[Debconf-team] sponsor communication issue

2017-06-29 Thread Daniel Pocock
Hi, I received a personal email from a sponsor who appears to be having trouble communicating with the team. Who should I escalate that with? Regards, Daniel ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-06 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 06/05/17 13:10, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 09:37:41PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> [...] But what does a border guard say when their children ask >> what they did today? > > "I protected our country." > Ah, I wonder if these securit

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-06 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 03/05/17 12:21, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 09:58:43AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> I couldn't believe it when I saw this[1] but it is appearing in the >> news, > > It is one-sided information from someone asking for money, > repeated in

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-06 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 02/05/17 19:49, Carl Karsten wrote: > Even though they have kicked me out twice (4 times if you include my 2nd > attempts a few hours later with more paperwork) I am pretty > compassionate about them. Assuming there is a point to their job, it > seems like a hard thing to do effectively. >

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 02/05/17 18:02, Carl Karsten wrote: > I have plenty of fist hand experience with Canadian boarder guards. > > Summary: The less you say the better. You are attending a Linux > conference. the end. > > You are not "working" with or for it or anything that might sound like > work.

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 02/05/17 12:45, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: > On 02/05/2017 09:58, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> I couldn't believe it when I saw this[1] but it is appearing in the >> news, an Australian, no evidence of a criminal record or anything, >> unable to enter Cana

[Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Daniel Pocock
I couldn't believe it when I saw this[1] but it is appearing in the news, an Australian, no evidence of a criminal record or anything, unable to enter Canada due to an outbreak of bureaucracy. I'm not suggesting anybody should give money to this cause, but it makes me wonder if Australians are

Re: [Debconf-team] Travel Sponsorship

2017-04-13 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 12/04/17 22:53, Jerome Charaoui wrote: > Le 2017-04-12 à 16:38, Marcelo Gutierrez a écrit : >> Hi there! >> >> I just wanted to know if there is still time to apply for >> sponsorship for DC17 > > Yes, it is still time. The deadline is May 10th, but we encourage you to > do it as soon as

[Debconf-team] debconf-announce duplicate emails

2016-07-07 Thread Daniel Pocock
I'm receiving two copies of each email sent to debconf-announce Looking at the headers of each, they are both from the debconf-announce subscription (not some other list) and both sent to the same recipient address dan...@pocock.pro Is there some way that some email addresses could have been

[Debconf-team] multiple GSoC students in Montreal

2016-04-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
There are (at least) five GSoC students from Montreal this year: https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/RTCProjects Maybe the DC17 local team can let them know about any local events, social opportunities, etc? ___ Debconf-team mailing list

Re: [Debconf-team] FOSSASIA Debian speakers and potential mini-DebConf

2016-03-14 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 04/02/16 16:01, Kartik Mistry wrote: > On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: >> The FOSSASIA conference[1] is coming up again soon, it is in Singapore >> this year, 18 - 20 March >> >> It has also been suggested there c

[Debconf-team] FOSSASIA Debian speakers and potential mini-DebConf

2016-02-03 Thread Daniel Pocock
The FOSSASIA conference[1] is coming up again soon, it is in Singapore this year, 18 - 20 March It has also been suggested there could be a mini-DebConf associated with the event in some way. Is anybody interested in participating in any way? The call for speakers[2] is still open. They also

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf17 bids - DebConf Committee

2015-12-20 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 20/12/15 18:18, Allison Randal wrote: > On 12/19/2015 01:09 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 18/12/15 14:48, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >>> Given the general "DebConf Team" situation, I would really like us to >>> focus on using the existing structures for

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf17 bids - DebConf Committee

2015-12-19 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 18/12/15 14:48, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le jeudi, 17 décembre 2015, 12.49:32 Gunnar Wolf a écrit : >> As Didier said already replying to Steve, I am among the people >> responding "yes" to the call. There is one bit that I do feel >> important: We can reach a consensus as to which bid

Re: [Debconf-team] Montreal's bid for DC17 is now official

2015-12-08 Thread Daniel Pocock
of administration work with the people this discriminates against, it could be helpful to add that on the page too. On 05/12/15 00:29, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 03/12/15 19:41, martin f krafft wrote: >> also sprach Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> [2015-12-04 01:34 >> +13

