Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals

2015-01-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2015-01-21 10:03 +0100]: > And the mail thread went about sponsored people. The original > topic was "DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees", > so *non-sponsored* attendees. Oh, the food for non-sponsored (i.e. self-paying) attendees who stay at the ve

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals

2015-01-21 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 20.01.2015 19:31, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2015-01-19 16:04 +0100]: >> - We need the lunch and dinner costs for non-hosted attendees. > > Each meal will be about 7€. > > Just for the record, I am not much in favour for catering to > externals. The youth hostel h

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft [2015-01-20 23:16 +0100]: > I don't think we need people to do that but should work harder to > attract more funds and let more people be integrated properly into > the conference. Put differently: at least for such all-in-one-place conferences, we should always send t

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Richard Hartmann [2015-01-20 22:26 +0100]: > Also, what about people who are couch-surfing or similar to keep > our costs down. I don't think we need people to do that but should work harder to attract more funds and let more people be integrated properly into the conference. -- .

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:47 PM, David Bremner wrote: > I'm not sure this is what you're suggesting, but if you're suggesting > that we categorically refuse to sponsor food for anyone not staying on > site, I think that's counterproductive. From a pragmatic point of view, > we're talking about a

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach David Bremner [2015-01-20 21:47 +0100]: > I'm not sure this is what you're suggesting, but if you're suggesting > that we categorically refuse to sponsor food for anyone not staying on > site, I think that's counterproductive. From a pragmatic point of view, > we're talking about a ti

Re: [Debconf-team] Food costs for externals (was: DC15 - Prices and deals for non-sponsored attendees)

2015-01-20 Thread David Bremner
martin f krafft writes: > also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi [2015-01-19 16:04 +0100]: >> - We need the lunch and dinner costs for non-hosted attendees. > > Each meal will be about 7€. > > Just for the record, I am not much in favour for catering to > externals. The youth hostel has a high standard a