Re: [Debconf-team] Closing penta to accom changes

2011-07-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011, Richard Darst wrote: > - No one can change dates any more. (In the past, this was just done > via a javascript mechanism), I think. does it tell to inform us via other means? people _will_ still have to change dates, and we rather would like to know this ASAP...

Re: [Debconf-team] Closing penta to accom changes

2011-07-05 Thread Holger Levsen
On Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011, Richard Darst wrote: > Oops, right, it is supposed to say mail registrat...@debconf.org for > any changes to anything locked. great, thanks! ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/

Re: [Debconf-team] Regarding the insurance

2011-07-06 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 30. Juni 2011, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > This is from email from the insurance company, I need your help to > answer these questions ASAP as tomorrow we set up our deadline date to > finish the topic of insurance. > >

Re: [Debconf-team] Team members arriving early

2011-07-06 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2011, Philip Hands wrote: > Not sure about holger, but had got the > impression he was going to be around early too. Penta is your friend. Trust penta. Love penta. Obey penta. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.

Re: [Debconf-team] About DebConf

2011-07-07 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, thanks to Richard for explaining so many things! and thanks to you, DIVA, for helping us making dc11 in Banja Luka a success! On Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2011, Richard Darst wrote: > * Next most important is the Venue. It seems we will spend 51.000€ on > this. as we are only able to use the g

Re: [Debconf-team] Volunteer at DebConf.

2011-07-07 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Oded, On Dienstag, 28. Juni 2011, Oded Naveh wrote: > > - room assignment - arrange who will sleep in which room. > > - nametags - nametags need to be printed, turned into nametags to > > - attendee bags - this can only be done in Banja Luka > > - food tickets or however this will be managed >

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] Internet connection

2011-07-09 Thread Holger Levsen
Hey, On Samstag, 9. Juli 2011, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > I mean how > many of them even know which rooms are even going to be used in Banski > Dvors? getting the uplink set up doesnt mean cabling all the rooms in banksy dvor - this is done during debcamp. getting the uplink set up means having a si

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] Internet connection

2011-07-09 Thread Holger Levsen
Adnan, On Samstag, 9. Juli 2011, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > > when was the last time you spoke with sarnet about this? are you sure > > they know they should set up the link this monday? > > No I haven't, no they don't have idea about this as I already > mentioned I didn't have time to contact them ea

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] Internet connection

2011-07-09 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 9. Juli 2011, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > Please > tell me the exact instructions on what you want me to do. All we want > is uplink, without any cabling? Please confirm. yes. then we will do the cabling ourself during debcamp. though of course we wouldnt mind if there is already cab

Re: [Debconf-team] debianday - schedule & registration

2011-07-09 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Velimir, On Samstag, 9. Juli 2011, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > so as we all talked about on IRC, we will take peoples info at the > front desk on Debian Day, so no registration (i have also checked this > with DIVA who said they talked to the presidents office and it was ok > since he has his own

Re: [Debconf-team] [DC12 and later] Sponsorship promises

2011-07-10 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 10. Juli 2011, Moray Allan wrote: > We seem to be collecting additional sponsorship promises over the > years. In particular here, I'm thinking of separate specific promises > about bags and banners, that tend to generate extra last-minute > required work in the busy period just before

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] T-shirts

2011-07-10 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Bojana, On Sonntag, 10. Juli 2011, Bojana Borkovic wrote: > I'm willing to take this task, actually there are few local people who are > willing to help me (Vedran, Zlatan, Aleksandar,..) yay! > , so we can explore all > the details about the print in several print shops here, and then decide

Re: [Debconf-team] Volunteer at DebConf.

