Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread Clint Adams
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 01:26:43AM +0300, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > Could we possibly ask our largest multinational corporate sponsors > whether it would be possible to (ab-)use their corporate travel agents > and their discounts to order tickets for Debconf centrally and thus > save money? It might

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
On 22 August 2010 21:34, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On su, 2010-08-22 at 14:23 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: >> I think it's totally reasonable to use our projects funds wisely. That is, if >> you get or apply for travel sponsorship, to help looking for good prices. > > Given that finding good flight p

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 06:34 +1200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On su, 2010-08-22 at 14:23 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > I think it's totally reasonable to use our projects funds wisely. That is, > > if > > you get or apply for travel sponsorship, to help looking for good prices. > > Given that fin

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread Wookey
+++ MJ Ray [2010-08-22 12:49 +0100]: > Also, we should not be assuming flights, particularly for debconf 11 > which is in Europe where land travel may work for some/many. Train > and coach tickets and car hire pricing works on different schedules. This is a good point. You can know approximate c

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread MJ Ray
Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sonntag, 22. August 2010, MJ Ray wrote: > > I think it's unreasonable to expect debconf attendees to guess what a > > good price is > > I think it's totally reasonable to use our projects funds wisely. That is, if > you get or apply for travel sponsorship, to help lookin

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf10 is _11th_ debian conference

2010-08-22 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, I want conclusion for this, because we should concentrate Squeeze release :) On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:31:47 +0200 Holger Levsen wrote: > DebConf10 was the eleventh DebConf. No decission can change that. - Debconf10 is not tenth debian conference. - however "Debconf10 is 11th" would confuse

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sonntag, 22. August 2010, MJ Ray wrote: > I think it's unreasonable to expect debconf attendees to guess what a > good price is I think it's totally reasonable to use our projects funds wisely. That is, if you get or apply for travel sponsorship, to help looking for good prices. cheers,

Re: [Debconf-team] Credit to Richard for DebConf10

2010-08-22 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, slowly catching up on dc10 backlog... :-) On Freitag, 6. August 2010, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Yes: yay Richard! Richard, you have pulled this conference through in > so many ways that i can't even begin to count them. > > Your work has been and continues to be very very much appreciated

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread MJ Ray
Ana Guerrero wrote: > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 08:49:54PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > I don't think that's true. Particularly with modern computerised > > demand-based price-setting systems, the prices fluctuate over time. > > Earlier does not always mean cheaper. [...] > > Usually you can get an ap

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf10 is _11th_ debian conference

2010-08-22 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sonntag, 22. August 2010, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > To clarify a bit about that (and some comments on irc:): It was neither > a typo, nor written in a hurry. I got that text from the debconf team, > when I read the text, I asked on the #debconf-team channel (see > http://paste.de

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf10 is _11th_ debian conference

2010-08-22 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! * Holger Levsen [100822 11:16]: > > Sorry, no. Feel free to do decide whatever for future conference, but > > the current webpage is an announcement that has been sent out the way it > > is. > Bugs should still be fixed. * David Prévot [100821 18:52]: > There is no point in keeping false

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf10 is _11th_ debian conference

2010-08-22 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, (as my last post on this subject accidently only went to -www@) On Samstag, 21. August 2010, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > Anyway, "Tenth Annual Debian Developer Conference" in news page is > > wrong, please remove "tenth" or change it to "Eleventh". Yup. We have discussed this almos