Re: [Debconf-discuss] remote participation in DebConf

2014-09-19 Thread Philip Hands
Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com writes: Could the video volunteer peek into a dedicated question channel during the qa part? This video volunteer couldn't -- dyslexia means that if I'm IRCing then I'm not doing anything else (so not directing the video or mixing the sound or

Re: [Debconf-discuss] remote participation in DebConf

2014-09-19 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 19. September 2014, Richard Hartmann wrote: Other ideas: * A good seat in the front with a sign if you sit here, you're the IRC volunteer * The talk-meister designates an IRC volunteer for each talk. those two. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] remote participation in DebConf

2014-09-19 Thread Nicolas Dandrimont
* Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org [2014-09-19 11:09:24 +0200]: Hi, On Freitag, 19. September 2014, Richard Hartmann wrote: Other ideas: * A good seat in the front with a sign if you sit here, you're the IRC volunteer * The talk-meister designates an IRC volunteer for each talk.

Re: [Debconf-discuss] remote participation in DebConf

2014-09-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Nicolas Dandrimont ol...@debian.org [2014-09-19 16:05 +0200]: For a few years (3-4?) CCC has had the signal angel role which is exactly this: sit in front, close to a microphone, read IRC, and relay questions. At LISA, sponsored attendees had to sign up and submit summaries for 2

[Debconf-discuss] Requiring work in exchange of sponsoring? (was: remote participation in DebConf)

2014-09-19 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
On 19 septembre 2014 17:17:45 UTC+02:00, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: we could expect our sponsored attendees to do one or two of these, right? I'm increasingly worried by suggestions that sponsoring grants should be somehow paid back by those getting them, and I think we

Re: [Debconf-discuss] remote participation in DebConf

2014-09-19 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 09:29:46AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com writes: Could the video volunteer peek into a dedicated question channel during the qa part? This video volunteer couldn't -- dyslexia means that if I'm IRCing then I'm not doing

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Requiring work in exchange of sponsoring? (was: remote participation in DebConf)

2014-09-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:49 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: I think it's Okay to _suggest_ available tasks to sponsored attendees (as well as to all attendees IMHO), but I don't think it is Okay to _require_ their accomplishment. Agreed, thanks for bringing this up. I also think that