Re: [Debconf-team] DC13 - DebCamp

2013-04-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
full extra week, would be a vary valuable addition to DebConf13. If you can draft a budget including that option shortly (something which, as Gaudenz mentioned, is entangled with other related decisions), I'll be happy to give you quick feedback about it. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . .

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf12 final report - Status and course of action

2013-01-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
aising reasons, I don't see why not. IOW, ball is still in your camp for that part of the report :-) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . .

Re: [Debconf-team] I wish you a wonderful 2013 & DebConf13! (oh, and DebConf14 too)

2013-01-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
se stop looking for someone to blame, and start thinking at how to improve processes so that next time things would work better. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o De

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-12-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 04:01:14PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Modulo all the above, which I'm confident you will take into account, > I'm happy to approve the proposed budget. I've been asked to provide some clarifications on the meaning of the above. Also, as it is

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-11-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
hard to negotiate a better deal for the limit after which we are formally allowed to go tents. I don't think it will change much in practice, but it will give us more flexibility (and therefore more sane-mindedness). I have shared some other comments about the negotiation with Phi

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-11-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
might want (subject to some judgement call) to shield individual volunteers. Bottom line: the risk is (probably) low, but definitely non-zero. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . .

Re: [Debconf-team] LeCamp - Approval of budget and signing the contract

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
possibly in one of the following languages: English, French, Italian). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o .

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
7;re far off too. I'd say "yes" if and only if we can afford it and if I think the odds are good that those money will benefit Debian. Nothing more, nothing less. Cheers. [1] "might", because I haven't seen a budget submitted to me, yet; and I *am* worried by peo

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
hat would be so even if I were, personally, strongly against the decision made by the relevant Debian team. In that case, I'd rather escalate the matter further myself, than using DPL prerogatives as a tactical device. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o .

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding DebConf13 planned location

2012-11-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ything that they have done, or not done, that has diminished my trust in their ability to carry on the responsibility I've delegated to them. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o .

Re: [Debconf-team] really worried about DebConf

2012-11-13 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
se don't go down this path. The distinction between who is a member of the dc13 association and who is not should play no role in the decision making process. And, more importantly, should induce no fracture or finger pointing in the community. Thanks, -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . .

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf13-localteam] DebConf 13 legal association

2012-08-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
I've given a lot of thought to it, and made up my mind. Similarly, I won't try to convince *you* of the merits of going debian.ch; don't worry this mail of mine is the last on this topic :-) Pick one with the DebConf team, and let's move on with the more funny parts of Deb

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 13 legal association

2012-08-30 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
am decision. Whatever option you choose, you'll (obviously) have my support and collaboration. Thanks for your work in organizing DebConf13, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . .

Re: [Debconf-team] mailing lists on lists.debian.org

2012-08-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ation effort --- some debconf team member will end up volunteering to help list masters initially for debconf-* lists and, in the future, who knows for what else :-) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zac

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf sprint in Fribourg, Wed 8. Aug, 17h30 local time

2012-08-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ap.org/?mlat=46.804257&mlon=7.154661&zoom=13 > > P.S. This is not meant to be a "Team meeting", it's just a "work-together > sprint". > P.S.2. This event could be repeated rather easily, in this or other places. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{up

Re: [Debconf-team] noisy hacklab x quiet hacklab

2012-07-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
don't know which one should be more > suitable for silence/noise. Any thoughts? No idea either. But hacklab1 (the one we've been using for DebCamp) has become noisier over time, so it seems natural to propose hacklab2 as the more "silent" one. Thanks! Cheers. -- Stef

Re: [Debconf-team] On site communication

2012-07-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
he tags you wrap them into, help. What's needed is just frank communication, as other followups have already acknowledged.) -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debian Project Le

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf travel sponsorship (was: Re: Budget status - travel sponsorship)

2012-06-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
in a big bucket, etc. I see nothing insurmountable and unsolvable given good will and enough volunteers, but I don't think it's as easy as it seems either. [2] all the encouragements contained in this mail are not specific to Ian, of course, but general to the lurker public as

Re: [Debconf-team] questions for hotel people (+and note about travel money)

2012-06-19 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
mber that history runs in circles: this is the stressful part, but there are the fun and rewarding parts waiting for all of you at the end of the tunnel ;-) -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . .

Re: [Debconf-team] Travel sponsorship money (and other money things)

2012-06-13 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
to be expensive, then you should probably not *aim* to use the surplus as it'll come handy in the future. But that's up to the team to decide. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf11 surplus for DebConf 12

2012-06-12 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
should try next year. I agree with you that early budgets will be neither complete nor 100% correct. But they are better than nothing and help in making decisions, as this thread shows. Thanks for your work, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maît

Re: [Debconf-team] Investigating the Debian involvement in DebConf12

2012-06-11 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
wer, nor the kind of money we're talking about. Considering that and the initial disclaimer in Luca's mail ("this is in no way an official request yet"), I'll now retreat in the dark corner again. Let me know if/when you need more from me. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli

Re: [Debconf-team] Some assumptions about the DC11 accounting

2012-06-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
o for the main DebConf. Local events have chances to attract sponsors that would never consider sponsoring the main conference. Just my 0.02€ of feedback, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack ...

Re: [Debconf-team] Investigating the Debian involvement in DebConf12

2012-06-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
is a goal. We have seen in the past people trying to surf debconf travel sponsorship in spite of their very low Debian involvement, and I guess there are some this year too. Have them already been excluded from the above figures or not?) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.

Re: [Debconf-team] Creating a debconf13 association

2012-05-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
reating a new organization is pointless, given that we already have a trusted organization in the area. (There might exist other reasons to do so, like the tax exemption one, which I've already commented in a previous mail.) That's all for me on this topic, I just wanted to clarify t

Re: [Debconf-team] Creating a debconf13 association

2012-05-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
esn't seem particularly useful. Maybe there are other arguments in favor of the "new organization" option that I'm missing? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsilon.cc/zack .. . . o Debia

Re: [Debconf-team] Before opening the registration with Penta...

2012-04-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
nnar wants to collect for the final report. But when reading those numbers, I wouldn't particularly care about distinctions finer than the above. Just my 0.02€, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://upsil

Re: [Debconf-team] Early travel sponsorship

2012-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
t yet thought long enough at the proportionality issue for our needs, but my gut feeling is that for sponsorship reasons we could disregard it and use the simplest correction. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences .. http://up

[Debconf-team] [fwd: a little help with DebConf11 sponsorship]

2011-08-30 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
on handling the reimbursements! Cheers. - Forwarded message from Lior Kaplan - Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:30:17 +0300 From: Lior Kaplan To: Stefano Zacchiroli Subject: a little help with DebConf11 sponsorship Hi Stefano, I'm having a little problem with the Debconf sponsorship money... I thoug

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
cient way the donations we receive. The obvious drawback of this solution is that someone needs to populate the ballpark numbers table. It can be done lazily (i.e. while voting applications the herb team members populate the table using travel price search engines), but it is still extra work. Chee

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
or this end instead of cooking up something new. Although I haven't investigated much, I suspect it already offers most of what you'll need. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
do that myself). That does not solve the potential 501(c)(3) issues that have been mentioned in this thread, though. I'm not knowledgeable enough on US law to judge how concrete those risks are. If you decide to go this way, I suggest asking SPI if they consider the risk acceptable befor

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-07-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
oblem that the average for herb team members is taken on a smaller sample than for non-herb team members, but if the team is large enough (which I believe was a very good feature of this year team) the difference should be meaningless. Has that option been considered in the past? Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf payments

2011-07-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
invoice to myself is emitted. I'd like to know both as I very much doubt that the French transportation company will be happy/able to emit an invoice to some non-French entity. As usual: many thanks for your help in dealing with Debian finances, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf9/10[/11] accounting summary

2011-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
aken back from DebConf up until and including DC8. These seem to roughly correspond to DC9 initial "surplus", within an error of ~2000 EUR. Anyhow, at this point the above are a little more than details. One way or another the numbers shows that: either in the past 2 years we hav

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting DebConf attendees reimbursed quickly for travel costs

2011-06-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
only by the auditors and the DPL. At the time of writing, Debian balance at FFIS is 33912.56 EUR. Note, however, that bank balances are not enough to understand the state of Debian finances. Most notably, recent cash flow might be missing, as well as already approved expenses which have not b

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf11: please add sponsorship logo in debian.org site

2011-06-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
oblem in having a DebConf link (not mentioning sponsoring) pointing to the DebConf website. Once the visitor reaches debconf11.debconf.org, it's pretty obvious that there are sponsorship opportunities and it's also immediately evident what some of the benefits are (i.e. logos on the website)

Re: [Debconf-team] propostal web watch debconf11 with html5

2011-05-16 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
f that is feasible or not (in terms of manpower, bandwidth, equipment, etc.), but it's a very useful goal to have in mind. Thanks for the web streaming mockup, Valessio! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debia

