Hi, Regarding Japan's proposed amendments, we have updated our answers to questions from the meeting on 2025-02-18. Please see Debian wiki below link.
Food -> https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/26/Bids/Japan#Cost.2FFood_fee - The proposal under consideration involves limiting breakfast and dinner offerings, so please see the wiki. Venue (DebCamp) -> https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/26/Bids/Japan#Debcamp_Venue - Added a link to a web page with photos of the venue. Venue (DebConf) -> https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/26/Bids/Japan#Debconf_Venue - Added links to PDF with photos and drawing of the venue. Best regerds, On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:27 +0900 Norimitsu Sugimoto <dict...@live.jp> wrote: > Hi, > > We Updated cost table. > https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/26/Bids/Japan#Cost.2FEstimate > > There would be the constraint that DebCamp and DebConf > would have to be held in different venues, > but the costs would be significantly reduced. > (even though weekends would be subject to booking restrictions and > we might not be able to hold them on Saturdays and Sundays) > > The cost of the conference dinner goes up a little bit > because the hotel where we are staying cannot make it cheaper. > > Overall it came to about ¥25m (€155k). > > The revised proposal by the Japan team is final. > > Could you please compare this proposal with other countries' proposals > and discuss it in the debconf-committee? > > - limitation > - We have not been able to investigate whether a variety of catering options > are available for meals, so meal costs may be higher than the figures > shown > in the table (¥2,000-). > > Best regerds, > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:09:36 -0300 > Antonio Terceiro <terce...@debian.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2025 at 11:30:29AM +0900, Norimitsu Sugimoto wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 16:26:05 -0300 > > > Antonio Terceiro <terce...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > > > > I understand that you have no cheaper option at the moment. Would it be > > > > possible at all to find alternatives given some time to search? > > > > > > > > I say this because with the current cost estimation, it's hardly viable > > > > to have DC26 in Japan. Do you think your team would be able to find > > > > alternatives and bid again for DC27? > > > > > > We are currently gathering information on other venues with lower costs. > > > > > > We will meeting with our local team this week if we can make another > > > proposal > > > based on the new information we have on other venues. > > > > > > Could you please wait one week for the final response of the Japan's > > > proposal? > > > > Sure. > -- Norimitsu SUGIMOTO <dict...@live.jp>
