Re: [Debconf-discuss] Getting a receipt for paying the registration fee (was: DebConf11: Payment information)
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 02:03:24PM +0200, Torsten Werner wrote: Hi, I want to ask here since I did not get an answer from the registration team. How do we get a receipt for paying the professional registration fee? It is listed here: http://debconf11.debconf.org/register.xhtml Basically, we'll make an invoice on request, mail registration@ with name and address to bill to and any special instructions. You'll get either an SPI or FFIS invoice. There is a backlog, we have to wait for SPI or FFIS to send it back to us, which can be a while (and also are busy with debconf itself...). Soon, one of us will go through and see what all hasn't been sent to us yet, and re-ping on them. Sorry for the delays, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 739 days, 10:00 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Community-provided travel sponsorship for attendees
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 03:17:12AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: If you, or someone you know, was denied travel sponsorship from the DebConf travel sponsorship team, reply to this message explaining the situation. Make sure to mention the person's Debian work. Clint Adams is a very long-time contributor to the Debian project - so long I can't even think all ey has done. Clint was denied travel sponsorship this year, despite needing it. Clint's listed reason was not worse than some other people's reasons who got funded (and similar to past years), and I have recently learned that an improved reason was lost due to a Pentabarf race condition with two people editing a page at once. Furthermore, I would like to make a personal appeal for Clint's sponsorship, as Clint was important to making DebConf10 a success, which was natural important to me. There are already at least seven people I know who want to contribute, even without a public call yet. It won't be too much per person. If you would like to contribute to Clint's travel sponsorship, email me privately by Thursday 23:59 UTC (with maximum amount / preferred share/ratio for your contribution) and I will work out everyone's shares. Thanks, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 735 days, 2:34 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] Community-provided travel sponsorship for attendees
Hi, As happens every year, some DebConf attendees haven't gotten travel sponsorship when they need it. Some Debian community members think this year has been particularly bad, and want to do something about it. Thus, we wanted to make a contribute ourselves. Instead of just chipping in to provide sponsorship for one person, I thought we should make it more general (to allow other people the change for community sponsorship). If you, or someone you know, was denied travel sponsorship from the DebConf travel sponsorship team, reply to this message explaining the situation. Make sure to mention the person's Debian work. Others, if you would like to contribute to the travel sponsorship of someone mentioned here, reply to me (you do not have make your contribution public, signed mail preferred) and indicate that you would like to help. I will coordinate everything. Ideally, you could donate part of your reimbursement to another person. I am not sure if the DebConf team or Debian will allow this (hopefully someone will decide to approve this). The next best option would be donating money to Debian, which Debian would then use for travel sponsorship for the specific people. I am also not sure if DebConf/Debian will allow this. The last option would be for direct attendee-attendee payments. When replying with a contribution, please indicate: - Who you would like to donate to (please not anyone) - Maximum amount you would like to give - share you would like to give. Default share is 1. The total expenses will be divided up among everyone whom would like to contribute, in the ratio of their shares not to exceed their personal maximum. The person receiving the sponsorship will pay a share of max(1, max_other_contributor's_share) for themselves. I will send a list of all contributions only to all contributors (and person receiving funding), so that they can check that everything is correct. I won't make it public otherwise. It would be better if we did not get to this situation, but as of now, for this conference, the only way to fix things is from the outside. I do not like the thought of attendees giving money to other attendees any more than you do, but we have been forced to this if we want to help out our own. This is not just a wild idea, there are already five or more people who want to donate to the attendee whose situation inspired this scheme. This email provides the opportunity for more than just one person to benefit. Thanks, - Richard p.s. This email purposely does not mention any specific person, although this thread was inspired by one specific case. People can be mentioned in follow-ups. -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 734 days, 3:32 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf travel sponsorship BOF
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 06:48:20PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: Hi, [Phil/Richard] and I have been planning a BOF at DC11 focused on This should be Phil Hands! Sorry for the confusion... - richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 716 days, 13:07 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] DebConf travel sponsorship BOF
