On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 09:14:19PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
Actually, it is very likely to end up being the same people (after
all, those are the people who have the connections to industry), it's
just that their focus would change to cover the whole of Debian and
the subsequent 1 or 2
On Dienstag, 15. Januar 2013, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
DebConf is just another
Debian team. It only happens that it is a time that deals with a hell
lot of money, on a yearly basis, when compared to other Debian
activities. That is what requires special budget delegations and several
of the
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On 15/01/13 12:55, Philip Hands wrote:
Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au writes:
Michael Banck mba...@debian.org wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 08:49:21PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
b) in lieu of the above, Debian itself would
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 08:49:21PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
b) in lieu of the above, Debian itself would guarantee to contribute EUR
50,000 (or maybe more) to DebConf (currently it is cost-neutral for
Debian) - so the bidders won't feel that they have to start with nothing
each new
Hi Daniel,
it would be great if you would inject these suggestions into the call
for papers system of DebConf 13. I do not see in how far this is a hot
topic for now nor do I think that mailing list discussion will really
help to enhance the process drastically.
Looking foreward to join your
Michael Banck mba...@debian.org wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 08:49:21PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
b) in lieu of the above, Debian itself would guarantee to contribute
EUR
50,000 (or maybe more) to DebConf (currently it is cost-neutral for
Debian) - so the bidders won't feel that
Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au writes:
Michael Banck mba...@debian.org wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 08:49:21PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
b) in lieu of the above, Debian itself would guarantee to contribute
EUR
50,000 (or maybe more) to DebConf (currently it is cost-neutral for
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:55:55AM +, Philip Hands wrote:
Debconf would not return the money to Debian. Debian would fund it by
collecting the money from regular sponsors and also using surplus from
previous events to smooth the cashflows for future events. E.g. Any
surplus from .ch
Clearly, everybody was frustrated at various times with the decision
making processes from country selection through to budget approval and
venue selection for DebConf13.
Here are my suggestions about how it could be changed:
a) only one-off sponsorship (e.g. local university or government
