Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-25 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi The Jammie shuttle person was very positive in his reply and requested a meeting, but I didn't want to schedule a meeting before the bid decision. It works in our favour that we don't need exclusive use of the Jammies, so I expect we would be able to run on term time schedule for possibly a sup

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-26 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi https://www.uct.ac.za/students/services/jammie/maps/vac/ The one to town is to the Hiddingh campus. This is currently the holiday schedule until 31 January so gives you a good idea of off peak times. Stefano, I'm busy with a big deadline. Could you please archive these times if necessary, as

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
rips at an additional cost. We will compare that cost to the quotes we already obtained from the private coach companies. regards B On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Martín Ferrari wrote: > Hi Bernelle, > > On 26/01/15 17:38, Bernelle Verster wrote: > > > https://www.uct.ac

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Martin, On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Martín Ferrari wrote: > Bernelle, > > On 27/01/15 10:38, Bernelle Verster wrote: > > > That is correct. People tend to not want to take any form of public > > transport after dark in South Africa. Students usually drive here or

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Gunnar On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Hi Bernelle, > > > That is correct. People tend to not want to take any form of public > > transport after dark in South Africa. Students usually drive here or > share > > private taxis back. > > This brings another questions: If wa

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Lol, the fancier hotels are *out* of town. :) There are a few fancy ones in town, especially around the international conference centre (CTICC), but they're so uppity I can't stand them. Don't think they're value for money either, the CTICC isn't. My favourite fancy hotel is in Newlands, walking d

Re: [Debconf-team] Question to Cape Town team: transportation to/from the venue

2015-01-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:16 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz [2015-01-27 15:05 > +0100]: > > That sounds a good idea. Interested people would definitely be > > able to organize shifts in the wikipage once we have some cars > > available. This has happened with priva

Re: [Debconf-team] Food [Re: Registration questions]

2015-02-23 Thread Bernelle Verster
, perhaps frame the tick boxes and supportive open fields to what it is you really want to know? hope this helps, still new to this :) Bernelle Verster (indiebio) Cape Town, South Africa (DC16) On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:52 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Anthony Towns [2015

[Debconf-team] Fwd: TEDx mobile app attendee profile?

2015-05-12 Thread Bernelle Verster
9:46 PM Subject: Re: TEDx mobile app attendee profile? To: justin beswick Cc: Bernelle Verster , Craig Wattrus < cwatt...@gmail.com> Hey Bernelle Thanks for reaching out. For last year's event we made an app which was basically a digital version of the programme. You can ch

[Debconf-team] Fwd: Protea Hotel Mowbray Enquiry

2015-06-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
l Mowbray Enquiry Hi We are organising the international Debian Developers Conference to be held in Cape Town early July 2016 (next year). Can you tell me your room prices please? Are there discounts for block bookings? thanks Bernelle Verster ___ Debconf-t

Re: [Debconf-team] Plan to organise a one-day workshop pre-DebConf

2015-07-16 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi For what it's worth, bearing in mind that I am new to DebConf, I think this is a good idea, and I would like to know more about how the first workshop went, and if it happens again in August, how that one went. (I have not replied privately before) My thoughts: Stating explicitly that this is

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf15 open weekend admittance

2015-07-28 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I'm not in depth with the issues here, but as a newbie, I was really interested in the public key idea (I've been so vigorously getting keys signed, it's embarrassing). I'm guessing people won't be able to generate their own fully fledged keys on the spot, but perhaps some mock-up/greatly s

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

2015-08-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all! We managed to get buttons made, advertising DebConf16 in Cape Town (image attached). There are 600 in total, 400 with a Table Mountain design, and 200 more of the various colours. I have two questions please: 1. How should we distribute them? Are they to be sold as merch, or given out at

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

2015-08-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
eventually, I'll be sponsoring them. They're beautiful, I don't mind. :) ciao B On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi all! > > We managed to get buttons made, advertising DebConf16 in Cape Town > (image attached). There are 600 in total, 400 with

