Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf8 proceedings

2008-07-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
together in a single LaTeX/PDF document. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the XML stuff is so

Re: [Debconf-team] announce about debconf10 call for (monetary) help

2010-05-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
to blog or buzz about that (I've just dented it, for instance), but something more official would probably be a nice and appropriate complement. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc

Re: [Debconf-team] announce about debconf10 call for (monetary) help

2010-05-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
] I've been told so as a projection of preliminary registration numbers -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre

Re: [Debconf-team] some words about fundraising (more numbers to come tomorrow)

2010-06-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
:-)). Now let's everybody get back to work to produce an amazing debconf10 ;) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie

Re: [Debconf-team] some words about fundraising (more numbers to come tomorrow)

2010-06-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:21:35PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: ACTION: I will personally wait until 16:30 UTC today and then I will reply to him just asking how much they are ready to sponsor. It would be *much* better though if someone of the sponsorship team can reply to him

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
mail to whoever appropriate. Cheers PS I'm currently on VAC so my latency in replying to mails is higher than usual. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
proposed in reply to Ana.) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...| ..: | Je dis

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 09:39:03AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Still, I see as a blocker for giving DebConf10 money my question on how much money do you currently expect to give back to Debian at the end of the conference. I've just found the time to look at http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn

[Debconf-team] preliminary thoughts on Debian funding for DebConf10

2010-07-05 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
, and that is what makes my decision even harder to make. Thanks for your attention (and for restless work!). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et

Re: [Debconf-team] day trip options

2010-07-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
almost there. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...| ..: | Je dis tu à

Re: [Debconf-team] Fwd: DebConf11 official reconfirmation of the winner

2010-07-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
that :) ACK for me. I'll just wait 1 more day to leave -team people the time to comment on the text. If I receive no feedback, I'll proceed to sign it and mail a PDF to you (I'll probably also add a vague DebConf team mention at the end of it). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer

Re: [Debconf-team] cost/value of video (was Re: attendee bursary status)

2010-07-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
and he is confident the budgeted 1k for video-team would be enough. If due to some emergency it will be not, Debian can cover up. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un

Re: [Debconf-team] cost/value of video (was Re: attendee bursary status)

2010-07-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
, there's no problem in putting it on Debian budget. So---even if it's probably a bit OT for this list---the v-t can consider that policy as still in effect. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary thoughts on Debian funding for DebConf10

2010-07-11 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
DebConf10. See you in NYC really soon now! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino

[Debconf-team] sponsoring the remaining 30% of queue B

2010-07-13 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
, thanks for your work! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...| ..: | Je dis

Re: [Debconf-team] minutes from the DebConf and Debian BoF

2010-08-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Caposella ...| ..: |.. -- C

Re: [Debconf-team] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
on -project and/or try to override the taken decision (assuming in the meantime we will have clarified debconf/debian relationship which, as we now, is the other big topic ahead of us). Just my 0.02€, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z

[Debconf-team] debconf10 budget: ballpark figures?

2010-08-25 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
? To estimate future Debian expenses, I would very much benefit from the following information: - invoices range, i.e. minimum and maximum amount you expect we will have to pay for outstanding invoices - date limit, i.e. when will we know the actual numbers Many thanks in advance, Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf10 budget: ballpark figures?

2010-09-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
be happy :-) Cheers. [1] I'm interested in the overall Debian figures, but that can be easily approximated to SPI balance only if it helps you, as most of Debian money are there anyhow -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf process discussions

2010-09-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
—or better, inject, so that we don't risk to lose them—them from www.debconf.org/doc/ or the like? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Purpose of DebConf

2010-09-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Extremadura sessions, even w/o Extremadura :-) -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Purpose of DebConf

2010-09-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 05:32:08PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Face-to-face interactions Interestingly enough, I've just noticed the following motto/tagline, which is well visible on the debconf website: Bringing people together: The Annual Debian Development Conference (Not that I'm

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary sponsorship information for debconf11 sought

