Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] DebConf9

Hi! * Martin Zobel-Helas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071022 22:54]: Now - is there anyone out there who wants to present us another possible location? If so please send in a complete checklist[1], reasons, everything that speaks for your location. Including a good reason why you did not speak up

[Debconf-team] Final Report (was: Final windup meeting)

Hi! * Steve McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070626 18:50]: We still have a few things to finish up yet, the most important of which (IMHO) is the post-conference report. The delay for this after DC6 caused us to lose quite a lot of goodwill with some sponsors, so I'm keen to make sure this

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-press] Debian Day Press Release

Hi! * martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070610 21:57]: Please find my latest suggestion at http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debconf-data/dc7/press/debday-release.txt?op=filerev=0sc=0 I am quoting myself. I'd rather not since I'll be press contact, but I think it's good information to get the

Re: [Debconf-team] better schedule info needed

Hi again! * Alexander Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070602 20:15]: And... did someone send an information mail to the speakers, when they talks have been scheduled? I didn't got anything, and am really suprised, that I have been scheduled to Day 10: 18.06.2007. Especially since I'm going

Re: [Debconf-team] Budget - current status

Hi! * Steve McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070524 01:47]: Infrastructure/audio/video == As far as I know, the last major items we need to deal with are infrastructure-based: * Projectors for talk rooms * PA (audio) * Banner(s) In these cases, we don't have

Re: [Debconf-team] Proceedings and Credits

Hi! * Mark Hymers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070517 17:27]: 1) I've put a draft copy of the proceedings at http://people.debian.org/~mhy/dc7.pdf This isn't the final copy but if people want to look it over and give comments etc, that'd be good. Two comments (rest is IMHO fine): 1) Please add the

Re: [Debconf-team] How's the debconf6 report coming?

Hi! * Patty Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070328 18:10]: On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:55:21PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: We have a couple of potentially large sponsors waiting on it still, so this is getting urgent. Any progress since the last meeting on the 19th? For that matter, is there

Re: [Debconf-team] How's the debconf6 report coming?

Hi again! * Alexander Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070328 19:29]: For that matter, is there anything *I* can do to help? Are there notes somewhere that perhaps I could formalize into some sort of writing? Don't know of the others (svn looks quite untouched), but at least proofreading my

[Debconf-team] Resigning from DebConf

Hi! I think it is about time, that I write this mail. Sorry, maybe I should have taken this step sooner. As you might know, I have recently been quite busy sorting out my live. And while I'm mostly done with that, I see neither an end in me beeing busy nor do I have much time for debconf

Re: [Debconf-team] talks

Hi again! * Alexander Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060803 23:11]: I'd like to know if are there available anywhere divx movie of debconf6 talks? Most of them are available at http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2006/debconf6/ as ogg theora or mpeg1. Sorry, forgot

[Debconf-team] Users visiting debconf (was: Debian Event Publicity)

[ adding the debconf-team list to the CCs ] Hi! * Wolfgang Lonien [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060804 11:00]: One question which probably would be of interest to *users*, and which I didn't see until now: Are users supposed/invited to visit Debconf - or is that a DD event only? Seems like a silly

Re: [Debconf-team] talks

Hi! * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060803 21:11]: I'd like to know if are there available anywhere divx movie of debconf6 talks? Most of them are available at http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2006/debconf6/ as ogg theora or mpeg1. Yours sincerely, Alexander

Re: [Debconf-team] Unfinished tasks from DebConf6

Hi! * Gunnar Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060728 22:50]: BTW, now that we are on this: I have quite a bunch of stuff left over from Debconf - The coffee machine, network and power cables, some network cards, paper, pens, scotch tape, etc. I have it all at home, just waiting for us to decide how

Re: [Debconf-team] Unfinished tasks from DebConf6

Hi! * Fabian Fagerholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060726 11:11]: Hold on there, Alexander. With all due respect, I think you are not seeing things clearly right now. Okay, rereading my mail, I think I should have phrased some passages less provocative (or not in a public at all, but in a private

Re: [Debconf-team] Unfinished tasks from DebConf6

Hi! * Andreas Schuldei [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060725 23:21]: I am sure there are people who disagree with that, but then it is my perception that counts in this regard, because it is also my time and my engery. Yes, it is your time, energy and decission. And yes, we accept your decission. But

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 7 location

* Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060711 23:14]: could you please announce it and maybe coordinate on [EMAIL PROTECTED] -evens- ;) Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html signature.asc

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf8, 9++ locations...

