Re: [Debconf-team] Cost reduction / shortening (was Re: not a registration fee, but...)

I asked the Perl user group leader in Zurich about hacker spaces (for possible alternatives for DebCamp) and he suggested: -- comes to mind which is frequented regularly by the Linux User Group Switzerland (LUGS). There are some photos of a meeting:

[Debconf-team] Website restyle

I've checked in a restyle on the dc13 website. Just theme changes so far, no content changes. I went for a red & white theme, inspired by the logo. All contributions or changes gladly welcomed. :) I'll do some Information Architecture work next, organizing menus and such. Then run through pages an

Re: [Debconf-team] Website restyle

On 10/28/2012 12:16 AM, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > For now I think it's OK to just have an englisch page. As soon as we are > sure if the venue will be either in the german or french speaking part > we probably want to translate to this language. The other three > languages are nice to have but I

Re: [Debconf-team] Website restyle

On 10/29/2012 09:30 AM, Raphaël Walther wrote: > > I think we should remove the permanent sponsors until they commit. Okay, removed those as well. > Also > I'd like to help on the website because I think that most of potential > sponsors will have at least a look on it. Please, dive in, there'

Re: [Debconf-team] Website restyle

On 11/01/2012 09:25 PM, Michael Banck wrote: > > I (and somebody I talked to about Debconf13 today) noticed that the > schedule link is 404. Of course we don't have a schedule or CfP yet, > but I think it would look better if there are no dead links but a > "coming soon" page instead. > > Just p

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

On 03/15/2013 06:26 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Proposed venue > == > > I feel the proposed work rooms you mention for the venue somewhat > small. Quoting from the Wiki: > > One main plenary room with capacity for 200. This room has > removable partitions that convert it into

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

On 03/16/2013 10:27 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > The bid itself doesn't specify anything about the above, it just gives a > link to DC10, which leaves me feeling that the bid team has > underestimated the seriousness of these issues. > https://www.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/VisaAndBorderIssues Th

[Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

I've run a more detailed cost comparison for the Portland bid, projecting for 200 attendees and 350 attendees separately, so it's easier to see the base costs, and also incorporating some changes from the discussion feedback. See the attached ODS file. (The cost per attendee seems radically lower t

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: DebConf in the USA

On 03/18/2013 01:37 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > If the Committee wants us to refine the venue cost estimates for a different > configuration before making a decision, I'm happy to do that. FWIW, if we > had to rent the Ballroom for the whole week that would double our venue > costs - but to ren

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

On 03/18/2013 03:12 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > FWIW, looking this over I realize there was a mistake in the bid page: the > $66/night listed for The Broadway was per-room, not per-person. I've fixed > this now in the wiki page. Ah, okay, updated in the spreadsheet too. > I'm not sure how the

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

On 03/18/2013 05:49 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 03:45:07PM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > > Probably not - we can mine the data from past conferences to get a better > model for what percentage of attendees will be eating the cafeteria food at > any give

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

On 03/19/2013 09:13 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Right. and for this, I would look at similar cities - e.g. I expect > the Portland food offer (and university cafeteria quality) to be much > closer to New York or Edinburgh more than to most of our other past > venues. Portland is generally cheaper

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

On 03/19/2013 09:29 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Allison Randal dijo [Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 06:24:11PM -0700]: >> >> Aiming for an approximate average on flight price, figuring US/Canada >> flights could be as low as $300, while international flights could be >> $2000 or

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debian-portland-soc] [DC14] Portland team: historical cost comparison

On 03/19/2013 10:19 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Right - the price should be lower, but in terms of availability of outside > food (and therefore the frequency with which people choose to eat outside > the conference), New York and Edinburgh are probably good models for what > we'll find. Banja

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

On 03/19/2013 03:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > * Airport / Transport > > Portland International Airport doesn't have too many international connections > so some attendees might land in the USA via Seattle Airport or even Vancouver > (Canada), and then continue by land (because personal prefere

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

On 03/20/2013 10:02 AM, Allison Randal wrote: > > In my experience (with extensive international travel), the connecting > flight to Portland rarely adds much to the cost of the flight. So, > attendees should do a price comparison first, before choosing other > transportation

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC14] Portland team: questions after reading the bid

On 03/20/2013 10:01 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:12:30PM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: > >> * Backup plan > >> Imagine a bad scenario, where we don't decide until mid-April and the >> University is not available any more. What is your backup plan? Or what >> are the possi

[Debconf-team] getting started on the DebConf14 website

Hi all, One thing that came up in the sponsors-team meeting today is that it's incredibly valuable for sponsors to have at least a one-page website for the conference before we start actively reaching out to them. The target for this would be October 31st. I did the initial site for DebConf1

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

On 10/24/2013 01:49 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: FWIW as a personal data point, I now have too many DebConf messenger bags and not enough DebConf reusable grocery bags... so I'd be in favor of the reusable grocery bag style again from DebConf 10. ;) +1, and very appropriate for Portland. Allison

Re: [Debconf-team] getting started on the DebConf14 website

On 10/23/2013 03:10 PM, Allison Randal wrote: A few things that come to mind, for a flavor of Portland or more generally Pacific Northwest: - bridges - city skyline - Mt. Hood (though 2013 was mountains, so aim for distinction) - evergreens - bicycles And leaning toward an "organic"

Re: [Debconf-team] getting started on the DebConf14 website

On 10/28/2013 09:24 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 09:55:33AM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote: Allison Randal writes: Here are a few variants. Just rough sketches, enough to get the general idea. When we hit on a favorite, I'll do it up properly. I like the sky styl

Re: [Debconf-team] getting started on the DebConf14 website

On 10/28/2013 09:31 AM, Allison Randal wrote: Indeed, easy enough. I originally had the debian swirl rising like the sun over Mt. Hood, but it ended up looking kind of dorky, so I removed it. But, just setting the swirl off to the side like the others will work out well. I'll send a pr

Re: [Debconf-team] getting started on the DebConf14 website

On 10/28/2013 10:37 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: http://www.lohutok.net/gallery/debconf14/sky_swirl_style_tile.png Looks good! Print it! The full site launched Thursday night. http://debconf14.debconf.org I'd appreciate any eyes to check out the pages, verify dates and details, especially s

Re: [Debconf-team] getting started on the DebConf14 website

On 11/06/2013 09:44 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: - I think the "debian rosebud" from the full logo would look great in the big dark-blue-box-banner on the main page. (Filling the same slot as the bird in the dc12 pages.) I could use a copy of the original Inkscape doc, so I can extract the rosebud

Re: [Debconf-team] HP-Sponsored Social Gathering at Marriott City Center on Tuesday

Hi Rocky, What time does the event start? Thanks, Allison On 08/22/2014 10:59 AM, Rocky Craig wrote: > Greetings, > > HP is sponsoring a cocktail hour with OPEN BAR Tuesday at > "The DEN" at the Marriott City Center. An HP director, > Steve Geary, will announce how we've co-opted Debian for >

Re: [Debconf-team] Reducing the bandwidth of -announce?

I'm kind of curious why we have two lists? I know one has more free permissions for posting, but it seems like a single list with open posting would be sufficient. On 08/26/2014 05:54 PM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > People, > > We've sent 8 (+1) mails to -announce today, I'm wondering if we cou

[Debconf-team] tear-down schedule - HARD STOP 6pm Sunday

Hi everyone, The last session on Sunday ends at 16:15, and the building closes at 18:00 (regular weekend hours). This means we need to have everything cleared out of the building in that time. The session rooms will close out today (338 at 14:14, and 327/8 and 329 after 20:00). That'll leave remai

[Debconf-team] survey of CRM options

Last weekend I worked on a survey of available CRM tools under a FLOSS license. My full notes are here: https://titanpad.com/hHhmrGb7uY My ultimate conclusion is that none of the options provide enough of an advantage over sponsors-table (for sponsor contact workflow) and RT (for sponsor invoicin

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-sponsors-team] survey of CRM options

On 09/20/2014 02:13 PM, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Did you also look at sugarcrm? > > It's what we use at work and it is reasonally unshite. I did, yeah, but excluded it as having an overly-proprietary licensing model. If we were choosing between SugarCRM and CiviCRM (the two main PHP options), Ci

Re: [Debconf-team] Report from the talks team

On 09/21/2014 10:15 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > I'll suggest something contrary here - I *don't* think we should even > try. DebConf is *not* a typical academic conference where people are > presenting state-of-the-art research to a very wide community who are > otherwise disinterested. It's a m

Re: [Debconf-team] General schedule proposal for dc15

On 09/21/2014 09:00 AM, Margarita Manterola wrote: > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Michael Banck wrote: > >> Finally, there was the idea of having a 10:00-10:30 plenary slot every >> morning for announcements and raffles, > > This hasn't been agreed on. I do agree on the raffle and the > ann

Re: [Debconf-team] General schedule proposal for dc15

On 09/21/2014 12:47 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 08:55:37PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: >> also sprach Allison Randal [2014-09-21 20:06 +0200]: >>> The best time for this kind of segment is right after lunch >>> [...], so you naturally have

Re: [Debconf-team] General schedule proposal for dc15

On 09/21/2014 05:51 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Giving > attendees another way to get their information - in addition to the mailing > lists, which we ought to continue using in parallel - seems to me like all > win. +1 Allison ___ Debconf-team mailing

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf14 wrap-up blog post

On 09/26/2014 02:45 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Paul Wise [2014-09-16 13:16 +0200]: >> The Debian publicity team prepared a wrap-up DPN entry about DebConf14. >> We would like to publish it on the DebConf blog (Martin Krafft >> volunteered to do so) but would like some input from DebC

Re: [Debconf-team] Q for Cape Town bid: local team

an Carter (Debian package maintainer) - Nigel Kukard (DM) - Raoul Snyman (DM) - Neil Muller (Debian package maintainer) - Simon Cross (organized PyConZA in Cape Town) - Adrianna Pińska (part of Cape Town LUG organizing committee) - Marc Welz - Jan Groenewald Remote: - Stefano Rivera (DD) - A

[Debconf-team] generic timeline template for DCX (was Reminder: DC15 meeting today at 20:00 UTC)

On 01/05/2015 01:55 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > Since our TODO list only starts at X-8 months, I think we should > charge the DC16 & DC17 teams to collaboratively create a complete > timeline. Here's a start, mostly just a generic version of the DC15 one to start, but I'll add to it (and others a

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions about the Cape Town bid

On 01/17/2015 09:49 AM, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Dear all, > > do I understand correctly that save for the day trip and conference > dinner, UCT Upper Campus is self-contained and would allow us to stay > on-campus 24/7? Yes, it's totally possible. Since the center of town is so close, with hun

Re: [Debconf-team] Draft of the "Call for Proposals"

On 03/04/2015 01:43 PM, Michael Banck wrote: On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 03:21:02PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: Second, do you see any way to move the deadline earlier, e.g. end of April? Not only would this help with press releases and attract attention. It also helps people to know a vague sche

Re: [Debconf-team] CoC, "Be aware." section

On 04/01/2015 09:21 AM, Enrico Zini wrote: > > Is the source of the page somewhere accessible? I can create a quick > collab-maint git repo to work on it. It's in the git repo for the main website: git.debian.org/git/debconf-data/www or http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debconf-data/www.git/tree/

Re: [Debconf-team] Buttons for DC16 at DebConf15: what to do?

On 08/15/2015 03:47 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bernelle Verster [2015-08-14 17:29 +0200]: >> I paid for these, so if we don't get budget for this eventually, >> I'll be sponsoring them. They're beautiful, I don't mind. :) > > I also think we should just pass them out, and we can sur

Re: [Debconf-team] Patch to DebConf orgateam structure

On 08/27/2015 01:31 PM, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > DC16 team, can you please elaborate on this? I've been a fierce > supporter of the existence of the local team, as it gives people that > are local and are new to DebConf a space to which they can feel like > they belong and in my experience

Re: [Debconf-team] Patch to DebConf orgateam structure

On 08/29/2015 03:01 AM, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > When I advocate for the local team it's not for these people, but for > the volunteers that will show up along the way. For those volunteers, > joining debconf-team is traumatic. There's too many flamewars, too > many things going on at the s

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf meetings this week

On 09/22/2015 02:27 AM, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > I tried to follow your advice and forget it, but to be honest I'm quite > hurt by it. To form a coordination team in private and in secrecy so > that "things can get done" is pretty awful and not conducive to having > an open and transparent commu

[Debconf-team] DC16 fundraising sprint this Thu Oct 22 (1500UTC, 1700CEST/SAST, 1100EST, 0800PST)

Hi all, The sponsors sprint last week was quite productive, so we're doing a repeat this week, same time, same place. Check your local time here if not listed in the subject: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151022T15 The sprint will be on IRC in the #debconf-sponsors OF

Re: [Debconf-team] Deadline (Re: Collaboratively drafting the next DebConf delegation)

On 10/20/2015 01:01 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 07:27:54AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: >> For the record. I am completely opposed to these changes and put forth >> as an alternative the text of the original delegation from 2011. [1] > > I agree with this, and with the objecti

[Debconf-team] I get by with a little help from my friends

Hi all, Things are a bit up in the air at the moment, but the day-to-day practicalities of DebConf are pretty much the same as always. It would help me enormously to briefly hear what folks are planning to work on in the coming months. I'm not concerned about structure or teams or whatever. Out of

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf17 bids - DebConf Committee

On 12/19/2015 01:09 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > On 18/12/15 14:48, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >> >> Given the general "DebConf Team" situation, I would really like us to >> focus on using the existing structures for what they got built, rather >> than having meta-discussions, which will only dela

Re: [Debconf-team] I get by with a little help from my friends

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 01/20/2016 10:24 AM, Michael Banck wrote: > > I'm still willing to help with content selection and maybe CfP > drafting, but I certainly won't be able to drive the invited > speakers track as I did for DebConf15 (if we still want that). > > The

Re: [Debconf-team] I get by with a little help from my friends

On 01/20/2016 06:05 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > I am interested in being a part of the Content team, although I asked > *not* to lead, as my time is severely limited. But if you agree, I can > work with you as the Supreme Conservative Power¹ ;-) All help cheerfully accepted! > ¹ For a while in th

Re: [Debconf-team] I get by with a little help from my friends

On 01/20/2016 10:01 PM, René Mayorga wrote: > > Saying that, I'm happy helping to lurk on the alias, rate talks if need > it and give input when I find is pertinent. Great! Allison ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lis

Re: [Debconf-team] pre-registration or registation opens and CfP announcements

On 03/04/2016 07:23 AM, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: Dear DebConf and DebConf Content teams: If you want to announce Call for Proposals when registration (or pre-registration) is open, we may should begin to draft the Call for Proposals. Here's a draft in progress, starting with the DC15 CFP as a

Re: [Debconf-team] pre-registration or registation opens and CfP announcements

Missed one. On 03/04/2016 01:11 PM, Allison Randal wrote: On 03/04/2016 07:23 AM, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: * If we stick to 20 or 45 minutes long sessions Yes, that seems to be the consensus. TBH, in several decades of conference organizing and attending, I've found 20 minute slot

Re: [Debconf-team] blogpost in bits.debian.org about Platinum Sponsor

On 03/07/2016 01:14 PM, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: Reviews, comments, fixes... are welcome. Looks great, thanks! A typical pattern for abbreviations would be to use the full name and abbreviation in the first line, like "Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)", and then consistently use the abbrev

Re: [Debconf-team] Open Weekend and some notes

On 03/17/2016 11:02 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: I'm thinking about coming back as poker/emailey person, but I'll probably still lose my temper occasionally. If you can't deal with that, tell me now and I'll go away again. That role has been filled, but many thanks for the offer. I know the ro

Re: [Debconf-team] Registration Feature Request: Organization / Company Name field

On 03/16/2016 11:36 AM, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:24:40AM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: Don't label it "organization" call it "badge line 2" or "your add here" So that people know they can put whatever text they want to show off on their badge. /me likes this idea very

Re: [Debconf-team] Suggestion for DC17+ fundraising brochure: advertising service vs. ad space

On 04/12/2016 06:20 AM, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:54:17AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: >> >> You're obviously free to disagree and assume a different view of >> what we're doing, but please don't stop other people's efforts just >> because you don't see their value. > > wh

Re: [Debconf-team] Rooms and video available for planning the schedule

On 04/26/2016 10:15 PM, Louis-Philippe Véronneau wrote: > On 2016-04-26 12:18, Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote: > >> How many rooms will have video coverage? How many of them simultaneously? > > Video team decided to stream 3 rooms (2 mains + 1 BoF). We will test a > new system in the BoF room, so we

