Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] JJ Food summary: 2010-07-12

On 07/15/2010 07:22 AM, Gabriella Coleman wrote: > On 07/15/2010 02:11 AM, Richard Darst wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In order to reserve John Jay, we need to do it something like _now_... >> >> Is anyone opposed to brian and I working to reserve John Jay for >> W/Th/F DebCamp and M/T/Th/F DebConf under the

Re: [Debconf-team] JJ Food summary: 2010-07-12

Richard Darst wrote: > Hi, > > In order to reserve John Jay, we need to do it something like _now_... > > Is anyone opposed to brian and I working to reserve John Jay for > W/Th/F DebCamp and M/T/Th/F DebConf under the proposal listed below? > > > Michael - we may ask for money and SPI tax-exem

[Debconf-team] If there is a cancelation... Gale Brewer

James Vasile, a staff attoreny for the SFLC and giving a talk during Debconf, suggested that we have Gale Brewer give a talk during Debian Day or Debconf on open data and government. I suspect it is too late to add anyone given that we are full and just made a few additions to the schedule as well

Re: [Debconf-team] [Jon 'maddog' Hall] Trip to NYC

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:38:08PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > Hi, > > As you can see from the forwarded mail, maddog is up for giving a couple > of talks. Since this mail, he's grabbed flight reservations to avoid > the prices rising further, so I think he's decided he's coming. > > So, he nee

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] If there is a cancelation... Gale Brewer

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:18:27 -0400, Gabriella Coleman wrote: > James Vasile, a staff attoreny for the SFLC and giving a talk during > Debconf, suggested that we have Gale Brewer give a talk during Debian > Day or Debconf on open data and government. > > I suspect it is too late to add anyone give

Re: [Debconf-team] Weekend talk scheduling (was: Re: Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours)

Now to raise something again... On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 03:58:15AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 12:05:39PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > Another consideration: on the weekends, we aren't going to use the > cafeteria, and thus can make our own hours. > > I think that at l

Re: [Debconf-team] Weekend talk scheduling (was: Re: Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours)

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Richard Darst wrote: > Now to raise something again... > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 03:58:15AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 12:05:39PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > > Another consideration: on the weekends, we aren't going to use the >

Re: [Debconf-team] Weekend talk scheduling (was: Re: Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours)

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Richard Darst wrote: > Would we like to adjust the weekend schedule again, since there is no > John Jay then? > I think changing the schedule depending on the day will confuse people, so unless there's a strong positive reason to change I'd suggest we keep things

Re: [Debconf-team] [Jon 'maddog' Hall] Trip to NYC

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Richard Darst wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:38:08PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As you can see from the forwarded mail, maddog is up for giving a couple > > of talks. Since this mail, he's grabbed flight reservations to avoid > > the prices

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions regarding sponsorships

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:08:05 -0300, Rogério Theodoro de Brito wrote: > I have two questions: > > 1 - Could I suggest a confirmation flag to appear on pentabarf to make > it clear to the user that one or another of his requests are being > dealt with? This wont happen for Debconf 10 (unless you

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours

Hi! > Thanks!  It looks right to me.  Marga, can you take a look at the > schedule when you get a chance and let me know if i've faithfully > interpreted your proposal? > >  https://penta.debconf.org/penta/schedule/dc10/ Regarding the Schedule, it looks fine, BUT there shouldn't be something sche

Re: [Debconf-team] [Jon 'maddog' Hall] Trip to NYC

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Brian Gupta wrote: > If we are open to allowing this, and have the ability to do so, I would > support this. +1 ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debc

Re: [Debconf-team] dealing with late penta event submissions

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > hey folks-- > > I swear i am not trying to open a can of worms here. > > We had one big (messy, disastrous) round of talk reviews, accepted some > talks, and encouraged folks to organize not-accepted talks on-the-fly > during the confe

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours

On 07/15/2010 01:16 PM, Margarita Manterola wrote: > Regarding the Schedule, it looks fine, BUT there shouldn't be > something scheduled at the same time that the group photo. This was > scheduled during the afternoon break and it's now parallel to 2 other > talks. Whoops, you're right. the prev

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:34:09 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 07/15/2010 01:16 PM, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > Regarding the Schedule, it looks fine, BUT there shouldn't be > > something scheduled at the same time that the group photo. This was > > scheduled during the afternoon break a

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] If there is a cancelation... Gale Brewer

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Simon Fondrie-Teitler wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:18:27 -0400, Gabriella Coleman wrote: >> James Vasile, a staff attoreny for the SFLC and giving a talk during >> Debconf, suggested that we have Gale Brewer give a talk during Debian >> Day or Debconf on open

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours

On 15 July 2010 22:01, micah anderson wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:34:09 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor > wrote: >> On 07/15/2010 01:16 PM, Margarita Manterola wrote: >> > Regarding the Schedule, it looks fine, BUT there shouldn't be >> > something scheduled at the same time that the group photo.

[Debconf-team] Next global team meeting: Saturday 17th at 2100UTC

We had only 9 people filling in the poll. The meeting will take place this Saturday at 2100UTC. This is 5PM New York time. That leave us with an expected attendee list of only 7-8 people as follows: Jimmy schultmc Enis Moray jeremyb bgupta sapphire (I don't know in which country I'll be this we

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours

On 07/15/2010 03:30 PM, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > Micah is correct. It can also be a 30-45m slot just before lunch or > dinner, so that impact of delaying people for 5-10 minutes extra is > minimal. Any preference for a 9:30-10:30 slot vs. 11:30-12:30 ? I've cleared up space on Thursday morning.

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours

On 15 July 2010 23:39, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Any preference for a 9:30-10:30 slot vs. 11:30-12:30 ? > The later spot, please. It would be bad to loose a bunch of people due to the early scheduling. I will try to find a place in the shade for the shoot (when I'll be on-site). If it makes s

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk scheduling and eating/venue hours

On 07/15/2010 05:04 PM, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > The later spot, please. It would be bad to loose a bunch of people due > to the early scheduling. > I will try to find a place in the shade for the shoot (when I'll be on-site). > > If it makes scheduling easier, 12:00-12:30 should be sufficient tim

[Debconf-team] server settup and network testing

Yesterday and today Richard and I worked on a number of videoteam servers and network tests. Below are some notes from the whiteboard TODO: -lisa's bios waits for a keystroke on boot. make it not do that. -make sure grub is installed to both disks in root ra

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:54:34 -0400, micah anderson wrote: > i'm also puzzled about what is so hard about saying one word, 'no'? So, let's say that _you're_ on the video team, having pointed a camera a few times, and directed once or twice, and you've just come up with a really exciting idea for