Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-08 Thread Marcelo Gutierrez
2011/7/7 Velimir Iveljic > I did some research and we would need to register with the local tax > office if we want to sell stuff "officially". > > I think this would be a hassle and i don't know if it will pay off. > My intention was to just have some kind of way to sell some shirts to > people

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-08 Thread Marcelo Gutierrez
2011/7/8 Axel Beckert > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 02:20:21AM -0600, Marcelo Gutierrez wrote: > > 2011/7/7 Velimir Iveljic > > > If you have some other ideas, please share! > > > > > > Maybe someone could set up a wiki where: > > Please learn how to quote. The sentence "Maybe someone could

[Debconf-team] T-shirts

2011-07-08 Thread Richard Darst
Adnan, >From the call with DIVA, I heard that you have arranged all t-shirt printing, and they are just waiting for money. It would be good to know what these plans are. Some questions about this: - How many different designs? (We need "normal", "volunteer", and "video team" at least) Color

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
2011/7/8 Axel Beckert : > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 02:20:21AM -0600, Marcelo Gutierrez wrote: >> 2011/7/7 Velimir Iveljic >> > If you have some other ideas, please share! >> > >> > Maybe someone could set up a wiki where: > > Please learn how to quote. The sentence "Maybe someone could set

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Luca Capello wrote: > Hi there! > > On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:46:00 +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: >> 2011/7/8 Axel Beckert : >>> Result of this thread was so far, that only Debian.ch will bring some >>> merch for sure and possibly Debian UK will bring some, too, becau

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-08 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 02:20:21AM -0600, Marcelo Gutierrez wrote: > 2011/7/7 Velimir Iveljic > > If you have some other ideas, please share! > > > > Maybe someone could set up a wiki where: Please learn how to quote. The sentence "Maybe someone could set up a wiki where:" is not from Velimi

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-08 Thread Alexander Wirt
Axel Beckert schrieb am Friday, den 08. July 2011: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 02:20:21AM -0600, Marcelo Gutierrez wrote: > > 2011/7/7 Velimir Iveljic > > > If you have some other ideas, please share! > > > > > > Maybe someone could set up a wiki where: > > Please learn how to quote. The

Re: [Debconf-team] First draft of Debian Day announcement

2011-07-08 Thread Justin B Rye
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 11:38:53AM +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/announcements/en/2011/2011-07-12-debianday.wml?revision=2373&view=markup s/Hodzic/Hodžić/? Or is our Adnan content to be ASCIIified like the basketball player http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandising

2011-07-08 Thread Luca Capello
Hi there! On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:46:00 +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > 2011/7/8 Axel Beckert : >> Result of this thread was so far, that only Debian.ch will bring some >> merch for sure and possibly Debian UK will bring some, too, because no >> one could give us a postal address where to send the

[Debconf-team] Room reservations and assignments

2011-07-08 Thread Richard Darst
DIVA Staff, I am writing regarding hotel reservations, trying to help you not to worry so much. The DebConf team will assign rooms itself - you don't need to worry about who goes into what rooms, as long as we have enough rooms total. Right now you have a "block reservation" for these hotels - I

[Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
Hi, I've talked to DIVA today and have made some sort of a "preliminary" cost and plan for the Hotels. First i need to say that they want to put as many people as possible in the cheaper hotels (Palas and Vidovic) in order to reduce the costs of the conference. So the plan is to start reserving

Re: [Debconf-team] Room reservations and assignments

2011-07-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Richard Darst wrote: > DIVA Staff, > > I am writing regarding hotel reservations, trying to help you not to > worry so much. > > The DebConf team will assign rooms itself - you don't need to worry > about who goes into what rooms, as long as we have enough rooms tot

Re: [Debconf-team] Room reservations and assignments

2011-07-08 Thread Moray Allan
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > I've just sent a mail to the list, with more details about the Hotels > which has answers to some of the questions you made here. Not really, it mostly ignores what he said and suggests a different (worse) plan. -- Moray _

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf (new) local budget

2011-07-08 Thread Richard Darst
Hi Here is an updated budget with new information. On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 07:17:29PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > Hi, > > This is an emergency budget update. As you know from latest mails, > local information has changed a lot, and we now have to actually > budget all of our things. > > > L

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > Hi, > > I've talked to DIVA today and have made some sort of a "preliminary" > cost and plan for the Hotels. > > First i need to say that they want to put as many people as possible > in the cheaper hotels (Palas and Vidovic) in o

