Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-25 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi The Jammie shuttle person was very positive in his reply and requested a meeting, but I didn't want to schedule a meeting before the bid decision. It works in our favour that we don't need exclusive use of the Jammies, so I expect we would be able to run on term time schedule for possibly a sup

Re: [Debconf-team] DC16 - Flight prices comparison

2015-01-25 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Margarita (2015.01.24_19:25:38_+0200) > Cape Town: 1000 USD (! 500 USD cheaper than the other way round !?) Spot the tourism destination. (Airline pricing is horrifically complicated. Where you book from also matters.) SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272 _

Re: [Debconf-team] DC16 - Question to Cape Town: Supermarket(s) near Upper Campus

2015-01-25 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Margarita (2015.01.24_18:17:34_+0200) > Regarding the Upper Campus venue, the wiki says "15 minutes walk to > closest off-campus restaurant", but I can't find anything regarding > supermarkets. This is documented on the venue-specific page https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Bids/Cape_Town/

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions about the Cape Town bid

2015-01-25 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Richard (2015.01.18_02:17:08_+0200) > If those are Cisco APs on a Cisco AC, simply adding a new SSID > "DebConf" and dropping that as a VLAN would probably be easiest. > > Getting confirmation if that would work would be interesting. Also, as > they seem to have enough IPv4 space, could we get

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-25 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Richard (2015.01.18_02:13:13_+0200) > Will the Jammie buses run while we are on site? If not, could we rent > those when need be? This is not yet known. They do usually run on a reduced schedule during holidays, though. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272 _

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-25 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Margarita (2015.01.17_19:52:09_+0200) > So, instead of this piece of unhelpful information, I'd like to > request that you add information as to how to get to and from the > venue, both for the airport and for going into the city center. The bus sentence has been removed, and the public transpo

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-25 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi David (2015.01.24_21:01:46_+0200) > a) As part of each year's budget process, allocate a budget amount to >each team for funding of volunteers. Presumably this amount would be >chosen in consultation with the relevent team leads, and people on >their teams. Because this process is n

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-25 Thread David Bremner
Richard Hartmann writes: [re-ordered] > Who decides for applications from bursaries? I don't envisage bursaries volunteers as people that need to be on site to do their job. If bursaries team members are applying for sponsorship (primarily) as debconf volunteers for some other team (e.g. video