Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf lists migration to lists.debian.org

2017-09-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 17.09.2017 16:50, Daniel Lange wrote: > Hi, > > the DebConf team is currently preparing another try to migrate the > DebConf specific infrastructure to Debian, DSA supported, solutions. > > Along this we would like to migrate the mailing lists > > Debconf-announce Debconf Announcement

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf lists migration to lists.debian.org

2017-09-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 19.09.2017 15:17, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > >> On 17.09.2017 16:50, Daniel Lange wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> the DebConf team is currently preparing another try to migrate the >>> DebConf specific in

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf lists migration to lists.debian.org

2017-09-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 17.09.2017 16:50, Daniel Lange wrote: > Hi, > > the DebConf team is currently preparing another try to migrate the > DebConf specific infrastructure to Debian, DSA supported, solutions. > > Along this we would like to migrate the mailing lists > > Debconf-announce Debconf Announcement

Re: [Debconf-team] Fwd: Re: Revision of DebConf CoC

2017-05-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[using this mail to reply Martin, so that I have all CC] > El 15/05/17 a las 15:07, martin f krafft escribió: >> The original proposal listed a number of potential consequences to >> offences, among other more concrete incidence response processes. >> >> What's the reason you didn't include those

Re: [Debconf-team] Revision of DebConf CoC

2017-05-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, On 05.05.2017 13:46, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: > Hi everybody (...) > I'm attaching 3 documents: > > The current code of conduct (debconf_coc_current.txt) > The proposal that is on the table (debconf_coc_proposal2.txt) > A second proposal that I put on the table (debconf_coc_proposal2.txt)

[Debconf-team] cate's feedback

2016-07-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[I sent the original mail to dc16 local people, but I think I should make it public, for dc17 organisers, so I remove the very few sentences about my non-involvements. I send this on a public mailing list, because I don't understand the need of the feedback alias, especially if it is read outside v

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf16

2016-07-11 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 11.07.2016 11:57, Tammy Manning wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Is there anything we need to do post-debConf? Apart from the final report? - close booking (accounting) - sent thank you letter to sponsors (but this should be decided by fundraising) - Finding home to random stuffs (and lost+found) -

Re: [Debconf-team] Fwd: Debconf16 attendance certificate

2016-07-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 08 Jul 2016, at 14:41, Bernelle Verster wrote: > > Hi > > We need a template for attendance certificates. > > Personally, I don't think we need to print one for everyone, I didn't > find it useful for me, but perhaps it is? > > Rather, if we could find a way for people to maybe generate

Re: [Debconf-team] Afternoon Meeting

2016-07-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 04 Jul 2016, at 15:26, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Tammy Manning dijo [Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 02:10:04PM +0200]: >> Hi Everyone >> >> I am off to do a couple of things. >> What time is the Team meeting? and where? >> I was half awake this morning. > > IIRC, towards the end of dinner (that would

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf T's

2016-06-05 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 05 Jun 2016, at 10:48, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > It would be good if the staff and video people have hoodies so people > can differentiate and see them easily in a crowd. T-shirts are also > good provided they have a different scheme altogether. With hoodies, > the only change would be the g

Re: [Debconf-team] DC16 Budget - Last call

2016-04-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Nigel > On 14 Apr 2016, at 11:42, Nigel Kukard wrote: > > Last mail I promise! > > I've added the budget to etherpad... > https://storm.debian.net/shared/ECWWxE8B5jQtzY71txlpunpxvl8I76fFDEXTAnsxBJK > > This way its easier to comment and I can update it without walls of emails. as discu

Re: [Debconf-team] Suggestion for DC17+ fundraising brochure: advertising service vs. ad space

2016-04-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Martin, On 12.04.2016 09:29, martin f krafft wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently working with a bunch of highly professional > fundraisers and learning. There are also a couple of ideas to pass > along for us to consider for the next fundraising brochure(s). > > The most common mistake in f

[Debconf-team] Budget and allocated money

2016-03-23 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Team, In the team meeting of yesterday, I got the impression that we are interpreting budget in different ways (and I just realised that some problems on budget discussion of last year could have been caused from different interpretations). For me a budget (for DebConf) is a best estima

[Debconf-team] Donations to DebConf

2016-03-20 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello -team, In previous years we had the possibility to give donation to DebConf, and IIRC we got donations at every DebConf. Should we handle donation also this year? Using SPI? Onsite? Both? BTW the links (both from http://debconf14.debconf.org/payments.xhtml ): https://co.clickandpledge.com

Re: [Debconf-team] minidebconf vienna 2016?

