Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-20 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 03:05:52AM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 07:56:09AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > > So, let's say that _you're_ on the video team, having pointed a camera a > > few times, and directed once or twice, and you've just come up with a > > really exciting

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 07:56:09AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > So, let's say that _you're_ on the video team, having pointed a camera a > few times, and directed once or twice, and you've just come up with a > really exciting idea for a BoF at short notice, and you simply _know_ > that the group o

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-15 Thread Philip Hands
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:54:34 -0400, micah anderson wrote: > i'm also puzzled about what is so hard about saying one word, 'no'? So, let's say that _you're_ on the video team, having pointed a camera a few times, and directed once or twice, and you've just come up with a really exciting idea for

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-13 Thread micah anderson
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:32:06 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010, micah anderson wrote: > > Its going to have to, and we have already spent far too much time in the > > last months discussing this and scheduling things to re-open it > > now. This would have been a good argumen

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-13 Thread Holger Levsen
On Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010, Don Armstrong wrote: > > also i still dont get whats so hard about scheduling 24h in advance. > There are invariably last-minute meetings, BoFs and discussions. They > certainly should be discouraged and minimized, but there's no way for > the organizers to stop them. [I

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-13 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Holger Levsen wrote: > also i still dont get whats so hard about scheduling 24h in advance. There are invariably last-minute meetings, BoFs and discussions. They certainly should be discouraged and minimized, but there's no way for the organizers to stop them. [I know I've be

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-13 Thread Holger Levsen
On Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010, micah anderson wrote: > Its going to have to, and we have already spent far too much time in the > last months discussing this and scheduling things to re-open it > now. This would have been a good argument to bring up over a month ago, > but I'm sorry its too late now t

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-12 Thread micah anderson
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:19:52 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Montag, 12. Juli 2010, Richard Darst wrote: > > Hm - that's unfortunate. It's a waste to have a room but lock people > > out of it just because there are cameras in it. Let's work during the > > camp/conf and see what we can

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-12 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Montag, 12. Juli 2010, Richard Darst wrote: > Hm - that's unfortunate. It's a waste to have a room but lock people > out of it just because there are cameras in it. Let's work during the > camp/conf and see what we can do. There will be no shortage of > information saying "don't expect v

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-12 Thread Richard Darst
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:17:49AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > So I would like to remind of the "no scheduling (of to be video'ed events = > in > the rooms with video gear) later then 24h before the events starts" > rule/goal. It was a specific requirement that there is no extra burden plac