2010-10-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
easily fit both on the new brochure and on a (forthcoming?) www.debconf.org/sponsor page. Thanks! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary sponsorship information for debconf11 sought

2010-10-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
as I've them); don't expect me to take the lead or organize the team, as I don't have time/energy for that. I say that for clarity, so that you don't wait me to do the first move about sponsoring or anything like that. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Purpose of DebConf

2010-10-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. The point of the list is to keep in mind what are the *main* reasons of DebConf existence, in order to *guide* though decisions when the need of taking them arises. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org

Re: [Debconf-team] [Spi-projects] Treasurer's Report as of 2010-10-31

2010-11-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
% 31.94 Total Debian Exp 83,617.19 Ouch. This seems to be significantly higher than the expenses that we were expecting as still pending. Can you please folks explain if this is the case and, if it is so, what happened? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD

Re: [Debconf-team] [Spi-projects] Treasurer's Report as of 2010-10-31

2010-11-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Debian expenses. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela

Re: [Debconf-team] [Spi-projects] Treasurer's Report as of 2010-10-31

2010-11-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
reimbursements. snip Expenses: Thanks a lot Michael, now the current status it's crystal clear! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf anti-harassment policy - contact address

2010-12-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
the latter form is the one used in the contact address. Still, the address is mentioned in the context of harassment reports, hence I considered that it was natural to use such an alias. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Venue bid process

2011-01-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
right. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela ...| ..: |.. -- C

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary sponsorship information for debconf11 sought

2011-01-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
motivated potential sponsors simply didn't bother to mail and just went away. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-01-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
see any advantage in keeping them separate. TIA, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante

Re: [Debconf-team] Meeting notes, 2011 Jan 11

2011-01-12 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
/harassment -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela ...| ..: |.. -- C

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Venue bid process

2011-01-17 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
and much needed clarification in DebConf processes. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante

[Debconf-team] on talk duration, the LCA model (45 + 15 mins)

2011-01-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
with it whatever you please. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela

Re: [Debconf-team] on talk duration, the LCA model (45 + 15 mins)

2011-01-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
and ask speakers a few questions, in case they didn't get a chance, or didn't feel like, to do so publicly (seems to happen fairly often here at LCA). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc

[Debconf-team] UDS anti-harassment policy

2011-02-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 01:08:35PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 06:45:04PM -0500, Richard Darst wrote: So, people have spoken and the response is good. I have done some wiki work to try to move us towards something we can agree on. http://wiki.debconf.org

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 12:20:36PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 03:01:29PM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: I recently spoke with Jimmy about this the other day, and he still has them. He is busy with school at the moment, so he isn't actively following the mailing

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-11 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:28:59AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Freitag, 4. Februar 2011, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On the same subject, can we please pour the other DebConf money we have in Europe where they can be seen by DPL and Auditors (i.e. the Debian FFIS account

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
thing any worse. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
hope something like the above will *never* happen, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be worried about similar scenarios. Hope this sheds some (more) light, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
made in this thread. All in all, I observe we're now re-discussing things from scratch---starting from Richard's mail---while at the beginning of this thread it seemed to me we agreed in going ahead with the merge. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-19 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
that you're discussing things that can be solved much easier than you think - or I'm unable to parse some of the mails. Well, barring disagreement from others, it seems to me that the initial proposal of doing the merge is very simple. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science

Re: [Debconf-team] [rt.debconf.org #1965] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money

2011-03-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/10/msg4.html -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V

Re: [Debconf-team] [rt.debconf.org #1965] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money

2011-03-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
money, they should be handled with great care, as usual. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John

Re: [Debconf-team] howto deal with debian/debconf money at ffis (and spi)

2011-03-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. IMHO, the more we can do to dispel the separation myth, the better. Accounting is just a very important part of that. So, the shorter the time window in which we keep separate budgets, the better. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc

Re: [Debconf-team] howto deal with debian/debconf money at ffis (and spi)

