Re: [Debconf-team] Open Day talks

2009-06-02 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
l as those which don't belong at this conference at all. Does this answer your question? - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Open Day talks

2009-06-02 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ponsorship to hear them. Sounds reasonable to me. FWIW, I couldn't mark the talks as official in penta either; Joerg ended up doing it after I told him which to do it to. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Accomodation for Blind Developer attending the conference

2009-06-08 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
figure it out together. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Budget and registration updates

2009-06-13 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ner should be free for all, even people without sponsored food if we can afford it, in the interest of maximiing attendance. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mai

Re: [Debconf-team] T-Shirt back needs review

2009-06-15 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
o avoid the problem to my en_US-trained ear. I don't think it's redundant to have both components since it provides a definition of what DebConf9 means. YMMV. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Deciding T-shirt numbers

2009-06-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:37:55PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > Organizers: [...] > (I need a shirt) There, fixed that for you. The probability that you don't get an organizer shirt isn't even just zero, it's negative. You Deserve It.(tm) - Jimmy Kaplo

Re: [Debconf-team] RE : DebConf11 in your city!

2009-06-23 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
team to make communication in all directions easier. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] DebConf11 in Denmark?

2009-06-23 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ou to stay in #debconf-team to make communication in all directions easier. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org (Yes, this is totally with my Debian/DebConf hat on, not my SPI hat.) ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org

[Debconf-team] Logo discussion on DC10 list

2009-06-25 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Conf lists. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Pre-DC9 meeting of DC10 local team

2009-06-26 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
lobal team: Feel free to come or add agenda items, but obviously no requirement. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Looking at budget details

2009-06-28 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ted yet". Do > you all think this is a good idea? > > If so, I'll need the payment information to do this. I think that falls more under "money tracking" than "budget", and I already have most of the payment info. I'll take care of this. - Jimmy Kapl

Re: [Debconf-team] Open Day talks

2009-06-28 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:06:45AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Possibly a proper wording would be "pre-scheduled/scheduled on > site"... Although that's also not precisely true. How about "prioritised / best-effort"? (s/ised/ized/ next year, or use "pri

Re: [Debconf-team] orga meeting notes

2009-07-17 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
us too (a > sleeping cat for sleeping at MT, some food to indicate "eats at MT") How are we indicating "sleeping at FdS"? I vote for a sleeping dog, if it's desired to differentiate from "sleeping at MT". :) - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org _

Re: [Debconf-team] Food tickets for non-sponsored

2009-07-20 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
make a profit on the €100 price? Sounds like that's sufficient as is without needing to charge €105. It also removes the disincentive to buy food tickets and join in the group eating+chatting, since DebConf actually makes rather than loses money per ticket. - Jimmy Kaplowi

[Debconf-team] Nightly valuables cleanup

2009-07-23 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
guard has the key if you do not. Please do not cost Debian or DebConf money by leaving our non-gratis products unattended for people to think they are gratis. Note: I am handling the money box separately. Thanks. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org

[Debconf-team] DC9 final report

2009-08-17 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
is all. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] DC10 housing and timing options/info

2009-09-08 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ty to move dates earlier or later if we use Wien.) Overall, it's quite good news. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org - Forwarded message from Richard Darst - From: Richard Darst To: DebConf10-Localteam List Subject: [Debconf10-localteam] Results of meeting with CU Housing Date: Tue,

Re: [Debconf-team] DC10 housing and timing options/info

2009-09-08 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
tly more sense, except for your vacation plans of course, as previously discussed. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] DC10 accounting software available

2009-09-09 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
pping it in an extra layer of HTTP-level security, plus SSL/TLS of course. For now it's on a server of mine; it may move to debconf.org infrastructure later. Let me know if you want access, and specify read-only or read-write. Michael Schultheiss, Joerg Jaspert, and I currently have acce

[Debconf-team] DC10 date options

2009-10-14 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
elevant that some lodging lacks air conditioning, though fans plus open windows will likely be an effective substitute - conflicts with European vacations - works badly for Sledge's vacation :( Thoughts? My vote is b), though both have compelling aspects to t