Hi! * Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060712 06:08]: Checked from Frankfurt-Rhein-Main (FRA) with expedia.de (don't know, if that is the cheapest or best search engine for flights; it's surely the only one I can remember ;) I searched for a flight on 22.08. and back at the 30.08., too.

Re: [Debconf-team] Andreas Schuldei resigned - Restructure of the DebConf Team

Hi! * Aschwin van der Woude [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060712 10:39]: [..] But I do suggest not to create a team in a team. [..] * Main organisor (one or two people) One or two persons ensuring the whole process proceeds as planned. They keep track of the total picture, identify

Re: [Debconf-team] Andreas Schuldei resigned - Sponsor handling

Hi! * Joerg Jaspert [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060711 23:29]: The other big area Andreas always did was sponsorship. Thats one of the most important parts of a DebConf, so we need a good solution here. Andreas told me that he will give out his sponsor contacts to whoever is taking this part.

Re: [Debconf-team] Comparing the proposed venues

Hi! * Amaya [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060707 11:04]: So I took the liberty to create a seperate wiki page for that, based upon the location checklist we created previously [9]. That's great, I think we now owe you a _bear_ too! I would like to have Erdbaeren :) Anyway, I am missing the estimated

Re: [Debconf-team] Comparing the proposed venues

Hi! * Ernedin Zajko [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060707 09:21]: I think that there should be mentioned that some of the people in SJJ Local team were/are involved in organizing different kind of events conferences. Thanks; for pointing that out; I added it as some of them have been active organizing

Re: [Debconf-team] Comparing the proposed venues

Hi! * Ernedin Zajko [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060707 15:50]: It is definitely doable, only thing we are trying is to get some official document for those that don't believe in that... Yes, I heard similar things from local Bosnians over here. However, I choosed the wording very carefully, after

Re: [Debconf-team] Comparing the proposed venues

Hi! * Ernedin Zajko [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060707 17:20]: Well only thing I can say now is what I was told (from highly ranked official in the Ministry - head of the dep. that is in charge of Bosnian visas), and from the others that organized similar staff in Bosnia (NGO meetings, festivals,

[Debconf-team] Please clarify network connection

Hi! There seems to be some confusion about the network connection at the hotel. You made different statement on irc about that and there was a wiki change at the venue comparision page [1] which conflicts previous statements: In SJJ, Internet connection could be almost free, because a member of

Re: [Debconf-team] Sarajevo report

Hi! * Andreas Schuldei [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060704 20:58]: This was a problem in Helsinki (and to a lesser extend in Oaxtepec). Looking at how well the helsinki debconf turned out this did not have a huge impact on the bottom line. Well, even if you didn't noticed any huge impact, people

Re: [Debconf-team] Sarajevo report

Hi! * Safir Secerovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060705 11:25]: ... ... which was our idea and the local team didn't liked to ask them about that. ... Well, we, the local team said that we are not planning to use the kitchen for hacklab and as kitchen at once. No, when we were talking about

Re: [Debconf-team] report sarajevo

Hi! * Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060705 18:45]: On other places there's special cars ready to deal with handicapped people. Usually they have a lift and like. Would be very important to check it. I would expect the hotel to have a special car available for transportation. Saphire,

Re: [Debconf-team] report sarajevo - answers

Hi! * Safir Secerovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060704 10:31]: - can we NOT have passport checks at the center? Offcourse we can, after all nobody from the Centre mentioned that, but we could probably use DebConf7 ID cards. Don't take me wrong with this; but I found it confussing, how you use the

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

Hi! * Andreas Schuldei [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060703 18:57]: if we limit local sponsorship to e.g. 200 people to keep costs under control [..] I think we should drop the full sponsorship or not at all attempt. As already told, AFAIK many people would be willing to pay for their meals, since that

Re: [Debconf-team] Edinburgh Text

Hi! * Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060704 14:58]: Option 3 - Art College == I didn't see a comment about weelchair accesibility in this one. Can you comment please? That location seems to be fit for wheelchairs. You can even choose between using the elevator

[Debconf-team] Edingburgh report

Sorry, this report is rather short, mainly because we arrived there during a weekend and couldn't check everything. Edingburgh report Short summary: == Edingburgh showed us three different possible venues. Since we visited the city on a weekend, we could inspect one venue only

