Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Zobel-Helas [2014-02-19 18:43 +0100]: > Heidelberg's Youth Hostel doesn't say anything about wheel chair > access in the wiki, but according to the website it has 6 wheel > chair accessable sleeping rooms, it states that the restaurant > part are wheel chair accessable, no infor

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-20 Thread martin f krafft
From: martin f krafft To: debconf-team@lists.debconf.org Cc:· Bcc:· Subject: Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams) Reply-To:· In-Reply-To: <20140219174353.ga23...@ftbfs.de> also sprach Martin Zobel-Helas [2014-02-19 18:43 +0100]: > Heidelberg'

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-19 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi, looking into the current bids [1] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Bids/Mechelen [2] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Bids/Germany/Heidelberg [3] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Bids/Germany/Muenchen [4] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Bids/Karlskrona the both

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-19 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Aigars Mahinovs writes: > On 18 February 2014 12:36, Brian Gupta wrote: >> I touched on this earlier, but please understand, that presenting more >> than one option seems like it would make the job of those making the >> decision much more difficult. > > One option to simplify the process would

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread martin f krafft
Dear Brian and Aigars, and others, thanks again for your time. Our responses follow inline: > I'd say that to make the job of those reviewing the bids easier, > it probably makes sense to wait to review the bids until you have > these results, and your team can settle on a preferred venue that >

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 05:53:16AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:44:42AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > > [...] > >> 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs > >> in the past. > > > > I j

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:55 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Brian Gupta [2014-02-18 11:53 +0100]: >> Bear in mind, it's not just a question of willingness. They may >> not have the facilities/staff to accommodate such large orders, >> especially considering that it is a smaller city. I

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Patty Langasek
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:55:33PM +0200, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > On 18 February 2014 12:36, Brian Gupta wrote: > > I touched on this earlier, but please understand, that presenting more > > than one option seems like it would make the job of those making the > > decision much more difficult. >

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Gupta [2014-02-18 11:53 +0100]: > Bear in mind, it's not just a question of willingness. They may > not have the facilities/staff to accommodate such large orders, > especially considering that it is a smaller city. I would put more > effort into hammering this down, and explorin

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
On 18 February 2014 12:36, Brian Gupta wrote: > I touched on this earlier, but please understand, that presenting more > than one option seems like it would make the job of those making the > decision much more difficult. One option to simplify the process would be for all involved to simply cons

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:44:42AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > [...] >> 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs >> in the past. > > I just noticed I've forgotten to add this to the wiki, but: Gerry, Juan > and

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 7:05 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > Thanks, Brian, for taking the time to read over our bid(s). > > Please find our answers to your questions inline. Let us know which > you think we should promote to the wiki. Most of the information we > provide in the following is either o

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-17 Thread martin f krafft
Thanks, Brian, for taking the time to read over our bid(s). Please find our answers to your questions inline. Let us know which you think we should promote to the wiki. Most of the information we provide in the following is either of temporary nature (status updates) or a more verbose account of w

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-17 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi, On Fri Feb 14, 2014 at 06:44:42 -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > Location: > - > Munich seems the most well connected. > Can not judge Geography to say whether Belgium or Heidelberg is better > connected internationally. Frankfurt Airport is approx. 1h car/train drive away from Heidel

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-14 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:44:42AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: [...] > 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs > in the past. I just noticed I've forgotten to add this to the wiki, but: Gerry, Juan and myself are all also members of the FOSDEM team and have been for sev

[Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-14 Thread Brian Gupta
Please note this is not covering every detail. (Apologies if I missed something important.) Team ranking: 1) German team has the most people(13), who collectively have the most DebConf experience. 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs in the pas