2015-12-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello chrysn, as nobody replied you, I give you some hints (I never been a mini-debconf organizer, so take it with a grain of salt). On 16.12.2015 19:04, chrysn wrote: > hello debconf team, > > a plan has come up during debconf15 to host a minidebconf in 2016 in > vienna. nice. > from you wh

Re: [Debconf-team] Why a new DebConf delegation won't help

2015-11-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 11.11.2015 20:47, martin f krafft wrote: > Since then, we've seen a spectrum of problems, from the team unable > to make decision constantly deferring to the chairs and burning them > out, to there being a divide between chairs and some of the team, > bringing focus to the powers attributed by

Re: [Debconf-team] On the "local team"

2015-10-01 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Note: this mail was written more than a week ago, but real life delayed it. So I'll sent it now, but I've not yet read the follow-up of previous mails (I saw there are some but...), and maybe there is some repetition. But now I'll stop writting and I'll send it, and I go full immersion again to re

Re: [Debconf-team] Fixing the Debconf Delagation (was: Re: DebConf meetings this week)

2015-09-23 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 23 Sep 2015, at 21:51, martin f krafft wrote: >>> The other (more exceptional) power that the chairs have to >>> interfere with day-to-day affairs is also problematic: >>> overriding decisions >>> >>> While this is only used rarely, >> >> Actually, the value of that power is that it exists

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf meetings this week

2015-09-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 22 Sep 2015, at 23:00, Philip Hands wrote: > > Margarita Manterola writes: > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Philip Hands wrote: >>> Could someone explain the purpose of the co-ordination team? >> >> From last week's meeting [1]: >> >> This team is in charge of facilita

Re: [Debconf-team] [Protest] Changes should come from within the team and not from above

2015-08-28 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 28 Aug 2015, at 13:44, Margarita Manterola > wrote: (…) > If the team decides that I'm not the best person to lead the > coordination team, I'm perfectly happy to step aside and let someone > else do it. If the chairs decide this without even explaining to me > why, then I'm not going to g

Re: [Debconf-team] [Protest] Changes should come from within the team and not from above

2015-08-28 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 28 Aug 2015, at 13:05, Margarita Manterola > wrote: (…) > Imagine if tomorrow the DPL would send a mail to d-d-a saying that the > chairs are replaced by foo, bar, baz, and you learn about it from the > mail. Would you be happy about that? Even if you had been thinking of > quitting before

Re: [Debconf-team] [Protest] Changes should come from within the team and not from above

2015-08-28 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Marga, > On 28 Aug 2015, at 11:59, Margarita Manterola > wrote: > > The DebConf Chairs are supposed to be leading the team. Leading may > mean sometimes taking hard decisions, but most of the time it should > mean guiding, working with the team towards achieving consensus and > making sur

Re: [Debconf-team] [Coordination] Timeline changes proposal for DC16

2015-08-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Lucas, On 25.08.2015 11:48, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 25/08/15 at 11:37 +0200, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: >> >> Note: food and accommodation is really a yes/no. But travel >> sponsorship, which requires a lot more money, is much more difficult. We >> will not h

Re: [Debconf-team] [Coordination] Timeline changes proposal for DC16

2015-08-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 25.08.2015 10:26, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 25/08/15 at 09:11 +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: >> One month for bursaries is tight, but doable if we are well prepared. 1 >> 1/2 months would be better. It mostly needs someone to drive the process >> as David did it this year. >> >> At the bursar

