[Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Richard Darst
Hello everyone, I was talking with some people last night, and it seems that I'm not the only one worried about our budget. After I got home last night, I tried doing some more budget calculations, based on our knowledge of current costs, the state of sponsorships, and rough approximations of the

[Debconf-team] People who signed up for sponsorship too late

2010-05-30 Thread Richard Darst
Hi, I finally got access to figure out who signed up for sponsorship after the April 15th deadline. I made a list of people who need changed to unsponsored. With some help from the internet (micah, pablo), I produced http://whiteboard.debian.net/aab913.wb which can be sent out soon. I also ha

Re: [Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 07:16:44PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > [0] Please see http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Budget for Thanks for this link it really gives a clear overview. Some small ideas for cutting money (some of them applied before) in my personal order of preference: * No

Re: [Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Richard Darst
Ana, Thanks for your suggestion for helping to trim our budget. We had thought/planned on some of them, but some were new. So that everyone knows the current plans with respect to these: On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 02:24:10AM +0200, Ana Guerrero wrote: > * No Sponsored DayTrip. (Althought i am su

Re: [Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Clint Adams
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 08:50:33PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > What do other people think about these ideas? I like the no-dinner and $10/day ideas, but I wonder how they would impact our attendees. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debc

Re: [Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Anto Recio
hola a todas Richard Darst escribió: > Ana, > > Thanks for your suggestion for helping to trim our budget. We had > thought/planned on some of them, but some were new. So that everyone > knows the current plans with respect to these: > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 02:24:10AM +0200, Ana Guerrero wro

Re: [Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Richard Darst
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 07:16:44PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > Things aren't as bad as we originally were thinking last night, but we > are not in the clear yet. We are currently promising more money than > we have, which is a bad idea, especially when it is two months before > Debconf. For ou

Re: [Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:16:39PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > They are actually worse than we thought last night, not better: All great points. Some countervailing good news: as people fail to reconfirm by June 10, we will regain some meaningful chunk of food/lodging/travel money. Everything el