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsoring people (was: Re: Accommodation details)

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
. There is clearly a tension among the two goals, let's make it an healthy one starting from day 1 to understand each other perspectives! Just my 0.02€, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<&

Re: [Debconf-team] diva agreement

2011-03-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 04:48:01PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Tomorrow I'll proceed by filling in the DPL letter template [1] with the > content on the wiki page. If someone wants to beat me at it, my mailbox > will welcome a 'git format-patch' doing that! I'

Re: [Debconf-team] diva agreement

2011-03-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
TIA, Cheers. [1] http://git.debian.org/?p=dpl/dpl.git;a=blob;f=letter/letter-template.tex -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spa

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian/DIVA agreement

2011-03-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
In that respect, it looks very nice now. Neat idea. > At least now the expectation is clear, and we can see how DIVA would > like to handle it. ACK. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian/DIVA agreement

2011-03-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ays, as directed by the > DebConf global team. Oh wow, that's quick! Thanks. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti vo

Re: [Debconf-team] howto deal with debian/debconf money at ffis (and spi)

2011-03-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
e this explains why I want stuff the way I am asking. I am more > than happy for someone else to say ey'll be the accountant, then I > will stop making requests. I'm under the impression that we have a general agreement on the separate earmark scheme, provided that it's alive

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian/DIVA agreement

2011-03-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
me past records, I'd appreciate being pointed to them for comparison. Thanks a lot! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle,

Re: [Debconf-team] howto deal with debian/debconf money at ffis (and spi)

2011-03-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
f being empty outside DebConf budgeting windows and (hopefully) full during them. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spall

Re: [Debconf-team] howto deal with debian/debconf money at ffis (and spi)

2011-03-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:22:31AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Montag, 21. März 2011, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > I was only about to advance the same concern that Moray already advanced > > in a follow-up: deadlines. Saying we merge every year will be close to > >

Re: [Debconf-team] howto deal with debian/debconf money at ffis (and spi)

2011-03-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ase: DebConf exists because Debian does, as we have discussed at the DebConf10 BoF. IMHO, the more we can do to dispel the separation myth, the better. Accounting is just a very important part of that. So, the shorter the time window in which we keep separate budgets, the better. Cheers. -- Stefano Z

Re: [Debconf-team] [rt.debconf.org #1965] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money

2011-03-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ifficult that would be and (2) whether DebConf thinks it would be worth or not. For sure, as they are all donated money, they should be handled with great care, as usual. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org}

[Debconf-team] DebConf chairs delegation

2011-03-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ies if and when they occur. Please join me in thanking Holger, Moray, Gunnar, as well as the DebConf team as a whole, for their efforts in DebConf organization. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussie

Re: [Debconf-team] [rt.debconf.org #1965] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money

2011-03-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
debian.org/Teams/Auditor [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/10/msg00004.html -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | .

[Debconf-team] [DRAFT] debconf chairs delegation

2011-03-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
nimal and it will only add the needed accountability of DebConf to the Debian Project. I'd like to proceed early next week on this so I'd appreciate comments during the week-end, early next week. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 za

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsorship levels

2011-02-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
glish-only speakers. E.g. s/Latest version of the brochure produced/Latest version of the *sponsorship* brochure produced/; as well as s/Brosura/Sponsorship brochure/ (at least for the "en" versions). Thanks a lot for considering! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Comput

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-19 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
I don't add more confusion. I'm only trying > to help and offer possibilities and answer questions if somebody asks. Absolutely agreed, and thanks for doing that. > Additionally, it occurs to me that you're discussing things that can > be solved much easier than you thi

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
hey are not. We've been trying to fix that, together with several DebConf team people, since the "Debian vs DebConf" BoF at DebConf10. This is, as well as yours, a point I've already made in this thread. All in all, I observe we're now re-discussing things from scratch---st

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
) does not. Obviously, I hope something like the above will *never* happen, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be worried about similar scenarios. Hope this sheds some (more) light, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsi

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
merging accounts *at FFIS* makes thing any worse. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywher

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-11 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:28:59AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Freitag, 4. Februar 2011, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > On the same subject, can we please pour the other DebConf money we have > > > in Europe where they can be seen by DPL and Auditors

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-02-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 12:20:36PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 03:01:29PM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > > I recently spoke with Jimmy about this the other day, and he still has > > them. He is busy with school at the moment, so he isn't active

[Debconf-team] UDS anti-harassment policy

2011-02-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 01:08:35PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 06:45:04PM -0500, Richard Darst wrote: > > So, people have spoken and the response is good. I have done some > > wiki work to try to move us towards something we can agree on.

