Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-07-10 Thread Arne Wichmann
Hi Holger... begin quotation from Holger Levsen (in <201307051221.33415.hol...@layer-acht.org>): > On Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2013, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > Raphaël Walther writes: > > > Well, I don't know if you already sent 300 number but I suggest to have a > > > little more like 350. > > >

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-07-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Arne, On Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2013, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Raphaël Walther writes: > > Well, I don't know if you already sent 300 number but I suggest to have a > > little more like 350. > > > > We have 35 Sponsors and Supporter. So with current number: 270 + 35 = > > 305 > > Yes please if

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-26 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi Raphaël Walther writes: > Hi Arne, > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 07:16:56AM +0200, Arne Wichmann wrote: >> begin quotation from Brian Gupta (in >> ): >> > Current count is 270 attendees, but we still have reconfirmation >> > upcoming, late signups, and we historically send bags to sponsors. >

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-26 Thread Raphaël Walther
Hi Arne, On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 07:16:56AM +0200, Arne Wichmann wrote: > begin quotation from Brian Gupta (in > ): > > Current count is 270 attendees, but we still have reconfirmation > > upcoming, late signups, and we historically send bags to sponsors. > > > > I'd *guess* that 300 should cov

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-25 Thread Arne Wichmann
begin quotation from Brian Gupta (in ): > Current count is 270 attendees, but we still have reconfirmation > upcoming, late signups, and we historically send bags to sponsors. > > I'd *guess* that 300 should cover it, but any extra time you can give > us to reconfirm number would really help. (

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-25 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: >> Patty Langasek writes: >> >>> On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 01:55:59PM +0200, Arne Wichmann wrote: begin quotation from Arne Wichmann (in <20130606101507.ge22...@anhrefn.saar.

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-25 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Patty Langasek writes: > >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 01:55:59PM +0200, Arne Wichmann wrote: >>> begin quotation from Arne Wichmann (in >>> <20130606101507.ge22...@anhrefn.saar.de>): >>> > Appended is a censored proposal for a conference

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-25 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Patty Langasek writes: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 01:55:59PM +0200, Arne Wichmann wrote: >> begin quotation from Arne Wichmann (in >> <20130606101507.ge22...@anhrefn.saar.de>): >> > Appended is a censored proposal for a conference bag. Is this design >> > acceptable, and if not, what would be n

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-24 Thread Patty Langasek
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 01:55:59PM +0200, Arne Wichmann wrote: > begin quotation from Arne Wichmann (in > <20130606101507.ge22...@anhrefn.saar.de>): > > Appended is a censored proposal for a conference bag. Is this design > > acceptable, and if not, what would be needed to change? > So, after s

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-06-06 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi Thanks to Arne for working on this! Arne Wichmann writes: > Hi! > > Appended is a censored proposal for a conference bag. Is this design > acceptable, and if not, what would be needed to change? Just to make sure everyone understands what this is about: Censored here means that the paying

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-05-10 Thread Leandro Gómez
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi Arne, > > On Freitag, 26. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: > > > I think the general idea is good, > > /me too > > > > but would ask Leandro who did the DC13 > > > artwork to do a design if possible. This should result in a better > > > de

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-05-10 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Arne, On Freitag, 26. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: > > I think the general idea is good, /me too > > but would ask Leandro who did the DC13 > > artwork to do a design if possible. This should result in a better > > design than just doing it ad-hoc. Do you know the exact dimensions? > Of c

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-26 Thread Arne Wichmann
begin quotation from Gaudenz Steinlin (in <87ehdx8zso@meteor.durcheinandertal.bofh>): > > Ok, to make it a bit more constructive, I created a proposal in the > > appended PNG. Please comment. > > I think the general idea is good, but would ask Leandro who did the DC13 > artwork to do a desi

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-26 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi Arne Arne Wichmann writes: > begin quotation from Gunnar Wolf (in <2013044452.gb48...@gwolf.org>): >> Arne Wichmann dijo [Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:28:14AM +0200]: >> > > Ok, there are voices against putting only a DC13 logo and a small comany >> > > logo on the bags. >> > > >> > > So t

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-25 Thread Arne Wichmann
begin quotation from Gunnar Wolf (in <2013044452.gb48...@gwolf.org>): > Arne Wichmann dijo [Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:28:14AM +0200]: > > > Ok, there are voices against putting only a DC13 logo and a small comany > > > logo on the bags. > > > > > > So the options are: > > > - Bags with many lo

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-25 Thread Gunnar Wolf
(reordering some bits of the mail, as I answer to two different ideas) Patty Langasek dijo [Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:13:58AM -0700]: > (...) > > they are worth "nothing", from an organizer POV - we can do debconf pretty > > well without them. > (...) > For the record, I don't like that suggestion

