Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals

2015-01-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi c...@debian.org [2015-01-21 10:03 +0100]: And the mail thread went about sponsored people. The original topic was DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees, so *non-sponsored* attendees. Oh, the food for non-sponsored (i.e. self-paying) attendees who

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals

2015-01-21 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 20.01.2015 19:31, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi c...@debian.org [2015-01-19 16:04 +0100]: - We need the lunch and dinner costs for non-hosted attendees. Each meal will be about 7€. Just for the record, I am not much in favour for catering to externals. The youth

[Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi c...@debian.org [2015-01-19 16:04 +0100]: - We need the lunch and dinner costs for non-hosted attendees. Each meal will be about 7€. Just for the record, I am not much in favour for catering to externals. The youth hostel has a high standard and we would like an

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:47 PM, David Bremner da...@tethera.net wrote: I'm not sure this is what you're suggesting, but if you're suggesting that we categorically refuse to sponsor food for anyone not staying on site, I think that's counterproductive. From a pragmatic point of view, we're

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach David Bremner da...@tethera.net [2015-01-20 21:47 +0100]: I'm not sure this is what you're suggesting, but if you're suggesting that we categorically refuse to sponsor food for anyone not staying on site, I think that's counterproductive. From a pragmatic point of view, we're

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org [2015-01-20 23:16 +0100]: I don't think we need people to do that but should work harder to attract more funds and let more people be integrated properly into the conference. Put differently: at least for such all-in-one-place conferences, we

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com [2015-01-20 22:26 +0100]: Also, what about people who are couch-surfing or similar to keep our costs down. I don't think we need people to do that but should work harder to attract more funds and let more people be integrated properly

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread David Bremner
martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org writes: also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi c...@debian.org [2015-01-19 16:04 +0100]: - We need the lunch and dinner costs for non-hosted attendees. Each meal will be about 7€. Just for the record, I am not much in favour for catering to externals. The youth