Re: [Debconf-team] on talk duration, the LCA model (45 + 15 mins)

2011-01-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
break is useful also to enable attendees hang around and ask speakers a few questions, in case they didn't get a chance, or didn't feel like, to do so publicly (seems to happen fairly often here at LCA). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris

[Debconf-team] on talk duration, the LCA model (45 + 15 mins)

2011-01-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
as a suggestion, do with it whatever you please. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti r

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Venue bid process

2011-01-17 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ay: thanks a lot for pushing this forward. Although potentially boring, this is a very important and much needed clarification in DebConf processes. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://u

Re: [Debconf-team] Meeting notes, 2011 Jan 11

2011-01-12 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
nference goals" page. TIA! Cheers. [1] http://lca2011.linux.org.au/about/harassment -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle,

Re: [Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2011-01-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ey come from, so I really don't see any advantage in keeping them separate. TIA, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, |

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary sponsorship information for debconf11 sought

2011-01-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ere is a benefit), but it is easy to imagine that less motivated potential sponsors simply didn't bother to mail and just went away. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://ups

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Venue bid process

2011-01-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
esponsibility level it is possible) doesn't sound right. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I&

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf anti-harassment policy - contact address

2010-12-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
al than "anti-harassment" whereas the latter form is the one used in the contact address. Still, the address is mentioned in the context of harassment reports, hence I considered that it was natural to use such an alias. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ Pos

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf anti-harassment policy

2010-12-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
urrent short version (which IMHO is enough) to the sprint documentation and announce it. ... of course with appropriate kudos! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando a

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Venue bid process

2010-12-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
of the experiences I made back then being a delegate. Not yet sure, how > useful that would be, as DC orga has changed quite a lot after that. I'd personally consider such a feedback *very* useful in fact. ... pretty please? :-) -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Venue bid process

2010-12-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
lso clearly recommend (or impose?) that people involved in specific bids should abstain from voting. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano

Re: [Debconf-team] [Spi-projects] Treasurer's Report as of 2010-10-31

2010-11-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
> travel reimbursements. > Expenses: Thanks a lot Michael, now the current status it's crystal clear! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i

Re: [Debconf-team] [Spi-projects] Treasurer's Report as of 2010-10-31

2010-11-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
gh estimate of the pending reimbursement would dramatically help in evaluating future Debian expenses. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le

Re: [Debconf-team] [Spi-projects] Treasurer's Report as of 2010-10-31

2010-11-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
er DebConf cash flows are now over, including not only expenses, but also "incomes". Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle,

Re: [Debconf-team] [Spi-projects] Treasurer's Report as of 2010-10-31

2010-11-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
433.25 > SPI 5% 31.94 > > Total Debian Exp 83,617.19 Ouch. This seems to be significantly higher than the expenses that we were expecting as still pending. Can you please folks explain if this is the case and, if it is so, what happened? Cheers

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Purpose of DebConf

2010-10-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
be exclusive of other DebConf purposes. The point of the list is to keep in mind what are the *main* reasons of DebConf existence, in order to *guide* though decisions when the need of taking them arises. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilo

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary sponsorship information for debconf11 sought

2010-10-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
hat (i.e. floating around passing contact as soon as I've them); don't expect me to take the lead or organize the team, as I don't have time/energy for that. I say that for clarity, so that you don't wait me to do the "first move" about sponsoring or anything like th

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary sponsorship information for debconf11 sought

2010-10-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
r DebConf11 (and linking it on the website :-)). The nice artwork done by Valessio can easily fit both on the new brochure and on a (forthcoming?) www.debconf.org/sponsor page. Thanks! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.f

[Debconf-team] preliminary sponsorship information for debconf11 sought

2010-10-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
chure of last year? Any reasons why it's not linked on the website? I consider it's in our interest to make that kind of material as widely available as possible… I've a pending question in lea...@d.o mailbox about all this, so I'd appreciate quick feedback. Many tha

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Purpose of DebConf

2010-09-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 05:32:08PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > Face-to-face interactions Interestingly enough, I've just noticed the following motto/tagline, which is well visible on the debconf website: Bringing people together: The Annual Debian Development Conferen

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf discussion: Purpose of DebConf

2010-09-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
es make sense to have the venue travel around the world to better serve different local communities. Cheers. [1] and in fact I was supposed to have already started by now a campaign for sprints, i.e. generalized Extremadura sessions, even w/o Extremadura :-) -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf process discussions

2010-09-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
and I find they contain invaluable DebConf "documentation". Can you please you link—or better, inject, so that we don't risk to lose them—them from www.debconf.org/doc/ or the like? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf10 budget: ballpark figures?

