Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/04/13 11:48, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Freitag, 19. April 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: I think it's reasonable to simply trust that most people will look for the best deal yes. I don't think that was the point of the original discussion though - can you explain the nuances of Swiss

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Philipp Hug
Hi Daniel, Looking at www.sbb.ch and trying to see any discount fares from (city in Germany) to Yverdon-les-Bains for 8 August, I get an error Bookings are not yet being taken for your journey., it seems bookings must be made in less than 92 days (e.g. early-mid May), so I still believe it

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:34:26AM +0200, Philipp Hug wrote: Yes, this is correct. You can only book 3 months ahead. The prices seem to be the similar on sbb.ch (Stuttgart-Yverdons-les-Bains, no BahnCard or HalbTax, 39EUR/48CHF) But you should also compare with bahn.de. I think some links

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: I think it's reasonable to simply trust that most people will look for the best deal yes. I don't think that was the point of the original discussion though - can you explain the nuances of Swiss railway ticketing as concisely as you

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Arne, thanks for your work on this! On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: I have now discussed with the sponsor, and they would be ok with a small number of sponsors on the bag (platinum and gold) and their own of course. I'm not really sure this is ok, or to phrase it

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Patty Langasek
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 02:31:20PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: I have now discussed with the sponsor, and they would be ok with a small number of sponsors on the bag (platinum and gold) and their own of course. I'm not really sure this is

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Patty Langasek harmo...@dodds.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 02:31:20PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: I have now discussed with the sponsor, and they would be ok with a small number of sponsors on the bag

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Patty Langasek
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:30:31AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Patty Langasek harmo...@dodds.net wrote: Did we find out how much those bags would be worth, and thus include that in our estimations of their sponsorship? It could be that the donations of the

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Patty Langasek harmo...@dodds.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:30:31AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Patty Langasek harmo...@dodds.net wrote: Did we find out how much those bags would be worth, and thus include that in our