Re: Call for bids for DebConf24

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:24:29 +, Stefano Rivera wrote:

> Hi Paulo (2023.10.30_20:08:29_+)
> > But, for 2024, with less months to organize, I think would be good remove
> > this workload from Local Team. Or at least, would be good people know that
> > isn't mandatory organizing 2 weeks of event, right?

If we had only 1 week instead of 2, personally I'd prefer a week of
DebCamp over a week of DebConf.
 
> I do worry that DebConf keeps getting bigger and more complex. Things
> only get added, not removed.

Full ack.
 
> But it doesn't need to be like that. *Nothing* is mandatory, we'd love
> to see bids that want to change things up!

I've been waiting for this since years :)


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Re: DebConf23 Daily Announcement mail - 6th September 2023

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On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:47:13 +0530, Anupa Ann Joseph wrote:

> If you are planning to attend the Conference Dinner on the 14th, please
> double-check that you are signed up to do so.  We have to provide the
> number of attendees to the dinner venue by the 11th, so please make
> sure that we know (or rather, our registration system knows) that you
> want to attend by then.

I'll be on a different continent this evening, so it doesn't affect
me, but if I were there, I'd have one question, and maybe it's
interesting for the actual attendees as well:

Is the Conference Dinner an indoor or an outdoor event?

The reason I (would) ask this question is that I was caught by
surprise last year when I learned by accident on IRC 1.5 hours before
the start that the conference dinner was indoor. At that time I
considered it a very bad idea to put 200 people without masks in a
room during a pandemic, and given the anecdotic evidence of
infections a couple of days later I'm still convinced that my not
attending was a good idea.

Whereever the Conference Dinner takes place this year -- I think the
potential attendees might be happy to learn earlier where it happens
in order to be able to make their informed decisions according to
their personal COVID-19 policies.


Cheers,
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Shops nearby

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When you leave the camp through the "secret gate" (in the Southwest
corner near the dorms) and follow the street straight ahead, before
the roundabout there are some shops on the left, among them a post
office (closed 11:30-12:30) and 1 (or 2?) place(s) selling sim cards.

Cheers,
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Re: outdoor hacklab and onsite accomodation room details

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On Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:05:32 +, Stefano Rivera wrote:

> Hi gregor (2022.07.02_23:15:22_+)
> > Thanks for the clarification; I hope this can be reflected on the
> > webpage as well.
> As you've seen, done:
> https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/covid19/

[…]
 
Thanks again!

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Re: outdoor hacklab and onsite accomodation room details

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On Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:18:06 +, Stefano Rivera wrote:

> Hi gregor (2022.06.30_21:50:26_+)
> > Looking at  
[…]
> > - This also means that the "Conference policy" (saying "we will apply
> >   the above rules") probably has a logical problem (as the result
> >   would be "There is no policy in practice." Or maybe the policy
> >   still stands even if the state has abandoned it?)
> As the page says, our intention is to enforce the vaccination & testing
> policy described *on that page*. If the government loosens its policy,
> that's fine, but our policy still stands.

Thanks for the clarification; I hope this can be reflected on the
webpage as well.
 
> > Given that infection rates in some countries are currently quite high
> > again, and that we have ~300 participants from N countries [0], the
> > probablity that someone unknowingly arrives with this unfriendly
> > virus in their body is not insignificant. And also that they pass it
> > on, especially if they are asymptomatic and there are no checks.
[…] 
> I would suggest that everyone do pre-arrival tests, and self-test
> regularly. There will be tests available on-site. We can recommend this
> in the arrival email.

I totally agree, and I hope that this recommendations make it to the
welcome mail and to the on-site practice.


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Re: outdoor hacklab and onsite accomodation room details

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On Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:32:23 +, Holger Levsen wrote:

> thanks to everyone making DebConf22 happen. I look forward to it a lot!

+1
 
> However given... corona... 

Thanks for asking, and good to see that there are others thinking
about this nasty topic :)

Looking at  I think
this page needs an update (it also says "as of March 2022" :)):
- AFAIK there are no entry requirements in place any more(?)
- I have no idea about the "General restrictions" quoted on the page,
  but I'd be surprised if this was still true in Kosovo (given what
  we are seeing in other countries).
- This also means that the "Conference policy" (saying "we will apply
  the above rules") probably has a logical problem (as the result
  would be "There is no policy in practice." Or maybe the policy
  still stands even if the state has abandoned it?)

I guess that means that the DebConf team has to write down their own
COVID-19 policy, which can mean anything from "We follow the rules,
i.e. do nothing, the pandemic is over, la-la-la" (paraphrasing current
nation state policy in most of Europe) to "We require tests in
advance and/or tests on arrival and we'll have food outdoors (thanks
again Holger for asking) and CO₂ sensors and whatever etc."

