Daniel Pocock dijo [Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:45:37AM +0200]: > > I also do not agree to the principle Daniel suggested to spread the > > gathering of sponsors to <number of participants> shoulders. Our > > primary goal is to develop Debian (currently fixing RC bugs) and not to > > keep people busy to ask around for money. IMHO the main organisers of > > DebConf always did a good and way more effective job in gathering > > sponsors than single persons could do - and I use this chance to thank > > all those people involved into this hereby. > > Andreas, you are completely correct to focus on this point. But keep in > mind the fact that DebConf13 in Switzerland will not be cheap, and > distributing the fundraising workload is just one of many alternatives. > So while you are not a fan of this concept, would you say this proposal > is the `lesser evil' compared to the discussion about not providing > meals at DebConf, or the option to leave out DebCamp week?
Just FWIW (and not as a explicit vote, just as an opinion): We have the tradition to have a two week long DebConf+DebCamp. I would prefer having a shorter period (say, 3 days of DebCamp and 4 days of DebConf, no DebianDay nor daytrip) if we need to cut on expenses. Of course, I am talking without knowing the resulting savings this would achieve (predictably, half the time does not directly translate into 50% of the cost) than the two alternatives you suggest. _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
