Re: [Debconf-team] Open Day talks

2009-06-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 4. Juni 2009, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > One possible solution is to have them all interruptranslated (i.e. the > speaker and the translator say a phrase at a time). We could, if the > facilities are OK for that, sit people in two different rooms, and > have a simultaneous translation

[Debconf-team] more acomodation

2009-06-05 Thread Anto Recio
i have 30 rooms more in "Albergue" book it? http://www.alberguecaceres.es/ sleep + brackfast 18€ salud -- Anto Recio Debconf 9[Local Team] "People power online" ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 5. Juni 2009, Richard Darst wrote: > I really wish I wasn't replying to myself so much since it makes me > seem crazy[0], but I'd like to point out that if you extremely dislike > the idea of pushing the deadline, it would be more productive to push > for the sponsorship meeting on

Re: [Debconf-team] more acomodation

2009-06-05 Thread Moray Allan
Anto Recio wrote: > i have 30 rooms more in "Albergue" book it? > > http://www.alberguecaceres.es/ > > sleep + brackfast 18€ > I would suggest waiting until after the reconfirmation deadline. According to http://munin.debconf.org/debconf.org/skinner.debconf.org-penta_attendee.html there are c

Re: [Debconf-team] Network setup

2009-06-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 03:49:07PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >Hi folks, > >Do we have any idea about what's available and what's needed for >network infrastructure yet? I've got a firm offer of network switches >(and probably cables) if that's useful. What is the setup at the venue >like? And I

Re: [Debconf-team] Network setup

2009-06-05 Thread Anto Recio
the next week, holguer and me will going to teh residences and venue for this issues salud Steve McIntyre escribió: > On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 03:49:07PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Do we have any idea about what's available and what's needed for >> network infrastructure

Re: [Debconf-team] Network setup

2009-06-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 02:58:31PM +0200, Anto Recio wrote: > the next week, holguer and me will going to teh residences and venue for > this issues Cool, that will be a big help! :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Is there anybody out there?

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:38:38AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: >Hi, > >On Freitag, 5. Juni 2009, Richard Darst wrote: >> I really wish I wasn't replying to myself so much since it makes me >> seem crazy[0], but I'd like to point out that if you extremely dislike >> the idea of pushing the deadline,

Re: [Debconf-team] Network setup

2009-06-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Holas, On Freitag, 5. Juni 2009, Anto Recio wrote: > the next week, holguer and me will going to teh residences and venue for > this issues please feel free to fill up my todo list for that at http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/User:h01ger but keep it sensible :-) (and it will be the week starting in

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 02:57:33PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >Moving the deadline a week aint thaaat bad, IMO. > > I don't think we have any option, to be honest. Best time we have so > far for the meeting looks like Sunday afternoon (UTC). OK, on IRC there are some objections to moving it

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Holger Levsen dijo [Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:38:38AM +0200]: > > I really wish I wasn't replying to myself so much since it makes me > > seem crazy[0], but I'd like to point out that if you extremely dislike > > the idea of pushing the deadline, it would be more productive to push > > for the sponso

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 10:28:41AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: >On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 02:57:33PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> >Moving the deadline a week aint thaaat bad, IMO. >> >> I don't think we have any option, to be honest. Best time we have so >> far for the meeting looks like Sunday

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Moray Allan
Steve McIntyre wrote: > I don't think we have a better plan at the moment. I'd be tempted to > not actually announce the deadline move, though, and just to give > people the extra leeway without telling them unless they've already > asked individually... > Sure. Equally if we extend the deadlin

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 06:04:38PM +0200, Moray Allan wrote: > Steve McIntyre wrote: > > I don't think we have a better plan at the moment. I'd be tempted to > > not actually announce the deadline move, though, and just to give > > people the extra leeway without telling them unless they've already

Re: [Debconf-team] Attendees who are currently marked "-- please select one--"

2009-06-05 Thread Moray Allan
Le jeudi 04 juin 2009 à 16:03 -0400, Richard Darst a écrit : > The purpose of the early registration is to be able to know our budget > and do long-term planning. We *did* budget for these people to have > hosted accommodations, so it won't make the conference impossible. If we've been including

