Re: [Debconf-team] Moving sponsorship forward with some contacts
Hi, On Friday 31 March 2006 04:22, Gunnar Wolf wrote: [lots of interesting stuff deleted, I hope somebody from the press team takes care of that...] > Third, Presidencia has a weekly podcast-like show dealing with Free > Software issues - They want to stream it from Oaxtepec, having some > interesting people and projects neaerby. Nice. Do you have names to get in contact with? > Fourth, just by Oaxtepec's door there is a "Centro Comunitario > e-México". They have -it seems, they have to double-check- a 1Mbps > satellite uplink. They will put me in touch with them, so we can at > least have them as a failover last resource link Any update on this? > I was asked by Sandino Araico for a 150x150 logo to put a DebianDay ad > in La Cofradía Digital [3], a very visible local Free Software portal. I just checked, but couldnt see it there yet. > And as I was getting ready to close the day, Sandino called me again, > telling me that 3Com was interested in sponsoring us with up to 5 (to > be confirmed) 48-port gigabit switches. This has a strange condition > attached, though - They want one of our kernel hackers to work on a > driver for a new wireless card they have, but is still unsupported in > Linux. As far as Sandino understood, he would not have to sign a NDA > or such, but would have to commit to this - Do you have somebody in > mind that could do this? Of course, one (probably more) such cards > would be given (not lent) to this person - And (to our inside, at > least) we could see this neat hacker as a Debconf sponsor :) What is the status on this ? We definitly want those switches :) regards, Holger pgpXUhvSWPlra.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Gunnar's day out - or some more good news
Hi, On Thursday 13 April 2006 02:02, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I have been quite busy in this front lately. I'm sending this mail > mainly so I don't forget about any of them. This is the result of a > couple of days, not only one, but still - a productive week. > > 1- k001operator (Ivan Alfredo Zenteno) - He offers to lend a video >projector starting May 9. > > 2- Leo Utskot, a Norwegian living in Mexico, of copyleft.com.mx, >offers to lend another project for the full two weeks, as well as another project_or_? >miscellaneous office stuff (I have the full list I requested, but I >don't have enough head to translate it all into English right now So that we have two then ? There are none in the hotel? > 3- 3Com Mexico: They will probably (we should know for sure at most >one week from now) lend us four switches (3x24 port, 1x48 >port). I'm unsure if I requested them to be gigabit or not :-/ They >also offer to give us a number (still unknown) of wireless A/B/G >cards so we get somebody to work on developing its driver. Cool. Could you please ask them, if those switches will have (some) gigabit ports?! > 5- Neocenter, a local company offering call-center and miscellaneous >VoIP stuff, will also lend us a projector for the whole three weeks >of the conference. I think with this we are covered in this >department! Besides, they will lend us equipment and configuration >aid to run an Asterisk install at Debconf (I requested for four >extensions), as well as a local phone number in Mexico City. Cool! So lets bring phones :)) (And we have three projectors by now - someone should probably bring some audio equiqment as well, so we can play free movies at nite :) > 6- Comisión Federal de Electricidad - Just first contact, nothing firm >yet... I have to re-contact him, as it was only a fast phone call, >but probably we will get a van for part of Debconf - They will need >it back by May 17, but probably can lend it before that. Of course, >it can only be driven by CFE personnel, but they will be lending it >together with a driver. Of course, I offered to pay for his >food/lodging at Oaxtepec with us. Nice. But wont we need a van on the 21st/22nd as well? regards, Holger pgp3a9sq0pi7p.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Re: translation for intel talk
The translation is quite expensive, its another thing to care about...I would suggest somebody to do it as gwolf said, or maybe move that talk to debconf and leave a free space in debian day...I think I can still find some spanish talk to fill the space. What we do? :) On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 21:58 -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Andreas Schuldei dijo [Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 09:58:10AM +0200]: > > hi. > > > > after cutting breakfast and limiting ourselfs to 240 ppl we have some > > spare money. > > > > I also exchanged several mails with the intel person who was intending > > to do translate the intel talk to spanish. We noticed that he never did > > that before and would prefere to go for the save "one sentence at a > > time" approach instead of the syncrounous translation. I also got a > > a hunch that this talk would go pretty belly-up in that case. > > > > I think it would make intel happy and increase the overall > > impression and quality of debian-day if we hired a pro and syncrounous > > translation equipment for that talk. could you please make those > > arrangements? > > Hi, > > Ok, we had made some contacts in this regard earlier on. I don't have > them, and I just cannot follow this - Who can take care of this? In > the worst case, I can provide the simultaneous translation, but we > need to rent the equipment. Yes, I can provide a good enough > translation, and I'd like to be around the tower/at the talks during > DebianDay. I still don't like the idea of paying the fees for this > translation just for one talk! > > > in unrelated news i am going for germany today for a week. > > > > i will try to attend the irc meeting on monday (when is that?). > > > > please mail me about the time of the meeting, please. I hope mail will > > work. > > Monday 19UTC. > > Greetings, > > ___ > Debconf-team mailing list > Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Re: translation for intel talk
