On 08/08/12 19:54, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Martin Zobel-Helas ([email protected]): >> Hi, >> >> On Tue Aug 07, 2012 at 16:35:16 +0200, Michele Cane wrote: >>> I discussed this issue with Mr. Pianaro several times. They are really >>> against camping. >>> Concerning more beds we considered the option of having a big tent but >>> the costs to have, let's say, 50 more beds would be way to high >>> considering that Le Camp want to also have the extra infrastructures >>> needed for 50 more people (toilets, showers). >>> >>> We will try to this subject again but IMO will be very difficult to >>> reach a satisfactory solution for Le Camp and for us (for us mainly for >>> the financial point of view). >> >> >> Does this mean there is a hard limit of 350 people to be allowed to come >> to debconf? >> >> If yes, this is a no-go for this location. > > > Well, we *knew* about that when voting for this location. 350 is a > really high number. I know that Switzerland is one of the most > convenient places to go and that increases the likeliness that the > record for number of attendees is broken in 2013....but, still. 350 is > a really high number and I still wait to see if we'll really have that > number of attendees. > > And, still, if we reach that limit, then it will be DC13 weakness to > have to limit the number of attendees (or asking those who "do not > fit" to arrange their own accomodation). No DebConf is perfect, > anyway. >
Can people camp in adjacent land? No doubt there would be a cost involved, and my feeling from the earlier comments is that people accommodated off-site wouldn't be invited to use the shower facilities? What about auditorium capacity? What if there is a surge in weekend attendance? What is the real limit? _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
