Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes:
> At the IETF (another technical conference, quite different from debconf
> but with some similarities), there are "newcomer meet-and-greet" events
> at the start of the conference.
Linux Conf Australia also has a long tradition of a session for
newcomers the evening
Christoph Biedl writes:
> Use the key signing not just for ID and fingerprint validation - talk
> to each other, ask for involvement in Debian, why you came to the event
> etc.etc. This also improves your memory whose keys you've signed.¹
Indeed.
I know it drove some people crazy, but this is w
Chris Lamb writes:
> I am therefore somewhat taken aback that so many people could think I
> would — or even could — enforce this as a concrete plan. I certainly
> always interpreted "rule" here in the loose sense of "as a rule, I have
> coffee in the morning..."
As long as you *strictly* adhere
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes:
>> Expect no help from the counter.
> Just find an ATM with the VISA logo.
As someone with extensive travel experience, I can say it's not quite
that simple. In a number of countries I've visited, there have been
ATMs with the VISA logo that would not work with
林博仁 writes:
> I'm not a member of the local team though, just FYI while I edit the
> page for good.
For what it's worth, I had good success using Uber last night to get
to/from a restaurant in town.
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Interesting.
The thing that pops to my mind is that Debconf has always been a very
interactive event. More BOF and panel discussion oriented than broadcast-talk
oriented. Which for a "working" event makes a lot of sense.
But I, too, hope we aren't missing useful contributions...
Hrm.
Bd
Samuel Thibault writes:
> Sure, but that does not *have* to be done during the session, with
> the whole audience listening to the discussion, which I guess is the
> precise stressing point. Such a rule doesn't necessarily prevent from
> discussions on the side, which AIUI don't bring such stress
Christoph Biedl writes:
> So perhaps one suggestion for DebConf: Make Q&A optional:
>
>> Such an idea could potentially be accomodated in a similar fashion to
>> the "Record talk? [Y]/n" question for a talk proposal; an "Allow Q&A?
>> [Y]/n", also defaulting to "yes".
>
> +1
If we do this in the
Gunnar Wolf writes:
> I really disliked the voting part of this tool, though. I don't want
> people to refrain from asking something because they think they will
> be downvoted.
I like the idea of people being able to "up vote" to indicate that a
question already asked is one they'd like to hear