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Moray Allan
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Richard Darst wrote: > This will *not* work.  Attendees have already paid their fees, and it > they are going to things like travel sponsorship and shipping. > > I repeat: This will NOT work. > > Here is what that would be like: We would transfer professional fees >

Re: [Debconf-team] T-shirts

2011-07-08 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Richard Darst dijo [Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 05:38:46AM -0400]: > Adnan, > > From the call with DIVA, I heard that you have arranged all t-shirt > printing, and they are just waiting for money. It would be good to > know what these plans are. > > Some questions about this: > > - How many different

Re: [Debconf-team] T-shirts

2011-07-08 Thread Moray Allan
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > FWIW, and just for the "normal" shirts, the numbers we currently have > are: As always, we must add to these numbers *one per sponsor bag*. And we should decide sizes for staff and video-team t-shirts too. -- Moray __

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Moray Allan
I now hear that DIVA has made hotel bookings today, ignoring the numbers provided and ignoring Debian's explicit instructions on which hotels to use when. This stupid behaviour must stop. DIVA has signed an agreement to follow instructions from Debian in spending money for DebConf, and that is ho

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Adnan Hodzic
> This stupid behaviour must stop.  DIVA has signed an agreement to > follow instructions from Debian in spending money for DebConf, and > that is how we need to proceed. Likewise, I'm not taking part in any sides any more now I'm just being a spectator. So let me remind you, yesterday Richard se

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Moray Allan
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > I'm most serious when I ask you > this, what is the problem? Don't go into writing essays, clear and > loud what is the problem? Ignoring explicit instructions is the problem. -- Moray ___ Debconf-

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread NVO DIVA
> Ignoring explicit instructions is the problem. We genuinely believe we only followed what Richard said and instructed. Dzemila Josic President NGO DIVA 2011/7/8 Moray Allan : > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Adnan Hodzic wrote: >> I'm most serious when I ask you >> this, what is the problem

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Adnan Hodzic
> Ignoring explicit instructions is the problem. If that's the only problem then we don't have a problem. We're slowly getting into 4th day with this problem, we got the facts we got it all on the clear. Wanna rm -rf what happened so far and start over? On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Moray All

Re: [Debconf-team] blanking bank information from penta

2011-07-08 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 12525 March 1977, Richard Darst wrote: > Right now I would just do the main database, not the log tables, > unless someone who knows more says that would be a good idea, too. Dont blank logs. -- bye, Joerg Some AM after a mistake: Sigh. One shouldn't AM in the early AM, as it were. __

[Debconf-team] Internet connection

2011-07-08 Thread Moray Allan
Hi, While Holger and I were in Banja Luka, it was agreed that the internet connection to Banski Dvor would be installed and tested a week before DebCamp. Is that still happening? If not, when will it be installed and tested? -- Moray ___ Debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Richard Darst wrote: > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've talked to DIVA today and have made some sort of a "preliminary" >> cost and plan for the Hotels. >> >> First i need to say that they want to put as many people

Re: [Debconf-team] First draft of Debian Day announcement

2011-07-08 Thread Philip Hands
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:53:14 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 11:38:53AM +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > > http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/announcements/en/2011/2011-07-12-debianday.wml?revision=2373&view=markup I'd suggest the following changes: =-=-=-=- --- 2011-

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Oded Naveh
[Velimir Iveljic - Saturday, July 09, 2011 2:10 AM] > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Richard Darst wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: >> >> With this, and the other information you have provided, we should be >> able to plan how many are needed in each ho

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Velimir, On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 01:10:02AM +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > I thought that the number of sponsored people included prof/corp. > attendees as you once told me. > When i said people not sponsored, i meant exactly THAT! The people > that are not getting a free room from us. > If i

Re: [Debconf-team] Hotels reservation details

2011-07-08 Thread Velimir Iveljic
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi Velimir, > > On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 01:10:02AM +0200, Velimir Iveljic wrote: >> I thought that the number of sponsored people included prof/corp. >> attendees as you once told me. >> When i said people not sponsored, i meant exactly THAT!

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting DebConf attendees reimbursed quickly for travel costs

2011-07-08 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Marcelo Gutierrez dijo [Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 07:25:00PM -0600]: > > I've been in both categories depending on the occasion. But when I've > > been in the latter category (i.e. able to afford anticipating ticket > > costs); it didn't matter much to me whether the delay was 1, 2, or 3 > > months. Thi