Re: [Debconf-team] [Coordination] Timeline changes proposal for DC16

2015-08-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I'm supposed to be on holiday and offline, but I've started having dreams about this thread, so... I've adapted the thread onto our Timeline [1], and copied relevant bits below. I resisted the temptation to put this onto the wider timeline [2] as well, so we can test it first. Comments wel

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting the DC15 final report done (sprint: 2015-08-31 1900 UTC)

2015-08-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I would like to help, but I am on conference until 3 September. Tammy and Siri (copied in) has been working on a possible layout. Siri, Tammy, can you please share the location of the draft layout to this list to get input? This layout will be on scribus. Regards B On Sunday, August 30, 2

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

2015-08-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi I feel the same as Nigel and Allison stated. I think from the discussion on this thread that the DC16 team that attended DC15 can be considered as part of the 'global' team, and that new volunteers would be considered local. I imagine these to be people who may only want to get involved with sm

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting the DC15 final report done (sprint: 2015-08-31 1900 UTC)

2015-08-31 Thread Bernelle Verster
DC15's report >> > and it's DC15's responsibility to get it out, though. >> > >> > I know this is not how it's been for the past years, but I >> > think that >> > the right thing

[Debconf-team] Three things to note please

2015-09-10 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi team I would like you to take note of three things that we are busy developing, that was also briefly mentioned in last night's meeting. I want you to take note of them now, to start the bike-shedding and share ideas, while there is lots of time, and then we can use the bike-shedding as constru

Re: [Debconf-team] Three things to note please

2015-09-10 Thread Bernelle Verster
DC16. I don't think Two Sigma is committed at this stage, but they may become... On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Daniel Lange wrote: > Am 10.09.2015 um 14:59 schrieb Bernelle Verster: > > 2. ShowMeBox - outreach project > The ShowMeBox is an idea hatched by two long time De

Re: [Debconf-team] Three things to note please

2015-09-10 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Nigel On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Nigel Kukard wrote: > Hi team, > > On Thursday, September 10, 2015 02:59:39 PM Bernelle Verster wrote: > >Hi team > > > >I would like you to take note of three things that we are busy developing, > >that was also briefly

[Debconf-team] This week's meetings...

2015-09-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Following on from last week's meetings [1]: There's three meetings that's supposed to happen this week. Can the people indicated (or if you feel you need to be indicated) please let me know 1) if these are scheduled already (and reply all with when), 2) if not, if you would like me to sche

[Debconf-team] Fwd: Three things to note please

2015-09-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
...), [author of forwarded text reconstructed from seemingly its source at http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20150910.130505.09c8d001.en.html] Quoting Bernelle Verster (2015-09-14 10:46:44) > A note from the debconf-team... can you give input on this, and if > there are concerns (I

Re: [Debconf-team] Three things to note please

2015-09-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
se > make it easy for me to say "the DebConf organization is on board" in a way > that does not feel like a vacuous statement (like "we support all our > sponsors!")! > > Best regards, > Kris > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 4:46 A

[Debconf-team] Fwd: Three things to note please

2015-09-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
I need to learn how to use email. Please see below. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bernelle Verster Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 6:56 PM Subject: Re: Three things to note please To: Kristoffer Rose Cc: "showme-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org" , "debconf-team@lists.deb

Re: [Debconf-team] Scheduling DC16 meetings

2015-09-15 Thread Bernelle Verster
So.. who's making a call on the dudle? It looks like Wednesdays 19:00 UTC (21:00 SAST/local event time) still seems good. If there's no massive objections, can we then make the meeting tomorrow night? Please add agenda items on the wiki (currently still blank) [1]. Two things: * Daylight savings

Re: [Debconf-team] Scheduling DC16 meetings

2015-09-15 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Bernelle (2015.09.15_12:54:48_+0200) >> It looks like Wednesdays 19:00 UTC (21:00 SAST/local event time) still >> seems good. If there's no massive objections, can we then make the >> meeting tomorrow night? Please add agenda items on the

