Philip Hands dijo [Mon, May 06, 2013 at 11:14:31AM +0100]: > That sounds like a sure route to disapointment. > > Telling people who we know need the information earlier than average > that they can only have it after everyone else will ensure that they > keep coming back asking the same question in a different way, to the > frustration and annoyance of all involved. > > I'd think that it's much more constructive to tell them that they should > go ahead and make their own arrangements now, on the assumption that > there will be no room for their families in Le Camp. > > If you feel that we must make it less clear than that, then we could add > that for that rare beast, the family that can change its plans with very > little notice, we may be able to release rooms very late in the day, but > that we're aware that that will be too late to be of any use to most.
More than space availability, I think people expecting to come with families must be clearly made aware that, even if they book (meaning, of course, pay for) a 2- or 4-bed room, that does *not* mean they will have hotel-like privacy for bathrooms. I expect Debian people to be (more) willing to put up with commonality, but their partners+kids quite less so. Yes, those are two different vectors (Do we have space? Do you really want to stay with us?), both quite important to be made explicit. _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
