Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Do not photograph" checkbox in registration

2014-09-16 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 09/14/2014 12:45 PM, micah anderson wrote: > A few examples, [...good examples snipped...] And then there are people who usually are OK with having their picture taken, but at any given time decide that they just don't feel like it right now. If, for whatever reason, someone doesn't want to

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Do not photograph" checkbox in registration

2014-09-16 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
Great idea. The zones (in talk rooms and hacklab) should work for this as discussed and a few extra no-photo lanyards at front desk should satisfy the other half of it. On 16 Sep 2014 17:52, "Daniel Kahn Gillmor" wrote: > On 09/14/2014 12:45 PM, micah anderson wrote: > > > A few examples, > > [..

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Do not photograph" checkbox in registration

2014-09-16 Thread Ian Jackson
micah anderson writes ("Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Do not photograph" checkbox in registration"): > I might also mention that there are people who are fine with their > picture being taken, who are at the same time *not at all ok* with > pictures being taken of people who do not want their picture > t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Do not photograph" checkbox in registration

2014-09-16 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, some replies in one mail... On Sonntag, 14. September 2014, Paul Wise wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > I've actually often wondered why DebConf doesn't do what was routine at > > Usenix, LISA, etc., which was to have a mike for questions and a camera > > dedic

[Debconf-discuss] remote participation in DebConf

2014-09-16 Thread Paul Wise
Holger wrote: > I also had the impression there was less relaying of questions from IRC > this year, no idea if thats true and if so, why. Likewise and I think this is a shame. I think this is something that people simply forget to do (myself included) or find it hard to do since people particip

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Do not photograph" checkbox in registration

2014-09-16 Thread John Sullivan
Holger Levsen writes: > Hi, > > some replies in one mail... > > On Sonntag, 14. September 2014, Paul Wise wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: >> > I've actually often wondered why DebConf doesn't do what was routine at >> > Usenix, LISA, etc., which was to have a mike f

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Do not photograph" checkbox in registration

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Hartmann
If there is a no video zone and someone asks from there, they are not taped. If they ask from anywhere else, they are taped. If someone deviates from majority opinion and does not want their picture taken, they should be recognizable as such and a lanyard works here. Design for the common case wh