Re: [Debconf-team] [Coordination] Timeline changes proposal for DC16

2015-08-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Gaudenz, On 25.08.2015 09:11, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > > Giacomo Catenazzi writes: > >> Hello Marga, >> >>> On 24 Aug 2015, at 23:48, Margarita Manterola >>> wrote: (...) >>> When the registration period opens, everyone needs t

Re: [Debconf-team] [Coordination] Timeline changes proposal for DC16

2015-08-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Marga, > On 24 Aug 2015, at 23:48, Margarita Manterola > wrote: (…) > The pre-registration period is for people that are requesting > sponsorship or submitting event proposals. They would only express > their intent on going to DebConf (and DebCamp if applicable) and then > fill in the s

Re: [Debconf-team] About lunch/dinner queues

2015-08-16 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 16 Aug 2015, at 12:12, martin f krafft wrote: > > Folks, > > Daniel ran around the venue last night telling people to eat when > the queue was empty. If you see small queues during meal times, > please consider using the PA system at reception to make an > announcement for people to come e

Re: [Debconf-team] Call for volunteers for DebConf sites (for both python/django and html/css/js)

2015-08-13 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 13 Aug 2015, at 10:30, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > > On 13/08/15 09:09, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: >> Hello DebConfers, >> >> We are planing the sites for next debconfs and we would like to form a >> real team for such website (registration, schedule,

[Debconf-team] Call for volunteers for DebConf sites (for both python/django and html/css/js)

2015-08-13 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello DebConfers, We are planing the sites for next debconfs and we would like to form a real team for such website (registration, schedule, homepages). As you probably are aware, we constantly lack "web designers". Debconf already has designers (logo, and general design), but maintaining the we

[Debconf-team] Managing volunteers during DebConf

2015-07-31 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello -team, We would like to improve our use of volunteers during DebConf. In the past we sometimes did quite well at recruiting and using volunteers for the video team and for talk management roles, but we also left a lot of people who wanted to volunteer unused, while sometimes lacking people

Re: [Debconf-team] Conf dinner logistics challenge

2015-07-10 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Martin, On 09.07.2015 15:05, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach martin f krafft [2015-07-08 16:33 +0200]: >> 2. I've inquired whether we could have 2–3 additional 20-seaters >> so that we could ferry 120–160 people in each go, meaning we >> could do it in 3 runs. > > We can h

Re: [Debconf-team] Conf dinner logistics challenge

2015-07-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 08.07.2015 16:33, martin f krafft wrote: > I am strongly in favour of (3) if we get additional busses. If not, > then we'll have to work with (1). I don't think (2) is going to > improve things enough. > > I also believe 1.5km is a reasonable distance to walk once — we > won't have the problem

Re: [Debconf-team] "role in debian"

2015-06-09 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello chrysn, On 09.06.2015 07:27, chrysn wrote: > hello debconf team, > > the registration server and i disagree on my role in debian -- i've > repeatedly told it to list me as "debian contributor (including > maintainer, ...)", but it is stubborn and lists me as "project member > (all dds)". >

Re: [Debconf-team] Budget PDF snapshots (was: DC15 conf dinner budget extension)

2015-05-07 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 07 May 2015, at 21:46, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2015-05-07 20:41 +0200]: >> Can I ask you, Martin, to make an extract (maybe as pdf as you did >> for first draft), so that in future we will know what setting are >> needed for

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 conf dinner budget extension

2015-05-07 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Neil, On 07.05.2015 20:23, Neil McGovern wrote: > Hi cate, > (...) > Great, thanks for this! By any chance, do you have a copy of the budget > handy? If not, I can go digging around in the leader@ archives - but > there's a /lot/ of spam in there. This is the budget lucas approved.