Given that infection rates in some countries are currently quite high
again, and that we have ~300 participants from N countries [0], the
probablity that someone unknowingly arrives with this unfriendly
virus in their body is not insignificant. And also that they pass it
on, especially if they are asymptomatic and there are no checks.

I won't bore you with any half-baked ideas of a potential COVID-19
policy at DebConf but I hope that the global and local team can spend
some thoughts on it. -- Thanks in advance!


Cheers,
gregor


[0]
https://debconf22.debconf.org/register/statistics/
lacks a SUM(country) or similar :)

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Re: DebConf22 bursaries for food or accommodation

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On Tue, 17 May 2022 11:43:49 +0200, Dashamir Hoxha wrote:

> I'd be interested in joining the DebCamp, provided that some interesting
> activities are planned.
> So, let me know if there are any plans for DebCamp.

Please take a look at 
which explains how DebCamp works.

Cheers,
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Re: Driving from France to Prizren: visa requirements

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:30:15 +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote:

> On 3/21/22 12:33, Wookey wrote:
> > Has anyone (e.g. you Thomas?) looked at the rules for tests and entry
> > etc for any of UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia,
> > Croatia, B, Kosovo, Serbia, Albania? Is this actually a bad plan for
> > this year and best left for some other time?
> Doing the Covid restriction search was next on my todo list.

https://reopen.europa.eu/en has an overview of COVID-19 regulations
for all EU countries.

So this leaves only Kosovo and its neighbouring countries which are
mentioned at https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/travel-through-neighbours/
 

Cheers,
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Re: DebCamp

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On Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:41:00 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> > Hi, it's the first time I register in DebConf. ¿What's DebCamp? ¿Where I 
> > can found information/schedule about it?
> This is a good introduction: https://wiki.debian.org/DebCamp

Also https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/21/DebCamp
A bit empty, but DebCamp is self-organized.

(And, IMO, in the online version a bit of a phantasm.)


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Re: Travel to Floripa after DebConf

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On Sat, 27 Jul 2019 21:24:28 -0300, Pablo Mestre wrote:

> If you dont find any other option Catarinense is a good bus line to go there
> https://www.clickbus.com.br/onibus/curitiba-pr/florianopolis-sc?departureDate=2019-07-28

Thanks, we managed to book a bus ticket in the meantime :)
 
> Floripa is amazing, if need some information let me know.

If you have any specific recommendation we're always happy to hear
them.
 

Cheers,
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Re: Diversity Postcards at frontdesk

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On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:53:11 -0300, John Sullivan wrote:

> Nice! I liked getting the postcard at the dinner last night too. Any
> tips about mailing them? So far when I search for post office, they seem
> to be a bit far away. Is there something close?

The closes Correios is at
R. João Negrão, 1251 - Rebouças, Curitiba
-25.439074, -49.261877
which is roughly two block east and two blocks south from the hotel.

(The other one, closer to the city center, at
R. Mal. Deodoro, 298 - Centro, Curitiba
-25.431342, -49.269055
is a few blocks roughly to the north.)


Cheers,
gregor

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Re: Traveling from Airport to the venue

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On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:06:36 -0300, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote:

> On 13/07/2019 23:47, "Yao Wei (魏銘廷)" wrote:
> > I found that getting off at the right place is another challenge.
> >  There's no stop indicator in the bus.
> We suggest tell to driver you want to stay at "Shopping Estação". These
> are the magic words :-)

My experience was (after I asked the driver) that he announces the
stations anyway; just not very loud so it helps to sit in the front
:)

The trip is a bit longish but on the other hand it gives a free tour
through some parts of the "centro".


Cheers,
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Re: Traveling from Airport to the venue

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On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 20:39:53 +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote:

> Maybe I'm to stupid to find an already published traveling help
> guideline how people can reach the venue. Please point me to this if
> this is already existing.

There is https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/venue/
but I also wouldn't mind a bit more detailed guidelines.
 

Cheers,
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Re: Tips/warnings/suggestion for newcomers at DebConf19

[gregor herrmann]

On Thu, 30 May 2019 09:34:20 -0300, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote:

> We need help from you, experienced attendee: what kind of
> tips/warnings/suggestion you can give for newcomers about DebConf? How
> newcomers can enjoy DebConf? How they can make this DebConf a great
> opportunity to join the community and help Debian?

One additional thought:

Look after yourself / take care of yourself.
DebConf is so full of impressions, experiences, people, languages,
new and fun and exciting things that it can be exhausting. It's
perfectly fine to tune out and take a nap or go for a walk or spend
some hours in a park or cafe or .


Cheers,
gregor


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