On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Richard Darst <r...@zgib.net> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 02:45:14PM +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > >> I think it is safe to remove the columns right away, since the >> Shuttles are not going to happen. > > Someone made a good point that the arrivals and departures may > overload the public carrier buses on the first and last days of > DebConf, as I think someone has mentioned recently. > > You can find a distribution of arrival and departure dates here: > http://rkd.zgib.net/http/debconf/only-reconfirmed/registration-data.txt > > Perhaps a local team member could arrange shuttles on the biggest > arrival days(s) and departure date, at times convenient for the most > common arrivals? They don't have to be right after every flight, > people can have a chance to explore Zagreb, too. > > This would have been a more reasonable way to go about planning > shuttles for the start - focusing on the busiest days, instead of > promising everyone a shuttle. I'm sure someone suggested this in the > past, but the promise of "everyone" got in the way of the more > reasonable option. > > > Just due to the recent confusion about how DebConf teams work, I'll > elaborate on how we could go about doing this: > > * A local team volunteer (or global, if desired) (not DIVA) looks at > the cost of renting a buses. You don't have to ask permission to > make a proposal. Asking DIVA people what they found so far might be > a good start. Get prices for different size shuttles. > > * Look at the wiki page to see when the most arrivals are. You could > ask darst to do penta queries for only non-bosnians for arrival > dates. > > * Send debconf-team this information, and a proposal for how many > shuttles and what times would be worth it. > > * DebConf team decides if it's worth the cost. > > * Local team volunteers work with DIVA to arrange booking and > payment. > > > Would anyone like to work on a proposal? > > Thanks, > > - Richard > > -- > | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 718 days, 9:47 > | http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 > | "Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free" > _______________________________________________ > Debconf11-localteam mailing list > debconf11-localt...@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf11-localteam >
Vedran and I are on it. Let you know what we have come up with soon. Velimir _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