Re: [Debconf-team] Scheduling DC16 meetings

2015-09-16 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I would suggest those who can, join in the meeting. The agenda is a basic progress report, and then maybe we can also start working on the 'web presence' points in wiki format that had such a good start in another thread. I would also like to have names connected to teams, as I am quite ne

Re: [Debconf-team] Scheduling DC16 meetings

2015-09-16 Thread Bernelle Verster
> Hi again > > Just a note, the meeting will be in the #debconf-team channel, and will > remain there until further notice. > > On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki > wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 09:28:00AM -0400, Tassia Camoes Araujo wrote: >> > Hi Eric, >> > On Wed, Sep

[Debconf-team] Fwd: Wiki Updates

2015-09-16 Thread Bernelle Verster
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jonathan Carter Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 6:54 PM Subject: Wiki Updates To: debconf16-t...@lists.debian.org Hi Debconfers https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16 was a bit bare so I created a main index on there that links to all the aspects of Deb

[Debconf-team] DebConf meetings this week

2015-09-21 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I'm trying something with these weekly emails: To let everyone knows what meetings are happening in the coming week, to assist in your planning. Please let me know if there is anything else going on that you'd like to be coordinated with the wider team (and if it ain't obvious, I'm still tr

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf meetings this week

2015-09-21 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Monday, 21 September 2015, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bernelle Verster > > [2015-09-21 10:17 +0200]: > > I'm trying something with these weekly emails: To let everyone > > knows what meetings are happening in the coming week, to assist in > > your

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf meetings this week

2015-09-21 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Monday, 21 September 2015, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Margarita Manterola > > [2015-09-21 11:45 +0200]: > > I think holding the coordination meeting on a separate channel is a > > very very big mistake. This is THE meeting that should happen on > > #debconf-team, as opposed to the DC

[Debconf-team] Fwd: Query: DebConf16: 2016 - International Debian Developers Conference, hosted at UCT

2015-09-21 Thread Bernelle Verster
-- From: *Bernelle Verster* Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2015 Subject: Query: DebConf16: 2016 - International Debian Developers Conference, hosted at UCT To: Belinda Chapman Thanks Belinda Address: from the website: spi-inc.org P.O. Box 501248 Indianapolis, IN 46250-6248 United States

[Debconf-team] Fwd: Meeting Reminder: Tonight 19:00 UTC, 21:00 SAST

2015-09-23 Thread Bernelle Verster
Whoops! I sent this to the old list, sorry! It shouldn't be a long meeting, one hopes... -- Forwarded message -- From: Bernelle Verster Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:56 AM Subject: Meeting Reminder: Tonight 19:00 UTC, 21:00 SAST To: DebConf Cape Town Bid Hi all A remind

Re: [Debconf-team] Scheduling web meeting Re: DebConf meetings this week

2015-09-25 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:47 AM, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:17:23AM +0200, Bernelle Verster wrote: > > Hi all > > 3. Website chatting on #debconf-infra, list discussion topics on > titanpad (e.g. > > [1]) > > > 3. The website meeti

[Debconf-team] Next two weeks' meetings: Website, Timeline et al

2015-09-28 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Website: * There is a local website meeting between Tammy (tamo), Raoul (superfly) and Jonathan (highvoltage) tonight. I expect they will be on IRC for chatting as well. This is not 'dev' stuff (what do I call that?), but to do with design and content. * There will likely not be a 'dev stuf

Re: [Debconf-team] Next two weeks' meetings: Website, Timeline et al

2015-09-28 Thread Bernelle Verster
bugger, sorry, I forgot to include this one (was looking for it and then got distracted) DC15 final report sprint: We're collecting content here: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/FinalReport #dc-team Monday 1900 UTC. On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: >

