Re: [Debconf-team] Re: kosher discrimination at debconf

2006-04-10 Thread Jesus Climent
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 02:15:07AM -0700, Ted Walther wrote: Safir, halal rules also require the meat be bled as soon as it is slaughtered. Someone which the chef at the hotel should be able to arrange without problems, especially given the volume the entire group will be eating. Wrong,

[Debconf-team] Re: kosher discrimination at debconf

2006-04-10 Thread Ted Walther
On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 02:53:31PM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote: On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 06:33:47PM -0700, Ted Walther wrote: Please talk to the hotel kitchen. been there, done that. Andreas, how were you able to talk to the hotel kitchen? Gunnar said that he couldn't talk to the kitchen

Re: [Debconf-team] Re: kosher discrimination at debconf

2006-04-10 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Ted Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-04-10 11:33]: I am sorry, this cannot be done. I have talked to them, and they are able to provide you with vegetarian (including milk/cheese/egg) or vegan food. Yes, this is a government-owned hotel in a small town in a third world country Vegetarian

Re: [Debconf-team] (no subject)

2006-04-10 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Christian Perrier dijo [Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 11:11:39PM +0200]: Be careful. The importation of food is quite restricted. Meat, milk, dairy products and fresh fruit are not allowed. Perhaps the importation Including cheese? Yikes Yes. Of course, you can bring some, airtight-sealed

Re: [Debconf-team] (no subject)

2006-04-10 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Thomas Bliesener [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060410 23:23]: I would not suggest bringing large amounts of cheese, as it can become sandwiches for the customs people :) Large amounts of goods (e.g. t-shirts or CDs) are always considered suspicious. (Ask RMS who lost most part of his GNU

Re: [Debconf-team] (no subject)

2006-04-10 Thread David Moreno Garza
Gunnar Wolf wrote: In Mexico City there are about 30,000 Jews. Out of them, I doubt more than 1,000 eat strictly kosher food - I lived among them for many years. However, I didn't ask the team to go to that expense. I merely asked someone on the debconf team to speak to the chef at the

[Debconf-team] Fwd: Arriving (hopefully) on 4th and 5th of May

2006-04-10 Thread Safir Secerovic
Any comments? Looks like a few of us will be coming earlier... At least, would be good if we could stay in the same hotel (dorm), whether we need to pay for stay and food those two days or not. Greetings, Safir -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Arriving (hopefully) on 4th