Quoting tony mancill ([email protected]): > Thanks for working on this. I think we'd have OLCC issues (for those > not from this area, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission) anywhere (even > in the countryside), so having servers at a private event at Puppet Labs > seems like the most preferable option. (And my 0.02, I'd rather bring > my glass to a server and ask for a pour than have a 1oz./30mL in a > little sample cup.) If we spread the servers around to several tables > and interleave those with multiple cheese tables, it should be a nice party.
I agree that it sounds like the local policy will enforce some change in the usual C&W "policy", yes. Is there a way that the servers are "volunteer" servers? I think it would better fit the spirit of the C&W if you could assemble a team of 5-10 volunteers for alcohol serving. > Disclaimer: The only C&W party I've attended was at Debconf10, so > perhaps I didn't experience the full potential of self-serve C&W, but > having servers there wouldn't have been an issue for me. DC10 was a quite successful one and was indeed among the common standards of many Debconf C&W. Its weaknesses were: - being in a closed space that was a bit too small (not as small as DC11, though) for the crowd - being in a building that was not the standard Debconf location" (but still very very very close so that was not a problem the C&W orga) - not being accessible (my biggest shame ever for a C&W that Otavio couldn't indeed attend....:-( ) Its strength were: - wonderful help by the local team who dedicated someone to help me arrange things (damn, I can't remember her name!) - nice atmosphere with even people dancing and some other people playing Mao in a nearby room - great meetup with some of the Cheese and Wine Pionneers from DebConf 5 Back to the servers topic: we never had to do this but I'm fairly sure it can work, particularly if a volunteers team can be built (probably with some "training" about OLCC just to be sure you don't have trouble with local authorities and the hosting place). _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