Re: [Debconf-team] Montreal's bid for DC17 is now official

2015-12-04 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 03/12/15 19:41, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> [2015-12-04 01:34 > +1300]: >> Would anybody from the bid team object if this information is >> added to the wiki page? > &g

Re: [Debconf-team] Montreal's bid for DC17 is now official

2015-12-03 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 30/11/15 15:10, Louis-Philippe Véronneau wrote: > Hello people! We have some (good) news from the Montreal bid team! > > First, we're happy to share with you that our intention to host > DebConf17 has become official. Please check the

Re: [Debconf-team] Call for volunteers for DebConf sites (for both python/django and html/css/js)

2015-08-13 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 13/08/15 09:09, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: Hello DebConfers, We are planing the sites for next debconfs and we would like to form a real team for such website (registration, schedule, homepages). As you probably are aware, we constantly lack web designers. Debconf already has

Re: [Debconf-team] Call for volunteers for DebConf sites (for both python/django and html/css/js)

2015-08-13 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 13/08/15 15:05, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: On 13 Aug 2015, at 10:30, Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.pro wrote: On 13/08/15 09:09, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: Hello DebConfers, We are planing the sites for next debconfs and we would like to form a real team for such website (registration

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf15 open weekend admittance

2015-08-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 28/07/15 08:43, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Karsten Merker mer...@debian.org [2015-07-27 23:57 +0200]: Maybe I am misunderstanding something here, but AFAICS this would mean that every potential visitor would have to create an alioth account to be able to log into summit, which

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf15 open weekend admittance

2015-08-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/08/15 19:51, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.pro [2015-08-11 09:43 +0200]: There doesn't appear to be any reply to this request for confirmation on this thread I also don't see any other threads about

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf15 open weekend admittance

2015-08-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/08/15 06:23, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.pro [2015-08-11 21:22 +0200]: Realistically, is there anything that can take place outside the venue, could there be a food van so people don't go away hungry

[Debconf-team] 30 minute talks

2015-07-22 Thread Daniel Pocock
I just want to highlight two benefits of talk slots under 30 minutes: a) easier for the content team to fit in everybody who contributes to Debian b) for those rooms the video team can't cover, DSLR video recording is one option. Many DSLR cameras that have video capability are crippled to a

Re: [Debconf-team] Preliminar schedule (everything can change)

2015-07-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 21/07/15 17:11, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 04:58:12PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: Hi Steve, On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 03:35:20PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 09:48:38PM +0200, Maximiliano Curia wrote: On 20/07/15 20:48, Maximiliano Curia wrote:

Re: [Debconf-team] Drinking water in HD

2015-07-19 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 18/07/15 20:35, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.pro [2015-07-18 19:11 +0200]: I think the price quoted in the original email - 15 € for 18.9l - is really expensive. Here in .ch it is possible to buy 6 bottles at the supermarket, 1.5L each, for CHF 1.50

Re: [Debconf-team] VoIP info

2015-07-18 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 10/06/15 17:52, Richard Hartmann wrote: Dear all, thanks to sipgate.de, we now have 13 numbers and a call budget for DebConf use. Front-desk etc can use those instead of using their own money numbers. Details at https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Infrastructure/VoIP If you

Re: [Debconf-team] Drinking water in HD

2015-07-18 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 17/07/15 15:50, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 3:45 PM martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org mailto:madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Gaudenz Steinlin gaud...@debian.org mailto:gaud...@debian.org [2015-07-17 13:29 +0200]: What's wrong with that?

[Debconf-team] IP ACL for DebConf

2014-08-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
There has been some discussion about offering some extra RTC / VoIP services to the DebConf IP network. Is there a specific subnet we can/should use as an ACL, covering the conference facilities, wifi, accommodation, etc? ___ Debconf-team mailing list

Re: [Debconf-team] [Soc-coordination] DebConf Registration

2014-05-04 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 04/05/14 13:51, Joseph Bisch wrote: If we emailed Sylvestre Nicolas with our intention to attend DebConf are we all set, or do we still need to register on the DebConf website? You should register through the official site as well https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/registration/

Re: [Debconf-team] [Soc-coordination] GSoC students / DebConf14

2014-04-22 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/04/14 08:18, Steve Langasek wrote: On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:28:33PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au [2014-04-21 22:37 +0200]: It would be really useful to understand if there are options similar to last year for GSoC students to attend