[Debconf-team] timing for sessions

Different countries have different ideas of civilized hours for running conference sessions. Taking a look at PyCon ZA, what do you all think of the following schedule for the main DebConf session days: 9:30-10:15am First Talk/BoF 10:15-11:00am Morning Tea/Coffee Break 11:00-11:45am Third Talk/

Re: [Debconf-team] timing for sessions

On 04/30/2016 07:43 PM, Allison Randal wrote: > 9:30-10:15am First Talk/BoF > > 10:15-11:00am Morning Tea/Coffee Break > > 11:00-11:45am Third Talk/BoF > > 12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break > > 1:00pm-1:45pm Fourth Talk/BoF > > 2:00pm-2:45pm Fifth Talk/BoF >

Re: [Debconf-team] timing for sessions

Trying a resend, since my reply got DNS MX bounced yesterday. On 05/02/2016 01:34 PM, Allison Randal wrote: > On 05/02/2016 01:05 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >> >> Given what we have always seen at DebConf, I would: >> >> - Start a bit later. Starting at 10AM feels more

Re: [Debconf-team] timing for sessions

On 05/04/2016 08:37 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:54 AM, martin f krafft wrote: >> >> Do we really need a break after the first session of the day, when >> breakfast has just ended and lunch is about to begin? > > I do think the breaks are important, this is where the rea

[Debconf-team] double-checking: content on July 9th?

The DebConf16 website says that the conference runs "from Saturday, 2 July to Saturday, 9 July 2016". Are people expecting to have sessions on Saturday the 9th? I'm setting up the schedule now in wafer, and here's what I've got: DebCamp: June 23rd - July 1st Open Weekend: July 2nd and 3rd DebConf

Re: [Debconf-team] double-checking: content on July 9th?

On 06/07/2016 05:04 PM, Daniel Lange wrote: > The 9th should be a normal conference day. I'd let it end a bit earlier > (e.g. closing ceremony after lunch) but Sunday 10th is explicitly the > departure day (cf. https://debconf16.debconf.org/about/dates/). The > advantage of doing so is that we can

Re: [Debconf-team] Highly Likely Not Able to Present the Talk 18 About Android Tools

Hi Kai-Chung, Sorry to hear about the delay. It's not a problem, we can keep you on the schedule for now. If you don't receive a visa in the next 2 weeks, or receive a rejection notice, let us know and we can cancel your talk, even as late as the 6th. Thanks for letting us know, Allison On 06/21

Re: [Debconf-team] Daily check in meetings 9:30am (local time), orga room

On 06/30/2016 04:11 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > local team to volunteer as 'bus-captains' I won't be able to go on any of the Day Trips (too active for my broken foot), but I can hang around on campus, answer the front desk phone, etc. as needed. Allison

Re: [Debconf-team] Highly Likely Not Able to Present the Talk 18 About Android Tools

That's great news, I'm so glad it worked out! :) On 07/01/2016 02:49 AM, 殷啟聰 wrote: > Hi Allison, > > My visa is finally approved and I am arriving in Cape Town in July 5, > I can still make it to the talk. > > Cheers, > Kai-Chung Yan > > 2016-06-21 22:50

Re: [Debconf-team] Ad-Hoc sessions

On 07/01/2016 11:09 AM, Michael Banck wrote: > Hi, > > is there a plan for ad-hoc sessions already? If not, we should start > thinking about it. > > I'd propose we allow them from Monday on, in BoF room 1 and 2, unless > there will be more BoF rooms possibly be added later on (maybe if there > is

Re: [Debconf-team] Ad-Hoc sessions

On 07/01/2016 01:39 PM, Michael Banck wrote: > Well ok, but then we need to notify them of scheduling and resolve any > conflicts. I guess it'd work, but self-scheduling might be easier. > Maybe we can tell them to put preferred timeslots into the comments to > content? > > I'm fine either way.

Re: [Debconf-team] Ad-Hoc sessions

On 07/02/2016 08:29 AM, Michael Banck wrote: > On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 04:13:09PM -0400, Allison Randal wrote: >> Yes, they can suggest a time slot in the notes, and I'll only email to >> confirm it's scheduled, or to resolve conflicts if multiple people >> reque