2011-07-11 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Oded, On Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2011, Oded Naveh wrote: > > Please count yourself on > > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf11/Videoteam/Help ;-) > Done, it says there to "ask h01ger in irc to add your volunteer rights in > pentabarf", but penta seems not to be ready. At least the links on that >

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] T-shirts

2011-07-11 Thread Holger Levsen
On Montag, 11. Juli 2011, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > For those two, we need logos quickly and sort our their sponsoring status > ($level). this is true but this should not hold back printing. we are way past the deadline now. cheers, Holger ___ Deb

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] Network equipment

2011-07-12 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 12. Juli 2011, Adnan Sadzak wrote: > Yesterday I send email to list and asked to who should I send APs, > switch... Maybe to give it to Adnan (Hodzic). We live in the same town and > he will be on DebCamp. > > - Mail again: > Who will setup OpenWRTs and to who I should se

[Debconf-team] adding categories to the wiki

2011-07-14 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, whoever added categories to the wiki...: Thank you! cheers, Holger ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] change of video licence

2011-07-17 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, in previous years we released the videos under the 'DebConf video licence' which is available here: http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENCE' Then we got a request to relicence the video from Eben Moglens talk at DebConf10 about the freedom box under CC-BY-SA (see htt

[Debconf-team] test

2011-07-17 Thread Holger Levsen
just a test ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] The h01ger says the list is broken.

2011-07-17 Thread Holger Levsen
by putting a name in the subject, you just lost. thanks for fixing this anyway :-) ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] meetings tomorrow

2011-07-17 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, we'll meet tomorrow - at 11oo in Banski Dvor to have a orga team meeting, - at 12oo in Banski Dvor to have a video team meeting, - at around 13oo somewhere to meet with Diva people. I suggest to have the 11oo meeting in the big auditorium and to have the 12oo meeting in the small auditori

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-video] change of video licence

2011-07-17 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 17. Juli 2011, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Might be a good idea. However, I feel I need to ask: Why not simply move > to cc-by-sa and 'forget' about the debconf-video license? Or are the two > incompatible? good point. I dont think they are, the old licence is basically the 2clause bsd l

[Debconf-team] we need a laser printer ASAP

2011-07-18 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, we really need a laser printer as soon as possible, best today. tomorrow obviously would also be great! Please reply to this mail if you have a printer or can organize one! cheers, Holger ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.d

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] we need a laser printer ASAP

2011-07-18 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Dejan, On Montag, 18. Juli 2011, Dejan Marjanovic wrote: > Sure, no problem. > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Moray Allan wrote: > > Offers are still useful, but please don't bother transporting hardware > > today -- we think we might have one coming now already. well, we'll get one rent

[Debconf-team] current status / todo

2011-07-19 Thread Holger Levsen
please see http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf11/ToDo#ToDo_.2F_status_at_dc11 ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsor addresses

2011-07-20 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mittwoch, 20. Juli 2011, Nattie Mayer-Hutchings wrote: > I've just been asked to relay a request from moray for addresses for > sponsor bags. Could someone please provide? Richard, can you get them from sponsors-table? TIA! ___ Debconf-team mailing

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsor addresses

2011-07-20 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mittwoch, 20. Juli 2011, Richard Darst wrote: > I can. Do we always use sponsor addresses direct from sponsors-table? yes > IOW: is there ever a time where a sponsor would want the bag sent to a > different address, or is that handled only on a "if they ask" basis? if so, we document this in

[Debconf-team] ToDo / status at dc11

2011-07-22 Thread Holger Levsen
straight from the wiki page: ToDo / status at dc11 start final report (needs a volunteer to do) [DebConf11/FinalReport] daytrip comittee to solve this: andrew, adnan, micah, zlatan still pending conference dinner bigger screen big room signs to hacklab, auditoriums, toilets, frontd

[Debconf-team] status/todo

2011-07-23 Thread Holger Levsen
ToDo / status at dc11 [DebConf11/FinalReport] daytrip comittee to solve this: andrew, adnan, micah, zlatan we're getting going needs to be announced conference dinner velimir (aroundthfur) will come up with a plan and present it tomorrow ;) bigger sc

[Debconf-team] teardown tomorrow

2011-07-29 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, please dont do any teardown of networking (or video) gear without being told exactly what to do by zobel, dkg, Ganneff or me - or by people specifically authorised by us. Thanks for your help making DebConf11 a great event! (Basically the videoteam needs network in the big auditorium and t