[Debconf-team] GSoC students / DebConf14

2014-04-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
GSoC students are now announced by Google again, I'm sure the admins will be providing a more verbose announcement soon: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/debian It would be really useful to understand if there are options similar to last year for GSoC students to attend

Re: [Debconf-team] DebianDay, Debians 20th birthday, party! (Re: potential wider audience on weekends, Debian Day)

2013-07-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
and... On Freitag, 12. Juli 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: There have been a couple of mails about and I've also heard discussions from people outside Debian who think it would be cool to drop by and see a bit of DebConf I can confirm this, I also know about such people... The convenient

Re: [Debconf-team] DebianDay, Debians 20th birthday, party! (Re: potential wider audience on weekends, Debian Day)

2013-07-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/07/13 23:13, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi Daniel, On Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: does that mean there is now a wider invitation for people (e.g. not just DDs) to attend on 16 August during the day and/or the party? Or this is just an event for DDs? DebConf

[Debconf-team] potential wider audience on weekends, Debian Day

2013-07-12 Thread Daniel Pocock
Hi, There have been a couple of mails about and I've also heard discussions from people outside Debian who think it would be cool to drop by and see a bit of DebConf The convenient, central location, 20 birthday and the significant interest in FOSS around western Europe may well contribute to

Re: [Debconf-team] Urgent: Dishwashing Cleaning

2013-07-09 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 09/07/13 15:06, Raphaël Walther wrote: On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 01:39:43PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: On Dienstag, 9. Juli 2013, Raphaël Walther wrote: I really need a decision today. Eight more hours and you'll have it :) Looking forward to have it :) B. Dishwashing partialy done by 3

[Debconf-team] Debian/DebConf OpenPGP card opportunity

2013-07-08 Thread Daniel Pocock
Kernel Concepts is offering to put logos on the OpenPGP card for orders 50 pieces I made an inquiry with them and they could also offer a bulk discount for a Debian purchase branded with the Debian or DebConf logos. It could then be arranged for somebody from Germany to bring them down to

Re: [Debconf-team] Urgent: Dishwashing Cleaning

2013-07-08 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 08/07/13 20:37, Brian Gupta wrote: On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Patty Langasek harmo...@dodds.net wrote: On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 07:57:07PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: seriously, buy two dishwashing machines (max 1000€ total) and let them be filled by volunteers... 5k for dishwashing

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/03/13 23:43, Daniel Pocock wrote: No other country has such intricate data sharing/snooping arrangements I should go back over more of my old emails to find predictions about what will be in the news tomorrow ___ Debconf-team mailing list

Re: [Debconf-team] RTC track

2013-05-29 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 28/05/13 23:18, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Steve Langasek dijo [Mon, May 27, 2013 at 04:38:53PM -0700]: On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:57:18PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: I'm just following up on this, I've started to make some contacts about the Free RTC track and there is some positive progress

Re: [Debconf-team] RTC track

2013-05-28 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 28/05/13 01:37, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Daniel Pocock dijo [Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:57:18PM +0200]: Hi, I'm just following up on this, I've started to make some contacts about the Free RTC track and there is some positive progress. To make this a track, are there any more formal steps

[Debconf-team] definition of communal / shared showers and bathrooms

2013-05-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
The registration page refers to shared showers and bathrooms, but it is not clear to me what this means in practice When combined with the reference to communal accommodation, some people may have formed the impression that showers have no privacy at all. Obviously this presents issues for

Re: [Debconf-team] definition of communal / shared showers and bathrooms

2013-05-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 27/05/13 18:36, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Axel Beckert a...@deuxchevaux.org writes: Hi, The following counts for the building where we had a work meeting + BSP once. Don't know about the other buildings, but I suspect a similar niveau: On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 04:01:41PM +0200, Daniel

[Debconf-team] GSoC students / DebConf13 sponsorship?

