Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Thanking our sponsors

2010-05-25 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Pablo Duboue dijo [Sat, May 22, 2010 at 02:31:30PM -0400]: > A long while somebody in #debconf-team asked if we can have plain > t-shirts available for sale without sponsor logos. > > That is of course a valid question and I would like to share my > feelings about it: it would be a very bad idea ;

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Thanking our sponsors

2010-05-25 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:37:55PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Pablo Duboue wrote: > > > A long while somebody in #debconf-team asked if we can have plain > > t-shirts available for sale without sponsor logos. > > I share that wish. > > > That is of course a valid

[Debconf-team] Reconfirmation deadline is June 10th

2010-05-25 Thread Pablo Duboue
Hi, Just a quick note that reconfirmation is now available in the conference registration site ('penta'), deadline for reconfirmation is June 10th, please take a moment to decide whether you will be attending for sure (this is particularly important for people who have requested sponsored food

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Thanking our sponsors

2010-05-25 Thread micah anderson
On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:57:29 -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:37:55PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Pablo Duboue > > wrote: > > > > > A long while somebody in #debconf-team asked if we can have plain > > > t-shirts available for sa

[Debconf-team] Fwd: number of talks to be accepted?

2010-05-25 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Hi folks-- Without concrete figures from the venue side of things yet, the talks team is looking to officially approve around 78 talks. Ana put together a good back-of-the-envelope guess at what seems likely to be feasible, which you can see in the attached e-mails. Any other perspectives on the

Re: [Debconf-team] number of talks to be accepted?

2010-05-25 Thread micah anderson
Note to debconf-team: this thread has been moved from the talks private alias, as it was decided it was better to have it on debconf-team. On Tue, 25 May 2010 16:46:38 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 05/25/2010 02:15 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: >> Looking at the number of submissions we got

Re: [Debconf-team] number of talks to be accepted?

2010-05-25 Thread Richard Darst
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 08:00:43PM -0400, micah anderson wrote: > According to our April 24th meeting notes[0], there will be two rooms. Right now we have - 200 person auditorium ("Davis auditorium") - ~75 person lecture room ("Interschool lab") - 20-30 person BOF room ("Schapiro 414") and this

Re: [Debconf-team] number of talks to be accepted?

2010-05-25 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 08:00:43PM -0400, micah anderson wrote: > Note to debconf-team: this thread has been moved from the talks private > alias, as it was decided it was better to have it on debconf-team. > On Tue, 25 May 2010 16:46:38 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor > wrote: > > On 05/25/2010 02:15

Re: [Debconf-team] number of talks to be accepted?

2010-05-25 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 08:06:21PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 08:00:43PM -0400, micah anderson wrote: > > According to our April 24th meeting notes[0], there will be two rooms. > > Right now we have > - 200 person auditorium ("Davis auditorium") > - ~75 person lecture r

Re: [Debconf-team] number of talks to be accepted?

2010-05-25 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 08:22:33PM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > > 1. It was also noted that we can always add more rooms and slots later. > > The smaller room (414, i think) on the same room as Davis auditorium ^^^floor > might be ideal for su

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Thanking our sponsors

2010-05-25 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi Micah, On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 06:31:40PM -0400, micah anderson wrote: > My guess is the great DrDub, who has been doing an amazingly significant > amount of work in discussing with sponsors and potential sponsors has > discussed with them the relative merits of donating, and perhaps the > perk