Re: [Debconf-team] Next two weeks' meetings: Website, Timeline et al

2015-09-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
#x27;m going to wait with that for a week or so as well. [1] - https://debconf16-capetown.titanpad.com/2 [2] - https://titanpad.com/443gTylF6p Cheers B On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > bugger, sorry, I forgot to include this one (was looking for it and then got &g

Re: [Debconf-team] Fixing the Debconf Delagation

2015-09-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi TLDR: * "You can set direction in Debian not by telling people what to do but by changing what is easy in the project" * "If there is one thing, it's getting people to talk to each other and find out which parts of *their* work they can think about differently in order to have it be easier. We

[Debconf-team] Timeline: Registration, Content

2015-10-02 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I'd like to get the content for registration going, as well as the timeline dates , some jottings at [1]. We need info on "speaking (topics, deadlines, type of talk) " now already as sponsors may be interested in this too, and I'm guessing it's not too different from previous years - who i

[Debconf-team] Website: static page or redirect to wiki? - NB for fundraising

2015-10-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all We're gearing up for fundraising, and we need something at the http://debconf16.debconf.org destination. I think we have two options: 1. Create a static page with the logo, consistent with the front page of the brochure, with the date, an "interested in sponsoring? Contact us at spons...@d

[Debconf-team] Brochure edits - ALL please proofread

2015-10-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Edits listed at [1], brochure can be found at [2]. Tammy, this brochure is beautiful, thanks very much. I feel confident to share this with people (in it's final version) and having my name associated with it. Some final changes, I'm putting it in titanpad [1] so we can mark off as things

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-sponsors-team] Website: static page or redirect to wiki? - NB for fundraising

2015-10-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
somebody should review my writings. np > * I cannot make plans now about my further involvement in the website > (my timetable from November on is undefined yet). that's fine, we will work with this. Great for having you so far! > > Cheers > Laura Arjona > > >> -Br

Re: [Debconf-team] initial landing page for DebConf16 ( debconf16.debconf.org)

2015-10-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi That's great Laura, but still text heavy. I was thinking *even* simpler. My hacking in crude image form (imagine these taking up the entire window) Option 1: https://lut.im/dhwflnexmR/3JZG6jSs.png Option 2: https://lut.im/4vLoYrH0zs/h0YZRSsV.png I could try code it but it will be brutal. I d

[Debconf-team] website presence meeting: crunch time.

2015-10-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all PyConZA is over which means it's website time. I don't think we'll find a time for everyone to attend the meeting, so we need to be clear on the meeting objectives and make this as cooperative as possible. Bear this in mind and put your thoughts in the titanpad [1] accordingly so that your

Re: [Debconf-team] website presence meeting: crunch time.

2015-10-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 8:28 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bernelle Verster [2015-10-04 19:49 +0200]: >> Decide on which system(s) are being developed as contenders for the >> DC16 website. (If we feel we can decide to only go with wafer, that >> would be *ama

Re: [Debconf-team] initial landing page for DebConf16 ( debconf16.debconf.org)

2015-10-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
Doh. Now to the whole team - especially Ganneff. On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) > wrote: >> On 04/10/2015 20:00, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: >>> Great, I'm going to inv

[Debconf-team] Braai: Saturday 10 October 2015

2015-10-06 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all (incl ... I just emailed the CLUG dinner list, it's easier than getting you all by person...) Details for the braai this Saturday: Time: Natalie said 4pm BUT I'm trying for a bit earlier for kids and stuff. I think 'between noon and 4pm' works... Will be provided: Beer Juice Salad Rolls

[Debconf-team] Website meeting: tonight 18:00 UTC (Was Re: website presence meeting: crunch time.)