[Debconf-team] verbose version: teardown tomorrow

2011-07-29 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, (if you reply to this, please cc: me.) zobel, dkg, Ganneff: please forward this to relevant admin people. So, tomorrow at 19:30 the last event will end and DebConf11 will be almost over. Then the videoteam will do a last round of reviews, followed by a last round of encodings and a last

[Debconf-team] teardown tomorrow

2011-07-29 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, (if you reply to this, please cc: me.) zobel, dkg, Ganneff: please forward this to relevant admin people. So, tomorrow at 19:30 the last event will end and DebConf11 will be almost over. Then the videoteam will do a last round of reviews, followed by a last round of encodings and a last

Re: [Debconf-team] Sorting out the budget

2011-08-02 Thread Holger Levsen
On Dienstag, 2. August 2011, Richard Darst wrote: > track what we do know. Basically, I rather not go guessing at things > - and that includes knowing half and part is unknown. I agree. As long as we havent seen a recipt, we shouldnt guess costs. Thanks for taking care of the budget! __

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-08-03 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, slowly catching up on this thread... so for now just one answer to one suggestion: On Freitag, 22. Juli 2011, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 05:49:00PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > > http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=$their_email_address&comaint=y > > > es se

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsor bags

2011-08-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mittwoch, 3. August 2011, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Do we have any volunteers for sponsor team for next year? /me we also briefed the dc12 localteam that they _must_ be involved in this. cheers, Holger ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-te

Re: [Debconf-team] frontdesk ideas

2011-08-04 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 4. August 2011, Blars Blarson wrote: > As someone who has helped with the debconf front desk for the last two > years (debconf 10 and 11) I have some ideas that I think would help > make the front desk run smoother. sounds like something for http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Categor

Re: [Debconf-team] Sorting out the budget

2011-08-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 5. August 2011, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > Also, about what adnan talked about on IRC the other day: > Diva asks if you would be willing to pay for the full travel costs of > the 2 Google people (Jesus and Guido) and in return they would pay the > accommodation and other costs (food,

Re: [Debconf-team] Special sponsorship

2011-08-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, I think this thread for the very most part totally missed the point. No matter how the team making decissions is made up, no matter how people indicate how much money they need why, there always will be wrong + bad decisions. (And as much as this is unavoidable, it's also definitly worth

[Debconf-team] dc11 shirts+bags

2011-08-16 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Luca, rumors on #debconf-team claim that debian.ch has some dc11 bags and shirts? Is that true? cheers, Holger ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] dc11 shirts+bags

2011-08-17 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Mittwoch, 17. August 2011, Luca Capello wrote: > I am not sure what happened with the leftover dc11 bags and T-Shirts, > but AFAIK we left all of them there. Axel or Felipe, can you confirm > that? Ok, we found some bags via another way, so you can "forget about this" :-) cheers,

Re: [Debconf-team] Resources for DebConf bids

2011-08-28 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 20. August 2011, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > as it gets forgotten let me remind all (future) bids what DebConf offers > you besides the wiki to prepare your bid: > > - You can have a mailinglist within lists.debconf.net >(debconfxy-...@lists.debconf.net - like debconf13-m...@l.dc.

Re: [Debconf-team] Sorting out the budget

2011-08-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, disclaimer: I dont think we can nor should really try to change anything regards this part of the budget (or so to say, these "numbers"), but I still want to add some comments "for fun". On Freitag, 5. August 2011, Velimir Iveljic wrote: > Conf. Dinner 8. 275, 00 nice that we finally

Re: [Debconf-team] Final dates for DC12

2011-10-06 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2011, Moray Allan wrote: > The best thing would be to hold a discussion on the list, but also to > arrange a meeting soon, in which we can hear progress (and ask > questions) then formally agree the dates. yup. we should also have a meeting to push finishing the rema

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsorship Brochure

2011-10-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Norman, On Freitag, 7. Oktober 2011, Norman Garcia Aguilar wrote: > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf12/SponsorPack great that you're already this far! I've only looked at the sponsors levels yet and I have some remarks about this: dolares means USD? Then, "logo on a stand at the entrence

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf12-localteam] Sponsorship Brochure