Re: [Debconf-team] DC10 date options

2009-10-14 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ilding in option b) [not the same building], while option b) also has closer buldings. If you want more precise distances, I've asked Richard to use his superior google maps-fu to make a pretty picture of the relevant locations. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org

Re: [Debconf-team] DC10 date options

2009-10-14 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Regarding air conditioning, apparently they are going to provide window units for lodgings that don't normally have them, so ignore that bit. The venue buildings will also be at a suitable temperature. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf

Re: [Debconf-team] DC10 date options

2009-10-14 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
hot periods right before or after cold periods. The humidity is really the subjectively bigger change. It feels different enough for me to have mentioned weather as a factor, but personally I don't think my preference for the June weather outweighs all the other advantages I see in the July/Augus

[Debconf-team] [ja...@hackervisions.org: Re: DC10 date options]

2009-10-14 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Forwarding James's mail to you all; DebConf's mail server rejected it. James, your HELO should be a fully qualified hostname. :) - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org - Forwarded message from James Vasile - From: James Vasile To: Jimmy Kaplowitz Cc: debconf-team@lists.d

[Debconf-team] DC10 date options - summary + deadline

2009-10-14 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi all, On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:23:25PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > a) June 12th-27th (including setup, debcamp, debconf, departure/cleanup) [...] > b) July 24th-August 8th (including setup, debcamp, debconf, departure/cleanup) After a flurry of responses via email and IRC, it seem

[Debconf-team] Final DC10 dates! Yay!

2009-10-15 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
email with a Doodle poll link to schedule a global team meeting for next week. And so it begins again... let's make a great DebConf! :) - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debc

[Debconf-team] IRC meeting schedule poll (for NEXT WEEK)

2009-10-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
t to the local team that I'm encouraging local team members to attend too; some global team meetings will have less stuff with local-specific relevance, but all of you are welcome to help with any part of the conference. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@d

[Debconf-team] DC10 global team meeting WEDNESDAY 21 UTC

2009-10-19 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
& deadlines * Next meeting Enough of this meeting is relevant to the local team that I'm encouraging local team members to attend too; some global team meetings will have less stuff with local-specific relevance, but all of you are welcome to help with any part of the conference. - Jimmy Kap

[Debconf-team] Announcement: Global team meeting Nov 18, 21 UTC; but keep reading

2009-11-12 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
. See you then! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Announcement: Global team meeting Nov 18, 21 UTC; but keep reading

2009-11-12 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
o read the log and/or summary. I need to check with one perennial sponsor before finalizing the levels (see October log for details) but I think it can be ready soon enough to discuss this meeting. If this turns out not to be true, we can always skip it. - Jim

[Debconf-team] Reminder: Global team meeting Nov 18, 21 UTC - today

2009-11-18 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
This is a reminder about today's meeting in just under 3 hours. Please come! On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 02:30:56PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Three things: > > * DebConf global team meetings were agreed to happen every third Wednesday of > the month at 21 UTC, which this mon

[Debconf-team] Meeting reminder, Wednesday Dec 16th 2100 UTC

2009-12-14 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
oxide) **Potential sponsor brochure (traditionally "sponsor pack") * Brief discussion item ** Frank's visa stuff: state department list of attendees. * Main discussion items ** Registration timeline ** CfP timeline *** Getting new people to review talks (MrBeige) See you there!

[Debconf-team] DebConf11 decision process

2010-01-06 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
er bid teams! This is friendly competition, not war! :) Good luck everyone, and see you on the 20th! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf11 decision process

2010-01-07 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
least try to sort out two proposals (i.e. come to an > conclusion), but it's not the end of the world if we fail that. We > should however (at minimum) identify which issues each proposal need > to clarify and do better for the final decision. Agreed on both the primar

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf11 decision process

2010-01-07 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi Holger, On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:37:00AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > We need to move toward a decision in the next couple of months. Given the > > lack of a single bid that everyone can agree is clearly the best, we

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf11 decision process [ADDENDUM]

