Re: [Debconf-team] non-CHF sponsorship

2012-11-19 Thread Andrew McMillan
at the conference happens, everyone tries to make a budget that has a small surplus, and over the many years of Debconfs sometimes SPI (or equivalent) has had to fund the shortfall and sometimes they have received the benefit of a small surplus. Cheers, Andrew McMill

Re: [Debconf-team] Kindergarden / alternative youth program for DC13?

2012-04-30 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 08:58 +0200, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > > OTOH a negative point of DC13 bid was the size of campus: we have a > limited number of beds. It should be enough for normal Debian attendees, > but if the location (central Europe) will attract many more developers > we cannot all

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions for global team from UCA

2012-03-05 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sat, 2012-03-03 at 11:47 -0600, Leandro Gómez wrote: > Hello team, > > At the last global team meeting we talked about exploring the possibility > of using the UCA University for DebConf. > > Yesterday, I had a meeting with the Technology Academic Advisor and the IT > Department Chief of UCA,

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-18 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 20:32 +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > (press, please scroll down to the end of this mail :) > > On Freitag, 17. Februar 2012, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > It's a small point, but clearly if I paid $30k I get to choose my level? > > sure

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-16 Thread Andrew McMillan
It's a small point, but clearly if I paid $30k I get to choose my level? I think these levels should primarily have a published level, like: Steel: $2000 Bronze: $5000 Silver: $15000 Gold: $3 Platinum: $5 or maybe those last three are $10k, $25k, $40k or $10k, $20k, $35k Then the ranges

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf12 website design

2011-12-13 Thread Andrew McMillan
dable and we are looking forward to > getting your feedback. It's great! I think it's long overdue for someone to take a clear rational approach to this design, as you have. Regards, Andrew McMillan. -- --

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 12 sponsorship brochure and sponsors levels

2011-11-26 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 23:56 +, Moray Allan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Norman García wrote: > > Another suggestion is to add the two "Debian Day benefits" to steel level > > and higher, so we will not have a special sponsor level for Debian Day. > > As I previously said on IRC,

Re: [Debconf-team] Please check translation to english of Sponsor Pack

2011-11-03 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Thu, 2011-11-03 at 02:48 -0600, Rodrigo Rodríguez wrote: > Translation to english of Sponsor Pack has been finished: > > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf12/SponsorPack_en > > I use a lot Google Translate, so PLEASE I beg you to check very well the > document, in orden to make comments and/

[Debconf-team] What is Debian Day vs DebConf vs DebCamp.

2011-10-16 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 12:09 -0600, Norman Garcia Aguilar wrote: > On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:22:38 +0200 > Holger Levsen wrote: > > > On Sonntag, 16. Oktober 2011, Leandro Gómez wrote: > > > We can call it OpenDay, if you want to. The idea is to have something > > > similar to DC9, mainly with talks

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposed dates for DebConf12

2011-04-03 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2011-04-03 at 02:09 -0600, Leandro Gómez wrote: > > It is a silly comment, but I think it is to early to take a > side for DC12 dates. > > > > Well, we can postpone it, but then I'm not sure if we can get the > venue. The Crowne Plaza Convention Center i

Re: [Debconf-team] Fwd: licensing question for Eben's Debconf video

2011-03-12 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 10:53 +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > debconf-vi...@lists.debconf.org :) Also see > http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20110310.195129.6773ff73.en.html and > followup. > > > We're trying to get all of Eben's FreedomBox-related speeches online in > > a central place and

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Travel costs

2011-02-21 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 22:58 +, Moray Allan wrote: > It would be good if we could try to get some rough estimates of travel > costs to the proposed venues. (Ideally each team would check costs to > their own city, and also check that they agree with the estimates for > the other bid city!) > >

Re: [Debconf-team] Official announcement of Belo Horizonte BID for DebConf12

2011-01-02 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 10:44 -0200, Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva wrote: > > > Could you clarify the food costs -- is it $17 for each meal or for > > both, and what is included in the $16600? > > It's $17 for each meal, so: > > 17 * 2 * 100 + 17 * 2 * 300 + 5 * 2 * 300 = 16600 Hi Marco, That's fo

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf10 leftovers

2010-09-29 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 17:29 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi micah, > > On Dienstag, 28. September 2010, micah anderson wrote: > > Address? > > Adnan? > > > Also, my own opinion of these buffalos was that they were sort of crap. > > They had to be manually reset multiple times, and until they we

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-22 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 06:34 +1200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On su, 2010-08-22 at 14:23 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > I think it's totally reasonable to use our projects funds wisely. That is, > > if > > you get or apply for travel sponsorship, to help looking for good prices. > > Given that fin

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf10 scheduling is available

2010-06-16 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 02:23 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > I completed the scheduling for DebConf10. You can all hate me for it now ;) > > The schedule starts each day at 10:00am, and concludes at 5:30pm or > 6:30pm, depending on the day. > > Already, some concerns were raised on IRC about

Re: [Debconf-team] RFH: scheduling DebConf10

2010-06-05 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 17:52 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > hey folks-- > > at the global-team meeting today, i volunteered to work on scheduling > the accepted talks for DebConf10. > > I've never done this before, and would appreciate any advice or > assistance anyone has to offer. I'll alm

Re: [Debconf-team] penta ranking calculation metrics

2010-05-22 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sat, 2010-05-22 at 18:41 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > I'm concerned that the rating metric is wrong in penta when reviewers > leave one of the three categories in a "don't know" state. > > for example, if i say "+" for all three categories (relevance, > actuality, acceptance), the score

Re: [Debconf-team] RFH: DebConf 10 Travel Sponsorship Team

2010-03-21 Thread Andrew McMillan
> We'd like to make the travel sponsorship selection process as fair as > possible. As such, we're soliciting volunteers from the broader Debian > community rather than filling the team with DebConf organizers. > > Ideal candidates for the team have both available time and are well > connected i

Re: [Debconf-team] Let's assemble the final report! [action requested]

2010-02-14 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 15:39 -0500, Richard Darst wrote: > Hi, > > Marga has made good progress on assembling the report. > > On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 02:15:10AM -0500, Richard Darst wrote: > > > - Find one (or two) nice picture(s) from the conference (check > > gallery.debconf.org if you don't

Re: [Debconf-team] Help revise final report texts

2009-12-09 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 19:53 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Gunnar Wolf (gw...@gwolf.org): > > > • I remember Mario was there, but I'm not sure if Sam came along as > > well. Worth checking... > > Sam was at the day trip, yes. Which is even visible in the report I wrote if you read b