Hi, [Phil/Richard] and I have been planning a BOF at DC11 focused on DebConf travel sponsorship. This is not in response to Clint's blog post (check wiki page history), but has the same goal of wanting to improve the process and be more transparent and community-oriented. Clint's blog post: [clint-blog] http://xana.scru.org/xana2/mact/travelherb/ This post reflects Richard's understanding of the process (see also [wiki-travel]), but this year's travel sponsorship lead said that's not how it works regarding [wiki-travel] but did not elaborate on how it actually works. Wiki page describing ideas for travel sponsorship improvement: [wiki-travel] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/TravelSponsorship Wiki page describing the outline of DC12 BOF: [wiki-travel-bof] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf11/TravelSponsorshipBOF Please contribute to any of these wiki pages, or communicate with Richard or Phil about ideas. For now, we are working on an outline for a productive BOF, and can discuss more at DebConf12. No travel sponsorship method can be perfect. Our goal is to be make our trade-offs we make what the DebConf community would prefer. Our final goal will be to produce a proposal for travel sponsorship for DC12, present it to the DebConf team/community and become the future travel sponsorship team. Any of you are invited to take part in this. Right now, the rough plan is for Richard to work on the debconf behind-the-scenes logistics and budgeting, and Phil coordinates the actual selection process with the DebConf community. [Thanks/Cheers], [Richard/Phil] p.s. further planning of this BOF will probably have to wait, as we are currently putting out other fires... -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 715 days, 19:40 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] DebConf10 final report help: DebCamp and Debian Day
Hi, As you may know, we need to release the DebConf10 final report soon. There are two articles someone here could help with writing: - Debian Day - DebCamp Both of them could be from the perspective of an attendee. Try to emphasize how DebConf helps you and Debian. As a sample outline, give an introduction to what the event (debian day/debcamp) is, several highlights of it, several lasting ideas that came out of it. 5-7 paragraphs is plenty, it is really short. Don't worry about proofreading or grammar, an english speaker will proofread it. Please mail the list ASAP if you would like to do one of these in the next 24-48 hours or else I will have to do it. Thanks, - richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 565 days, 14:55 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] DC10 final report help
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 03:11:58AM -0500, Richard Darst wrote: Greetings debconf-discuss, Every year, the DebConf team prepares a final report. This allows future years to learn from us, and is critical in securing repeat sponsors. This report is critical for securing sponsors, as Pablo said - and we are basically late already. Here is another concrete idea for contributing. There is a section on social events. If people could contribute an article (or a few paragraphs for smaller things) about the various events we had: - day trip - cheese wine party - running club - third hacklab - covert parties in dorm lounges - hanging out in NYC early (with a Debian spin) - ... and much more we could add it in the social event section. Thanks a lot, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 527 days, 19:29 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] DC10 final report help
Greetings debconf-discuss, Every year, the DebConf team prepares a final report. This allows future years to learn from us, and is critical in securing repeat sponsors. *You* can help with this report, too. Your perspective are very helpful in this report. In fact, we'd love to have articles from your perspective. Some concrete ideas for contributions are: - Personal impressions - excepts from your blog posts. It would help us to have someone search for old Planet Debian posts to quote (with permission). - A day trip article - An article on other social activities - Write-up on describing some interesting talks - Anything else you can think of. You can see much more and claim articles here: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/FinalReport If you have any questions about how to help, just let any of us know. Thanks, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 523 days, 4:52 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 04:16:08PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: There's a lot of work to be done to flesh out such a plan, obviously. If there's support for this in principle, I would be willing to put some effort in to help turn this into something viable. I'd say start filling out this page: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/TravelSponsorship Michael is planning on doing a post on travel sponsorship, and I'll make sure that there is a link to that page for further ideas to be added. I'd suggest making a section for your draft plan, and filling out the general idea so that people know the basics of how and why. A proposal can be picked among them once a team starts forming. If you want to see a draft post on How DebConf manages its money, it is here (not immediately relevant, but is somewhat related): http://wb.zgib.net/dcblog.txt?markup=textile It will be removed from the drafts once it appears on planet. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 399 days, 17:50 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] Thanks from Columbia CS
Hi everyone, I just wanted to send a quick thank you mail, on behalf of Daisy and all of the CS staff. She was unbelievable impressed with our group overall, and had so much fun. She said that never before had she seen such a clean group. We made less mess than their faculty do at their events. Never before had she seen so many cheeses from around the world, and such a well organized party. She was impressed with how we left things better than we found it, for example, fixing up all the chairs in Davis auditorium. Never before had she seen a group so religiously obey no food rules - not even faculty conferences! Had she known how great we'd be, we would have had no problem using the courtyard for catering or a cw party, in addition to the CS Conference room. She's offered to sponsor any meetings or workshops we may want in the future. This is all thanks to _your_ great behavior. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 384 days, 11:57 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] remember checkout before 11:00