2010-01-07 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
One more thing on the list of things to do to prepare: On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 11:15:48PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > To prepare for the decision meeting, bid teams should: > > 1) Make sure they have a complete wiki page at > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf11/ that ans

[Debconf-team] Registration proposal

2010-01-18 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
, not municipal subway/bus. * Remove bank info from the form - we haven't been using these fields lately anyway, and it's less relevant for a US conference. * Hide availability tab which we don't use * Hide description tab; we might later modify this into a "speaker bio

[Debconf-team] Global DebConf meeting Wednesday @ 21:00 UTC

2010-01-18 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
iefrank if present, otherwise Hydroxide) o Penta hackability progress (Ganneff or Hydroxide) * Main discussion items o Registration proposal (see debconf-team mailing list) o CfP proposal (to be written and sent to debconf-team list) See you there! - Jimmy Ka

Re: [Debconf-team] Global DebConf meeting Wednesday @ 21:00 UTC

2010-01-18 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Quoting the entire previous message because I got the bosnia and germany bid team mailing list addresses wrong. (they're .net, not .org.) Bosnia and Germany bid teams, please read below. :) Anyone planning to do a reply-all, use this message instead of the original one. - Jimmy Kaplowi

Re: [Debconf-team] Registration proposal

2010-01-18 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ixed (no explicit requirements) That sounds weird in English, but it led me to change it to "No dietary restrictions", which sounds fine. Thanks for the inspiration! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-t

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsorpack Draft

2010-01-20 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ybe I am just not uset > to the kind of language one uses when takling to sponsors :) Both terms sound fine to me. Thanks for your thoughts! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Columbia housing agreement

2010-01-25 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
hread since it involves attorney-client privilege. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Overall DebConf status update

2010-01-27 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
team leads, debconf-team svn access, etc. We are beginning to investigate catering options, but are still in the initial exploratory stage with this. Next meeting: February 3, 21:00-22:00 UTC, #debconf-team. A separate reminder will be sent. Thanks for your inter

Re: [Debconf-team] Global team meeting notes, 2010.01.20

2010-01-28 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
s codebase include the video changes from dc9? As I understand it, yes it does include them, though I'm not informed enough about the video controller to judge. Git and gitweb are publicly readable for any interested video team members. :) > On Donnerstag, 28. Januar 2010, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote

[Debconf-team] Global DebConf meeting Wednesday Feb 3 @ 21:00 UTC

2010-02-01 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
o Session chairs proposal (MrBeige) * Next meeting (four weeks later? is there a reason to do sooner?) See you on Wednesday! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.or

Re: [Debconf-team] Global DebConf meeting Wednesday Feb 3 @ 21:00 UTC

2010-02-02 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
heck time in the agenda for questions about those updates. That's the part that took the bulk of the time during the January meeting, not the dc10 status updates. (Well, that and dc9 stuff, but should be quicker this time due to your and Anto's emails.) Admittedly this would have been more

[Debconf-team] [pablo.dub...@gmail.com: sponsorship report]

2010-02-03 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
- Forwarded message from Pablo Duboue - Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:21:53 -0500 Subject: sponsorship report From: Pablo Duboue To: ji...@debian.org Hey Jimmy, As it is uncertain I'll have good connectivity for today's global meeting, here's what I would like to say: * you and I met and n

[Debconf-team] Registration/CfP status report

2010-02-03 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
egistration/CfP via email+blog some time between the end of today's meeting and when I go to sleep tonight-NYC-time. Questions welcome via email or IRC. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@li

[Debconf-team] Global DebConf meeting Wednesday Feb 17 @ 21:00 UTC

2010-02-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Next meeting * After-meeting: free form discussion with new localteam members and past organizers, about any plans we have so far. See you on Wednesday! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debcon

[Debconf-team] dc10 local team status update after in-person mtg

2010-02-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
- Forwarded message from micah - From: micah To: debconf10-localt...@lists.debconf.org Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:51:51 -0500 Subject: [Debconf10-localteam] Debconf local team meeting minutes! Hi everyone! Thanks for coming to the local team meeting tonight, I felt like it was a very pr

