Re: [Debconf-team] DC14 bids: bid teams

2013-03-19 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 09:42:40AM -0430, Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth wrote: > Hi Moray, > > El 01/03/13 18:09, Moray Allan escribió: > >Both bid teams give a long list of team members on their wiki pages. > > > >Do the main team members live in the proposed city? If not, how far > >away are

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf Committee meeting (for DC14): Friday March 22, 17:00UTC

2013-03-19 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Ana Guerrero dijo [Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:21:42PM +0100]: > I just sent my questions after reading carefully through the bid pages > and I'm not sure if the bid teams will have time to answer them all before > Friday. I also know some other members of the committee didn't have time > to read th

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf Committee meeting (for DC14): Friday March 22, 17:00UTC

2013-03-19 Thread Ana Guerrero
Hi, On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 09:43:33AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > - We should try to keep the meeting at a maximum of 1 hour. As it has > happened in the past, if we feel we cannot reach a decision, we > should suspend and call for another meeting in 1-2 weeks time, after > some more on-

[Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-19 Thread Ana Guerrero
Hi, I haven't read the first answers to other questions (I didn't want to get influenced) so sorry in advance for the overlap. * Airport / Transport Portland International Airport doesn't have too many international connections so some attendees might land in the USA via Seattle Airport or eve

[Debconf-team] [DC14] Venezuelan team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-19 Thread Ana Guerrero
Hi, I haven't read the first answers to other questions (I didn't want to get influenced) so sorry in advance for the overlap. * List of organizers The wikipage lists a bunch of people who would be organizing DebConf14. I know a few names there, but some of the people listed as Debian contribu

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

2013-03-19 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/19/2013 10:19 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Right - the price should be lower, but in terms of availability of outside > food (and therefore the frequency with which people choose to eat outside > the conference), New York and Edinburgh are probably good models for what > we'll find. Banja

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

2013-03-19 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 09:47:59AM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > On 03/19/2013 09:13 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Right. and for this, I would look at similar cities - e.g. I expect > > the Portland food offer (and university cafeteria quality) to be much > > closer to New York or Edinburgh more th

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

2013-03-19 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/19/2013 09:29 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Allison Randal dijo [Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 06:24:11PM -0700]: >> >> Aiming for an approximate average on flight price, figuring US/Canada >> flights could be as low as $300, while international flights could be >> $2000 or higher. (Numbers from past years

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

2013-03-19 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/19/2013 09:13 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Right. and for this, I would look at similar cities - e.g. I expect > the Portland food offer (and university cafeteria quality) to be much > closer to New York or Edinburgh more than to most of our other past > venues. Portland is generally cheaper

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

2013-03-19 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Allison Randal dijo [Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 06:24:11PM -0700]: > >> Do we need to include lodging rooms in the total base price? That > >> is, are we paying any fixed up-front amount for lodging, or is lodging > >> paid by attendees as they register (or once we decide if it's possible > >> to sponsor

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

2013-03-19 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Steve Langasek dijo [Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 05:49:26PM -0700]: > > > For 200 people @ $20/day for food, $16,000 comes out to 4 days. But that > > > covers only the days talks are running, and we probably need to figure one > > > additional day of food to cover the arrival/departure days, as well as

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Venezuelan team: Team involvement in DebConf

2013-03-19 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth dijo [Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 09:08:30AM -0430]: > I think this is relevant as long as having long term DDs in the main > team affects the organization of the event. If that is the case, > then we are at a clear disadvantage. > > Nevertheless, we have a clear vision of

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14 bids: certainty in Venezuela

2013-03-19 Thread Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth
Hi Gunnar, I think these questions were answered on a previous email[0], but if you still need clarification, please keep asking. greetings, [0]http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20130319.140743.00cecb26.en.html El 05/03/13 13:23, Gunnar Wolf escribió: Hi bidders! I know Moray asked w

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Venezuelan team: How to convince us this is for real (and will stand)

2013-03-19 Thread Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth
Hi Gunnar, Sorry for the delay, we took some time discussing and collecting the required information, according to our internal procedures. El 15/03/13 20:29, Gunnar Wolf escribió: Hi, I am trying to summarize the issues that could be the weakest both in your bid and in Portland's, and will

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14 bids: bid teams

2013-03-19 Thread Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth
Hi Moray, El 01/03/13 18:09, Moray Allan escribió: Both bid teams give a long list of team members on their wiki pages. Do the main team members live in the proposed city? If not, how far away are they? Are there other bid team members who live closer and would deal with local arrangements?

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14 bids: money handling

2013-03-19 Thread Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth
Hi Philipp, El 15/03/13 07:29, Philipp Hug escribió: Hi Luis, So, it's the best solution to not convert any USD into Bolivares and use the dollars directly to pay to an USD account of the food/accomodation and maybe day trip provider? That's right. Converting USD to Bolívares would be our las

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Venezuelan team: Team involvement in DebConf

2013-03-19 Thread Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth
Hi Gunnar, El 15/03/13 20:34, Gunnar Wolf escribió: And... One more question: I think that one issue many others will come back to is also your team's involvement in DebConf. Although you have several DDs, and several non-DDs who have attended several DebConfs, I do not remember you having yet b

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

2013-03-19 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Allison Randal wrote: > I've run a more detailed cost comparison for the Portland bid, > projecting for 200 attendees and 350 attendees separately, so it's > easier to see the base costs, and also incorporating some changes from > the discussion feedback. See the a