On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 09:29:33AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote: I left a small wireless router in my room -- Carman 604A. It's behind the desk, lying on the floor as it had to be stretched to reach from the AC outlet to the ethernet jack. Is there any chance I could get this back somehow? I can send a fedex account number to pay for shipping. I asked, and they took down the info and will contact me if they find it. I'll also prod again in a few days: cleaning is underway now. I will contact you if they find it, feel free to contact me by mail or irc to ask the status in a few days. - richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 384 days, 17:20 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] luggage on sunday
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 07:07:20AM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote: Is there anywhere to store luggage for those of us with several hours between dorm checkout and needing to leave for the airport? Dragging it around while seeing the sights in new york doesn't seem like a great idea. Ask at the dorm check-in desk. They said they could store luggage of people who arrived before check-in time, so they'll probably do it after check-out, too. If they say yes, let the list know. We will be cleaning up in Mudd from 0900/1000 - . We could store stuff there, but we'll probably want to vanish as soon as we are done cleaning, want to finish as soon as possible, and thus can't promise how long we can store for... - richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 381 days, 11:38 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Cheese, Wine material (and other stuff) for tomorrow's Cheese and Wine party
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 09:49:30PM -0400, Christian PERRIER wrote: So, people who brought cheese, or wine, or any other stuff meant for the CW, please meet me outside Mudd (the Hacklab building) with your material. We will then go to Havemeyer and put the stuff either in the Make sure to put your wine (and other alcohol) inside something so that no one can observe what it is. - richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 377 days, 5:34 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] double rooms with two network plugs
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 05:35:29PM -0400, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, if you happen to be in a double room and one of the two network plugs doesnt work, search for a second outlet in the wall. It seems to be normal here that while the outlet has two plugs, one will not work, instead there is a second outlet with two plugs, where also only one works... In general, on campus, only Ethernet plugs with orange frames are supposed to work. Was it an orange one that wasn't working? - richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 370 days, 18:40 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] More questions regarding what to bring for DebConf10 (and other stuff)
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 01:52:53PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: Hi. I am resending this (with another question appended at the end) because I think that my messages are not getting through. On Jul 22 2010, Rogério Brito wrote: Hi there, people. As a continuation of what one should bring when coming to this year's Debconf, I have some questions: 1 - What type of mains outlets will we use? I faintly remember having read this one, but can't find it again. An A plug? B plug? [1][2] Any other? And the voltage? 127V? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_plug.jpg [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Domestic_AC_Type_B_USA.jpg The dorm rooms should have B plugs, but I didn't check specifically since I was so sure that it would. I would say assume B plugs. 2 - The What to bring section of the Welcome page [3] says that one should bring a long ethernet cable. How long should that be? Are 3 meters sufficient? [3] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Welcome#What_to_bring The there one double ethernet jack in each room, so you may need to go from one side of the room to your desk, possibly on the other side. 5m is safe, 10m if you nicely want to route it around the walls, but you can certainly find a way to make do with less e.g. rearrange desks or not use a desk. People could make do with 2-3m if they rearrange. 3 - How much money should one bring? Say, how much does an average bus trip cost (say, from the JFK airport to Columbia University)? Should one bring money for tips? (Is this a common usage?) 4 - Are there convenience stores located in the campus/near the campus? Plenty. Everything I need to live is within 5-10 minutes walking distance. 5 - Are there any regulations regarding, say, getting out of the campus at night, if one needs to? Say, one is hungry in the middle of the night or one needs to go to a drug store or to a hospital? The campus is open to the general public 24/7/365 unless you do something illegal and get kicked off. Noone should have any problems entering or leaving at any time (and I do at all kinds of random times of day or night, no one ever stops me). 6 - What transportation means would be needed to get to commerce as above? Feet should work for pretty much anything. 7 - Again in the What to bring section of the welcome page there is a your health insurance details. I think that my health insurance is (perhaps) only valid inside my country. Does this mean that I am foobar'ed? Columbia has a free ambulance service but if they take you to a hospital you will probably need to pay or have insurance. I think that I have some other questions, but let me not overload you with too many questions. :-) 8 - Is the network access in the dorms restricted in any way? You should get public IPs with an hourly limit of 1GB down / 400MB up (last I checked). It's likely 100mbit. No limits within campus or internet2, which includes DebConf and the on-campus mirror and streaming server. Don't do anything illegal or unnice, or we may get a talking to. - ricahrd -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 366 days, 18:04 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] BYO Wireless for dorms?
