Re: [Debconf-team] manifesto / mission statement

2015-07-19 Thread Daniel Lange
Am 19.07.2015 um 21:19 schrieb Carl Karsten: Does DC have any sort of mission statement? We have a set of goals that have been worked out ~2014: http://debconf.org/goals.shtml No mission statement afaik. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lis

[Debconf-team] manifesto / mission statement

2015-07-19 Thread Carl Karsten
Does DC have any sort of mission statement? PyOhio (closer to DC than PyCon) is floating the idea. [pyohio] Write down a PyOhio manifesto / mission statement / zen of PyOhio (#52) https://github.com/pyohio/pyohio/issues/52 I often refer to the PSFs https://www.python.org/psf/mission/ -- Carl K

Re: [Debconf-team] Drinking water in HD

2015-07-19 Thread Valessio Brito
My contribution 0,02 cents: http://www.amazon.de/Brita-Optimax-Filter-Fridge-Counter/dp/B00FZN8N42/ Buy Large filters that cost cheaper than rent (70 ~ 100 vs 150). Then we can give. A turnover of volunteers or people can get by switching to refuel. 2015-07-19 18:02 GMT-03:00 martin f krafft :

Re: [Debconf-team] Plan to organise a one-day workshop pre-DebConf

2015-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martín Ferrari [2015-07-19 18:34 +0200]: > Martin said it is not for profit, but that does not explain to me > if it means that he and Michael are giving the workshop pro-bono, Yes. Sorry, that was not clear. Michael and I never even thought a second about taking a cut. > Can all org

Re: [Debconf-team] Drinking water in HD

2015-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Thomas Koch [2015-07-19 16:19 +0200]: > Do we have a "what to bring" page? How about: > > * water bottle: The tap water in the youth hostel and in general in Germany > has excellent drinking quality. Many Germans are used to fill a bottle with > tap > water and drink it during the

Re: [Debconf-team] Drinking water in HD

2015-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Daniel Pocock [2015-07-19 19:47 +0200]: > As for the points about waste: why not give people some tokens for > collecting water bottles? When they use up all their tokens they have > to pay for more. This will reduce the number of bottles that are > thrown away. Are you willing to o

Re: [Debconf-team] Drinking water in HD

2015-07-19 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 18/07/15 20:35, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Daniel Pocock [2015-07-18 19:11 > +0200]: >> I think the price quoted in the original email - 15 € for 18.9l - >> is really expensive. Here in .ch it is possible to buy 6 bottles >> at the supermarket, 1.5L each, for CHF 1.50, which is abo

Re: [Debconf-team] Plan to organise a one-day workshop pre-DebConf

2015-07-19 Thread Martín Ferrari
On 19/07/15 18:34, Martín Ferrari wrote: > Can all orga members organise their own workshops and classes like this? > What would sponsors think? To an outsider this might look like a pretty > good perk to have.. For one, I would love to organise a workshop like > this: the exposure would attract m

Re: [Debconf-team] Plan to organise a one-day workshop pre-DebConf

2015-07-19 Thread Martín Ferrari
Adding debconf-sponsors-team, as I would like to hear their input on this. On 17/07/15 17:20, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > I see multiple arguments that argue in favour: > > * Martin and Michael are amongst those _making_ the DebConf happen: I > feel it is strictly better to encourage them to

Re: [Debconf-team] DayTrip

2015-07-19 Thread Thomas Koch
On Monday 13 July 2015 17:08:29 Hannes von Haugwitz wrote: > Hi, > > I added additional information to the day trip ideas wiki page[0]. > > Currently I would suggest to offer the following options: > > 1. Speyer (Technik Museum) (accessible) > 2. Speyer (Historical Tour) > 3. Boat tour to Neckar

Re: [Debconf-team] Drinking water in HD

2015-07-19 Thread Thomas Koch
It's the most normal thing for me since ever to carry a half-liter plastic bottle with me and refill it with tap water. I did that in Romania, Italy, France and Banja Luka. Do we have a "what to bring" page? How about: * water bottle: The tap water in the youth hostel and in general in Germany

Re: [Debconf-team] Volunteering at DebConf

2015-07-19 Thread Thomas Koch
On Friday 17 July 2015 00:26:27 Jayanth wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to volunteer for DebConf 2015. I am a developer and FOSS > enthusiast in Heidelberg. > I have already registered as volunteer. Let me know how I can make the > conference a better experience for the participants :) > > Regards,