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 conf dinner budget extension

2015-05-07 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Neil and Martin, The Chairs, after listening the opinions of the team and after a lot of discussion, recommend the DPL to increase the DebConf budget by 4000 EUR for the conference dinner. With the new income from fundraising, this increase will not compromise a balanced budget. Saying that,

Re: [Debconf-team] Schedule proposals and decision for the next meeting

2015-03-29 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 29 Mar 2015, at 23:48, Margarita Manterola > wrote: > >> Please discuss it also with video, to see if they can manage the >> schedule/which slots cannot be recorded. > > I'm not sure what you mean here. 90 minutes should be enough time for > every member of the video team to eat and hav

Re: [Debconf-team] Schedule proposals and decision for the next meeting

2015-03-29 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 29 Mar 2015, at 14:47, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > > Hi, > > We have come back and forth with several details in the schedule, and at > least in the content team we would like to have a decision on it so we can > rely on it, knowing the event slots available, and I'm sure that other teams,

Re: [Debconf-team] Helping the budget get approved

2015-03-21 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Martin, > On 21 Mar 2015, at 09:50, martin f krafft wrote: > > Hello chairs and DPL, > > to facilitate your job of approving the "base case" budget, please > allow me to provide a few bits of additional information: > (…) Note: in this mail there is nothing that influences the approval

Re: [Debconf-team] Budget (hopefully) ready for Thursday's discussion / approval

2015-03-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 12.03.2015 12:26, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-12 11:32 +0100]: >> OK, then, provided the chairs agree as well (as they know more >> about the details than myself), I think I'm fine with all the >> expenses listed in the "worst case" scenario in the expense tab >

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 Budget discussion - Review now - Meeting on Thursday, March 12th - 19:30 UTC

2015-03-09 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Martin, > On 09 Mar 2015, at 19:40, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach martin f krafft [2015-03-03 22:02 +0100]: >> Ideally, you could send this to me by Sunday afternoon. The reason >> is that the only real time I have next week for this is Sunday and >> Tuesday evenings, and I want

Re: [Debconf-team] CoC and "suitable for people aged 12 or above"

2015-03-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Enrico, On 04.03.2015 13:08, Enrico Zini wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed in http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml, that is required to > be accepted by speakers in DebConf, that is still says "All presentation > material should be suitable for people aged 12 and above." It use the word "sho

Re: [Debconf-team] Suggestions for improving our IRC meetings

2015-03-03 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 03.03.2015 11:46, Margarita Manterola wrote: > For future meetings I plan to: > > 1) When there seems to be agreement on something but it's not 100% clear do: > > marga suggests: #agreed we should do foo/bar/baz This could help, allowing a short answer ("No"), so who disagree can have time to

Re: [Debconf-team] Food [Re: Registration questions]

2015-02-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 25.02.2015 07:53, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Santiago Ruano Rincón [2015-02-24 23:41 > +0100]: >> what about not having a default about food? the diet field >> could be mandatory, with an empty option by default >> ... >> a real *-tagged field > > I think this is the best sugges

Re: [Debconf-team] Food [Re: Registration questions]

2015-02-23 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 21.02.2015 16:11, martin f krafft wrote: > At the same time, I think we could try to avoid speaking about > vegetarians and vegans as "restricted", which has a bit of a > negative connotation, or so I've been told numerous times now. Why? It is a restriction of food choice. All of us have foo

Re: [Debconf-team] Draft schedule format

2015-02-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 17.02.2015 15:59, Margarita Manterola wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Santiago Ruano Rincón > wrote: >> I would agree also for ending breakfast earlier (but I see in titanpad >> that people objected). Another option would be to announce the info at >> 10:00, in the plenary r

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

2015-02-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 08 Feb 2015, at 15:42, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Ana Guerrero Lopez [2015-02-08 14:35 +0100]: >> I have not idea how much setup you have to do but given that the "local >> team" is not in Heildeberg it doesn't sounds like a bad idea if you have >> 1-2 days alone in the venue to p

[Debconf-team] DebCamp and DebConf dates

2015-02-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello team, Could we setup the dates of DebCamp and DebConf, including sponsored days, and talks days? I prepared a proposal: Sat 8 Aug: Early arrivals (Setup, DebCamp) starting 17:00 Sun 9 Aug: DebCamp Day 1 Mon 10 Aug: DebCamp Day 2 Tue 11 Aug: DebCamp Day 3 Wed 12 Aug: DabCamp Day 4 Thu 13

