Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-22 Thread Richard Darst
Updated with latest costs from Belo Horizonte. Managua costs are the same. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 05:28:35PM +, Moray Allan wrote: > A summary of costs from the current bid pages: > > Conference rooms Belo Horizonte: $15,000 total (hotels) or $11000 total (convention center) Managua: $35,

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-22 Thread Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva
Hi Rogério. Excerpts from Rogério Brito's message of Ter Mar 22 04:46:39 -0300 2011: (...) > On Mar 17 2011, Moray Allan wrote: > > Food > > > > Belo Horizonte: $17 per person per meal (estimate $95,200) > > As USD$17 ~ BRL$35, I think that this is *way* above something realistic. > Perhaps the

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-22 Thread Rogério Brito
Just for the record, On Mar 20 2011, Moray Allan wrote: > As discussed, US$80 per person per night is probably more than we can pay, > unless you find some very generous local sponsorship. If you were told > you could only spend at most US$30 (and preferably less) per person per > night, what wou

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-22 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi there. I am not timely here, and I am also not sure if this mail will reach the mailing list, but I'm trying to give here one comment. On Mar 17 2011, Moray Allan wrote: > Food > > Belo Horizonte: $17 per person per meal (estimate $95,200) As USD$17 ~ BRL$35, I think that this is *way* above

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-21 Thread Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 02:02:21PM +, Moray Allan wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva > wrote: > > Unfortunately we could not get the alternative place we were looking for, so > > the prices on the BID page are the best prices we could get. > > If you were ch

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-21 Thread Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva
Hi Moray. Excerpts from Moray Allan's message of Dom Mar 20 11:02:21 -0300 2011: (...) > If you were chosen for DebConf11, would you be able to find a > different alternative venue? We are still looking, until today. We are now talking with people we konw that have made events on the place we ha

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-20 Thread Moray Allan
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva wrote: > Unfortunately we could not get the alternative place we were looking for, so > the prices on the BID page are the best prices we could get. If you were chosen for DebConf11, would you be able to find a different alternative ven

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-17 Thread Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva
Hi Moray. Excerpts from Moray Allan's message of Seg Fev 21 19:32:10 -0300 2011: > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva > wrote: > > Yes, you're right, sorry for the bad math here.  I guess this make the > > prices > > unreasonable compared to other DebConfs.  We're worki

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-17 Thread Leandro Gómez
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Moray Allan dijo [Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 05:28:35PM +]: > > A summary of costs from the current bid pages: > > > > Conference rooms > > > > Belo Horizonte: $35,000 > > Managua: $35,120-$42,200 > > Price difference in favor of Belo Horizonte

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-17 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Moray Allan dijo [Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 05:28:35PM +]: > A summary of costs from the current bid pages: > > Conference rooms > > Belo Horizonte: $35,000 > Managua: $35,120-$42,200 Price difference in favor of Belo Horizonte: Between US$120 and US$7,200 > Accommodation > > Belo Horizonte: $8

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-03-17 Thread Moray Allan
A summary of costs from the current bid pages: Conference rooms Belo Horizonte: $35,000 Managua: $35,120-$42,200 Accommodation Belo Horizonte: $80 per person per night (240 rooms available) Managua: $20--$30 per person per night (need to split between hotels) Food Belo Horizonte: $17 per pers

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-02-21 Thread Leandro Gómez
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Moray Allan wrote: > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva > wrote: > > Yes, you're right, sorry for the bad math here. I guess this make the > prices > > unreasonable compared to other DebConfs. We're working to get better > prices in >

[Debconf-team] Question for DebConf12 bids: Costs

2011-02-21 Thread Moray Allan
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva wrote: > Yes, you're right, sorry for the bad math here.  I guess this make the prices > unreasonable compared to other DebConfs.  We're working to get better prices > in > everything, including the food. Belo Horizonte team: how did t