On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 05:35:21PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:13:59AM +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Sebastian Harl <tok...@debian.org> wrote: > > > It was discussed to mention that job offerings should be limited to the > > > job wall (instead of, e.g., the conference bag). I suggest to add the > > > following to the "Swag bags and raffle prizes" section: > > > During yesterday's Debian MUC meeting, azeem, Conny, and me came to > > the conclusion that we need to avoid people gaming the system, yet > > can't anticipate everything. So a generic "we reserve the right to > > preview all input, material, etc and reject anything we deem > > inappropriate and/or against the spirit of Debian, DebConf, or > > sponsorhip. Of course, we will let you know ASAP and try to work out a > > solution" should cover everything. > > It may cover everything, but it also strikes a very negative tone for > something that would appear in the text of a brochure we're trying to use > for soliciting sponsorship. > > I think if there are specific corner cases we *have* anticipated, we should > address those; and for anything we *haven't* anticipated, we should just > accept that a sponsor may want to do something we didn't think of. (Which I > don't think is fair to call "gaming", either - our sponsors support us > because they care about Debian, not because they're trying to get some > unfair marketing advantage!)
FWIW, the current status is a footnote which reads: "All sponsor-provided content and initiatives must be coordinated with us". Taken literally, it might mean a lot of work for the organizers if sponsors indeed come asking us about every single detail. But I guess they won't, and it is a useful disclaimer to point them to if thing go really badly for some reason. But maybe somebody has an alternative or better wording, and/or thinks we should drop it? Michael _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
