Hi shirish > > I decided to give the IRC way a miss for number of reasons :- > that's fine :)
> >> I am involved with the Open Weekend [2], and could use help in two areas: >> 1. Information Art Exhibition - using Debian to make art, in any way >> (posters, graphics, knitting, 3D printing, anything!) > > Do you have somebody who is dedicated to interviewing people, asking > their motivations why they chose to do whatever art installation they > did and from where they got the inspiration. If I am there, I would be > interested to document it either via my blog or document it on a > debconf blog after somebody proof-reads it as I'm not an native > english speaker/writer. That would be great! Would you mind if I contact you with ideas around marketing the concept, soon? Could you help with spreading the word and thinking it through? > >> 2. The ShowMeBox initiative [3] >> These are still rather open-ended and could use input from people with >> experience mixing Debian work and play. > > While I haven't used SBC's for anything more than running Debian off > it, I do know quite a few people who use foss libraries to interpret > and share interesting data points related to different opendata > initiatives by the Indian government. While the quality of stats vary, > people have been able to get some interesting data from them. I would > be meeting some of them this very week-end so could ask that then. If > things turn out well, I would use one of their presentations sharing > their contact details at the end, and I would just be a sort of > in-between person for the purpose of showing that data/visualization. > If that is ok, would pursue that. > That's fine. We are still working on a good way to grow this concept organically. As above, if you're keen I'd like to stay in touch to discuss things. > > Some thoughts on the videoteam - I've created a new thread for this. > I was looking at the Transport part, > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Directions , there is talk of > the 'Jammie' shuttle service, what is not clear if that service is > supposed to be within the university campus only or would it extend to > getting people from the airport. That point needs to be clarified. > I've made some edits here, please check if it's clear enough? > Lastly, on the Logistics part , it would be nice to have a bit more > information about money. There is almost no information about ATM's , > International Debit Cards or any other alternative means which are > safe and secure which could be turned to liquid money should the need > arise urgently. The only part given in FAQ is the currency exchange > rate > > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/FAQs#Money Good point. I've made some edits, please look it over. > > Are there any tips when exchanging local currency to South African > Rand, what multiple is good so that it's useful but doesn't raise any > unnecessary eye-brows ? This isn't meant to offend or hurt anybody > just being practical for the self. I'm confused what you intend here. We don't have a black market (that I know of ... yet ... ) where you can argue for different rates, so the currency exchange rates you see in web searches is what you get, plus the bank's mark up... Am I misunderstanding what information you need here? > > Look forward to having more information on the above. > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