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 01:00:20PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: >On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 06:04:38PM +0200, Moray Allan wrote: >> Steve McIntyre wrote: >> > I don't think we have a better plan at the moment. I'd be tempted to >> > not actually announce the deadline move, though, and just to give >> >

Re: [Debconf-team] Attendees who are currently marked "-- please select one--"

2009-06-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 04:24:50PM -0400, Michael Schultheiss wrote: >Richard Darst wrote: >> What do you all think? > >I think fixing this on a contacting these people and fixing it on a case >by case basis is a sane thing to do. Some people have difficulty using >Penta for whatever reason. +1

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 5. Juni 2009, Richard Darst wrote: > Sure, but I would say to announce it soon (via direct mail) to those > who are waiting on sponsorship it's also those who submitted talks... regards, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. _

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:28:16PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Freitag, 5. Juni 2009, Richard Darst wrote: > > Sure, but I would say to announce it soon (via direct mail) to those > > who are waiting on sponsorship > > it's also those who submitted talks... All talks have been deci

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 6. Juni 2009, Richard Darst wrote: > All talks have been decided, correct? What is left is Debian Day, > which would be fair to wait for... > > Have talk submitters been notified to check penta for talk status ? if so, I'd greatly appreciate a public schedule... (and yes, i'm aw

[Debconf-team] P.S.: Re: Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Holger Levsen
On Samstag, 6. Juni 2009, Richard Darst wrote: > On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:28:16PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Have talk submitters been notified to check penta for talk status ? I haven't... signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 01:25:14AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > Greetings, > > So, it looks like travel sponsorship decisions will come *very* close > to the reconfirmation deadline. Given the delay in sending out > emails, it could even be decided before the deadline but not emailed > out on ti

Re: [Debconf-team] Attendees who are currently marked "-- please select one--"

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 04:03:23PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > Hello everyone, > > So Ganneff and I and others prodded the database today to get some > statistics on the "-- please select one--" attendees, to figure out > what to do. GAH, I replied to the wrong thread with my proposed wording.

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
OK, another try to have a proposed wording in the right thread: On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 01:25:14AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > Greetings, > > So, it looks like travel sponsorship decisions will come *very* close > to the reconfirmation deadline. Given the delay in sending out > emails, it coul

Re: [Debconf-team] Attendees who are currently marked "-- please select one--"

2009-06-05 Thread Moray Allan
Le vendredi 05 juin 2009 à 19:12 -0400, Richard Darst a écrit : > You need to reply to this email within a week to be put back into the > sponsored category. >From what you said, they never actually selected sponsorship, so it shouldn't be 'back' here. (I'm not sure about saying it was a 'such a

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 07:29:49PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: >OK, another try to have a proposed wording in the right thread: > >On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 01:25:14AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> So, it looks like travel sponsorship decisions will come *very* close >> to the reco

[Debconf-team] talk rejection

2009-06-05 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi When I logged in today into penta to reconfirm my attendance I was a bit surprised to see that my talk has been silently rejected. I thought that I would at least receive an explanation by mail if the talk gets rejected. At the moment I don't know why the talk was rejected. I admit that the i

Re: [Debconf-team] Reconfirmation Deadline

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 12:33:52AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 07:29:49PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > >What do you think? Permissions or requests for me to send it > >(assuming I get the right emails?) > > Go for it. Done. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@

Re: [Debconf-team] Attendees who are currently marked "-- please select one--"

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 01:31:39AM +0200, Moray Allan wrote: > Le vendredi 05 juin 2009 à 19:12 -0400, Richard Darst a écrit : > > You need to reply to this email within a week to be put back into the > > sponsored category. > > >From what you said, they never actually selected sponsorship, so it

Re: [Debconf-team] talk rejection

2009-06-05 Thread Richard Darst
Hello Gaudenz, On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 01:20:30AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Hi > > When I logged in today into penta to reconfirm my attendance I was a bit > surprised to see that my talk has been silently rejected. I thought that > I would at least receive an explanation by mail if the t