[Debconf-team] DebConf11 Decision Meeting *SATURDAY* 17 UTC

2010-02-21 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
have all relevant info. Finally, please add to your wiki page a summary of what you think the weaknesses of your own bid are, as well as the strengths of the other bids. See you on Saturday! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing

[Debconf-team] Reminder: DebConf11 Decision Meeting *TOMORROW* 17 UTC

2010-02-26 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
and have all relevant info. Finally, please add to your wiki page a summary of what you think the weaknesses of your own bid are, as well as the strengths of the other bids. See you tomorrow! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf Day / Open DebConf Day / Debian Day / etc

2010-03-15 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
nobody does it before I get to work in 10-20 minutes, I will (with a separate subject line from this thread). - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Fwd: March 13 localteam meeting notes

2010-03-15 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi global team, The meeting below happened in person on Saturday. Notes were collected via whiteboard. If you want more information about anything below, just ask. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org - Forwarded message from Clint Adams - From: Clint Adams To: DebConf10-Localteam List

[Debconf-team] Global DebConf meeting Wednesday Mar 17 @ 21:00 UTC

2010-03-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
done soon, that isn't in progress + Fundraising efforts for governmental sources * Next meeting - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listin

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 selection press release - getting it sent

2010-03-18 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
a copy of your mail to dc-a once I receive it, remove the headers specific to that delivery like Date and List-* and Received, update the To: header to d-d-a, sign with my key (but still you in the From: line), and send there for you. (I've done this kind of clean-up-a-list-mail-for-resending

Re: [Debconf-team] DC11 selection press release - getting it sent

2010-03-19 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
, but I'm planning to send a registration reminder some time between now and the end of the weekend. Feel free to advise me how to get that more successfully to press channels than my attempt from Fbruary. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org

[Debconf-team] Global DebConf meeting Wednesday Mar 31 @ 20:00 UTC

2010-03-30 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
/when * registration numbers check * Any other business * Next meeting (I'm also hoping to add an item to synchronize the local team's idea of how talks are going to be selected with the global team, though that's contingent upon getting the local talks team people to attend

Re: [Debconf-team] CFP?

2010-04-29 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
time, and a Java track is planned, so there's some seemingly good synergy there, although I am not on the commitee that reviews talks and am not speaking for them. Thank you for thinking of us, and for improving Tomcat in Debian. I hope to see you and your coworkers there! - Jimmy

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian Java track at DebConf 10

2010-04-30 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
idea above sounds good in any case! :) - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] "Talks Selection Retreat Day" - Tues, May 4th, tentative

2010-04-30 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
vor of having the retreat roughly a week or two later, and beginning step (3) immediately at the end of the retreat, with promptness especially important the closer to May 20 that step (2) occurs. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] bursary team and global vs. local

2010-04-30 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
e a first pass of sponsorship decisions for every request; it was intended to be a final decision for only the requests which can obviously be resolved one way or other. This was a local team idea that the global team went along with, fwiw, not originally a global team idea. Even if the date had been

Re: [Debconf-team] "Talks Selection Retreat Day" - Tues, May 4th, tentative

2010-05-03 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ebconf with a refreshed version of Joerg's instructions. It might be best to do this after you've finished corraling talks team interest from both local and non-local people, so that this process doesn't have to happen many times. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___

Re: [Debconf-team] Final version of Linux Journal Ad

2010-05-04 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
d to worry about Linux Magazine's post-conference ad. :-) - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Status of daytrip?