2011-03-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:22:31AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: On Montag, 21. März 2011, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: I was only about to advance the same concern that Moray already advanced in a follow-up: deadlines. Saying we merge every year will be close to useless, if the merge window

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian/DIVA agreement

2011-03-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela ...| ..: |.. -- C. Adams

Re: [Debconf-team] howto deal with debian/debconf money at ffis (and spi)

2011-03-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
be the accountant, then I will stop making requests. I'm under the impression that we have a general agreement on the separate earmark scheme, provided that it's alive only for a specific time window. We just need to find a way to define the time window ... -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian/DIVA agreement

2011-03-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela ...| ..: |.. -- C

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian/DIVA agreement

2011-03-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. At least now the expectation is clear, and we can see how DIVA would like to handle it. ACK. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle

Re: [Debconf-team] diva agreement

2011-03-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
=letter/letter-template.tex -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela

Re: [Debconf-team] diva agreement

2011-03-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 04:48:01PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Tomorrow I'll proceed by filling in the DPL letter template [1] with the content on the wiki page. If someone wants to beat me at it, my mailbox will welcome a 'git format-patch' doing that! I'll do that myself tomorrow

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf11: please add sponsorship logo in debian.org site

2011-06-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
debconf11.debconf.org, it's pretty obvious that there are sponsorship opportunities and it's also immediately evident what some of the benefits are (i.e. logos on the website). It would be one link more, but a saner choice, IMO. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting DebConf attendees reimbursed quickly for travel costs

2011-06-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
of Debian finances. Most notably, recent cash flow might be missing, as well as already approved expenses which have not been paid yet. Hope this helps, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf9/10[/11] accounting summary

2011-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
or another the numbers shows that: either in the past 2 years we have already started respecting the desiderata of being an amortized 0 cost event; or it is at hand's reach for future editions. Thanks again for digging up the numbers, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf payments

2011-07-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
both as I very much doubt that the French transportation company will be happy/able to emit an invoice to some non-French entity. As usual: many thanks for your help in dealing with Debian finances, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
team) the difference should be meaningless. Has that option been considered in the past? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
mentioned in this thread, though. I'm not knowledgeable enough on US law to judge how concrete those risks are. If you decide to go this way, I suggest asking SPI if they consider the risk acceptable before proceeding. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Capossela ...| ..: |.. -- C. Adams

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. It can be done lazily (i.e. while voting applications the herb team members populate the table using travel price search engines), but it is still extra work. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http

[Debconf-team] [fwd: a little help with DebConf11 sponsorship]

2011-08-30 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
the reimbursements! Cheers. - Forwarded message from Lior Kaplan kap...@debian.org - Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:30:17 +0300 From: Lior Kaplan kap...@debian.org To: Stefano Zacchiroli z...@debian.org Subject: a little help with DebConf11 sponsorship Hi Stefano, I'm having a little problem with the Debconf

Re: [Debconf-team] Early travel sponsorship

2012-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
enough at the proportionality issue for our needs, but my gut feeling is that for sponsorship reasons we could disregard it and use the simplest correction. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack

Re: [Debconf-team] Before opening the registration with Penta...

2012-04-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack on identi.ca ...o o o « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club

Re: [Debconf-team] Creating a debconf13 association

2012-05-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
that I'm missing? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack on identi.ca ...o o o « the first rule of tautology club is the first

Re: [Debconf-team] Creating a debconf13 association

2012-05-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. (There might exist other reasons to do so, like the tax exemption one, which I've already commented in a previous mail.) That's all for me on this topic, I just wanted to clarify the trust aspect from the POV of the DPL. The choice is, of course, of the orga team. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack

Re: [Debconf-team] Investigating the Debian involvement in DebConf12

2012-06-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
or not?) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack on identi.ca ...o o o « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule

Re: [Debconf-team] Some assumptions about the DC11 accounting

2012-06-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
sponsoring the main conference. Just my 0.02€ of feedback, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack on identi.ca ...o o o « the first

