Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Andreas Schuldei ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060705 10:34]: > * David Moreno Garza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060705 01:13]: > > Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > > I think we should drop the "full sponsorship or not at all" attempt. > > > As already told, AFAIK many people would be willing to pay for their > > >

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-05 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Andreas Schuldei dijo [Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 09:34:21PM +0200]: > Please try to not think black and white. i am fully aware of the > whole contact thing and committing. But if we have a choice we > would be silly not to use it. we could very well tell both venues > that the conf will be in sarajevo

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-05 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Andreas Schuldei dijo [Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 06:57:41PM +0200]: > Hi! > > we have now looked at the possible/likely venues of debconf7. I > expect reports to surface soon on this mailinglist. > > it turns out that only one of the options would not require us to > come up with an alternative way of

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-05 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Holger Levsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060705 12:08]: > Hi, > > On Tuesday 04 July 2006 09:07, Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Monday 03 July 2006 18:57, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > > it turns out that only one of the options would not require us to > > > come up with an alternative way of funding debco

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Tuesday 04 July 2006 09:07, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Monday 03 July 2006 18:57, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > it turns out that only one of the options would not require us to > > come up with an alternative way of funding debconf (one of the > > ones in sarajevo, which involves the arabic c

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-05 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* David Moreno Garza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060705 01:13]: > Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > I think we should drop the "full sponsorship or not at all" attempt. > > As already told, AFAIK many people would be willing to pay for their > > meals, since that would be money they need to spend anyway, so th

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread David Moreno Garza
Alexander Schmehl wrote: > I think we should drop the "full sponsorship or not at all" attempt. > As already told, AFAIK many people would be willing to pay for their > meals, since that would be money they need to spend anyway, so they save > it, while they are at the conference (especially if loc

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Safir Secerovic
On Tuesday 04 July 2006 21:34, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > * Safir Secerovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060704 21:24]: > > This is true up to a certain point in time, I mean, these venues cannot > > wait for us to choose one of them forever. We would need to make our > > choice some months in advance and s

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Safir Secerovic
On Tuesday 04 July 2006 21:23, Safir Secerovic wrote: > On Tuesday 04 July 2006 20:32, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > way. Actually in sarajevo we would have the possibility to hold > > both options (dorm AND hotel) open without loosing either one and > > could reconsider the money situation later whe

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Safir Secerovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060704 21:24]: > This is true up to a certain point in time, I mean, these venues cannot wait > for us to choose one of them forever. We would need to make our choice some > months in advance and sign precontracts which obliges them and us to respect > what

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Safir Secerovic
On Tuesday 04 July 2006 20:32, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > way. Actually in sarajevo we would have the possibility to hold > both options (dorm AND hotel) open without loosing either one and > could reconsider the money situation later when we come closer to > the conference. If people by then made s

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Anthony Towns (aj@azure.humbug.org.au) [060704 15:53]: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 06:57:41PM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > if we limit local sponsorship to e.g. 200 people to keep costs > > under control > > The first step shouldn't be "limiting" sponsorship, it should be asking > attendees

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 06:57:41PM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > if we limit local sponsorship to e.g. 200 people to keep costs > under control The first step shouldn't be "limiting" sponsorship, it should be asking attendees to cover their own costs if possible, with no obligation whatsoever.

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060703 18:57]: > if we limit local sponsorship to e.g. 200 people to keep costs > under control [..] I think we should drop the "full sponsorship or not at all" attempt. As already told, AFAIK many people would be willing to pay for their meals, since

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Otavio Salvador
Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> what do you think? do you have ideas or suggestions on how to >> slice the cake? should we try to slice it at all? > > As I see it there is more than one way of spending the money, for example, > instead if sponsoring 200 people completly we could also

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-04 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Monday 03 July 2006 18:57, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > we have now looked at the possible/likely venues of debconf7. I > expect reports to surface soon on this mailinglist. real soon would be good, as we wanted to decide tomorrow... > it turns out that only one of the options would not requ

Re: [Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-03 Thread Otavio Salvador
Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what do you think? do you have ideas or suggestions on how to > slice the cake? should we try to slice it at all? IMHO one way to prioritise the sponsorship might use the colaboration of DD or not DD for Debian itself. That mean how much he/she colab

[Debconf-team] alternative ways of funding debconf

2006-07-03 Thread Andreas Schuldei
Hi! we have now looked at the possible/likely venues of debconf7. I expect reports to surface soon on this mailinglist. it turns out that only one of the options would not require us to come up with an alternative way of funding debconf (one of the ones in sarajevo, which involves the arabic cult