Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Gaudenz Steinlin dijo [Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 01:05:04PM +0100]: > I'm not really comfortable with this. Not because I don't trust madduck, > but because if the Project is in the process of reaching a decision > about wheter to accept Bitcoins or not, we should not circumvent that. > After all DebCon

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread Philipp Hug
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015, 13:05 Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: OTOH debian.ch has accepted donations in Bitcoin via BitPay in the past. Maybe that's an option. Philipp Hug should know more about this. Gaudenz Yes, debian.ch has a bitpay account. They can instantly convert BTC to EUR which is what we'r

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Michael Banck [2015-02-15 14:11 +0100]: > You know, there's a difference between "design it perfectly" and "just > let our users send me money and trust me with it". Of course there's a difference. And a middle-ground. My criticism is that we often enough don't venture into that middl

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 02:02:02PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > This was also voted down, I think. You know, typical > Debian-we-need-to-design-it-perfectly-first-let's-not-make-a-move-before-that > style. You know, there's a difference between "design it perfectly" and "just let our users send

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Philipp Hug [2015-02-15 13:49 +0100]: > The reason the process is stalled is not that we don't have experience. > (E.g. using a static btc address to receive payments is IMO bad, better use > individual adresses) Other than privacy, what are the advantages. But yes, if it all gets co

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread Philipp Hug
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015, 13:31 martin f krafft wrote: Oh really? I thought this process was fully stalled, mainly because we didn't have any experience; thus I thought this would actually provide some data and experience, which can then later be used to facilitate a decision on a project-wide basis

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Philipp Hug [2015-02-15 13:17 +0100]: > Yes, debian.ch has a bitpay account. They can instantly convert > BTC to EUR which is what we're currently doing. Can we get a DebConf15-specific address there? If so, please let me know. I don't care how we do it, but I'd like to do it. How d

Re: [Debconf-team] DebCamp and DebConf dates

2015-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Margarita Manterola [2015-02-15 09:37 +0100]: > Yeah, personally I think 80 is already a high enough number. But if we > see a lot more people signing up to sprints, we can discuss what we do > (including asking for more beds, we can likely get more beds if we ask > enough time in adv

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15: CFP - Opening of registrations - Call for sprints

2015-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2015-02-15 10:04 +0100]: > Usually we were sending the two announces in parallel. (but > I don’t remember discussions, so maybe it was only for technical > reason) The advantage of sending separate ones is "buzz", i.e. reminding people and staying in their heads. >

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Gaudenz Steinlin [2015-02-15 13:05 +0100]: > I'm not really comfortable with this. Not because I don't trust madduck, > but because if the Project is in the process of reaching a decision > about wheter to accept Bitcoins or not Oh really? I thought this process was fully stalled, mai

Re: [Debconf-team] Bitcoin payments for DebConf15

2015-02-15 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
martin f krafft writes: > also sprach Richard Hartmann [2015-02-14 20:47 > +0100]: >> DebConf e.V. is a Trusted Organization and madduck is a member. We >> can delegate this to him officially. > > I would not do this, as the Project itself has not taken a position > and a TO should probably not

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15: CFP - Opening of registrations - Call for sprints

2015-02-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 14 Feb 2015, at 19:21, Margarita Manterola > wrote: > > Hey all, > > Summit is basically ready to open registrations (cate: please correct > me if I'm wrong) and what we need now is: I confirm: IMO we are ready. > 1) The text for the call for papers / CFP+open reg announcement? > I be

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15: CFP - Opening of registrations - Call for sprints

2015-02-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 15 Feb 2015, at 09:00, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach René Mayorga [2015-02-15 01:07 +0100]: >> I prefer the idea of two separate mails, but I will prefer to send the >> CfP after the mail calling for registration. > > That seems illogical to me, especially since nothing forces us to

Re: [Debconf-team] DebCamp and DebConf dates

2015-02-15 Thread Margarita Manterola
Hi, On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Tassia Camoes Araujo wrote: > What about orga arrival on the 8th, DebCamp arrival day on the 9th, than > sprints from 10 to 14? > Can I consider those dates for the call for sprints? These dates sound good to me, yes. > I'm afraid that number will raise if

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15: CFP - Opening of registrations - Call for sprints

2015-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach René Mayorga [2015-02-15 01:07 +0100]: > I prefer the idea of two separate mails, but I will prefer to send the > CfP after the mail calling for registration. That seems illogical to me, especially since nothing forces us to actually announce any talks. > If we aim to announce some "