2010-05-05 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
27;t matter? I decided to employ the precautionary principle here. Sufficient details were provided during the global team meeting that I think we can consider it as already announced to debconf-team, though probably not yet to most attendees (except as relevant

[Debconf-team] May 13, 2010 Local Team Minutes

2010-05-13 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
YC time, #debconf-team local team: next meeting in roughly 3 weeks from today; doodle poll will be made with deadline of a week from today; recipients of the aforementioned user group outreach / volunteer wrangling email will be welcome to attend Jonah says that there are hundreds of people in the a

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Thanking our sponsors

2010-05-25 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
them it's about getting publicity for their organization to an audience that might care about them, instead of giving back to Debian per se. Both types are useful sources of funding. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Opening and closing plenaries

2010-05-28 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
to be dependent on getting the schedule ready, and/or some other export option from the admin UI. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian Day ( or Open Day if you prefer )

2010-05-28 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
t currently point anywhere. We are of course free to fix that when we have somewhere for it to point. (Could even just redirect to a page on the DC10 website.) - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.o

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian Day ( or Open Day if you prefer )

2010-05-28 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
the DebConf10 website (a simple debconf-data svn commit of some relevant xhtml chunk) and then ask DebConf admin people to update the redirect. (It's possible that only Joerg knows how to do that, but that shouldn't really affect how to contact t

Re: [Debconf-team] Discussing our budgeting and sponsorship situation

2010-05-30 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ing else said in this thread is quite useful to consider. I will give other substantive thoughts when not typing from a NYC subway train. :) (And after sleep.) - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.

[Debconf-team] My thoughts on reconfirmation, fundraising, etc

2010-05-31 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
task instead of split between different duties. Apologies if I summarised anyone's view incorrectly. What does everyone else think? Please respond soon; I would like an email to go out before end of evening tomorrow (June 1st) NYC time, and am happy to put in effort toward tha

Re: [Debconf-team] My thoughts on reconfirmation, fundraising, etc

2010-06-01 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ue, > > and Clint Adams were asserting that I was engaging in magical thinking and > > unreasonably faithful in things > > I do think you are engaging in magical thinking and I'm looking forward to > you using some of that magic to get the money rolling in :-) :-) I am just ext

Re: [Debconf-team] My thoughts on reconfirmation, fundraising, etc

2010-06-01 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
or 6 pages of Google results. I can give his name off-list if you care.) This is not to say we shouldn't ask for the brief explanation as I described, or even that we shouldn't apply it if it becomes financially necessary, but only that your/Ana's criteria are too narrow. - Jimmy Ka

Re: [Debconf-team] My thoughts on reconfirmation, fundraising, etc

2010-06-01 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
worthwile reason to be at the conference is probably way higher than most other conferences, even aside from our financial situation. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-03 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
rd will be at least Good Enough™, whether or not it's optimal, and you're hearing that from a chronic perfectionist. :) - Jimmy kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-03 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
on sample, nor if anyone has ever used that data for anything. This isn't quite the same thing as you're proposing, but for speakers or topics that have been in prior debconf events it might still help. I don't think your exact idea exists now, but I might be overlooking something.

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-03 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
exactly those with a penta ranking score of 33 or lower, which from memory is stored in the event_rating table. Thanks for following this through to completion! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.or

[Debconf-team] About the global team meeting, and accounting matters

2010-06-04 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
nting's db by hand.) I hope the global team meeting goes well, and I look forward to reading the summary when it is emailed to this mailing list. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.d

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] Ping wrt to t-shirts, banners, proceedings and other printed matter ...

2010-06-07 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ing printed ASAP. As of Sunday's local team meeting, I've been tasked with following up on the t-shirts, including with Gaby. If you could have her contact me, I'll take it from there. Thanks! It'll probably be cheapest to use her services again for DC10, though for completeness we

[Debconf-team] Gathering exception requests

2010-06-11 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
odging, etc). Please send this to me (preferably GPG-signed) by midnight NYC time on Saturday. Thanks! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org [0] http://meetbot.debian.net/debconf-team/2010/debconf-team.2010-05-22-18.59.html ___ Debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] 'Contact me regarding disability accommodation'

2010-06-11 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
find. :) Some notes and to-do lists from that meeting are on the whiteboard; Clint emailed the link to -localteam. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] Bdale's exceptions feedbac

2010-06-15 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
ich we can then compare to the budget and see if we can approve them all or need to deny some for financial reasons. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

[Debconf-team] DC10 T-shirts

2010-06-15 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
bek.com.mx link, which color do you think goes well with our logo in the form of a T-shirt? Thanks, - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf10 scheduling is available