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 08:52:47AM -0400, David Smith wrote: Was wondering if there was any ban on bringing your own WPA2 secured wireless access point for your dorm room.. I remember somebody saying to be careful to not put any DHCP services onto the campus network from the dorms.. Is a wireless access point in bridged mode (router disabled) ok? It should be fine, overall they are allowed and used often on campus. During the year they may technically be disallowed in the dorms, but you should just do it, keep it secure enough and no one should bother you. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 365 days, 11:58 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time
Hector, I'm responding since no one else has. I believe that dkg will be coordinating on-site scheduling plans. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 06:54:09PM +0200, Hector Oron wrote: Dear debconf organizers, I am sure you have lots of concerns right now, but do not worry so much everything will be fine. I write here because it is still uncertain to me how late-time BoF/talks are handled. I have scheduled a couple BoF on my penta profile, but those were late on time. I was told that we would be able to meet during Debian Conference [1] (at least for one of the BoF I scheduled) but should I be fine just with having the proposed BoFs hanging on my penta profile or should I fill some missing form at some missing site? I'm not sure of the exact plan, but at one time we were thinking something like an unconference system. Each day, we list the free rooms and timeslots for the next day. People can sign up on a board or wiki, and then you've got that slot at that time. Optionally, that evening someone may add it to the official schedule in some last-minute capacity. Anyway, the exact mechanics of this remain to be figured out. dkg is the best one to ask, though. Either way, there isn't anything you need to do right now to give a last-minute talk during DebConf. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 356 days, 5 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Ham Radio in NYC
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 09:46:36PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: Hi folks, I am hoping to get my amateur radio license soon, and thought I'd bring a handheld along with me to Debconf. Are any other hams planning to attend? I'm going to assume that operating in Manhattan is substantially different from operating in Kansas; any locals have suggestions? Lately NYC Resistor has had some ham-related blog posts: http://www.nycresistor.com/ There is small overlap with DebConf and them, but I don't think that includes any of the hams. You could contact them and see what they think. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 347 days, 16:01 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] registration
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:18:01PM -0400, Miguel Veliz wrote: so to register to the debconf10 i just need to fill this out: https://penta.debconf.org/penta/user and for sponsorship i just need to fill everything?? is there anything else i need to do? Correct, the direct URL is https://penta.debconf.org/penta/submission/dc10/person The most important field for sponsorship is the Category, under general. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 266 days, 15:23 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] DebConf9 credits: help make sure we didn't miss anyone
Hello everyone, We are working on the DebConf9 final report, and want to make sure that everyone gets credited. Below are two links - one for the conference itself, one for those who have helped write or assemble the final report. We hope we have gotten everyone, but with so many helpers it's possible/likely we've left someone out. Please look over the two links below, and if you notice anyone missing, please let us know - email or IRC works(, or direct SVN addition if you happen to have that). DebConf9 credits: https://svn.debconf.org/svn/reports/dc9/texts/credits.txt DebConf9 final report credits: https://svn.debconf.org/svn/reports/dc9/texts/credits-final-report.txt (If anyone would like to help revise other texts in this directory, please feel free, too.) Thank you, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 141 days, 19:41 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] no video coverage during nights
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 02:30:59PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Dienstag, 28. Juli 2009, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: ...or for some alternative tool. Ana mentioned Penta being too complex and too buggy and proposed to switch (albeit that noone responded...) The proposal lacked an alternative to switch to. Suggesting to switch because foo sux without giving alternatives is not really helpful. (It is, when it's unknown that there are problems. Which is not the case here, we are very aware that penta has issues - we simply didnt find a working alternative yet.) I'd like to try to frame this another way: We could use more people looking at and working penta, or a possible new conference management system. I think it's quite possible many possible volunteers have been shooed away because they think there work won't come to anything. One of the main reasons I've heard to consider moving to something else is so that more people can work on solving problems and adding new features, and handing off maintainership could be done more easily. Of course, getting new penta hackers, perhaps even merging all the debconf-specific changes to the latest penta version, would negate