2013-05-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
The list of accepted students has just been published: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/debian The two students I'm helping to mentor are in Europe and they need to make some decision about advance ticket purchases if they will travel to DebConf. I believe they may have

Re: [Debconf-team] RTC track

2013-05-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
:01, Daniel Pocock wrote: Hi all, Now that tracks/talks are starting to appear on the radar, I'll be happy to help organise an RTC track. I would propose reaching out to both the SIP and XMPP communities on behalf of DebConf, organising maybe half a day of talks, and then something like

Re: [Debconf-team] Traveling information: Train via Germany use Europa-Spezial Schweiz

2013-05-15 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 14/05/13 17:37, Andreas Tille wrote: Hi, I promised to give some detailed information. Do we collect such stuff somewhere in the Wiki which fits better than this list? From *any* railway station in Germany to Yverdon-les-Bains using Europa-Spezial Schweiz + Bahncard 25: 44.20 per

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf13 open to the public?

2013-05-13 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 11/05/13 23:46, Moray Allan wrote: On 2013-05-09 20:13, Daniel Pocock wrote: To make it clear, `Free' only applies (and should be emphasized) to the content of the conference. For things like accommodation and food it is probably sufficient to tell people that those things can't

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf13 open to the public?

2013-05-09 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 08/05/13 18:16, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Raphaël Walther dijo [Wed, May 08, 2013 at 02:37:06PM +0200]: Hi list, I have been asked by linux-neuchâtel (LUG): Does this conference is only for developers ? After a discussion on IRC, I wrote this draft. Although DebConf13 is the annual developers

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf13 open to the public?

2013-05-09 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 09/05/13 21:08, Brian Gupta wrote: On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au wrote: On 08/05/13 18:16, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Raphaël Walther dijo [Wed, May 08, 2013 at 02:37:06PM +0200]: Hi list, I have been asked by linux-neuchâtel (LUG): Does this conference

[Debconf-team] penta issues?

2013-05-07 Thread Daniel Pocock
After somebody clicks to save their details, do they need to click somewhere else to submit their registration? Is there meant to be any email confirmation that the registration has been submitted? Also, in the sponsorship questions, I notice that the third question repeats part of the first

Re: [Debconf-team] RFC: Opening Registration on Friday ?

2013-05-01 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 01/05/13 00:08, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Hi Didier and team Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org writes: Hi all, apparently most of us agrees that registration should be opened soon for some days now, but it needs someone to actually do it. This mail intends to list what opening

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-24 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 24/04/13 10:41, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: On 23.04.2013 10:12, Daniel Pocock wrote: Looking at www.sbb.ch and trying to see any discount fares from (city in Germany) to Yverdon-les-Bains for 8 August, I get an error Bookings are not yet being taken for your journey., it seems bookings must

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/04/13 11:48, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Freitag, 19. April 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: I think it's reasonable to simply trust that most people will look for the best deal yes. I don't think that was the point of the original discussion though - can you explain the nuances of Swiss

[Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-19 Thread Daniel Pocock
I'm just wondering how the travel sponsorship will work for rail costs? As I already have a Swiss GA card this issue doesn't impact me personally and I am not expecting to request any travel sponsorship. Some people may choose to buy some kind of rail pass that gives them a cheaper rate on

Re: [Debconf-team] Separate room for families

2013-04-17 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 17/04/13 12:42, Ana Guerrero wrote: On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 04:26:19PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: But my main issue WRT hosting families is that... We don't yet know how full will DebConf be, or how Debian people will be distributed. Keep in mind we have relatively few such rooms - And, of

[Debconf-team] RTC track

2013-04-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
Hi all, Now that tracks/talks are starting to appear on the radar, I'll be happy to help organise an RTC track. I would propose reaching out to both the SIP and XMPP communities on behalf of DebConf, organising maybe half a day of talks, and then something like the panel discussion that was

Re: [Debconf-team] make bed selection a lottery

2013-04-08 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 08/04/13 14:53, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, instead of turning DebConf13 into a travel agency which will have to manage requests, demands and complaints (even more than we already have to deal with There is no proposal to turn DebConf13 into something else again, I though people had

[Debconf-team] blog stats / Switzerland

2013-04-06 Thread Daniel Pocock
My blog has had a lot more attention than usual this week, mainly thanks to the discussion about git workflows So I decided, why not use the opportunity to give people more videos about coming to Switzerland? Over 300 people viewed the video today, that is a lot more than the number of people

[Debconf-team] EUR currency exposure?