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-24 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Patty Langasek (harmo...@dodds.net): > What you're suggesting is that high quality bags would just be high > price-tagged swag, in which case, there should be no requirements placed on > the donating company at all, just as we don't require other sponsors to > print or limit what they dist

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:59:42AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: >> On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Patty Langasek wrote: >> > Did we find out how much those bags would be "worth" > >> they are worth "nothing", from an organizer POV - we can do

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-24 Thread Patty Langasek
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:59:42AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Patty Langasek wrote: > > Did we find out how much those bags would be "worth" > they are worth "nothing", from an organizer POV - we can do debconf pretty > well without them. I meant what their value

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-24 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Patty Langasek wrote: > Did we find out how much those bags would be "worth" they are worth "nothing", from an organizer POV - we can do debconf pretty well without them. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message pa

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Patty Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:30:31AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: > >> > Did we find out how much those bags would be "worth", and thus include that >> > in our estimations of their spo

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Patty Langasek
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:30:31AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: > > Did we find out how much those bags would be "worth", and thus include that > > in our estimations of their sponsorship? It could be that the donations of > > the bags will p

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 02:31:20PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: >> On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: >> > I have now discussed with the sponsor, and they would be ok with a small >> > number of sponsors on the bag (platinum a

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Patty Langasek
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 02:31:20PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: > > I have now discussed with the sponsor, and they would be ok with a small > > number of sponsors on the bag (platinum and gold) and their own of > > course. > I'm not really sure t

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Arne, thanks for your work on this! On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Arne Wichmann wrote: > I have now discussed with the sponsor, and they would be ok with a small > number of sponsors on the bag (platinum and gold) and their own of > course. I'm not really sure this is ok, or to phrase it diffe

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-22 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Arne Wichmann dijo [Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:28:14AM +0200]: > > Ok, there are voices against putting only a DC13 logo and a small comany > > logo on the bags. > > > > So the options are: > > - Bags with many logos incl company logo (if they are willing to do this) > > Many logos means all Gold s

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-22 Thread Arne Wichmann
begin quotation from Arne Wichmann (in <20130408205203.ga11...@anhrefn.saar.de>): > [2 more mails agreeing to this snipped] > > Ok, there are voices against putting only a DC13 logo and a small comany > logo on the bags. > > So the options are: > - Bags with many logos incl company logo (if th

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-08 Thread Arne Wichmann
begin quotation from Brian Gupta (in ): > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Rapha?l Walther > wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 10:10:52AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > >> Given the answer from Arne below, IMO we should not pester the bag with > >> sponsor logos. We did not promise any logo o

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 5. April 2013, Brian Gupta wrote: > So my thoughts here, are in agreement for different reasons. I > somewhat feel that if there is an official conference bag it should > either have no sponsor logos, or have the logo of all the larger > sponsors as we have done in the past. I unde

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-04 Thread Patty Langasek
On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 06:23:41PM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > So my thoughts here, are in agreement for different reasons. I > somewhat feel that if there is an official conference bag it should > either have no sponsor logos, or have the logo of all the larger > sponsors as we have done in the p

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Raphaël Walther wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 10:10:52AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: >> Given the answer from Arne below, IMO we should not pester the bag with >> sponsor logos. We did not promise any logo on any bag to the other >> sponsors and I consider thi

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-02 Thread Raphaël Walther
On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 10:10:52AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Given the answer from Arne below, IMO we should not pester the bag with > sponsor logos. We did not promise any logo on any bag to the other > sponsors and I consider this just as an additional giveaway from one > sponsor. If the b

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-02 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi Arne Wichmann writes: > begin quotation from Gunnar Wolf (in <20130329154654.ga55...@gwolf.org>): >> Arne Wichmann dijo [Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:52:23PM +0100]: >> > Hi... >> > >> > We have a proposition from one potential sponsor to be a bronze sponsor and >> > to provide us with very st

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-04-01 Thread Arne Wichmann
begin quotation from Gunnar Wolf (in <20130329154654.ga55...@gwolf.org>): > Arne Wichmann dijo [Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:52:23PM +0100]: > > Hi... > > > > We have a proposition from one potential sponsor to be a bronze sponsor and > > to provide us with very sturdy conference bags (made from lorr

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-03-29 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Arne Wichmann dijo [Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:52:23PM +0100]: > Hi... > > We have a proposition from one potential sponsor to be a bronze sponsor and > to provide us with very sturdy conference bags (made from lorry tarpaulin) > in a desingn of our choice including their logo. Should we take that of

Re: [Debconf-team] Conference bag proposal

2013-03-29 Thread Patty Langasek
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:52:23PM +0100, Arne Wichmann wrote: > Hi... > We have a proposition from one potential sponsor to be a bronze sponsor and > to provide us with very sturdy conference bags (made from lorry tarpaulin) > in a desingn of our choice including their logo. Should we take that o