On Monday 17 April 2006 06:58, Marcela Tiznado wrote: > The translation is quite expensive, its another thing to care about...I > would suggest somebody to do it as gwolf said, or maybe move that talk > to debconf and leave a free space in debian day...I think I can still > find some spanish talk to fill the space. > > What we do? :) While I agree that we can probably^w do it our own, I also think the quality _might_ be better _and_ we have enough to do already (so outsourcing this is good). That said: how much is the translation ? is that number in our budget ? And, didnt Intel wanted to pay that themselves or do I remember incorrectly ? regards, Holger pgpJczlvB9MUR.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] RFC: http://people.debian.org/~anibal/ksp-dc6/ksp-dc6.html
Aníbal Monsalve Salazar dijo [Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 02:46:30PM +1000]: > >I suggest the KSP to be held on Saturday 20 instead of Thursday 17, if > >possible. This will make it much easier for Mexicans living in Mexico, > >Puebla, Cuernavaca or other surrounding cities to attend and have > >their key signed. > > The problem with Saturday is, people start leaving in large groups > on Saturday. > > Thursday at 20:00 has worked very well for the KSP for the last two > debconfs. It's the evening where most people are around. Later than > 20:00 will be too late. It took about 2.5 hours to do it last time > in Helsinki. > > If people leave work at 18:00 in Mexico City, they will have plenty > of time to go to the KSP. Friday? Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Re: translation for intel talk
Marcela wrote: > The translation is quite expensive, its another thing to care > about...I would suggest somebody to do it as gwolf said, or maybe move > that talk to debconf and leave a free space in debian day...I think I > can still find some spanish talk to fill the space. I also volunteer to do simultaneous translation, as a backup for gunnar if he gets tired (this can be really tiring, even just an hour talk). But, still there is a couple of issues: 1 - I guess the equipment is going to be really expensive anyway. 2 - I hope my (Spanish from Spain) accent is ok for the audience. -- .''`. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think : :' : I have ended up where I needed to be -- Douglas Adams `. `' Proudly running unstable Debian GNU/Linux `- www.amayita.com www.malapecora.com www.chicasduras.com ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Re: translation for intel talk
h01ger wrote: > While I agree that we can probably^w do it our own, I also think the quality > _might_ be better IMH experience, "proffessional translations/tranlators" sucks when it comes to computers and free software. I think geeks will do it better. Also, having translated slides could be helpful for the audience. Or asking the speaker to keep sentences short and simple and a slow flow of words. But nothing beats geek translations :) -- .''`. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think : :' : I have ended up where I needed to be -- Douglas Adams `. `' Proudly running unstable Debian GNU/Linux `- www.amayita.com www.malapecora.com www.chicasduras.com ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Re: translation for intel talk
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 01:58:51AM -0300, Marcela Tiznado wrote: > The translation is quite expensive, its another thing to care about...I > would suggest somebody to do it as gwolf said, or maybe move that talk > to debconf and leave a free space in debian day...I think I can still > find some spanish talk to fill the space. Instead of renting the equipment, we could do a broadcast over with icecast with Ogg, so that people can hook to a computer and listed to it... ? I mean, I would not mind to be there with my laptop and let someone listen to it in english while i am listening to it in spanish, or hacking or something -- Jesus Climent info:www.pumuki.org dj:triplestereo.com Unix SysAdm|Linux User #66350|Debian Developer|2.6.16|Helsinki Finland GPG: 1024D/86946D69 BB64 2339 1CAA 7064 E429 7E18 66FC 1D7F 8694 6D69 If you iz watching dis in da UK, you may remember me from da telly. If you iz in Belgium you iz living in a shit hole. --Ali G (Ali G indahouse) ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Re: translation for intel talk
Amaya dijo [Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 06:47:44PM +0200]: > > The translation is quite expensive, its another thing to care > > about...I would suggest somebody to do it as gwolf said, or maybe move > > that talk to debconf and leave a free space in debian day...I think I > > can still find some spanish talk to fill the space. > > I also volunteer to do simultaneous translation, as a backup for gunnar > if he gets tired (this can be really tiring, even just an hour talk). > > But, still there is a couple of issues: > 1 - I guess the equipment is going to be really expensive anyway. > 2 - I hope my (Spanish from Spain) accent is ok for the audience. Yes, it's tiring. And yes, I will greatly appreciate your help - Anyway you are _much_ more professional in this regard than me. Regarding the equipment: Could Intel rent it? Oaxtepec has it, but it is not cheap (I don't recall the numbers, just the fact). Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+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-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
[Debconf-team] Re: questions for the local team: talks and bofs
