Re: [Debconf-team] Fixing the Debconf Delagation

2015-09-30 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
pen again. The other point I'd like to raise is that as a Chair I try to voice the non-dominant views, sometimes representing those who are not in conditions to engage in a discussion, but can enrich our DebConf experience. For instance, there are people who cannot be present in every meeti

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

2015-09-23 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
f. In principle, any list of teams would work. And sure, changes can be made along the way. Tassia. On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 01:29:34AM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Hi, > > The term "local team" has become loaded in DebConf history, and we might > just want to avoid using it

Re: [Debconf-team] Scheduling DC16 meetings

2015-09-17 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
dule, the old one holds (which actually happens to be the same). Thus I see no reason to postpone tomorrow's meeting. More people will join when they are ready, if not this week, the next one, or later in the year. These are my 2 cents, let's see what Bernelle and Stef

Re: [Debconf-team] Scheduling DC16 meetings

2015-09-16 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
Hi Eric, On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 08:27:58AM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > > On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, Tassia Camoes Araujo > > wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:24:06AM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > > > We c

[Debconf-team] Summary of discussion on the wiki

2015-08-30 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
reason, please do so. Cheers, Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Patch to DebConf orgateam structure

2015-08-30 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
d we do not need to require that all volunteers register to dc-team (as Marga said, it can be traumatic - even though I hope we can change it soon). So I would advocate for those separate channels for volunteers/newbies in dc-orga, regardless of them being local to S

Re: [Debconf-team] Patch to DebConf orgateam structure

2015-08-30 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
. And as people get more involved and want to contribute even more, they could subscribe do debconf-team and eventually join a specific team. How do the other folks feel about it? Cheers, Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] On the facilities team

2015-08-30 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
oint of failure", but we'd like to have this situation improved in the future. Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Patch to DebConf orgateam structure

2015-08-30 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
ot ideal, but I don't think we need to go in details on this right now. Considering that in our current proposal the coordination team would be dealing only with the next conference edition, we thought that the Chairs could lead this process again. Meaning that we would gather the committee an

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 wrap-up blog post

2015-08-28 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
;t help with the wording right now, but I think it is not enough cheerful. For instance I would remove the word "trouble" and focus on the fact that we had a wonderful time together. Maybe add some highlights? Some exclamation marks might also help. Cheers, Tassia.

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

2015-08-28 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
your peers' errors. Accept your own errors. Forgive what went wrong in the past and look ahead. Remember that we all want the same thing: success in future DebConfs. Remember that we just had a very successful DebConf! Remember that we do it for something bigger than us: the Debian Project. We

[Debconf-team] Patch to DebConf orgateam structure

2015-08-27 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
in the teams, mentoring the new members. Thank you all for reading and commenting. Tassia, on behalf of the Chairs. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] DebConf17 early proposals

2015-08-17 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
ady to lead your own proposal, maybe you can convince a friend of doing so, or bring ideas of host cities so we can try to poke people later. Happy bid preparation! Tassia, On behalf of the DebConf orga team. [1] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17 signature.asc Descriptio

[Debconf-team] Meeting location change

2015-08-16 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
Hi team, Due to the weather conditions, let's move our meeting to Amsterdan? 19h as usual. IRC was already notified. See you there! Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/de

Re: [Debconf-team] Fourth Speyer bus?

2015-08-14 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
Hi madduck, On 2015-08-14 03:27, martin f krafft wrote: The question we have to answer today, as the option expires, is whether we want to add another bus. It seems reasonable, you have our ok. Tassia, on behalf of the DC Chairs. ___ Debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] On-site orgateam meetings

2015-08-11 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
We could also have evening meetings, no? I'm afraid we are too busy with other stuff at 10 AM. In any case, please let us all know through the mailing list. Thanks! Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://

[Debconf-team] On-site orgateam meetings

2015-08-11 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
Hi team, Are we having regular meetings on-site? When and where is it? Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] DebConf Orga Sprints @DebCamp

2015-07-23 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
sed later?). Please feel welcome to contribute to both sprints, it is a great oportunity for the whole team to meet in person and we should definitely benefit from it. We can also see those initiatives as a seed for a real DC orga sprint in the following months. Tassia, on beh

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

2015-07-15 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
and put the information on > a different server, but we think this would be a lost chance. > This is a completely new thing for me (and probably for many other people) so please do not publish anything before we have enough people engaged in the discussion. Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

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

2015-03-30 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
this year some members raised this issue, but they might not be following the discussion *now*. I understand the will to have a decision soon, but I don't think it was given enough time for people to react, between Maxy's message and tomorrow's meeting. For the records, we have

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

2015-03-23 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
itted to dc-team. Thanks to everyone who was somehow involved in this process. Tassia, On behalf of the DebConf Chairs. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Please review and approve budget

2015-03-15 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
een expenses. > > 5. Given that we managed to acquire a platinum sponsor just before >the meeting, I updated the worst-case expense scenario and >brought it closer to the base case. 18k of those 20k went to >travel (see above, it was raised from 15k to 33k). The rest

Re: [Debconf-team] Updating volunteering/teams pages

2015-03-15 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
le that are helping and should be given credits. This all seems like a task for the coord team. If anyone is willing to help, please do so ;-) Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Draft of the "Call for Proposals"

2015-03-12 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
coordinate our evaluation process with the bursaries team. However we've decided to not have another explicit deadline in the call to avoid confusion. Cheers, Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] CfP: last chance to review

2015-03-11 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
also incorporated. In case you want to give another look before it is made public, please check what we are considering as the final version, bellow the dashed line. We intend to publish it in 24h (March 12, 19 UTC). Tassia, On behalf of the Content

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

2015-03-06 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
y different channels). > I'm not sure about 1.5 x the expected duration, but IMHO a 10-20 min overflow allowance would be good. I'm not saying that we should make all meetings longer, but in cases that we can't reach an agreement on time, being a bit late wouldn't be the end of the world. Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Draft of the "Call for Proposals"

2015-03-06 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
ompromises the quality of the conference. IMHO We can make it the default and explain the importance of video for remote participation, but a simple "I'm sorry but I don't feel comfortable with that" would be a good enough reason for not being recorded. Tassia.