2011-10-09 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 9. Oktober 2011, Moray Allan wrote: > We should continue with this scheme, but I don't think it's sensible > to put the exact sizes in the sponsorship brochure. I suggest using > generic terms like "larger" rather than pixel sizes that only apply to > the website, and which in reality

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf global team meeting

2011-10-13 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Mittwoch, 12. Oktober 2011, Norman Garcia Aguilar wrote: > According to the poll [0], next meeting it will be October 14th at 16 UTC, > is it ok? sure! It thats what the poll says :) (in general I recommend not to schedule (such) meetings less than 7 days in advance, but I also think we

Re: [Debconf-team] Arrival/Departure days for DebConf12

2011-10-16 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 16. Oktober 2011, Leandro Gómez wrote: > We can call it OpenDay, if you want to. The idea is to have something > similar to DC9, mainly with talks in Spanish. no, please keep it Debian Day. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.deb

Re: [Debconf-team] What is Debian Day vs DebConf vs DebCamp.

2011-10-17 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Montag, 17. Oktober 2011, Andrew McMillan wrote: > Quite different audiences and models of participation. This separation > is important: we don't *want* DebConf attendees to think that "Debian > Day" is intended for their consumption. I disagree. While I agree that the technical level o

Re: [Debconf-team] What is Debian Day vs DebConf vs DebCamp.

2011-10-20 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2011, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I share this preference... But many DDs don't. Possibly we could offer > sponsored lodging/food to anybody arriving on Friday 6 (if DebianDay > is moved to Saturday 7) without requiring any sort of workplan, > explicitly inviting them to ta

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf12-localteam] Sponsorship Brochure

2011-10-29 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 27. Oktober 2011, Norman Garcia Aguilar wrote: > Are there any other comment regarding the sponsorship brochure[0]? > [0] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf12/SponsorPack Looks good to me. Now we just need it in English as well ;) cheers, Holger __

Re: [Debconf-team] Next Global team meeting - 2 December, 18UTC

2011-11-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Leandro, On Donnerstag, 24. November 2011, Leandro Gómez wrote: > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf12/Meetings#Global_team_meeting.2C_2_De > cember_2011.2C_18:00_UTC I added debconf11 final report and dc13 schedule. Thanks for the reminder! cheers, Holger

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 12 sponsorship brochure and sponsors levels

2011-11-27 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 27. November 2011, Andrew McMillan wrote: > That sounds right to me. me too. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Doodle poll: January 2012 Global team meeting

2011-12-06 Thread Holger Levsen
On Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2011, Moray Allan wrote: > I suggest adding wording like "If you have disabled Javascript, these > times will show in the default Doodle timezone of ...", after someone > figures out what happens in that situation. or just "the options are 12-19 UTC on all days" :-) (=to d

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 12 sponsorship brochure and sponsors levels

2011-12-09 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Norman, On Mittwoch, 7. Dezember 2011, Norman García wrote: > > We were thinking of a "Debian Day" sponsor level including the benefits > > from the steel level plus > > > > * Booth during Debian Day (The Debian Day team is checking with the venue > > the availability of spaces for booths duri

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf12 website design

2011-12-17 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2011, Andrew McMillan wrote: >> http://i.imgur.com/4svVh.png > I love it! Particularly the spaceship with super cow powers! [...] > It's great! I think it's long overdue for someone to take a clear > rational approach to this design, as you have. well spoken. (aka:

Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf13 bids: Costs

2012-02-02 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, thanks for your answers! On Donnerstag, 2. Februar 2012, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > We hope in more sponsors, and possibly we could ask to debian.ch donors > to give something for DebConf. How much money do you expect to be able to raise via debiah.ch donors? Thousands? Tens of thousands?

