Hi DebConf team, Richard Hartmann suggested that I give these thoughts here, so here they are. I'm going to avoid commenting on my own situation in this public mail, focusing on the general question. To the extent that I'm impacted, I can find a solution more easily than many.
The job fair is currently scheduled for the main DebConf arrival day. Most people coming from the Americas will have taken a transatlantic flight and arrive quite jetlagged and low on sleep the same morning. Given the importance of clear thought and positive first impressions when seeking jobs, people would reasonably benefit from a bit of rest. Therefore, any DebConf job seekers from the Western Hemisphere who realize this (admittedly not many) might want to arrive at least a day before the fair, i.e. the last day of DebCamp. Sponsored attendees may not otherwise have a reason to qualify for the one night of DebCamp sponsorship, and the poorer sponsored attendees may not be able to afford to pay for it. I'd suggest moving the job fair to the day after the arrival day, which makes this issue irrelevant, and considering transoceanic jetlag & travel fatigue in scheduling job fairs for future DebConfs. (DebConf16 will be a long flight even for many in nearby longitudes.) If the job fair stays on the arrival day, I'd suggest considering this as a valid sponsorship reason for the final night of DebCamp15 for transoceanic attendees. Thanks so much for scheduling a job fair, though! It's a great idea. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