2015-10-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Summarising this thread: You are all *amazing*: * By consensus we agree to develop wafer for DebConf16. * We also managed to get a static site up - larjona, we need the brochure on it please, which is now also done \o/ [0]. I think tonight's meeting will be more of a website sprint, so no

Re: [Debconf-team] Braai: Saturday 10 October 2015

2015-10-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Now confirmed, the braai is starting around noon. We'll probably do some website hacking stuff on the day too, maybe bring your geek stuff ;) B On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi all > > (incl ... I just emailed the CLUG dinner list, it

Re: [Debconf-team] Timeline: Registration, Content

2015-10-11 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 3:30 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bernelle Verster [2015-10-02 16:09 +0200]: >> We need info on "speaking (topics, deadlines, type of talk) " now >> already as sponsors may be interested in this too, and I'm guessing >>

[Debconf-team] Minutes, Agenda and Status reports for next meeting (14 Oct, 18:30 UTC)

2015-10-11 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Last week's website sprint can be found in the wiki meeting page [0]. Stefano, please update the minutes as you see fit, I didn't always know what's going on. If possible please send a status report and rough plan re wafer for the next week or few weeks? ACTIONS required: * All: Status re

Re: [Debconf-team] Minutes, Agenda and Status reports for next meeting (14 Oct, 18:30 UTC)

2015-10-13 Thread Bernelle Verster
re still useful, but for the moment I want to shift the focus to the people doing the tasks. [1] - https://debconf16-capetown.titanpad.com/2 Cheers B On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi all > > Last week's website sprint can be found in the wiki mee

[Debconf-team] Deadlines and doing stuff (Was: Artwork)

2015-10-13 Thread Bernelle Verster
Dear all Re: In the Local Team thread, of Jonathan being concerned about people contacting daytrip options without his knowledge, and Tammy on this thread being concerned that the artwork is not perfect, and talking about deadlines. To me this raises three important issues to take note of, and th

Re: [Debconf-team] Deadlines and doing stuff (Was: Artwork)

2015-10-13 Thread Bernelle Verster
ly requested? Click on this link to subscribe: http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Dear all > > Re: In the Local Team thread, of Jonathan being concerned about people > contacting daytrip options without

Re: [Debconf-team] Deadlines and doing stuff (Was: Artwork)

2015-10-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: > Hey > > On 13/10/2015 17:01, Bernelle Verster wrote: >> Using the website proposal as example - ask Jonathan, Raoul, I think >> you have already. From here on, this will be developed hand-in-hand >>

Re: [Debconf-team] Deadlines and doing stuff (Was: Artwork)

2015-10-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 9:06 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bernelle Verster [2015-10-13 16:58 +0200]: >> * We need people to feel comfortable doing stuff. If we have to >> wait on deadlines to be reached to get access to something, or >> wait for people to tell us

Re: [Debconf-team] Kanban, dependencies, priorities, Gantt, … (was: Team Roles)

2015-10-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:08 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Steve Langasek [2015-10-14 07:00 +0200]: >> Kanban also has no concept at all of deadlines; > > True, the initial tool does not have deadlines. However, all of the > implementations I checked out do support deadlines and usuall

[Debconf-team] Fwd: [Coordination] Timeline changes proposal for DC16

2015-10-20 Thread Bernelle Verster
thoughts? regards B -- Forwarded message -- From: Bernelle Verster Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [Debconf-team] [Coordination] Timeline changes proposal for DC16 To: Michael Banck , DebConf Cape Town Bid Cc: "debconf-team@lists.debconf.org" Hi all I'm suppose

[Debconf-team] Flyer content: for emails to sponsors and for distribution in print and web-form to communities

2015-10-20 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all The flyer is being drafted. If you want to add input, add it here: http://deb.li/flyer16 Deadline for input: Wednesday 21 Oct 2015, 23:00. (so, tomorrow) I'm busy adapting content from the DC15 flyer and the DC16 brochure, which should be sufficient, but feel free to go do your thing. P

[Debconf-team] Meeting this week: A general sprint on stuff

2015-10-20 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all This week's meeting, Wednesday 21 OCt 18:30 UTC will just be a general sprint, catch up, chat about fundraising (which is where my head is mainly at atm), flyer content... easy going, not minuted. I've moved the agenda to an etherpad using Sandstorm.io, (storm.debian.net) ( (to fix the tit