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf12 website design

2012-02-02 Thread Holger Levsen
On Freitag, 3. Februar 2012, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > It is great! Oh yes! > It's about time to have a real > debconf12.debconf.org website. yes! cheers! ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-17 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, (press, please scroll down to the end of this mail :) On Freitag, 17. Februar 2012, Andrew McMillan wrote: > It's a small point, but clearly if I paid $30k I get to choose my level? sure. but what do you mean with that in practice? :) > I think these levels should primarily have a publishe

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-18 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 17. Februar 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > I'm a bit confused here -- Andrew was suggesting that we advertise > each level as starting a little above the actual lower threshold (to > give negotiating room), whereas you seem to be saying we should change > some thresholds, including low

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-20 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Right, I agree with this — I'd do it this way: > > - "Steel" level disappears, is completely merged into bronze > - "Bronze" is advertised as staring at US$2000 > - People seeking Central-American sponsorship can tell a prospective > sponsor, "w

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-20 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, Andrew McMillan wrote: > I think you missed my point... > > I was not trying to say whether or not the ranges were correct, I was > trying to say we should *announce* exact prices and then allow for > individual cases to be negotiated. ok, got it now, thanks for

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-20 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > However the levels are set, we should probably add a statement to this > effect: > > "The size and order of sponsor logos in promotional materials will be > set according to the amount of sponsorship received from each > sponsor." > > and add a m

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > And after some more discussion with Gunnar, here's a late-night > proposal taking this a stage further, rearranging benefits to make > clearer distinctions: after some discussion with Moray, here's a late morning revision, where we shuffled

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf sponsorship & Debian derivatives

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Pabs, On Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, Paul Wise wrote: > According to the Debian derivatives census info[1], there are a number > of derivatives that are either for-profit or financially backed by a > government or corporate entity. I have been considering contacting these > derivatives with the

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > However the levels are set, we should probably add a statement to this > effect: > "The size and order of sponsor logos in promotional materials will be > set according to the amount of sponsorship received from each > sponsor." yes we should

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, after some more thinking I'd like to amend myself, with - I believe - editorial changes ;-) On Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, Holger Levsen wrote: > BRONZE - Starting from $2000 for anyone and from $1000 for local, Central- > American sponsors. > > - Logo on our website / Lo

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > >> + link back to the company homepage. (If some company'd want a deeper > >> link, I try to get some additional sponsorship for that ;-) > > We should not nitpick on that. Absolutly not

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
On Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, Holger Levsen wrote: > Yup. Selling talks is not 100% ethical and we would accept _any_ bought would not > talk anyway. And it's considered odd - at least in Debian cont

Re: [Debconf-team] Timeframe for (sponsored) registration and cfp

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, Felix Delattre wrote: > I think it would be good (if not already late) to start defining the > dates when to begin registration period (which basically depends on > Penta being set up) and depending on that the paper submission deadline. > Further we should have a

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 sponsorship levels

2012-02-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, Felix Delattre wrote: > * "Can we move "Logo printed on conference bag" from silver to bronze? I > believe that we can get more local support if we do that. Local team, > what do you think?" Hm, I really like the way we have now: bronce=website, silver=tshirt (sh

Re: [Debconf-team] Timeframe for (sponsored) registration and cfp

2012-02-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Leandro, On Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > I would prefer to open registration earlier (mid-March?) . June/July is > high season in Nicaragua and we should confirm/block hotels early May. ok. I'd really like to switch away from pentabarf to frab, this will be a challenge...

[Debconf-team] sponsorship legal foo

2012-02-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, Reading the first paragraph of http://debconf12.debconf.org/become-sponsor.xhtml it oocurred to me that we should add something like: "Sponsorship will be handled as donations to Debian via it's legal partners http://debconf12.debconf.org/payments.xhtml";>SPI and ffis, which is tax deductabl

Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 venue announcement?

2012-02-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Luca, On Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012, Luca Capello wrote: > a) I do not see why we use Vaumarcus and not 'Le Camp'. Because we don't want to (and cannot, really) confirm and commit to a specific venue more than a year in advance. What if, eg, we raise too little money for this venue? Then we m

Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 venue announcement?