2013-03-18 Thread Daniel Pocock
Can the DC13 committee provide any update on exposure to EUR? Friday's night's Cyprus heist[1] (also referred to as a bank robbery in some of the press) has raised serious questions over the trustworthiness and consistency of those running EUR. In particular, are any Eurozone sponsors on a

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

2013-03-18 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 18/03/13 20:24, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: While Daniel Pocock is technically right about the structure of US visa law where the burden is on the applicant to prove nonimmigrant intent, he's wrong about hard it was overall for DebConf10 visa applicants to overcome that burden. I didn't make

Re: [Debconf-team] EUR currency exposure?

2013-03-18 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 18/03/13 22:54, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: sponsors), but let's say not much. That's good news If CHF is unshackled from EUR between now and August, what is the impact on DC13? As we have been proactively moving funds to Switzerland (and to CHF) and as we expect most expenses to

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

2013-03-17 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 17/03/13 01:30, Steve Langasek wrote: Hi Gunnar, On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 07:26:26PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: And as the mails I just sent, some salient questions for you: USA, the eternal debate === First, there's the obvious issue of going to the USA. Several

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

2013-03-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/03/13 04:07, micah anderson wrote: Gunnar Wolf gw...@gwolf.org writes: USA, the eternal debate === There is also this tradition we have of not repeating countries. Of course, being the USA such a large country, and being its Debian population so large, I would not

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

2013-03-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/03/13 19:56, Allison Randal wrote: On 03/16/2013 10:27 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: The bid itself doesn't specify anything about the above, it just gives a link to DC10, which leaves me feeling that the bid team has underestimated the seriousness of these issues. https://www.debconf.org

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

2013-03-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/03/13 20:21, Ana Guerrero wrote: On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 06:27:30PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: My own feeling: countries like the US and Australia shouldn't bother holding major events like DebConf ... The visas and border problems are not limited to US and Australia And sometimes

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14 bids: certainty in Venezuela

2013-03-13 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 12/03/13 20:33, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Daniel Pocock dijo [Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:13:35AM +0100]: Taking away the Chávez factor (which is obviously not to be understated), all these other issues could be raised for just about any other country these days: (...) Given the Government

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14 bids: certainty in Venezuela

2013-03-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 05/03/13 18:53, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Hi bidders! I know Moray asked while opening up the discussion for the bidding process to try to address our questions to both bids, but this is meant for the Venezuelan bid - No way to make it more inclusive. Some people have approached me with

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf13 accomodation/food/fees prices proposal

2013-01-31 Thread Daniel Pocock
I'm also one of the people scratching my head about this. From an economic and technical viewpoint, many complex solutions are theoretically beautiful Then they get blown out of the water by what is practical: - Can volunteers who are only part time (e.g. arriving a day early to help out, or

Re: [Debconf-team] Online rooms booking systems

2013-01-31 Thread Daniel Pocock
Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org wrote: On Montag, 28. Januar 2013, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: * People should be able to select their room mates. IMO this is wrong/impractial: it would be nice to have if people are able to select their room mates. And we try to. But its not a should or

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf12 final report - Status and course of action

2013-01-31 Thread Daniel Pocock
Two brief comments: - a couple of people (I think dkg was one of them) provided IRC feedback about the day trip report, but I can't locate copies of their comments - I do have day trip photos and will be happy to send copies after I get back from FOSDEM, please chase me for that if needed -

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf13 accomodation/food/fees prices proposal

2013-01-31 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 01/02/13 00:35, gregor herrmann wrote: On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:13:35 +, Moray Allan wrote: - Large, Medium and Small may mean different things to different people. But 2 to 20 person sleeping-bag room seems too verbose (but if others disagree I can live with that). I

Re: [Debconf-team] Online rooms booking systems

2013-01-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
Philipp Hug deb...@hug.cx wrote: choosing rooms by algorithm only is a sure recipe for desaster. I don't think we should automatically assign rooms. It's better if we let the attendees choose their own room according to availability. Can we come up with some solution where people pay and

Re: [Debconf-team] Online rooms booking systems

2013-01-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 23/01/13 18:17, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au writes: Philipp Hug deb...@hug.cx wrote: choosing rooms by algorithm only is a sure recipe for desaster. I don't think we should automatically assign rooms. It's better if we let the attendees choose their own

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 13 localteam meeting Sunday 27th January 3pm (localtime)

2013-01-22 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/01/13 22:57, Luca Capello wrote: Hi there! On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:59:22 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: As discussed on IRC during the last Meeting I propose to have a localteam face to face meeting: Date: Sunday 27th January 2013, 3pm-7pm localtime (CET) Location: Donnerbühlweg