this advantage of a completely new system. In fact, someone in charge of working out the current problems (for the most part, handling user and team requests) and adding new features in penta would almost undoubtedly be better than something new. So it boils down to what we can do to get new people involved: Penta, or something new? Speaking of which, if anyone is interested in helping out here, I will help to make it happen (connecting you with the right people). I don't think I have the time or ability to do it myself, though. What do you all think? It seems to me whatever we can most easily get people to work on is a good compromise. One feature an alternative tool would need to have is the integration of our video workflow for releasing archived files. Yes -- can be solved with someone willing to put forth the effort to do so... - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - lefschetz: up 175 days, 9:55 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Is it possible for not registered people to still apply for Debconf
Hi, I am correcting a correction I sent out: On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 12:21:45PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: An important correction: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 03:51:53PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: I think there is a misunderstanding here. The Professional fee covers sleeping accommodations, food, and all talks -- basically, everything. The professional fee *doesn't* cover food - at least not necessarily. There is a small discussion about this right now- if there are changes there will be an announcement. In the global team meeting about a week ago, we decided that the professional fee *does* cover food. I'm sorry for the confusion, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - lefschetz: up 134 days, 16:19 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] penta questions: category, accommodation, food
On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 01:04:15AM +0200, W. Martin Borgert wrote: Hi, I have some questions for the penta experts: 1. I registered before the (enhanced - thanks!) deadline and received the positive mail about possible sponsorship (thanks again!). My category is Non-Hosted Independent, but shouldn't it be Independent? Yes - I'm unsure if you can change this, though. We'll probably have some period when we go and try to correct problems like this. 2. I believe that I selected I will arrange my own accomondation, but would like to have a Regular Room. But penta just shows 5. What does this mean? 3. I think, that I selected Vegetarian, I need food sponsorship, but penta shows 10. What does this mean? These are some weird error, but I see them in my view of your person, too. We need someone with more knowledge to check these two things out. Hopefully it's not too widespread. Thanks for pointing these out, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - lefschetz: up 125 days, 2:18 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Is it possible for not registered people to still apply for Debconf
An important correction: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 03:51:53PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: I think there is a misunderstanding here. The Professional fee covers sleeping accommodations, food, and all talks -- basically, everything. The professional fee *doesn't* cover food - at least not necessarily. There is a small discussion about this right now- if there are changes there will be an announcement. However, if you registered professional before the sponsorship deadline, you *can* still get free sponsored food. I'm sorry for the confusion, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - lefschetz: up 122 days, 13:36 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] DebConf9 reconfirmation period started ; ends 7 June
Hello Iustin, On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:21:17PM +0200, Iustin Pop wrote: I registered as non-hosted independent (I will arrange my own accomodation) and regular food (me or my company will pay). In this context, it's not clear to me how much and when do I have to pay for the food and conference itself. I'm more than happy to pay in advance if needed (or useful). regular food (me or my company will pay) means you'll be eating with us. This year, you can pay on the site, per-meal (so we are planning). There should be a way to pre-pay before you arrive, but we haven't worked that out yet. It'll published once we have an exact price. Right now, the estimate is 15€ per day for food. Thanks, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - lefschetz: up 121 days, 17:56 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] Invoice / Receipt for DebConf9 attendee fee
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:12:25AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: is it possible to get a bill in advance for that? Would be helpful for me to pass it to our financial departement. Thx. Me too. We will naturally need an invoice or tax-deductible donation receipt (from ffis? the local Spanish free-software official If anyone else needs an invoice or (tax deductible letter), you can email me directly and I will work on it. Please send at least: - names of attendee(s), and which categories they are registered in. - organization and address to be invoiced - whether you need an FFIS (euro) invoice or SPI (USD) invoice. I will try to get you a pdf invoice by email within several days. Thanks, - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - lefschetz: up 114 days, 10:35 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
