Re: [Debconf-discuss] Thanks from Columbia CS

2010-08-10 Thread Richard Darst
On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 11:26:21AM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > Somehow I knew that Debian would be such a community. I guess Daisy > is setting the stage for miniDebConf-NYC, now that we know how to > run a DebConf ;) The ironic thing is that now we know how to run > DebConf in NYC

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Thanks from Columbia CS

2010-08-09 Thread Gabriella Coleman
> She was impressed with how we left things better than we found it, for > example, fixing up all the chairs in Davis auditorium. > > Never before had she seen a group so religiously obey "no food" rules > - not even faculty conferences! > When lolcats are involved (advertising the no food rule),

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Thanks from Columbia CS

2010-08-09 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
Somehow I knew that Debian would be such a community. I guess Daisy is setting the stage for miniDebConf-NYC, now that we know how to run a DebConf ;) The ironic thing is that now we know how to run DebConf in NYC and have this goodwill from Columbia, it'll never be here again... maybe w

[Debconf-discuss] Thanks from Columbia CS

2010-08-09 Thread Richard Darst
Hi everyone, I just wanted to send a quick "thank you" mail, on behalf of Daisy and all of the CS staff. She was unbelievable impressed with our group overall, and had so much fun. She said that never before had she seen such a clean group. We made less mess than their faculty do at their event