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

2013-03-20 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Ana, On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:12:30PM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: > * Airport / Transport > Portland International Airport doesn't have too many international > connections so some attendees might land in the USA via Seattle Airport or > even Vancouver (Canada), and then continue by land (bec

Re: [Debconf-team] what are the steps to volunteer for DebConf13

2013-03-20 Thread JALLOW Alfusainey
Hi Raphaél, >Thanks for writing. You did the right thing. When we don't have face to face meeting we mainly communicate via list or IRC. Many thanks to you and the others for the reply. Sure! I just asks Mr. G what IRC is, never used it before, but I have the idea now. > There is no registratio

Re: [Debconf-team] what are the steps to volunteer for DebConf13

2013-03-20 Thread Michele Cane
Hi Alfusainey, As Raphaël told you the best thing to do is join the next f2f meeting in Bern on Thu 25th April, 1900 localtime Adrianos Meetingroom ( I can give you the address later). I think the most important things to do right now are: - More sponsors (for an eventual debcamp) - Decision on

Re: [Debconf-team] what are the steps to volunteer for DebConf13

2013-03-20 Thread Raphaël Walther
Hi Alfusainey, On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 07:44:39PM +0100, JALLOW Alfusainey wrote: > Having seen the advertisement about DebConf13 at our university website, > university of Fribourg, Switzerland, I would kindly want to participate as a > volunteer for the upcoming DebConf13. The first step that I

Re: [Debconf-team] what are the steps to volunteer for DebConf13

2013-03-20 Thread Patty Langasek
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 07:44:39PM +0100, JALLOW Alfusainey wrote: > Having seen the advertisement about DebConf13 at our university website, > university of Fribourg, Switzerland, I would kindly want to participate as a > volunteer for the upcoming DebConf13. The first step that I took, which I

Re: [Debconf-team] next dc13+14 meeting dates

2013-03-20 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Mittwoch, 20. März 2013, Holger Levsen wrote: > > > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf13/Meetings > thats fine, but no reason to not update the well established locations of > the wiki page and the irc topic. irc topic fixed, I'd appreciate if someone could prepare an agenda for the n

Re: [Debconf-team] next dc13+14 meeting dates

2013-03-20 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Steve, thanks! On Mittwoch, 20. März 2013, Steve Langasek wrote: > > The topic on #debconf-team aint helpful, and so aint > > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf13/Meetings :-( > But http://www.debconf.org/calendars/DebConf-team.ics is :-) thats fine, but no reason to not update the well es

Re: [Debconf-team] next dc13+14 meeting dates

2013-03-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 04:23:12PM -0400, Holger Levsen wrote: > due to traveling and other stuff I lost a bit track when the next meetings > about dc13 and dc14 will be. Can someone please enlighten me? > The topic on #debconf-team aint helpful, and so aint > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebCo

[Debconf-team] next dc13+14 meeting dates

2013-03-20 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, due to traveling and other stuff I lost a bit track when the next meetings about dc13 and dc14 will be. Can someone please enlighten me? The topic on #debconf-team aint helpful, and so aint https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf13/Meetings :-( Thanks! cheers, Holger _

[Debconf-team] what are the steps to volunteer for DebConf13

2013-03-20 Thread JALLOW Alfusainey
Dear all, Having seen the advertisement about DebConf13 at our university website, university of Fribourg, Switzerland, I would kindly want to participate as a volunteer for the upcoming DebConf13. The first step that I took, which I think was a little mistake, was registering to the debconf-te

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

2013-03-20 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: > This may have been mentioned, but if memory serves, for DC10 we had > help from a FLOSS friendly attorney who specialized in > immigration/visa issues. I don't have time today to dig through old > emails, but will try to confirm by weekend. If

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

2013-03-20 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Jeremy Baron wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: >> Can we count with the help of somebody specialized in visas and/or from the >> Government to help us in some of the difficult cases? > > FYI: > > for a conf I worked on this past summer

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

2013-03-20 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > Can we count with the help of somebody specialized in visas and/or from the > Government to help us in some of the difficult cases? FYI: for a conf I worked on this past summer we had the US State Dept. as a sponsor of the conference. (we d

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

2013-03-20 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/20/2013 10:02 AM, Allison Randal wrote: > > In my experience (with extensive international travel), the connecting > flight to Portland rarely adds much to the cost of the flight. So, > attendees should do a price comparison first, before choosing other > transportation from Seattle or Vanco

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

2013-03-20 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/19/2013 03:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > * Airport / Transport > > Portland International Airport doesn't have too many international connections > so some attendees might land in the USA via Seattle Airport or even Vancouver > (Canada), and then continue by land (because personal prefere

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

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Banck
Hi, On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:18:11AM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > 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, wh

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

2013-03-20 Thread Moray Allan
On 2013-03-19 17:12, Luis Alejandro Martínez Faneyth wrote: 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 liv