Re: [Debconf-team] [rt.debconf.org #1965] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money

2011-03-08 Thread Moray Allan
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Moray Allan wrote: > - Can DIVA hold money *on behalf of* Debian (which does not itself > exist as a legal body)?  At the moment several organisations hold > money on behalf of Debian, including SPI and FFIS, but DIVA would need > to put in place appropriate structu

Re: [Debconf-team] [rt.debconf.org #1965] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money

2011-03-08 Thread Moray Allan
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > The issue of whether Debian should trust DIVA with its money has been > brought up on #debconf-team. I think this a completely unnecessary > topic to be discussed. The questions raised on IRC weren't about trust, there's no problem with that.

[Debconf-team] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money

2011-03-08 Thread Adnan Hodzic
Upon initiating our bid for Debconf11, one of the first things we learned and realized is that we would need an NGO (non-governmental/non-profit organization), for the purpose of storing sponsorship money, and moving money from one place to another. For the purposes of this document, “money” refers

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] ToDo list, final decisions, travel issues, budget and sponsors

2011-03-08 Thread Richard Darst
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 08:31:21AM +0100, Thomas Koch wrote: > Could you please provide some means that people could put themselfes on a > list > to announce how they are planning to arrive? It could help to buy cheaper > train tickets or organize minibusses. Look under "travel coordination" h

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
Nobody said there's going to be and "intervention" or a "phone call". We will receive help from the Prime Minister's office regarding the Visas issue, and of course we will send Invitation Letters to everyone who needs them. That's why Adnan said we will make a list of everyone who needs it, so we

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 8. März 2011, Amar Cosic wrote: > No one can "just enter" any country. If law requires papers/visas/letters > for residents of some countries than that will 100% be case. Yup! > I think we > rely too much on some phone call, "intervention" of someone etc.. which > could go in

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Amar Cosic
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > If president says it's going to be this way, then it's going to be > this way. If you actually payed more attention you would see that they > would be granted paper which gives them permission to enter the > country. All that is required from

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Adnan Hodzic
> No one can "just enter" any country. If law requires papers/visas/letters > for residents of some countries than that will 100% be case. I think we rely > too much on some phone call, "intervention" of someone etc.. which could go > in wrong direction for some people.. If president says it's goi

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Amar Cosic
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > However, I think since we're planning organized transport, that this > really won't be necessary, since as I'm expecting it they'll just > "enter" the country. > No one can "just enter" any country. If law requires papers/visas/letters for

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Adnan Hodzic
Thomas, that's a great suggestion. I personally got couple of those invitations in order to obtain my visa. But what we have now is completely different situation. However, I think since we're planning organized transport, that this really won't be necessary, since as I'm expecting it they'll jus

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Thomas, On Dienstag, 8. März 2011, Thomas Koch wrote: > I'd propose to request official invitations for the attendees that need > Visas and send those to them in advance. We've been there, done that. It is a lot of work. (Which we plan to continue to do, for each DebConf to come.) > In my ex

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24

2011-03-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
Hi Thomas, That is a good suggestion. But please be sure, that everyone who is on the list of ppl that need a visa to enter BiH, will have no problems on the border or anywhere else, no mather how we end up resolving this issue. Regards, On Mar 8, 2011 8:25 AM, "Thomas Koch" wrote: Adnan Hodzi