Re: [Debconf-team] report sarajevo - answers

* Safir Secerovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060704 18:19]: I choose Heidelbaeren :) Then DebConf 7 must be in Bosnia, because import regulations to the United Kingdom doesn't allow me to bring any fruits ;) Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

[Debconf-team] I'm taking a break

Hi! Currently I'm feeling a bit burned out (no wonder - didn't had time to recover since then); since several others told me, that this seems to affect my work I take emergency break and leave for some time (one or two weeks, who knows?) from some of my Debian work. I won't read much in the

[Debconf-team] Number of attendees

Infrastructure AdHoc Session I by Christian Perrier : ~35 15:20-16:05 Representing Debian - Doing the best for the best? by Alexander Schmehl : ~35 16:15-17:55 Security Enhanced

Re: [Debconf-team] Re: Local Meeting prior to the decision

Hi! * Joerg Jaspert [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060607 16:24]: Its also relatively cheap for me to visit both places, just checked for the flights. I dont know, should I plan something? Can be me, can be others... I would have time for that, too. Yours sincerely, Alexander --

Re: [Debconf-team] Re: MOVED: IRC Meeting to decide about next DebConf location

* Joerg Jaspert [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060607 22:16]: For now, if noone has another good reason to move it, let it be on Monday, 26 June, #debconf-team on OFTC Same time, same line Yours sincerely, Alexander signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 2007 UK bid

Hi! * Moray Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060520 02:35]: There is a document from the DebConf2007 UK bid team at Hmmm... one question: We would also have the use of five hacklabs, which each seats between 25 and 50 people. To you see any possibilitie to prevent the splitting of the hacklabs into

Re: [Debconf-team] my trip for debconf delayed.

* Guntupalli Karunakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060511 08:07]: [..] One of the stated reasons was that I didnt give sufficient documentation on my reasons for visiting mexico (eg. a conference invitation letter). If there is any document which can serve as invitation letter, do send if possible,

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk/Workshop Schedule [First Try]

Hi! Just to be sure, it won't get lost in the nirvana of irc: * Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060501 06:33]: Attached is the first Talk/Workshop schedule; Assuming people have specified their arrival/departure dates correctly, the talks should have been put into correct slots. The

Re: [Debconf-team] Advertise being short on money?

Hi! * Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060426 07:49]: Sorry for following up to myself but I think it's important to mention that the mail Alexander just sent exactly fits what I had in mind when nagging you people with that topic. Thanks, having spend quite a lot if time in it and being

Re: [Debconf-team] Vegetarian/vegan options review

Hi! * Amaya [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060426 17:47]: Please inquire about the pasta having egg in it. [..] * Has cheese, the rest is fine. Vegans may want not to take spagetti though. what's wrong with the spaghetti? Aren't Spaghetti pasta, too and could contain eggs? Yours sincerely,

[Debconf-team] about the early arrivals mails

| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| 2006-05-08 00:00:00 | Debian Developer orga Holger | Levsen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 2006-05-03 00:00:00 | Non-DD maintainer orga Alexander| Schmehl| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 2006

Re: [Debconf-team] procedings

Hi! * Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060412 23:15]: Well, there's at least one paper which, ahem, is a bit long...:-) /me hides... You can run but you can't hide! BTW: For next year I would propose some kind of a seperate review phase for the papers. Although we offered the

[Debconf-team] procedings

Hi! Some of you might have noticed a new folder in the -data svn called procedings. As you might expect it contains the procedings ;) They are nearly ready to go to print; some papers are still missing (of which some asked for more time, some other speakers are just black holes). If you would

Re: [Debconf-team] (no subject)

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] On the logistics for registration (and why we want the two extra rooms)

Hi! * Gunnar Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060302 03:06]: [..] - I think the video guys, as well as the organization guys working inside our bunker, will appreciate being close to the hacklab, so whenever they want a bit of fresh air they can just crash with the other hackers. At DC5 I

Re: [Debconf-team] inviting LWN again?

Hi! * Holger Levsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060217 11:15]: i contemplate to invite LWN to debconf again. thoughts? If we are short on money, can't we invite them without paying their flights ? Sounds like a good idea to me. Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://learn.to/quote/

Re: [Debconf-team] Public participants list - Is it OK this way?

Hi! * Gunnar Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060216 16:32]: [ list ] - Should I consider any of this information as private? It's okay with me, but I think it could be possible for others to think otherwise ;) I think maybe I could add a field allowing people to hide their arrival/departure times