow. A *very* thorough and impressive list. Lets see how it all goes - > But it looks very good. I guess this would make the government > (National? INJUVE? ..?) a golden/platinum sponsor..? > > We haven't even started talking of what they want in return, but I guess they want more than a logo on a website, maybe some high-level government official talking at the opening ceremony like in Bosnia?
> The list includes several things which I would not request (i.e. the > VIP lounge), but that will surely not hurt to have :) > > The VIP lounge would be very nice indeed. :) > > * Day Trip: They can arrange a tour package with the Nicaraguan > Institute > > of Tourism (INTUR) for the day trip and a welcome pack for the attendees. > > This is just great! :D > > > * Tax exemption: Meeting with the General Revenue Service (DGI) for a tax > > exemption letter for DebConf12 (15% sales tax and 2% hotel tax). > > I remember you had talked about this as a possibility. Did you take it > into account already for the budget? If not, we are somewhat less poor! > > Looking at the estimated budget, taxes are included, so we can save at least $13-15K with the current budget. We revisited some hotels today and have new prices, so in addition, the budget will probably go down $2-3K. I will update the budget tomorrow. > > * DebConf tags: We'll send them the design and they will print them for > us > > It would even be better if they were able to lend us a color laser > printer - as we will surely need to print all sorts of signs > > I think their idea is to print the tags for us (minus atendee name & photo) and we add it later. > > * Other: Erick will give us some contacts for: > > > > * Potential sponsors > > * Food catering > > * T-shirts and printing > > That's great, hope it comes to concretion! > > > * Transportation: Buses for airport shuttle during DebConf and for the > Day > > Trip > > > > == Proposed buses and schedule == > > > > * 1 wheelchair accessible bus (July 1-15) > > * 1 bus, July 7th. (08:00-20:00) > > * 1 bus, July 8th. (08:00-20:00) > > * 4 buses, July 11th. (whole day) > > * 1 bus, July 14th. (16:00-19:00) > > * 1 bus, July 15th. (07:00-13:00) > > As I said on IRC, coordinating airport bus schedules can be > problematic and stressful. If we get it, very great :) If we don't, I > would not sweat about it. > I agree. But the wheelchair accessible bus should be a priority for us, IMHO, as we promised an accesible DebConf in Bosnia.
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