Re: [Debconf-team] Meet tonight

2015-10-21 Thread Bernelle Verster
Thanks Tammy You don't need to cc in the 16-team list, just the -team one is fine. Thank you also for the v2 of the brochure, and the awesome style guide - Siri says it's epic! Daniel asks if the flyer can be done in scribus (or inkscape). Let me know if you want to meet and work on it together,

Re: [Debconf-team] Meeting this week: A general sprint on stuff

2015-10-21 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all > El 20/10/15 a las 20:59, Bernelle Verster escribió: >> Hi all >> >> This week's meeting, Wednesday 21 OCt 18:30 UTC will just be a >

Re: [Debconf-team] Meeting this week: A general sprint on stuff

2015-10-22 Thread Bernelle Verster
itors Cheers B On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi all > > This week's meeting, Wednesday 21 OCt 18:30 UTC will just be a general > sprint, catch up, chat about fundraising (which is where my head is > mainly at atm), flyer content... easy going, no

[Debconf-team] Brochure: v3 changes + some general points

2015-10-26 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all The sponsors team have received some feedback from their contacts on the brochure. I've collated these and put them up on the titanpad [1]. There is no deadline at present for these to be incorporated, but it'll probably happen mid November. They're smallish changes, and my interest is in

Re: [Debconf-team] Flyer content: for emails to sponsors and for distribution in print and web-form to communities

2015-10-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all, Tammy What is the progress on the flyer please? Did anyone work on this? Tammy said she'll get to it last Thursday, anyone else? regards B On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi all > > The flyer is being drafted. If you want to add input, add it

[Debconf-team] Meeting this week: general sprint?

2015-10-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I'm not aware of any issues to be dealt with this week, are there any? There are activities going on: * Fundraising * Website development - can we get a status update on that please? * A4 single page Flyer in Inkscape/Scribus * ? If there are no burning issues, then this week's meeting i

Re: [Debconf-team] Earlier DebCamp

2015-10-28 Thread Bernelle Verster
Everyone: STOP RIGHT THERE. I've just recovered from the last flamewar and thngs are moving smoothly as far as I can tell. We don't need to bicker over this. We'll try our best and see how it goes, this is not a biggie. Cheers B On Wednesday, 28 October 2015, Zlatan Todoric wrote: > -BEGIN

[Debconf-team] Last meeting logs and next meeting agenda

2015-10-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all This currently lives on sandstorm [1] TLDR: Can everyone try out Kanban? It is not required for you to use it, we will try to coordinate communications between those who use it and those who don't, but please go try it out and see what you think. Links further down. Next meeting: 4 Novem

[Debconf-team] Fwd: DebConf16 Accommodation: 26 June - 10 July 2016

2015-11-03 Thread Bernelle Verster
onf16 Accommodation: 26 June - 10 July 2016 To: Belinda Chapman Cc: "Bernelle Verster (bernel...@gmail.com)" Dear Belinda With regards to your booking enquiry for June/July, we can provisionally book the residences for you. Please bear in mind the university will be hosting graduation in June/Jul

[Debconf-team] 'meeting' tonight: General discussion

2015-11-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Sorry for the late notice, tonight's meeting is again a general discussion chat. Things to note: * Daniel asks people to look at the governance proposals [1] and [2] and comment / discuss what they would like to have as "governance" going into 2016. * The website is coming along well - i

Re: [Debconf-team] 'meeting' tonight: General discussion

2015-11-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Just a note on the dates below... (included in line) (the rest I don't have strong enough opinions on to contribute, can chat in the meeting) B On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: >> Hi all >> &

[Debconf-team] No action required, other than to take note: ShowMeBox and DebConf16

2015-11-04 Thread Bernelle Verster
can't assist, if you can recommend other people, or resources, books, websites... best regards Bernelle Verster (indiebio) ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Tammy Manning sent you "Flyer"

2015-11-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Tammy I've reworked the paragraph text, how does this work for you? I've also removed the links from the action points - we should rather work them into the website, so people have one point to go to. DebConf is the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving

Re: [Debconf-team] Tammy Manning sent you "Flyer"

2015-11-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
The pdf and .svg is also on git now. On Thursday, 05 November 2015, Graham Inggs wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 04:23:51PM +, Tammy via Dropbox wrote: > >> Please see the Flyer: the Flyer PDF is 3 Options of layout, and the > >> Inkscape Options are added separately but are large files.