2012-02-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hey, On Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012, Luca Capello wrote: > Here is an updated patch: as Frascesca said, please commit it! :-) > I am already used to check backlogs for my nickname good! And what I didnt said in the last mail: thanks for bringing this topic up here. I very much like discussions

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf12-localteam] Budget estimate for DebConf12

2012-02-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, it's awesome that there is already an updated budget in the spreadsheet! (Actually, awesome might be a bit too much here, but previous years have shown that we had problems with even achieving this, so IMO it qualifies as awesome! :-) On Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > *

Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 venue announcement? (was: [Publicity-commits] r3231 - /dpn/en/current/index.wml)

2012-02-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Axel, On Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012, Axel Beckert wrote: > This seems wrong: please read <201202261623.43701.hol...@layer-acht.org> from this very thread, sent a few hours before your mail :-) cheers, Holger ___ Debconf-team mailing list D

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf12-localteam] Budget estimate for DebConf12

2012-02-27 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > The trip from the hotels to UCA is ~10 minutes by bus, and we can assign > 2-3 busses leaving from hotels/UCA every 20-30 minutes all day long. I think that's too much. 4-5 busses in the morning and evening are fine, but those who sleep lo

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsorship brochure for dc12

2012-02-27 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Leandro, On Montag, 27. Februar 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > ...and here is the beta pdf version of the sponsorship-brochure_en - thank > you lilix! ;) this looks awesome, already! I've just renamed the pdf+svg files in svg into what I believe is a better order. (ie, yes, we should explain w

Re: [Debconf-team] Fundraising announcement DebConf12: first draft

2012-02-27 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Francesca, On Montag, 27. Februar 2012, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > I've just finished the first draft of a fundraising announcement for > DebConf12, as suggested by Norman and Holger. Many thanks for writing this! This looks quite very good already :-) > Please note that all DDs have write acc

Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 venue announcement? (was: [Publicity-commits] r3231 - /dpn/en/current/index.wml)

2012-02-27 Thread Holger Levsen
On Dienstag, 28. Februar 2012, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Maybe it needs to be reformulated a bit to somthing like: > > Our proposal for DebConf strongly focuses on the community gathering > aspect of DebConf. Accomodation, hacking spaces and talk rooms will be > at the same place with a beatif

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsor logo position on website

2012-02-29 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mittwoch, 29. Februar 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > Any other ideas? whats the problem with having the logos in a sidebar on the left or right? ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debco

Re: [Debconf-team] Fundraising announcement DebConf12: first draft

2012-03-01 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mittwoch, 29. Februar 2012, Axel Beckert wrote: > This somehow does not cover any not-for-profit organizations like most > NGOs, clubs, societies, etc. Is this on purpose? Can not-for-profit > organizations become sponsors, too? sure! they can also donate :-) ___

Re: [Debconf-team] Fundraising announcement DebConf12: first draft

2012-03-02 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 2. März 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > Perhaps restructure this part to something like: [improved version] /me likes. > I'm now wondering if the volunteering part really belongs in the same > announcement (and if it does, whether it should be moved later in it), > as we mostly want

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf12-localteam] Hotel costs and options for DebConf12

2012-03-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Leandro, On Montag, 5. März 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > We now have a map of the UCA campus and the nearby hotels available for > download at: > > http://media.debconf.org/dc12/map/Map_DC12_UCA.png thanks for the map! To me it looks like we could probably host everybody in those >10 hotels

Re: [Debconf-team] Menus on Debconf main site and Blog

2012-03-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Felix, On Sonntag, 4. März 2012, Felix Delattre wrote: > * I think it would be good to consolidate the menus on debconf.org and > blog.debconf.org. It is just confusing that they are changing, but > almost everything (design and some links) keep the same. not sure if you mean debconf12.debconf

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions for global team from UCA

2012-03-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Lenadro, On Samstag, 3. März 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > Yesterday, I had a meeting with the Technology Academic Advisor and the IT > Department Chief of UCA, and both of them are very interested in a possible > DebConf at UCA. Yay! > They asked me how DebConf/Debian can help the university

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf sponsorship & Debian derivatives

2012-03-05 Thread Holger Levsen
On Montag, 5. März 2012, Paul Wise wrote: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/2012/03/msg6.html thank you very much for doing this, pabs! > I'm hoping this results in some new sponsors, looking forward to seeing > some logos on the site. /me too! :-)

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions for global team from UCA

2012-03-06 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Richard, could you please help us with this: On Dienstag, 6. März 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > 2012/3/5 Andrew McMillan > > I wonder if we could get some kind of statement from Columbia University > > in New York regarding the value they felt they got from hosting > > DebConf10? > That would

Re: [Debconf-team] Registration: Are we sticking with Pentabarf, or leaving it behind?