Re: [Debconf-team] Investigating the Debian involvement in DebConf12

2012-06-11 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. Considering that and the initial disclaimer in Luca's mail (this is in no way an official request yet), I'll now retreat in the dark corner again. Let me know if/when you need more from me. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences

Re: [Debconf-team] Travel sponsorship money (and other money things)

2012-06-13 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
as it'll come handy in the future. But that's up to the team to decide. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack on identi.ca ...o o o

Re: [Debconf-team] questions for hotel people (+and note about travel money)

2012-06-19 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
, but there are the fun and rewarding parts waiting for all of you at the end of the tunnel ;-) -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack on identi.ca

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf travel sponsorship (was: Re: Budget status - travel sponsorship)

2012-06-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
don't think it's as easy as it seems either. [2] all the encouragements contained in this mail are not specific to Ian, of course, but general to the lurker public as a whole -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http

Re: [Debconf-team] On site communication

2012-07-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
them into, help. What's needed is just frank communication, as other followups have already acknowledged.) -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack

Re: [Debconf-team] noisy hacklab x quiet hacklab

2012-07-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
be more suitable for silence/noise. Any thoughts? No idea either. But hacklab1 (the one we've been using for DebCamp) has become noisier over time, so it seems natural to propose hacklab2 as the more silent one. Thanks! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf sprint in Fribourg, Wed 8. Aug, 17h30 local time

2012-08-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
rather easily, in this or other places. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Leader... @zack on identi.ca ...o o o « the first rule of tautology club

Re: [Debconf-team] mailing lists on lists.debian.org

2012-08-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
will end up volunteering to help list masters initially for debconf-* lists and, in the future, who knows for what else :-) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf13-localteam] DebConf 13 legal association

2012-08-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
of thought to it, and made up my mind. Similarly, I won't try to convince *you* of the merits of going debian.ch; don't worry this mail of mine is the last on this topic :-) Pick one with the DebConf team, and let's move on with the more funny parts of DebConf13 organization. -- Stefano Zacchiroli

Re: [Debconf-team] really worried about DebConf

2012-11-13 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
this path. The distinction between who is a member of the dc13 association and who is not should play no role in the decision making process. And, more importantly, should induce no fracture or finger pointing in the community. Thanks, -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
the decision made by the relevant Debian team. In that case, I'd rather escalate the matter further myself, than using DPL prerogatives as a tactical device. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
the odds are good that those money will benefit Debian. Nothing more, nothing less. Cheers. [1] might, because I haven't seen a budget submitted to me, yet; and I *am* worried by people expectations that I'll be available 24/7 to timely answer such a query -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
money for the conference needs. I take you and Gaudenz have been asked to sign the contract on behalf of the association, do you confirm? Are the bylaws of the association available anywhere for review? (possibly in one of the following languages: English, French, Italian). Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-11-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
individual volunteers. Bottom line: the risk is (probably) low, but definitely non-zero. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-11-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
, but it will give us more flexibility (and therefore more sane-mindedness). I have shared some other comments about the negotiation with Philipp, but I don't think it is appropriate to share them here before tomorrow. Hope this helps, -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-12-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 04:01:14PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Modulo all the above, which I'm confident you will take into account, I'm happy to approve the proposed budget. I've been asked to provide some clarifications on the meaning of the above. Also, as it is the first year we do

Re: [Debconf-team] I wish you a wonderful 2013 DebConf13! (oh, and DebConf14 too)

2013-01-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
for someone to blame, and start thinking at how to improve processes so that next time things would work better. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf12 final report - Status and course of action

2013-01-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
, ball is still in your camp for that part of the report :-) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o

Re: [Debconf-team] DC13 - DebCamp

2013-04-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
be a vary valuable addition to DebConf13. If you can draft a budget including that option shortly (something which, as Gaudenz mentioned, is entangled with other related decisions), I'll be happy to give you quick feedback about it. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc