Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-04 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:29:20PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > I haven't heard any objections to this plan. I've updated > > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/TalkDecisionEmails debconf-data/penta/dc10/event-mail-2.py is ready to go[0]. Let me know if there are any changes not l

[Debconf-team] Proposal: Earmarked fundraising for travel sponsorships

2010-06-04 Thread Pablo Duboue
Hi, A while back, when I started fundraising for DebConf I looked on-line for some training material on fundraising (ping me if you want some links ;-). One of the things I read was that it is always easier to raise funds for specific, earmarked purposes than general "save the world" type of thing

[Debconf-team] some words about fundraising (more numbers to come tomorrow)

2010-06-04 Thread Pablo Duboue
Hi, Before going down to business, a personal message from moi: in the last week there has been a number of IRC discussions about our current fundraising situation. Every now and again somebody will refer to myself as a "pessimist". I would like to ask for people to think twice before doing so. Fi

[Debconf-team] About the global team meeting, and accounting matters

2010-06-04 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi, In order to calm down after the last couple of hours on #debconf-team, I have temporarily left most DebConf-related IRC channels and will not be attending the June 5th global team IRC meeting (remember it's at 19:00 UTC!). Hopefully this should minimize any disruptive spillover of these tensio

Re: [Debconf-team] People who signed up for sponsorship too late

2010-06-04 Thread micah anderson
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:15:28 -0400, Pablo Duboue wrote: > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > > > > was that talk accepted? > > It is marked as 'undecided candidate', so I guess that means 'no' I think it means yes based on what we have recently discussed. m pgpQeruuHhsbL.p

Re: [Debconf-team] [talks]: late requests for food/board sponsorship

2010-06-04 Thread Pablo Duboue
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > If the talk was accepted, I am ok with that if it fits in our budget, that > will be more clear after 10th June. > So what about: we would like to give you sponsored food and bed but we can not > tell you for sure until the 11-12th June when w

Re: [Debconf-team] People who signed up for sponsorship too late

2010-06-04 Thread Pablo Duboue
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > > was that talk accepted? It is marked as 'undecided candidate', so I guess that means 'no' ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/deb

Re: [Debconf-team] [talks]: late requests for food/board sponsorship

2010-06-04 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 10:32:45PM +0200, Ana Guerrero wrote: > On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 02:52:14PM -0400, micah wrote: > > > > So there were four people who signed up late to give talks, and had also > > requested food/board sponsorship. They are currently scheduled to not > > receive this sponsor

Re: [Debconf-team] [talks]: late requests for food/board sponsorship

2010-06-04 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 02:52:14PM -0400, micah wrote: > > So there were four people who signed up late to give talks, and had also > requested food/board sponsorship. They are currently scheduled to not > receive this sponsorship due to requesting it past the deadline. This > may be considered un

Re: [Debconf-team] [talks]: late requests for food/board sponsorship

2010-06-04 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 4. Juni 2010, Brian Gupta wrote: > > What do other talks-team people think? Should we ask for reconsideration > > of these, or is it fine that they don't get it? I think people giving talks should at least get free food, esp. if I read that we asked for submissions after the dead

Re: [Debconf-team] People who signed up for sponsorship too late

2010-06-04 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 4. Juni 2010, Richard Darst wrote: > I only heard comments from maybe 3-4 people. Only one complained > much, and ey said that ey couldn't come without sponsorship (but ey is > only from the far side of connecticut). In his case, checking the log > tables, ey registered on April

Re: [Debconf-team] People who signed up for sponsorship too late

2010-06-04 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 02:45:43PM -0400, micah anderson wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:26:46 -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:16:11AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > > > > 21 people had sponsorship reduced. I'm sending names to registration@ > > > (and can do herb@ if

Re: [Debconf-team] [talks]: late requests for food/board sponsorship

2010-06-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 2:52 PM, micah wrote: > > So there were four people who signed up late to give talks, and had also > requested food/board sponsorship. They are currently scheduled to not > receive this sponsorship due to requesting it past the deadline. This > may be considered unfortunate

[Debconf-team] [talks]: late requests for food/board sponsorship

2010-06-04 Thread micah
So there were four people who signed up late to give talks, and had also requested food/board sponsorship. They are currently scheduled to not receive this sponsorship due to requesting it past the deadline. This may be considered unfortunate for a couple of reasons: a. we actively solicited and e

Re: [Debconf-team] People who signed up for sponsorship too late

2010-06-04 Thread micah anderson
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:26:46 -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:16:11AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > > 21 people had sponsorship reduced. I'm sending names to registration@ > > (and can do herb@ if desired). > > So, it's clear that this is hard for some attendees (made w

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-04 Thread micah anderson
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:11:54 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 06/04/2010 12:37 PM, Pablo Duboue wrote: > > We appreciate your interest and the time you invested in putting > > together your proposed event. Our talk selection committee felt > > your submission on its current form would not a

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Pablo Duboue wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor > wrote: > > On 06/03/2010 04:00 PM, micah anderson wrote: > >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:27:16 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor < > d...@fifthhorseman.net> wrote: > >>> On 06/03/2010 02:59 PM, mica

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-04 Thread Pablo Duboue
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 06/04/2010 12:37 PM, Pablo Duboue wrote: >> We hope this doesn't discourage you from attending Debconf, in >> fact there will be opportunities for ad-hoc events to occur, if >> you should wish to still put it on (if you decide to d

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 06/04/2010 12:37 PM, Pablo Duboue wrote: > We appreciate your interest and the time you invested in putting > together your proposed event. Our talk selection committee felt > your submission on its current form would not attract enough > interest among the DebConf attendees and i'd rather say

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-04 Thread Pablo Duboue
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 06/03/2010 04:00 PM, micah anderson wrote: >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:27:16 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor >> wrote: >>> On 06/03/2010 02:59 PM, micah anderson wrote: 2. send a reject notice to the bottom 20 that did not make the c

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian Day ( or Open Day if you prefer )

2010-06-04 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 4. Juni 2010, Brian Gupta wrote: > I am a bit confused. Are there two different "Debian Days", one that > overlaps with DebConf and a second that is celebrated internationally on > the same date every year? (Or is that why people are calling the day at > DebConf "Open Day"?) Augus

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian Day ( or Open Day if you prefer )

2010-06-04 Thread Pablo Duboue
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Pablo Duboue wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:16 PM, ValessioBrito wrote: >> > Help, >> > Debian Day is celebrated on August 16 of each year? >> > >> > I create wiki page, organized deb a day in the wolrd

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-04 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 06/03/2010 03:27 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 06/03/2010 02:59 PM, micah anderson wrote: >> I would propose that the best way forward, at this point, taking into >> considerations all the discussions here and on IRC would be this: >> >> 1. send an acceptance to all the currently 'accepted

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian Day ( or Open Day if you prefer )

2010-06-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Pablo Duboue wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:16 PM, ValessioBrito wrote: > > Help, > > Debian Day is celebrated on August 16 of each year? > > > > I create wiki page, organized deb a day in the wolrd. > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay2010 > > > > Interes