Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 7:05 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > Thanks, Brian, for taking the time to read over our bid(s). > > Please find our answers to your questions inline. Let us know which > you think we should promote to the wiki. Most of the information we > provide in the following is either o

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:44:42AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > [...] >> 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs >> in the past. > > I just noticed I've forgotten to add this to the wiki, but: Gerry, Juan > and

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
On 18 February 2014 12:36, Brian Gupta wrote: > I touched on this earlier, but please understand, that presenting more > than one option seems like it would make the job of those making the > decision much more difficult. One option to simplify the process would be for all involved to simply cons

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Gupta [2014-02-18 11:53 +0100]: > Bear in mind, it's not just a question of willingness. They may > not have the facilities/staff to accommodate such large orders, > especially considering that it is a smaller city. I would put more > effort into hammering this down, and explorin

[Debconf-team] Mechelen accomodation (was: DC15: mechelen bid on the wiki page)

2014-02-18 Thread martin f krafft
A few question on accomodation with my dc-team hat on (instead of the dc15.de hat): You write that the hostel has 120 beds and that we'd be paying around 20 € per person. Does this include breakfast? If we assume 350 attendants, then this means that 230 will have to be put into hotels at 55 or 10

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Patty Langasek
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:55:33PM +0200, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > On 18 February 2014 12:36, Brian Gupta wrote: > > I touched on this earlier, but please understand, that presenting more > > than one option seems like it would make the job of those making the > > decision much more difficult. >

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:55 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Brian Gupta [2014-02-18 11:53 +0100]: >> Bear in mind, it's not just a question of willingness. They may >> not have the facilities/staff to accommodate such large orders, >> especially considering that it is a smaller city. I

Re: [Debconf-team] Mechelen accomodation (was: DC15: mechelen bid on the wiki page)

2014-02-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 02:05:19PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > A few question on accomodation with my dc-team hat on (instead of > the dc15.de hat): > > You write that the hostel has 120 beds and that we'd be paying > around 20 € per person. Does this include breakfast? Yes. As said, this is

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 05:53:16AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:44:42AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > > [...] > >> 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs > >> in the past. > > > > I j

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread martin f krafft
Dear Brian and Aigars, and others, thanks again for your time. Our responses follow inline: > I'd say that to make the job of those reviewing the bids easier, > it probably makes sense to wait to review the bids until you have > these results, and your team can settle on a preferred venue that >