2010-09-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
an to have to still pay something like 1k, 2k, 5k, 10k, 20k, 50k, ... Choose one and I'll be happy :-) Cheers. [1] I'm interested in the overall Debian figures, but that can be easily approximated to SPI balance only if it helps you, as most of Debian money are there

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf10 budget: ballpark figures?

2010-08-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
; stuff a few weeks(?). The big stuff I can better estimate, though. Thanks for this valuable information. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i s

[Debconf-team] debconf10 budget: ballpark figures?

2010-08-25 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ks in advance, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans everywhere ti resta John Fante -- V. Caposella

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

2010-08-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
be free to re-discuss the issue at large on -project and/or try to override the taken decision (assuming in the meantime we will have clarified debconf/debian relationship which, as we now, is the other big topic ahead of us). Just my 0.02€, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer

Re: [Debconf-team] minutes from the DebConf and Debian BoF

2010-08-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
the rest of August, see you in a bit. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando anche i santi ti voltano le spalle, | . |. I've fans ever

Re: [Debconf-team] Bug#592170: please add debconf delegates to intro/organisation

2010-08-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ple who attended the "debian vs debconf" BoF should already know that I'm positive about that. I guess the issue now is identifying the candidates for the delegation; it should probably be postponed to the "debian vs debconf" discussion which is planned for September.

[Debconf-team] sponsoring the remaining 30% of queue B

2010-07-13 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
:-) As always, thanks for your work! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zain

Re: [Debconf-team] preliminary thoughts on Debian funding for DebConf10

2010-07-11 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
e than that. So, Pablo, thanks for this exchange, I believe it's important to share this kind of feelings to avoid leaving behind bad feelings and, ultimately, working more productively together to have a wonderful DebConf10. See you in NYC really soon now! Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchirol

Re: [Debconf-team] cost/value of video (was Re: attendee bursary status)

2010-07-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
the v-t needs to buy long term stuff, there's no problem in putting it on Debian budget. So---even if it's probably a bit OT for this list---the v-t can consider that policy as still in effect. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z

Re: [Debconf-team] cost/value of video (was Re: attendee bursary status)

2010-07-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
s, are our best resources, we should not cut them lightly. I've briefly chatted with Holger about the video-team budget and he is confident the budgeted 1k for video-team would be enough. If due to some emergency it will be not, Debian can cover up. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- P

Re: [Debconf-team] Fwd: DebConf11 official reconfirmation of the winner

2010-07-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
al ceremony in NYC :) > > How 'bout that :) ACK for me. I'll just wait 1 more day to leave -team people the time to comment on the text. If I receive no feedback, I'll proceed to sign it and mail a PDF to you (I'll probably also add a vague "DebConf team" ment

Re: [Debconf-team] UPDATE we can sponsor 70 % of queue B now and 100% queue A (proposal inside)

2010-07-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
s a virtual attachment, this mail contains a 99% ice cream for micah (heat madness is spreading from NYC to Paris, apparently ...) -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro u

Re: [Debconf-team] day trip options

2010-07-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
your work on DebConf10. It is just normal that you feel the pressure and that "flames" might sparkle at times. I can just say "thank you, we/you re almost there". Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.

[Debconf-team] preliminary thoughts on Debian funding for DebConf10

2010-07-05 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
ling to be more expensive. Also, I'm considerably worried about Debian reserves, especially in view of the potential need of anticipating money for future DebConf-s, and that is what makes my decision even harder to make. Thanks for your attention (and for restless work!). Cheers. -- Stefano Zac

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 09:39:03AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Still, I see as a blocker for giving DebConf10 money my question on how > much money do you currently expect to give back to Debian at the end of > the conference. I've just found the time to look at http://

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
of the conference. (Which is related to what Pablo proposed in reply to Ana.) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
el free to forward my mail to whoever appropriate. Cheers PS I'm currently on VAC so my latency in replying to mails is higher than usual. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.c

Re: [Debconf-team] some words about fundraising (more numbers to come tomorrow)

2010-06-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:21:35PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > ACTION: I will personally wait until 16:30 UTC today and then I will > reply to him just asking how much they are ready to sponsor. It would be > *much* better though if someone of the sponsorship team can reply to

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