2010-06-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
fear being really able to cook up a > decent cheese party with the strict US import regulations for diaries. It's actually not as strict as you fear, even if it does rule out some cheeses (young unpasteurized raw cheeses). Let's talk through the deta

Re: [Debconf-team] longer lunch! [was: Re: DebConf10 scheduling is available]

2010-06-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
h break every day, and days will end at > 6:30 or 7:30 instead of 5:30 or 6:30 Change made. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DC10 T-shirts

2010-06-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi, On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 02:05:47PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 01:33:22PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > ** QUESTION: ** ASIDE from color (about which see below), which of these do > > you > > think is best? > > The design on the ringer

[Debconf-team] Mostly unreachable for 48+ hours soon

2010-06-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
m expected to be involved, but let me know of any issues soon so that we can work around them. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf10 scheduling is available

2010-06-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
y food I have is some cookies", they aborted that and just sent me on my way. It all took only 2 minutes or so and was amusingly noncomprehensive given what people think happens after you check "yes". So, yeah, keep the rules in mind, don't lie, but

[Debconf-team] "Start thinking about DC12" email?

2010-06-16 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
posal session at DC9. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DC10 T-shirts

2010-06-17 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
r that's two votes for canario and two for purple, not counting my opinions. One of the purple votes was for the video team. Are you ok with canario for the regular and purple for the v-t? - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing

Re: [Debconf-team] 'Contact me regarding disability accommodation'

2010-06-21 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
7;s confusing terminology to Spanish speakers) and got bitten by the bug that prevents it from being unset, but a few people who did mean to set it were glad we followed up and explained their needs. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org ___ Debconf-team mailing

Re: [Debconf-team] 'Contact me regarding disability accommodation'

2010-06-21 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 05:51:38PM +0200, Ana Guerrero wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:31:06AM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > Some of them had set it by > > mistake (apparently it's confusing terminology to Spanish speakers) and got > > bitten by the bug that pr

Re: [Debconf-team] DC10 T-shirts

2010-06-24 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:16:03PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > So far that's two votes for canario and two for purple, not counting my > opinions. One of the purple votes was for the video team. Are you ok with > canario for the regular and purple for the v-t? I've just se

[Debconf-team] DC10 banner discussion summary

2010-06-25 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
://whiteboard.debian.net/dc10banners.txt (s/txt/wb/ to edit) That page will continue to evolve as we work on banner prep. In order to keep this email self-contained, I'm pasting below the current version of it. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org Shots of the banner behind the speaker in the

[Debconf-team] Adding more logos to talk-room banners?

2010-06-25 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
wnside as the above item, but would make them more likely to continue as recurring sponsors. * Offer silver sponsors a special opportunity to pay $X,000 more (where X might be something like 2) to get added to the talk-room banners and video feeds. * Something else that you suggest. Thoughts?

[Debconf-team] t-shirt status update

2010-06-29 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
Hi, I just got a quote for the t-shirts, and it's almost exactly what we estimated in the budget. I will continue working with valessio to get him the logos for the design, and we seem on track to receive the t-shirts either during debcamp or before depending on various factors. -

[Debconf-team] non-JJ food meeting summary

2010-07-02 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
there. This is definitely not worth doing if our budget ends up unable to afford it. Unless, that is, people want to do it with personal funds; I might be interested in chipping in toward that if enough others do. - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org _

[Debconf-team] Extra money we forgot we had

2010-07-03 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
o request and receive some money from Debian if we want to pay for most or all of the travel sponsorship requested by Group B.) See you on Monday! - Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debconf.org P.S. - According to the notes I brought home with me from Spain, I've managed to lose not more than €20 of the

Re: [Debconf-team] non-JJ food meeting summary [status updates]

2010-07-04 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
A couple of status updates on my action items from this email: On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 08:21:19PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > ** ACTION: ** No later than Tuesday, I or Michael Schultheiss will have > contacted WRL and, unless they are slow to respond, gotten exact price > de

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