Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 4. September 2012, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > no. We only count money (or directly valuable ressources, usually things) > > into account for sponsoring. > > > > (I guesstimate) Half of the orgateam is freelancing, listing them as > > sponsors is... pointless or even totally besides

Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 05/09/12 09:31, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Dienstag, 4. September 2012, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>> no. We only count money (or directly valuable ressources, usually things) >>> into account for sponsoring. >>> >>> (I guesstimate) Half of the orgateam is freelancing, listing them as >>> spo

Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Daniel, that's really getting ridiculous. Le mercredi, 5 septembre 2012 13.30:17, Daniel Pocock a écrit : > While I understand all of your points, I also think we should look at it > from the other side: > > - Company A chooses to hire DDs, let them attend DebConf on work time, > maybe even pay t

Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread David Bremner
Daniel Pocock writes: >> ok, to be clearer: its not just pointless or besides the point, its outright >> harmful. (Starting with this discussion even...) > > If someone makes a contribution to Debian or DebConf, why is it harmful > to recognise them? Maybe it's only because I use a thread based

Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Daniel, I will ignore your input regarding sponsorship from now, it's a waste of my time. I'd appreciate if you could find other areas in DebConf to work on^w^wdiscuss about (as you have clearly shown that you have little understanding how sponsoring and DebConf works). "New input and ideas

Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 05/09/12 14:28, Holger Levsen wrote: > problem per se. What is a problem is that you seem to insist on your ideas... I don't mean to `insist' or `rant' about any one idea, nor waste anybody's time (mine is no less valuable than yours) However, when I see a comment such as your choice of the w

Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Lucas Nussbaum dijo [Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 08:33:26AM +0200]: > (...)↓ > I don't think that the "economical effort" should be part of the > ranking. First, it's very hard to quantify, because you need to consider > at least: income, general cost of living, family & other recurring > expenses, does a

Re: [Debconf-team] Information gathered for travel sponsorship

2012-09-05 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Daniel Pocock dijo [Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 08:13:43PM +0200]: > >> Actually, that is an interesting point > > > > no, its a boring old point... > > > >> If somebody's employer gives them a week of work time to attend DebConf, > >> should that company be recognised as a sponsor? > > > > no. We only

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-data-commits] r3694 - dc13/website

2012-09-05 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:20:15PM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 06:06:39PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Mittwoch, 29. August 2012, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > > > + SUPPORTER > > > + Logo on our website > > > > this is plain wrong, please fix ASAP. > >