Re: [Debconf-team] Food [Re: Registration questions]

2015-02-07 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
> On 07 Feb 2015, at 05:36, Tassia Camoes Araujo wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 01:13:00PM -0500, micah anderson wrote: >> >> So, yes, I think the framing problem is important here, but the real >> problem is that the negotiations with food providers should be >> approached from a different

[Debconf-team] Questions about DebConf bids

2015-01-27 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, My questions, in very short format: Late arrival: do the accommodation (for venues) allow very late arrivals? Do we have a 24h hacklab? What about dressing standards e.g. barefoot, shirtless at venue? Age restrictions (without parents) in venues? in bar/restaurants? [18 is IMHO enough,

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals

2015-01-21 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 20.01.2015 19:31, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2015-01-19 16:04 +0100]: >> - We need the lunch and dinner costs for non-hosted attendees. > > Each meal will be about 7€. > > Just for the record, I am not much in favour for catering to > ext

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees

2015-01-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, On 17.01.2015 17:37, Margarita Manterola wrote: > My proposal is to have 5 categories: > > * Corporate: lodging+food (charged by the hostel per day of stay) + EUR 400 > * Professional: lodging+food (charged by the hostel per day of stay) + EUR 150 > * Self-paid: lodging+food (charged by t

Re: [Debconf-team] Bootstrapping the DebConf infrastructure team

2014-12-05 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 04.12.2014 22:00, Richard Hartmann wrote: > * Your home time zone CET > * What you would be willing to work on In priority order (high to low) Summit: link to "registration", data service to other (sub-)teams, development, deployment, admin. video-team: only as local volunteer on recording

Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship

2014-12-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 04.12.2014 12:54, 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 started last ye

Re: [Debconf-team] Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP

2014-12-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 04.12.2014 12:04, Michael Banck wrote: > Another thing to keep in mind about the timeline is that some people > might only get to DebConf as a business trip, and their employer might > only approve it if they present something. So for them, having the talk > accepted (well, or turned down) bef

Re: [Debconf-team] Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP

2014-12-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, On 04.12.2014 11:05, Michael Banck wrote: > Heya, (...) > - Therefore, in April, it would be good to have bursary decisions. > > - Which means that registration should ideally open in March This is similar to the DC intents in previous years. > - And by that time, we would like

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 25.11.2014 11:05, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2014-11-25 09:33 +0100]: >> The amount of money needed to have the logo printed. >> We are selling the space in lanyards for nothing. > > Not true. We are trying to figure out what the right pric

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 25.11.2014 06:54, Richard Hartmann wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz > wrote: >> Also, you may know that I'm personally against brands in official >> lanyards for Debconf. > > The official t-shirts will be branded as well; as will be the banners, > the video strea

Re: [Debconf-team] budget approval process

2014-10-14 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 14.10.2014 16:46, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2014-10-14 14:25 +0200]: >> I'd like to process to be the following: >> - budget team sends the budget to the debconf team, to ask for feedback >> and detect possible things that could have been forgotten. (the budget >>

Re: [Debconf-team] Splitting the DC reports repo?

2014-09-09 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 09.09.2014 13:02, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2014-09-09 11:32 +0200]: >> I think it is a pity to split the repository only because of the >> images (photo and logos). >> >> Could you split only at level DCX/images and keep the text &g

Re: [Debconf-team] Splitting the DC reports repo?

2014-09-09 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Martin, On 04.09.2014 03:01, martin f krafft wrote: > Folks, > > The reports directory is 805MB. Unless there is a very good reason > why this is all in one Git repo, I will claim that I overlooked this > during the migration and would like to propose to split it *after* > the DC14 final re

Re: [Debconf-team] How do people feel about dispensing with the historical 1+ month break from organizing activities that takes place after DebConf?