2012-03-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Donnerstag, 8. März 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > I agree with you that moving over to Frab is the best option in the long > term, but I'm a bit worried on starting this whole process only a few weeks > before the registration for DebConf12 opens. Maybe the best solution is to > stick with P

Re: [Debconf-team] Dates for (sponsored) registration and cfp

2012-03-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Mittwoch, 7. März 2012, Felix Delattre wrote: > On 02/25/2012 12:57 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > > 1. april (or earlier): registration opens > > 1. june: sponsorship deadlines > > 1. june: paper submission deadline I'd change this to april 1st, registration

Re: [Debconf-team] Dates for (sponsored) registration and cfp

2012-03-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Leandor, On Donnerstag, 8. März 2012, Leandro Gómez wrote: > June 1st. - Sponsorship deadline > For the registration process, I suggest opening it on or around March 19. why do you want to open registration so early if you end so late? I understand you are curious how many people will regist

Re: [Debconf-team] Menus on Debconf main site and Blog

2012-03-10 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Felix, On Montag, 5. März 2012, Felix Delattre wrote: > > not sure if you mean debconf12.debconf.org when you talk about > > debconf.org here, or www.debconf.org... > No, I meant www.debconf.org. Here you have a little screenshot for better > explanation: http://i.imgur.com/bpKzv.png the sugge

Re: [Debconf-team] Menus on Debconf main site and Blog

2012-03-13 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Montag, 12. März 2012, Felix Delattre wrote: > This is online since almost a week... ic > What color would you suggest? Or would you prefer the same gray background? blue background and white text (or _maybe_ white background and red text). then there is "only" blue+green as the main co

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 12 sponsorship brochure and sponsors levels

2012-03-18 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 18. März 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > We should try to add to the sponsorship brochure: yes we should. can you? ;-) ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Money

2012-03-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi auditor(s), FYI: On Freitag, 30. März 2012, Moray Allan wrote: > As we now know the venue, it would be good if the local team > (preferably in cooperation with others) can prepare the proper budget > information in a clear way to share with Debian money people outside > DebConf. > > See the t

Re: [Debconf-team] Before opening the registration with Penta...

2012-04-01 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Gunnar, thanks a lot for working on this! On Sonntag, 1. April 2012, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > As I said, I'm leaving on a mini-vacation this Monday, and returning > by Thursday, so if nobody says anything, I'll just push my changes > tomorrow night (UTC-5). please push them today! :) (where I do

Re: [Debconf-team] Before opening the registration with Penta...

2012-04-02 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 1. April 2012, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > > - Available accomodation options. Local guys, given we are staying on > > > three hotels, do you think there should be anything we offer to > > > choose from, or should we just let luck decide who gets which kind > > > of accomodation? The most

Re: [Debconf-team] Please proofread/correct the call for registration/papers

2012-04-10 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 10. April 2012, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > travel sponsorship. Right now, both dates are set at May 15, but > I think that accomodation/food could be at least extended to May > 31. Of course, we can later extend the periods, but it's > something we always try to

Re: [Debconf-team] Please proofread/correct the call for registration/papers

2012-04-10 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 10. April 2012, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Ok, that's one of the reasons I put the document in the whiteboard :) :-) > The registration is now (informally) open. There's nothing left for me > to do to enable Pentabarf. YAY! thanks to all involved making this possible! cheers,

[Debconf-team] are you going from paris to debcamp?

2012-04-16 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, the video team is looking for trustworthy + friendly people who'll be going to DebCamp from Paris, to carry some video gear for us to Managua and back. Please contact me if you qualify :-) (We very very very probably cancel they big shipping idea for .ni, as it would probably take too muc

[Debconf-team] renting audio equipment in Managua...

2012-04-16 Thread Holger Levsen
Hola, to lower the costs and to ease organisation of getting our audio+video gear to Managua we are thinking about renting some audio equipment in Managua instead, if possible. We would need: - XLR audio cables (as they are heavy, so shipping them is really expensive. It might even be cheaper

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