Andreas Schuldei dijo [Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 09:34:43PM +0200]: > hi! > > In order to put up the preliminary talks/bofs schedule we need to know > some corner data: how many rooms are there for talks, how many for bofs, > how big are they, when are they available and when are the meals? > > I would be very welcome if don got that list soon so he could produce a > preliminary schedule. It would also be nice to be able to publish those > times (for meals etc) on the website. Hi, I thought of the following: - Our work areas will be the Parliamentary Tower and the two Hacklabs. They are not really close from each other (about 8 minutes [1]), so there'd better be some time to move from one place to the other. - The tower is a big room with fixed tables, for up to 150 people [2]. The separations you see in the schema are for retractable wooden walls (which do not provide very good sound isolation), so the space can be split in up to five 30-people rooms. Although the people at Oaxtepec assure there are some 150-people sessions, the geometry does not seem very logical for me, I suggest keeping it at maximum in a 120-people configuration, setting 1/5 aside for whatever. It could even be the video team area or something like that, now that I think of it... Have to check. - Each of the hacklabs has two rooms [3]. Depending on the demand for the talks to be scheduled there, I think we should assign one of the spaces for BoFs/talks, probably the large one - In auditorium configuration, the room's respective capacity is for 30 or 60 people. Keep in mind that disabled people will have a much (read: _much_) easier time attending talks in the hacklab area than in the tower. - Now, if we assign one large rooms to host talks, we would be left with three spaces for real hacklab usage: A whole module and the smaller room in the other one. In work table configuration, this means the space will nominally be enough for 90 people - But if we cover the surrounding areas, we will not have overpopulation, I hope. The terraces are nice, a bit smaller than Smokki's (just to give a sense of proportion), and if we have wireless coverage in the pool area, even more space is available. Greetings, [1] http://media.debconf.org/dc6/images/oaxtepec/plateau_area_distances.png [2] http://media.debconf.org/dc6/images/oaxtepec/parliamentary_tower-en.png [3] http://media.debconf.org/dc6/images/oaxtepec/hacklabs.png -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Gunnar's day out - or some more good news
Holger Levsen dijo [Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 02:30:05PM +0200]: > > 2- Leo Utskot, a Norwegian living in Mexico, of copyleft.com.mx, > >offers to lend another project for the full two weeks, as well as > > another project_or_? Yes, projector :) > >miscellaneous office stuff (I have the full list I requested, but I > >don't have enough head to translate it all into English right now > > So that we have two then ? There are none in the hotel? We will have three projectors - Ivan's, Copyleft's and Neocenter's. > > 3- 3Com Mexico: They will probably (we should know for sure at most > >one week from now) lend us four switches (3x24 port, 1x48 > >port). I'm unsure if I requested them to be gigabit or not :-/ They > >also offer to give us a number (still unknown) of wireless A/B/G > >cards so we get somebody to work on developing its driver. > > Cool. Could you please ask them, if those switches will have (some) gigabit > ports?! Yes. I will talk with them by tomorrow. > > 5- Neocenter, a local company offering call-center and miscellaneous > >VoIP stuff, will also lend us a projector for the whole three weeks > >of the conference. I think with this we are covered in this > >department! Besides, they will lend us equipment and configuration > >aid to run an Asterisk install at Debconf (I requested for four > >extensions), as well as a local phone number in Mexico City. > > Cool! So lets bring phones :)) > > (And we have three projectors by now - someone should probably bring some > audio equiqment as well, so we can play free movies at nite :) Sounds nice - I think I could take mine. > > 6- Comisión Federal de Electricidad - Just first contact, nothing firm > >yet... I have to re-contact him, as it was only a fast phone call, > >but probably we will get a van for part of Debconf - They will need > >it back by May 17, but probably can lend it before that. Of course, > >it can only be driven by CFE personnel, but they will be lending it > >together with a driver. Of course, I offered to pay for his > >food/lodging at Oaxtepec with us. > > Nice. But wont we need a van on the 21st/22nd as well? If so, we can rent it... But we are saving some money with this! Greetings! -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
Re: [Debconf-team] Re: questions for the local team: talks and bofs
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Andreas Schuldei dijo [Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 09:34:43PM +0200]: > > In order to put up the preliminary talks/bofs schedule we need to > > know some corner data: how many rooms are there for talks, how > > many for bofs, how big are they, when are they available and when > > are the meals? > > Now, if we assign one large rooms to host talks, we would be left > with three spaces for real hacklab usage: A whole module and the > smaller room in the other one. In work table configuration, this > means the space will nominally be enough for 90 people - But if we > cover the surrounding areas, we will not have overpopulation, I > hope. The terraces are nice, a bit smaller than Smokki's (just to > give a sense of proportion), and if we have wireless coverage in > the pool area, even more space is available. I guess we should plan on using the 150 person room, and then the large space as well, so we'll have a 150 person space, and a 90 person space. Given that we have ~ 240 people confirmed, iirc, it's possible that popular talks will eat all of the space in these rooms. The last bit I need is for someone to remind me of what times meals are going to be at, so I can cook up the timeslots themselves. Don Armstrong -- "People selling drug paraphernalia ... are as much a part of drug trafficking as silencers are a part of criminal homicide." -- John Brown, DEA Chief http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