2014-08-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[a top post, because the content is in the subject, and no, I'll not reached the subject post] I think it is inevitable. DebConf takes much free time in the last months, so we need to get back that time to the other life, family, friends etc. And the final report is like technical documentation,

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf organization working group

2014-08-25 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 25.08.2014 04:21, Martín Ferrari wrote: > Hello again, > > We had a very productive session this morning. We had the chance to hear > individual accounts of past DebConf experience, and I think everybody > learned something from it. > > You can read the meeting minutes in the wiki page: > http

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf orga/governance sessions at DC14

2014-08-23 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, I’m not going to DC14, so I put my comments about governance. First: I don’t like the proposal of Martin: - it seems to requires/encourage big local teams (so no new countries/continents) - IMHO will demotivate regular organisers/volunteers - not so flexible (in last debconfs we did a

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored meal projections?

2014-08-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Steve, Because of 100 additional meals, I think we are save with your estimates (or these 100 should include all attendees, also non sponsored one?). Just adding some comments to help also dc15 calculations. On 12.08.2014 06:46, Steve Langasek wrote: > I think that, because this DebConf is

Re: [Debconf-team] Planning the announcement of DC15's sponsorship drive

2014-06-23 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Richard, On 23.06.2014 14:37, Richard Hartmann wrote: I think we should spam DPN, the -announces, reddit, friendly press publications, etc once we have: I think it is too early for such mass announcement. For groups in Europe and for sponsors it is be the right time, but I think it is

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf governance & 'Debian Deutschland' name and TO status

2014-04-28 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Martin, On 28.04.2014 14:05, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Brian Gupta [2014-04-28 13:36 +0200]: I think one thing that has helped me in the past is to keep in mind that when I work on something in a DebConf subteam, that we are working on a proposal for presentation to the larger t

Re: [Debconf-team] [Soc-coordination] GSoC students / DebConf14

2014-04-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 22.04.2014 09:52, Steve Langasek wrote: On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 09:12:55AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Daniel Pocock [2014-04-22 09:01 +0200]: If I remember correctly, it was a combined effort: - Google paid for transport to DebConf13 - the DebConf13 budget provided accommo

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf governance (Re: About the DC15 entity and authority

2014-04-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Holger, On 17.04.2014 12:00, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > [mostly madduck and aba were discussing some details about german association > law and power structures...] > > which reminds me of a problem / contradiction we had at DebConf13...: > > - there is a legal entity, which claims to

Re: [Debconf-team] registration metadata

2014-04-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 10.04.2014 21:58, Steve Langasek wrote: >> Nickname >>*(seems like this should be explicitly "irc nick" or split?) > > Historically, we print the nick on the badges, to help with mapping > real-world to virtual identities. It's often an IRC nick, but could be > whatever nick someone w

Re: [Debconf-team] help needed for penta datamining

2014-03-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 26.03.2014 13:31, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Am 25.03.2014 07:32, schrieb Steve Langasek: > >> The best source of data for this is going to be the penta database. Is >> there someone here that's willing to volunteer their time to run some >> queries and answer some questions? If you don't already

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions to the bid teams

2014-02-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello bidders, here my questions about the bids: - Mechelen: There is missing information about hacklabs (in particular to 24/7 hacklab). Do you have some options/ideas? - Heidelberg: I'm concerned about "With exclusive access, 24/7 is no problem. But there will be limitations during DebCamp (

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14: parallel activities for families with kids

2013-08-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 08/22/2013 08:29 PM, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2013.08.22.1007 +0200]: - Families requests and information happen at busy organizing time, when organizers have few time, so families need pass to second level. Unless we recognise that we have more and more

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14: parallel activities for families with kids

2013-08-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 08/22/2013 04:59 AM, Hector Oron wrote: DebConf could provide information to gather that group and enable them with space and tools to self-organize themselves. Not sure it counts as a global agreement, but I think we are pretty much in-line. As an action for this thread to no evaporize I wo

Re: [Debconf-team] Improving the lunch for DebConf13?

