Ana Guerrero dijo [Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:42:13PM +0200]: > Out of curiosity, what do you understand for a family here? I have > discovered recently that the definition of a family varies widely > and for some, the concept of family must include children. > For others, like me, 2 persons who share their live together are > already a family. > In previous years, DebConf welcomed families (as in 2 persons) without > problems, if this year you are not going to guarantee lodging for developers > taking family members until later, this should be clear in registration > to avoid people making plans in this regard.
Hi Ana, In this case, I was thinking of "family" as the definition that Raphael presented: A young couple and two small children. There are many other cases of families that regularly attend DebConf which would fit in your description (mine, at least — My wife has attended DC11 and DC12 with me, although she is not attending DC13, in no small part because it is not a setting where her private space expectations can be met). But of course, couples are a very different topic. Often, couples where one of the members is not involved in Debian, the not-involved person ends up volunteering for various tasks. So, yes, we can clearly provide space IMO to them (but, of course, if the couple were to request a private space, it would have to be with the corresponding payment, as to our current accomodation scheme). Of course, this same scenario prevails WRT couples where both are Debian-active. But back to the rationale of my answer to Raphael: *If* we are to have a shortage of small-scale (≤4 people) rooms, I would prioritize granting those spaces to Debian-active people to accompanying family members. _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