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

2015-02-27 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
of vegetarian and omnivores together. It is inclusive, cause people will have almost the same food, just the addition of meat for those who want. And we don't risk of not being able to provide basic food for anyone, since the base will be prepared for the totality of participants. Tassia

[Debconf-team] Orga team updates

2015-02-20 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
input is needed in any issue, please poke him directly, cause he is not following dc-team. Thanks Tiago for your contribution ;-) Have a nice weekend, Tassia. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf

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

2015-02-14 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
;s in charge of that? > I can send the call as soon as I get a confirmation on this. And please check the text if you didn't do yet: https://titanpad.com/dc15-cfsprints Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DebCamp and DebConf dates

2015-02-14 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
ttend DebConf but that usually take part in sprints will consider coming to DebConf this time. Let's just keep an eye on that when the sprints are being formed and adjust this number accordingly. Cheers, Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf

Re: [Debconf-team] DC16 Decision Meeting - Second take

2015-02-12 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 08:03:59AM +0200, Stefano Rivera wrote: > A status update from the Cape Town bid: > Thanks Stefano! Montreal team, could you also highlight the progress you made after the first meeting? Thanks! Tassia. ___ Debcon

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

2015-02-06 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
ould anyone point a flaw to Micah's perspective? I can't find a better way to adress this problem. Simple and inclusive. Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to the Montreal team: facilities, security and food

2015-01-27 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
urants. IMHO they 3 make a nice combination together, people would have more choices and the service would run more smoothly. Good luck! Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Question to the Montreal team: facilities, security and food

2015-01-27 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
vegan food, but only closer to the coference, since the collective members might not be the same by 2016. Last thing... any news from the mcgill network admins? Thanks for all your work! Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@li

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 - Sprints during DebCamp (and DebConf)

2015-01-19 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
ing about the DebCamp we want to have. And about how much structure to we need (or want) for it. It is much broader then what bursaries folks should be dealing with. IMHO, it would fit the realm of the coordination team, and this list seems to be a good channel for the discussion. Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 - Sprints during DebCamp (and DebConf)

2015-01-19 Thread Tassia Camoes Araujo
e good, however they do not imply sprints as a requirement. IMHO we should try to find a middle ground here, otherwise I see it as a way too structured plan, which risks to compromise DebCamp spontaneity. Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf organization working group and next steps

2014-09-14 Thread Tassia
ate myself. > > The second question as worded here is fine and makes sense, a lead and > a shadow should be able to work together. But in the email it had the > addition of being the only point of including shadows and wizards, > which I think was a mistake. > Thanks again

[Debconf-team] Fwd: DebConf fundraising team

2014-09-13 Thread Tassia
u can find the list of contacted people, and also of people to be contacted. Feel free to add names there (or write us back) if you know of someone else that should be contacted. Thanks, Tassia. Original Message Subject: DebConf fundraising team Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:08:23

Re: [Debconf-team] Bid deadline

2014-09-13 Thread Tassia
On 09/13/2014 12:19 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > > If not done already, this should be communicated to the bid teams, > and the wiki updated ASAP. > Sure! Thanks for pointing that out, madduck. Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list

[Debconf-team] DebConf organization working group and next steps

2014-09-13 Thread Tassia
eat success. At the end we all want the same thing: long life to DebConf, and a long and happy life to DebConf organizers ;-) Thank you for reading so far and have a nice weekend! Moray, Tincho, Tassia. [1] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebconfOrganizationWorkingGroup _

[Debconf-team] DebConf fundraising team/brochure

2014-09-11 Thread Tassia
raising, and on all other DebConf topics! Moray, Tincho and Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Debconf organization working group

2014-08-23 Thread tassia
challenge for all of us to look for agreement this week, but one thing is important to keep in mind: we can go on improving things later. This process doesn't need to, and should not, stop at the end of the conference, or with the first set of changes we make. Bes

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

2014-08-20 Thread tassia
On 2014-08-20 16:14, Richard Hartmann wrote: I started a wiki page to collect data. Feel free to reformat at will. https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/GovernanceProblemStatements Thanks for that, it is a good starting point! Cheers, Tassia. ___ Debconf

Re: [Debconf-team] New proposal: DebConf governance in three moments

2014-08-20 Thread tassia
Hi madduck, On 2014-08-20 09:24, martin f krafft wrote: Dear Tassia, and Martín, and Moray, Obviously, I'll support your plan. Thanks for taking the time to write in. Let me know how I can help. Thanks for your support. I'm sure you're gonna help, just give us some time to

Re: [Debconf-team] New proposal: DebConf governance in three moments

2014-08-20 Thread tassia
so that you can follow it remotely. More details will come soon. Cheers, Tassia. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] New proposal: DebConf governance in three moments

2014-08-20 Thread tassia
e new nominated chairs agreed before assuming the role that they would try to sort this stuff out even if it were to mean that the chair position disappears. We are looking forward to hearing your comments before proposing a real schedule of meetings. Best regards, Tassia o

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

2014-08-18 Thread tassia
Would we have energy for that? Best regards and see you in Portland, Tassia. On 2014-08-18 17:09, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Moray Allan [2014-08-18 22:33 +0200]: When an event proposal is rejected by the talks committee then again by the conference chairs, it might be useful for you