2013-07-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 26.07.2013 11:22, Andreas Tille wrote: On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 08:32:01AM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: I'm in favour for the lunch "upgrade". +1 OTOH I think we should try to downgrade the dinner during C&W: people could choose to eat less (if it is a buffet), and probably we need t

Re: [Debconf-team] 20th Birthday Party - DebianDay

2013-07-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 24.07.2013 16:40, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote: Hi, Quoting Gaudenz Steinlin : * Registration If we want to invite non DebConf people to the barbecue we need some way for them to register. I have setup a wiki page for this [3]. This is easy for us, but has the disadvantage that everyone that w

[Debconf-team] Call for help to organize a Debian 20th Birthday Party

2013-07-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello world! We are organizing DebConf13, at Le Camp near Vaumarcus (NE, Switzerland), and we are thinking about organizing a special event on Friday 16 August, the 20th birthday of our preferred Operating System. The current preliminary plan is to have some talks for people interested in De

Re: [Debconf-team] Day Trip - please comment

2013-07-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 18.07.2013 11:14, Raphaël Walther wrote: Hi Gaudenz, Instead of taking the boat we could have 3-4 buses back from Neuchatel to Vaumarcus at different times: 17:00, 19:00, 21:00 (to be defined exactly). People wanting to stay even longer, can also return by public transport (takes longer b

Re: [Debconf-team] Day Trip - please comment

2013-07-11 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 11.07.2013 15:07, Raphaël Walther wrote: Well, we will need to split the group between more or less 5 coaches of 75 persons: BREAKFAST at Le Camp + All attendes will take a picnic provided by Le Camp. MORNING 9:30 - 12:00 Activity A. Visit of Mauler in Motier https://www.mauler.ch/ Activit

Re: [Debconf-team] T-shirts quote

2013-07-09 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 09.07.2013 10:05, Philipp Hug wrote: Do we really need 585 T-Shirts (attendees: 390, staff: 120, video: 75)? Original quote by Gunnar was 400 T-Shirts Compared with penta numbers of 278 attendees + 52 sponsors + 44 organizer/volunteer/videoteam. Especially on the staff side we seem to have wa

Re: [Debconf-team] DC13 T-shirts initial design

2013-07-03 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 03.07.2013 11:51, Moray Allan wrote: On 2013-07-03 07:54, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: We're not pushing the word "Vaumarcus" or "Switzerland" anywhere (as in past years), are we fine with that? I don't think that's a strict requirement. We also usually put the year with that. Although we

[Debconf-team] food (planing, cost, etc.)

2013-07-01 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, I've some question about food, and I think we should collect some ideas and questions, before asking them to Le Camp. Food availability, prices: IIRC we pay 35 CHF/day for food. What does it mean "per day"? From dinner (first day) to lunch (last day)? People could choose lunch (fir

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 13 room planning (talks, hacklabs, bar, ...)

2013-06-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Gaudenz, On 25.06.2013 23:05, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Hi Cate "Giacomo A. Catenazzi" writes: I think we should have the hacklab on the upper floor of Rotonde, and two BoF rooms on the lower floor. And where would you place the 2nd talk room then? I don't think we need 2 official BoF

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 13 room planning (talks, hacklabs, bar, ...)

2013-06-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 18.06.2013 10:42, Benedikt Trefzer wrote: (...) The bar team votes for bar in rotonde. We are aware of the fact, that the bar is not the most important part of the organisation. So we'd like to clearly state, it is possible to organise Bar@le carré but The most important thing for us is

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 13: Call for Papers

2013-05-31 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Michael, On 31.05.2013 01:46, Michael Banck wrote: Hi Debconf team, Has somebody volunteered to organize a science track yet? In general, I would volunteer if nobody else steps up, but I am not sure it makes sense as the deadline for abstract submission is nearby and I don't know if we

Re: [Debconf-team] Cleaning

2013-05-14 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 14.05.2013 16:50, Moray Allan wrote: For hygiene, the most important parts are: - clean shared bathrooms at least daily (how many are there? there will also be some inefficiency in time usage, waiting for bathrooms to be empty to clean, etc.) and showers. - wash plates/cutlery etc. aft

Re: [Debconf-team] DC12 Travel Bursaries ("Herb Team"): Ping? Discussion?

