Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-23 Thread Rogério Brito
On Mar 20 2013, Steve Langasek wrote: > The bid team does not have direct contact with anyone who can help with > visas; this was a topic that I intended to pursue with the DC10 team in > greater detail if Portland is chosen. (Cf. Jimmy's recent mail to the > list.) From my invitation letter: ,-

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:16:50AM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > On 03/20/2013 10:02 AM, Allison Randal wrote: > > In my experience (with extensive international travel), the connecting > > flight to Portland rarely adds much to the cost of the flight. So, > > attendees should do a price comparis

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-21 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/20/2013 10:01 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:12:30PM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: > >> * Backup plan > >> Imagine a bad scenario, where we don't decide until mid-April and the >> University is not available any more. What is your backup plan? Or what >> are the possi

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-20 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Ana, On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:12:30PM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: > * Airport / Transport > Portland International Airport doesn't have too many international > connections so some attendees might land in the USA via Seattle Airport or > even Vancouver (Canada), and then continue by land (bec

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-20 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: > This may have been mentioned, but if memory serves, for DC10 we had > help from a FLOSS friendly attorney who specialized in > immigration/visa issues. I don't have time today to dig through old > emails, but will try to confirm by weekend. If

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-20 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Jeremy Baron wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: >> Can we count with the help of somebody specialized in visas and/or from the >> Government to help us in some of the difficult cases? > > FYI: > > for a conf I worked on this past summer

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-20 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > Can we count with the help of somebody specialized in visas and/or from the > Government to help us in some of the difficult cases? FYI: for a conf I worked on this past summer we had the US State Dept. as a sponsor of the conference. (we d

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-20 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/20/2013 10:02 AM, Allison Randal wrote: > > In my experience (with extensive international travel), the connecting > flight to Portland rarely adds much to the cost of the flight. So, > attendees should do a price comparison first, before choosing other > transportation from Seattle or Vanco

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-20 Thread Allison Randal
On 03/19/2013 03:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > * Airport / Transport > > Portland International Airport doesn't have too many international connections > so some attendees might land in the USA via Seattle Airport or even Vancouver > (Canada), and then continue by land (because personal prefere

[Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

2013-03-19 Thread Ana Guerrero
Hi, I haven't read the first answers to other questions (I didn't want to get influenced) so sorry in advance for the overlap. * Airport / Transport Portland International Airport doesn't have too many international connections so some attendees might land in the USA via Seattle Airport or eve