Hello Martin, Martin Zobel-Helas dijo [Fri, May 22, 2020 at 02:40:55PM +0200]: > This is a draft for a GR I would like to propose. > > Cancel this year's in-person Debian Developers Conference DebConf20
As a member of the DebConf Committee, as a very-long-time organizer of DebConf, and just as yet another fellow Debian Developer, I feel this GR is out of line. No decision has been made, even though the call for registration is open. A date for the decision to be held (June 8) has been announced, and we are all weighting in many factors. We have been discussing this quite a bit within the team. The decision should not be unifactorial --- Do we want to protect DDs from infecting one another? From being vectors that bring an infection back to their countries? Are we worried about the use of Debian funds? Are we trying to protect the local organizing team from burning out for "too little"? Do we want to protect the local organizing team from burning out due to having to walk what they have already done, but again for next year? Do we know if they are able (and willing) to repeat their work commitment for next year? There are many aspects to this decision, and we are gathering information to be able to better decide. Rest assured, we will announce this explaining as much as possible our reasoning. If you disagree fundamentally with our reasoning, of course, you can proceed with the GR. But presenting a GR before we even discuss it with the people doing the work sounds somewhat entering the room and kicking the table. Please, don't. Cordially, - Gunnar Wolf.
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