Re: [Debconf-team] Le Camp Accomodation - Bed selling and prfessional fee

2013-01-17 Thread Daniel Pocock
Gaudenz Steinlin gaud...@debian.org wrote: Hi It's already some time since I started the wiki page collecting ideas for organizing the accomodation at Le Camp[1]. With this mail I'd like to start the discussion about how we want to organize the allocation of the more comfortable beds and how

Re: [Debconf-team] Le Camp Accomodation - Bed selling and professional fee

2013-01-17 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 17/01/13 15:27, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le jeudi, 17 janvier 2013 13.33:47, Daniel Pocock a écrit : A few other ideas come to mind: - One single room to be awarded to the sponsorship team as an incentive for best fundraiser - One single room as a reward for the 'runner up

Re: [Debconf-team] dc7 website and wiki.debconf.org, ipv6

2013-01-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/01/13 08:59, Joerg Jaspert wrote: If the https connections are considered too onerous for some reason, i'd be happy to try to help troubleshoot and improve the situation, if that's desired. https hasn't been too onerous for Nokia:

Re: [Debconf-team] Venezuelan for Debconf 14 (wiki down?)

2013-01-16 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 16/01/13 22:33, Hector Colina wrote: Hi The Venezuelan Team proposes Puerto La Cruz as a city for Debconf 14 The debconf wiki [a] has a initial proposals and we're working to improve it Best regards [a] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/PuertoLaCruz Venezuela must be a

Re: [Debconf-team] I wish you a wonderful 2013 DebConf13! (oh, and DebConf14 too)

2013-01-14 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 14/01/13 15:51, Holger Levsen wrote: So, and about the delay in sending this mail, which I started on January 1st or 2nd: these false accusations on -project (you know who you are!) severely snip And yes, I'm talking about the thread with the subject Insider manipulation of DC13 site

Re: [Debconf-team] dc7 website and wiki.debconf.org, ipv6

2013-01-13 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 13/01/13 20:07, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On 01/13/2013 01:22 PM, Joerg Jaspert wrote: - wiki.debconf.org is now only reachable by SSL. non-ssl gets redirected. Though I would be happy enough to let non-ssl access it too, if someone takes the time to tweak either the apache config or

[Debconf-team] city taxes?

2012-12-07 Thread Daniel Pocock
Some European cities brought in `city tax' on hotel accommodation last year People with pre-paid accommodation where forced to pay the tax in cash on arrival, hotels telling them that it was the Government's fault Have we got anything in the contract with Le Camp to specify that the cost of

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-12-04 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 04/12/12 10:37, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 04:01:14PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Modulo all the above, which I'm confident you will take into account, I'm happy to approve the proposed budget. I've been asked to provide some clarifications on the meaning of

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf thoughts

2012-12-03 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 03/12/12 13:42, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, we are long aware of the issues at Le Camp as we are aware about issues at other locations, this is precisly *why* we choose Le Camp, because long evaluations considering up and downsides of several options have resulted in Le Camp being our

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] veto (was Information about accommodation at le camp (photos and plans) ·)

2012-12-01 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 01/12/12 02:54, Moray Allan wrote: I guess that at that point I still believed in the existence of the local veto; and while that may be the wrong name, I still do. We People do have a right to veto something, and it's good if people communicate these things early rather than later on.

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Anonymous donation to Debconf 13

2012-11-30 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 30/11/12 20:00, David Prévot wrote: Hi, Le 30/11/2012 14:44, Ian Jackson a écrit : I have heard some disturbing rumours regarding Debconf13, site choice and funding. It seems to be difficult to find clear facts and of course I don't want

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Information about accommodation at le camp (photos and plans) ·

2012-11-30 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 01/12/12 01:22, Moray Allan wrote: On 2012-11-30 22:25, Moray Allan wrote: Personally I find this a strong negative I have been asked on IRC to clarify my position/thinking: Personally I think Le Camp is a bad choice of venue. I am influenced in that by how unattractive it is to me

[Debconf-team] another impediment to contract signing

2012-11-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
The fundraising team has been in discussions with the local canton about receiving a subsidy or sponsorship Sometimes Government agencies only give this type of money if they feel there is a risk that the event will go to another region/city On this basis alone, I think we should allow these

