Re: [Debconf-discuss] proposals for DebConf14 +

2013-01-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:55:55AM +, Philip Hands wrote: > > Debconf would not return the money to Debian. Debian would fund it by > > collecting the money from regular sponsors and also using surplus from > > previous events to smooth the cashflows for future events. E.g. Any > > surplus fr

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Frab (or whatever): Call for help

2013-01-15 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 07:45:42AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Now, I'm asking for your help because... I have to admit that I will not try to dive into Ruby on Rails world, but I have one remark: > As for the personal information, I am less confident our changes are > doable as plugins. T

[Debconf-discuss] Frab (or whatever): Call for help

2013-01-15 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Hi guys, As you know, I have taken up the task of adequating Frab to serve us as a Pentabarf replacement. However, I have not been able to devote as much resources as I'd like, and I really don't want to end up failing late and hard. Read: Staying with Pentabarf is untenable, we *really* want to m

Re: [Debconf-discuss] proposals for DebConf14 +

2013-01-15 Thread Philip Hands
Daniel Pocock writes: > Michael Banck wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 08:49:21PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>> b) in lieu of the above, Debian itself would guarantee to contribute >>EUR >>> 50,000 (or maybe more) to DebConf (currently it is cost-neutral for >>> Debian) - so the bid

Re: [Debconf-discuss] proposals for DebConf14 +

2013-01-15 Thread Daniel Pocock
Michael Banck wrote: >Hi, > >On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 08:49:21PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> b) in lieu of the above, Debian itself would guarantee to contribute >EUR >> 50,000 (or maybe more) to DebConf (currently it is cost-neutral for >> Debian) - so the bidders won't feel that they have t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] proposals for DebConf14 +

2013-01-15 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Daniel, it would be great if you would inject these suggestions into the "call for papers" system of DebConf 13. I do not see in how far this is a hot topic for now nor do I think that mailing list discussion will really help to enhance the process drastically. Looking foreward to join your B

Re: [Debconf-discuss] proposals for DebConf14 +

2013-01-15 Thread Michael Banck
Hi, On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 08:49:21PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: > b) in lieu of the above, Debian itself would guarantee to contribute EUR > 50,000 (or maybe more) to DebConf (currently it is cost-neutral for > Debian) - so the bidders won't feel that they have to start with nothing > each new