Re: [Debconf-team] Tammy Manning sent you "Flyer"

2015-11-08 Thread Bernelle Verster
n Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Bernelle Verster > wrote: >> >> Hi Tammy >> >> I've reworked the paragraph text, how does this work for you? >> I've also removed the links from the action points - we should rather >> work them into the website, so peo

[Debconf-team] Budget, and some swag ideas

2015-11-08 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I wanted to chase up some prices for Nigel, see below. I asked a few companies for swag bag prices, and the first to respond was also the most creative on their offerings. If you're interested, I loaded their brochures on git. They also have blankets, how about that instead of a bag? I al

Re: [Debconf-team] Budget, and some swag ideas

2015-11-08 Thread Bernelle Verster
Just quick replies before I'm off to bed On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 12:13 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bernelle Verster [2015-11-09 10:42 +1300]: >> They also have blankets, how about that instead of a bag? > > The bag is useful to hold swag from sponsors and for s

Re: [Debconf-team] Address in .za

2015-11-10 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Nigel said he has a "corporate private bag in constantia ... literally a big bag that is picked up twice a week, its not a problem to c/o something there if need be", and my Post Box that I use for everything below: PostNet Suite 23 Private Bag X7 Muizenberg 7950 SOUTH AFRICA Let me know

[Debconf-team] Meeting/Discussion chat tonight: Budget, Delegation ...?

2015-11-11 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I'm in a full day meeting today, so won't be very compost mental tonight, but issues I noticed this week is budget items and the delegation stuff. Feedback on website and sponsorship is 'ongoing', but there seems to be activity, at least. Please feel free to report back on anything. Chee

[Debconf-team] Progress on flyer & print-ready brochure?

2015-11-11 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Tammy Can you tell me what the progress is with the flyer as well as the print-ready brochure? Thanks B ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Sponsor email rework - advice please

2015-11-11 Thread Bernelle Verster
hi all I'm not getting responses from local companies and I think it has to do with not really knowing Debian. So I've been toying with a reword of the sponsor email. The full email is at [1], and the bit that I inserted is below - please let me know if it is correct. (This could potentially als

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf15 Thank you ad.

2015-11-12 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi I like the version 5(a) because it has the least amount of text. Thanks! B On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Daniel Lange wrote: > Am 11.11.2015 um 23:14 schrieb Donald Norwood: >> >> http://debconf-data.alioth.debian.org/tmp/ >> >> Please be vocal and let us know of the 3 which you would pre

[Debconf-team] AfricaCom: 17-19Nov15, Cape Town

2015-11-15 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi FYI, may have some sponsor potentials. Link: http://africa.comworldseries.com/about-africa-com/ ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Formal meeting: Wednesday 18:30 UTC: Delegation for DebConf

2015-11-15 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all This email relates to having a meeting to decide how to move forward with the Chair/Delegation situation. The three proposals at play are: [1] - A two-person delegation [2] - A new -ctte annually [3] - The original 2011 proposal Can we discuss this at a formal meeting this Wednesday 18:30

Re: [Debconf-team] Formal meeting: Wednesday 18:30 UTC: Delegation for DebConf

2015-11-18 Thread Bernelle Verster
have to feel responsible. I don't have to care if things don't get done. What bliss. What a relief to be rid of this burden. All the best. B On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Bernelle, > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 01:56:55PM +0200, Bernelle Verster wrote:

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

2015-12-22 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Thanks Allison. I am involved with: * Fundraising (but I don't have deep Debian or industry knowledge, can only send emails, do grunt work - need more local 'insiders' here) * Facilities: Accommodation, venue and food (need at least one other person to be cc'ed in at all times to ensure conti

[Debconf-team] DebConf16: Food discussion

2016-01-20 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi It's time to start moving with the Food. We've had a brief discussion on IRC during the meeting, so one can check the logs, no decisions yet. Two things need to happen: 1. We need to decide which vendor(s) we will be using, or at least a priority list, get a feel for people's feelings. To this

[Debconf-team] Debconf16 Content - next steps

2016-01-21 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Allison Thanks for agreeing to be Content team lead. Can you please advise on the next steps? Particularly: 1. A rough idea of what the 'procedure' would be, perhaps coupled with a rough timeline - when to send out cfp, send invites to 'special' speakers?, when are these confirmed, what is th

[Debconf-team] DebConf16 food @ UCT

2016-02-17 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Generally, Belinda Chapman is our contact for most things. She would be the interface for if we want to use UCT caterers. Possibly the cheapest, but probably not the tastiest. When communicating with her on email, always cc in Graham, Stefano and myself. Contact details for Belinda: Conference

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

2016-03-19 Thread Bernelle Verster
/61944197@N08/8122761265/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/61944197@N08/8122800560/ On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Allison Randal wrote: > On 03/17/2016 11:02 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: >> >> >> I'm thinking about coming back as poker/emailey person, but I'll >>

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

2016-03-19 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Allison Randal wrote: > 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 ca

[Debconf-team] Open Weekend and some notes

2016-03-19 Thread Bernelle Verster
hi all 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. My thoughts: * DebCamp starts 23 June to 1 July. People can come before that but then they have to sort themselves o

[Debconf-team] Reminder: meeting today (Wednesday) at 18:30 UTC (20:30 SAST)

2016-03-23 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Topic for #debconf-team is: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16 Next DC16 meeting, 23 March 18:30 UTC, 20:30 SAST. Team meeting agenda: http://deb.li/DC16meet1 Minutes: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Meetings Please take note that the DC17 ./ DebConf committee meeting is 25 Mar

[Debconf-team] Minutes and actions from meeting 23mar16

2016-03-23 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Minutes: http://meetbot.debian.net/debconf-team/2016/debconf-team.2016-03-23-18.29.html Action items 0. tumbleweed to send CfP 1. dlange to update the budget and get the invoice to the SPI 2. tumbleweed to ask CMC about VCS for paymnet 3. budget food at R300 pp pd 4. tumbleweed to double-che

Re: [Debconf-team] Minutes and actions from meeting 23mar16

2016-03-23 Thread Bernelle Verster
ent story. > > Regards > Tammy > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:21 AM, Bernelle Verster > wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Minutes: >> http://meetbot.debian.net/debconf-team/2016/debconf-team.2016-03-23-18.29.html >> >> Action items >> >> 0. tumble

Re: [Debconf-team] Minutes and actions from meeting 23mar16

2016-03-24 Thread Bernelle Verster
, could >> get confusing. >> hence the question, as you were☺.... >> >> Regards >> Tammy >> >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Bernelle Verster >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tammy >>> >>> This is specifically accessible to

[Debconf-team] Reminder: DebConf meeting tonight, 20:30 SAST

2016-03-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Team meeting agenda: http://deb.li/DC16meet1 Please add your agenda items, so far there's: # Follow up last week's actions # Tamo query: Deposit for Caterers # Content for Open Weekend - how to liaise between indiebio and team/wendar? # How to deal with 'my company does x and I would like to

Re: [Debconf-team] Reminder: DebConf meeting tonight, 20:30 SAST

2016-03-31 Thread Bernelle Verster
, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi > > Team meeting agenda: http://deb.li/DC16meet1 > > Please add your agenda items, so far there's: > > # Follow up last week's actions > # Tamo query: Deposit for Caterers > # Content for Open Weekend - how to liaise between indi

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