Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf9 reconfirmation period started ; ends 7 June
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On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 03:00:12PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> Anyway - The usual aspect of things few months before a DebConf is
> usually the same. We are often pesimistic regarding our money
> status, but end up afloat. Still, this year's recession _is_ a
> strong reality for all of us as individuals and for our kind
> sponsors as companies, so, yes, we can expect a drop in the total
> money we can put our greedy fingers on.
Then it is probably _the_ good moment to dedicate some of the debian
money reserves to debconf specifically for enabling sponsorships that
would otherwise not be possible.
I'm confident contacts among the orga team and the DPL about this were
already ongoing, but it seemed silly not to mention that possibility
in this thread.
Cheers.
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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 08:22:17PM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 19:49 +0200 schrieb Alberto Gonzalez > Iniesta: > > Cercanias is a service close to what the subway is. I mean, it is used > > daily by thousands to move around Madrid (Province). Its price is around > > 1 EUR for that trip, and IIRC it should be free for those changing long > > distance trains between Chamartin and Atocha. I could confirm this > > calling Renfe this week. > > That would be great. If do you so, make sure you cover the case where > the ticket to Chamartin (Nighttrain from Paris) and the ticket from > Atocha were bought independently. > > And while you are calling, could you also ask when the regional train > tickets are going to be available online for July 16th and 31st, resp. I was wrong (or the policy changed). You have to buy the ticket from Chamartin to Atocha. It's less than two EUR, but you'll have to deal with getting it (vending machines are in English too). About regional trains the told me (without much conviction) that the usually get online ~15 days from the date of departure except for Talgos (which is not this case) that go online ~2 months before. Regards, Alberto -- Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta| Formación, consultoría y soporte técnico agi@(inittab.org|debian.org)| en GNU/Linux y software libre Encrypted mail preferred| http://inittab.com Key fingerprint = 9782 04E7 2B75 405C F5E9 0C81 C514 AF8E 4BA4 01C3 ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres
Holger Levsen writes ("Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres"):
> I dont think its possible nicely, esp. if you dont know the stations etc.
> Maybe you *could* make it with running from train to subway and train and
> luck or with a taxi, but not really.
I have made a very similar connection to catch the Ave to Seville from
the same sleeper train arrival. It's tight but doable if nothing goes
wrong.
Ian.
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Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf9 reconfirmation period started ; ends 7 June
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:14:16AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Then it is probably _the_ good moment to dedicate some of the debian > money reserves to debconf specifically for enabling sponsorships that > would otherwise not be possible. > > I'm confident contacts among the orga team and the DPL about this were > already ongoing, but it seemed silly not to mention that possibility > in this thread. Not only has the DPL been contacted, he's also on the DebConf orga team and is well aware of the option to use some of Debian's reserves. No final decisions have been made in that regard and I'm not the DPL so I'll leave any further comment on that to Steve. Speaking as DebConf10 localteam lead, I will say that it would be nice if DC10 has some seed money to pay early expenses with after DC9 finances are completed, but there are several ways to attain that goal and I think we'll be able to manage regardless given how early we're starting on local and funding issues for DC10. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres
Quoting Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta (a...@inittab.org): > About regional trains the told me (without much conviction) that the > usually get online ~15 days from the date of departure except for > Talgos (which is not this case) that go online ~2 months before. Talgos to go *to* Cáceres are opened for booking (I booked my trip on Jul 21st) but Talgos for return trips are not yet (assuming you plan to return on 30th or 31st). As of today the last day it was possible to book for was July 25th. So that seens to be 2 months, or 60 days, or so. I'd suggest people to book Talgos as early as possible as they have a "web" fare that goes down to 12.30euros and I would bet that there are not that many seats in that category, if RENFE is using the same yield management systems than our French SNCF. ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf9 reconfirmation period started ; ends 7 June
Micah Anderson dijo [Mon, May 25, 2009 at 04:56:16PM -0400]: > Thanks for the answer Gunnar, I was also wondering about this. > > The biggest problem I think is that for every day that Debconf draws > closer, the cost of airfare goes up. This is particularly true for > people who are *not* flying withing Europe (although I expect there is > an upwards trend in flight costs in Europe as well, I believe that this > curve is significantly steeper outside). > > Those folks who have requested travel sponsorship are trending towards > the realization that the cost of travel that they initially put into > Penta was based on the costs that they came to after research into > flight costs many months ago and now the costs have changed > significantly since then. If you update these costs in Penta, you loose > your place, if you dont update your costs, then you may find out that > when sponsorship comes that the amount you receive is not going to be > enough in the end. So you are stuck waiting, and every day you wait the > chances grow slimmer that you will be able to go at all. > > Its a tough spot for all, but having the prioritization meeting to give > people an idea would be helpful I think! Buying plane tickets is a sure way to lose money. In my case, I bought my ticket back in February, but (blame the flu or whatnot) if I were to buy it today it would have been US$700 cheaper - Half the price :-/ Yes, we would really need a better process. But that would require having a constant fund we can rely on to ensure sponsorship earlier on. It is a though spot, but... In the end, this might be the only conference that goes that far to make sure that everybody that should be there is there. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - gw...@gwolf.org - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Arriving late in Madrid, what to do?
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 03:17:16PM +0200, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > - One Option for me would to stay the night in Madrid and get to Caceres > the next day. Any recommendations on where to stay? > If you want a hostel that is ok: clean enough, air, totally free wifi, with a metro station 10 min away and have big lockers. You can go to: http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/Cat-s-Hostel/Madrid/6657 or http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/Mad-Hostel/Madrid/13326 (they are pretty the same since apparently, they are both owned by the same people). Ana ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf9 reconfirmation period started ; ends 7 June
Hi folks, On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 09:54:21AM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: >On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:14:16AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> Then it is probably _the_ good moment to dedicate some of the debian >> money reserves to debconf specifically for enabling sponsorships that >> would otherwise not be possible. >> >> I'm confident contacts among the orga team and the DPL about this were >> already ongoing, but it seemed silly not to mention that possibility >> in this thread. > >Not only has the DPL been contacted, he's also on the DebConf orga team and is >well aware of the option to use some of Debian's reserves. No final decisions >have been made in that regard and I'm not the DPL so I'll leave any further >comment on that to Steve. I'm fully expecting to spend some money from Debian funds to help DebConf as and when needed, yes. I've been waiting on some of the remaining potential sponsors to work out, but I don't expect to see much more on that front now. Time to decide how much money to spend... -- Steve McIntyre, Debian Project Leader ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
