Hi, as I've said several times already, the hardest part is finding people doing whatever the best procedure for this is.
The problem with that is that DebConf is quite a lot of work for the team for 2-3 months before the conf, then the conference itself and then cleaning it all up, which usually also takes weeks (*). For myself this probably equates to working 1.5 month full time on DebConf (just during that time). Then there is a time of "DebConf break", until we get into the bid-phase, which ends (in January/February) with the actual decission where the next DebConf will be in 1.5 years. So thats another 2 months of quite intense DebConf time. And around that time (January/February) the "improved travel sponsorship team" would need to start working... So adding another period with lots of work 6-7 month before the actual conference is certainly possible (because we can certainly distribute the load more, eg by more people doing the debconf team work), but you should not expect this to happen just because you propose a saner traveling sponsoring scheme. As the saying goes, talk is cheap. Are _you_ willing to make this happen? I'd love to *see* this happening but I also need some "rest" from DebConf work sometimes over the year, so...and I assume many others (already working on DebConf) are in similar situations... cheers, Holger *) someone should do something and start the dc12 final report alreay ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201207051346.46752.hol...@layer-acht.org