2013-05-14 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 14.05.2013 08:58, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: As a final point, I disagree with cate's proposal to forbid people requesting travel sponsorship from joining the herb@ team: people asking for sponsorship _are_ a (significant) part of the Debian community and I think we would loose some precious

Re: [Debconf-team] Rethinking the way travel sponsorship works

2013-05-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, On 07.05.2013 23:38, Gunnar Wolf wrote: After today's meeting, we idled a bit in the IRC channel exchanging some ideas. Tiago talked on what he perceived to be the main problematic that other DebConf attendees complained about, and he got some people to answer, me among them. (...) I thi

[Debconf-team] DebCamp [Was: Re: Bubullemobile confirmation]

2013-05-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 08.05.2013 08:28, Andreas Tille wrote: Question regarding arrival time at DebCamp: Because I would like to book my travel *right now* because I can get the best price at Deutsche Bahn three monthes in advance I wonder whether some other people would like to arrive early. If there is a DebC

Re: [Debconf-team] Asking NASA for sponsoring DebConf (or simply dedicated DebCamp)

2013-05-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 08.05.2013 08:08, Andreas Tille wrote: Hi, I was stumbling upon this pretty cool news http://www.zdnet.com/to-the-space-station-and-beyond-with-linux-714958/ this morning. Hey, if I look at the stars I can see Debian for some moments! So do we have any people "close to NASA" or sh

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 23.04.2013 10:12, Daniel Pocock wrote: Looking at www.sbb.ch and trying to see any discount fares from (city in Germany) to Yverdon-les-Bains for 8 August, I get an error "Bookings are not yet being taken for your journey.", it seems bookings must be made in less than 92 days (e.g. early-mid M

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 19.04.2013 11:47, Philipp Hug wrote: Hi Daniel, I don't think it's useful to have such a complicated formula. And another thing: DebConf attendees should book their train tickets from Europe early and directly to Yverdon and not just to the border, as there are huge discounts available: Dir

Re: [Debconf-team] Separate room for families

2013-04-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 17.04.2013 13:54, Daniel Pocock wrote: However people feel about this, one thing that is possible now is to send some communication to the wider community, even if registration is not yet open, to let them know about the things that are already set in stone (e.g. dates, possible sleeping arra

Re: [Debconf-team] Separate room for families

2013-04-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 17.04.2013 12:42, Ana Guerrero wrote: Out of curiosity, what do you understand for a family here? I have discovered recently that the definition of a family varies widely and for some, the concept of family must include children. For others, like me, 2 persons who share their live together ar

Re: [Debconf-team] Updated DebConf budget draft - explanations

2013-04-10 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 10.04.2013 07:53, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Hug wrote: we have all we need, stop looking for more sponsors I think we never need to stop looking for sponsors: a new sponsor today is a probable sponsor next year. Which doesn't mean we should do crazy expenses if we have much money, ju

Re: [Debconf-team] Updated DebConf budget draft - explanations

2013-04-09 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 09.04.2013 14:17, Philipp Hug wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to reformulate my email. We need to prioritize these expenses and drop the ones we put lower than "we have all we need, stop looking for more sponsors", but keep the ones we would like if money allows it: In my opinion: track A + CH

Re: [Debconf-team] DC13 - DebCamp

2013-04-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Hug, On 08.04.2013 09:43, Philipp Hug wrote: Hi Gaudenz, The new budget is an extended/optimal budget for 8-day DebConf, which includes things like cleaning, 2 full meals per day and more money for Day trip and conference dinner, Debian newbies initiative (as a deficit, covered by Debian)

[Debconf-team] 2013-04-08: DebConf IRC meeting 18:00 UTC, 20:00 CEST

2013-04-02 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello people, so we will have the meeting the 8 April at 18:00 UTC, 20:00 CEST, about: - accommodation proposals (in short: full capacity, 2/3, max 4 per room) - debcamp - deadlines Agenda: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf13/Meetings/20130408 We need a short meeting, but on the other hand

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