Hi, On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 01:09:25AM +0100, Martín Ferrari wrote: > Hi, > > My last message on the topic, I don't want to drag this discussion for ever. > > > First of all, I am a bit worried that there is not much discussion about > this, saving for discussions about how to run a raffle. > > I saw just a couple of concerns about the points I am discussing here, > and no endorsements. I cannot predict if the silence is due to > endorsement or to not caring. I believe this is an important decision. > Please people, speak up! > > On 10/09/14 00:35, Michael Banck wrote: > > > Also, note that at DebConf14 basically everything we put in the brochure > > (before DC14 started) happened on an ad-hoc basis: the sponsor booth > > (some sponsors seemed to put up tables to talk to attendees), the job > > fair (rather inofficial, but still), the sponsoring of some events (in > > this case even the C&W party, plus an off-site social event), the raffle > > etc. The amount of push-back was rather small I believe. I explicitly > > asked a couple of attendees I know well and believed they may be opposed > > to them, but they did not see the sky falling. > > It is true it was ad-hoc and the sky didn't fall. But the key point is > that it was ad-hoc, and in the case of the C&W, that it solved a problem > for the organisers. > Personally, I didn't like much the HP event being announced almost as > something official, but did not want to cause a fuss about it either.
+1 > Note that I am not opposing to the job fair or the booths. It is the > sponsoring of the social events that I feel is kind of wrong, going > against our spirit. It feels like monetising the conference, that's why > I feel uneasy. Yep. > I would rather cut the costs (or the existence) of all these (C&W, > dinner, day trip, sponsored beverages) than selling them. I'd go for it too. Although madduck's answer to my concerns on this made me believe that they won't go to extremes :) I have a feeling that all these new sponsoring experiments will create more trouble than fixings/improving things. Actually I think we're trying to fix a non-issue. Regarding the raffle, oh... I know I'm looking like the annoying guy here but I'll let you know my opinion anyway: if one really needs a raffle to attend a talk/meeting on the morning I prefer keep one saving time and energy in his/her bed. Regards, -- tiago _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
