Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship (was: Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP)

2014-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Anthony Towns [2014-12-09 00:50 +0100]: > Sure -- and what Phil and Brian have said is the expected scenario > is that the actual result of committing to $x in travel grants > will be an expenditure of $y, where y << x. Good, so we are all on the same page. I think the details should

Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship (was: Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP)

2014-12-08 Thread Anthony Towns
On 9 December 2014 at 03:29, martin f krafft wrote: > > A budget is meant to help you plan and make decisions -- so if > > you're expecting only 2/3rd of the travel budget that you end up > > offering to be taken up, you want to be able to both (a) know how > > much that 1/3rd is in actual dollar

[Debconf-team] Next DC15 meeting: Monday, January 5th 2015 - 20:00 UTC

2014-12-08 Thread Margarita Manterola
Hi, Minutes from today's meeting: http://meetbot.debian.net/debconf-team/2014/debconf-team.2014-12-08-20.00.html Next DC15 IRC meeting to be held on 2015-01-05, 20:00 UTC. Agenda at: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Germany/Minutes/2015-01-05 -- Besos, Marga _

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15-t...@lists.debian.org no longer needed?

2014-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martín Ferrari [2014-12-08 18:42 +0100]: > > I think it would be best if the new teams replaced the sections > > they now cover with an appropriate statement, and also made sure > > not to lose people that way. > > The new structure is being documented at > https://wiki.debconf.org/wi

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf dinner: which style

2014-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Gunnar Wolf [2014-12-08 18:49 +0100]: > I agree with this. I *think* we moved the "bits of the DPL" to be > part of the programmed events in the venue because: There could be two events. The dinner speech should be short and snappy. It also does not have to be the DPL, but it is a nic

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15-t...@lists.debian.org no longer needed?

2014-12-08 Thread Martín Ferrari
On 08/12/14 17:30, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Martín Ferrari [2014-12-08 17:50 +0100]: >> This one seems like a candidate for removal too: >> https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Teams > > I think it would be best if the new teams replaced the sections they > now cover with an approp

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf dinner: which style

2014-12-08 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Tiago Bortoletto Vaz dijo [Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 08:52:10AM -0500]: > >Personally, I am leaning towards common plates or buffet as that's > >more lively and the latter increases mingling and interaction. It also > >solves the problem of portions which are too small/large, etc. > > That's also my op

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15-t...@lists.debian.org no longer needed?

2014-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martín Ferrari [2014-12-08 17:50 +0100]: > This one seems like a candidate for removal too: > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Teams I think it would be best if the new teams replaced the sections they now cover with an appropriate statement, and also made sure not to lose peop

Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship (was: Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP)

2014-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Anthony Towns [2014-12-08 17:49 +0100]: > I don't know why you'd think not claiming the funds is ever a bad > thing. Maybe I failed to express myself. I am only talking about the situation where (a) we have more requests than we have money; (b) bursaries allocates money for every

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15-t...@lists.debian.org no longer needed?

2014-12-08 Thread Martín Ferrari
On 01/12/14 23:59, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: > Hi everybody > > I guess now the DebConf14 is over we can everybody subscribe/send to > debconf-team@lists.debconf.org only? > > and maybe close the debconf15-t...@lists.debian.org list? This one seems like a candidate for removal too: https://wiki.

Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship (was: Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP)

2014-12-08 Thread Anthony Towns
On 8 December 2014 at 19:38, martin f krafft wrote: > > In the past, we've had people approved for travel sponsorship who > then didn't claim the funds, including those who didn't even tell > us. While I think that we should make sure that people know that > this sort of behaviour will negatively

Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship (was: Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP)

2014-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Philip Hands [2014-12-08 09:46 +0100]: > i.e. take the sum that Debian is willing to underwrite DebConf > for, and allocate it ASAP so that people can go ahead and book > travel early, then as early sponsorship comes in, allocate some > more. This is precisely what we have in mind for

Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship (was: Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP)

2014-12-08 Thread Philip Hands
Brian Gupta writes: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:54 AM, martin f krafft wrote: >> also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2014-12-04 11:49 +0100]: >>> BTW we need also to discuss if we should (and how much) >>> over-commit sponsorships (anticipating the missed reconfirmation). >>> Some discussion already