Re: [Debconf-team] another impediment to contract signing

2012-11-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 27/11/12 10:12, Raphaël Walther wrote: Hi Daniel, On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 08:43:16AM +, Daniel Pocock wrote: The fundraising team has been in discussions with the local canton about receiving a subsidy or sponsorship As far as I know, we didn't ask formally the canton so far

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 27/11/12 11:39, Holger Levsen wrote: And as for personal privacy (as opposed to hacking privacy), Interlaken would only provide this for the rich, who can afford there own hotel room. For Actually, it is Switzerland as a whole that only provides for the rich. It is complete nonsense

Re: [Debconf-team] Measuring DebConf success (Was: Regarding DebConf13 planned location)

2012-11-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 27/11/12 19:42, Andreas Tille wrote: What I want to say is: There is neither any objective nor most probably any subjective measure to declare a DebConf a success or failure. The only thing we can really measure is the surplus / dept a DebConf created. I also would not fully agree that

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 26/11/12 20:22, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 06:09:13PM +0100, Margarita Manterola wrote: It has been requested that those of us that have concerns about the DebConf13 location should formally raise them with the DPL and the DebConf chairs. As I apparently

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 26/11/12 21:45, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 09:18:52PM +, Daniel Pocock wrote: Actually, there may be other options open to the DPL in this scenario Thanks for taking the time of explaining to me how to do my job :-) Suggesting options for discussion

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf13 decision meeting: past and present

2012-11-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 23/11/12 20:29, Andreas Tille wrote: On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 06:20:35PM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: If it isn't in the contract, we can not know for certain we'll be able to camp. The responsible of Le Camp has a board behind of him who can overrule him or he can decide for whatever

Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 draft budget, 2012-11-20

2012-11-22 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/11/12 10:52, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Richard Darst r...@zgib.net writes: On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 08:23:37PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: Not quite... I would really like to understand your logic for 60 professional and 2 corporate Okay, this is right. I was going to reply but didn't

Re: [Debconf-team] Decisions about Le Camp

2012-11-22 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/11/12 12:04, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Hi IMO the most important topic for tonights meeting is the decision about how to proceed with Le Camp. We promised them to have a decision by the end of November. So to be fair and keep that promise we have to decide now. We need some more days

Re: [Debconf-team] Decisions about Le Camp

2012-11-22 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/11/12 16:22, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le jeudi, 22 novembre 2012 16.04:26, Daniel Pocock a écrit : It would seem foolish to sign a contract before we maximise any funding from the local tourism/economic development budget. Doing this would lead to eternal postponing. We haven't yet

Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 draft budget, 2012-11-20

2012-11-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
Just a further clarification: is this a VAT-inclusive budget or an ex-VAT budget? If it is ex-VAT, then the professional fee to pay is actually 600 CHF + VAT (so about 650 CHF). On 20/11/12 19:04, Daniel Pocock wrote: On 20/11/12 18:39, Richard Darst wrote: Given 100 kCHF sponsorship (hug

[Debconf-team] communication/status update for venues

2012-11-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
I informed the people in Interlaken at various venues (e.g. the hostel, the meeting venue) that we would aim for a decision by the end of November. I believe similar communications were made with Le Camp. I would propose giving them an update about our fundraising and asking them to continue

Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 draft budget, 2012-11-20

2012-11-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 21/11/12 19:57, Richard Darst wrote: Hi, Some additional information: On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:39:05PM -0500, Richard Darst wrote: Hi, Here is found a draft budget: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debconf-data/dc13/accounting/budget.ods?view=co Given 100 kCHF sponsorship

Re: [Debconf-team] le camp and people attending partial weeks?

2012-11-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 21/11/12 21:28, Didier Raboud wrote: Le mercredi, 21 novembre 2012 21.03:38, Richard Darst a écrit : I imagine this has already been discussed, but if we have lots of people coming for partial weeks, can le camp handle this, and more importantly, only charge us for when they are there?

Re: [Debconf-team] non-CHF sponsorship

2012-11-20 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 20/11/12 10:20, Holger Levsen wrote: On Dienstag, 20. November 2012, Daniel Pocock wrote: after it is signed, they won't move) FUD. It has been said in many places (IRC, in SVN, in email) that the contract is 160k and is bigger than ever before. If people are going to have

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