[Debconf-team] BoF "Gitify ALL the things" still possible?

2013-08-08 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, it has been suggested that I apply for a slot for a general BoF about Git-based tools, their use cases, possible paths from there and just a general Git-together (scnr). Please note that this BoF is not Debian-specific in nature; I don't know if or how that affects your decision. If acc

Re: [Debconf-team] A/V opt-out for speakers (Re: Thinking of organising a special mini-debconf

2013-08-21 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > a.) tell the talks+video team before the talk that you dont want to be videoed > (or only audioed), thats totally fine. (But we really should have this in the > conference management system.) Open Source Days in Copenhagen made me sign a wa

Re: [Debconf-team] A/V opt-out for speakers (Re: Thinking of organising a special mini-debconf

2013-08-21 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > I don't think we want anything so elaborate as a signed waiver; and I also > think we can and should assume that by default people giving talks are ok > being videotaped and need to opt out, otherwise people will overlook the box > and we'l

Re: [Debconf-team] A/V opt-out for speakers (Re: Thinking of organising a special mini-debconf

2013-08-21 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Michael Shuler wrote: > While I think the ideas expressed so far are good for completeness, I > don't recall a recent DebConf that did not have a 3rd, 4th, or more > additional talk or BOF rooms that are not streamed/recorded. These > rooms can certainly be utili

Re: [Debconf-team] A/V opt-out for speakers (Re: Thinking of organising a special mini-debconf

2013-08-22 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > as someone who has been on the talks team in the past (i was basically > AWOL this year) it would help us in talk scheduling to have a tristate > option in penta for talk submitters: This is starting to feel like bikeshedding, but her

Re: [Debconf-team] Thank you Ad

2013-08-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > It is arguably not overly original, but fits quite well the minimalistic > design guidelines we have followed during DebConf13. Suggestions and > improvements welcome. I agree that there should be a reference to the other sponsors,

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

2013-10-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Patty Langasek wrote: > I feel that the bags are a benefit to the conference, and bags are widely > given at "professional" conferences across many different industries. Correct. And for good reason also; it's useful for attendees and it allows a decoupling of t

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 timeline

2014-01-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > Not cc:ing the bid teams intentionally as I expect them to read this list and > reply... *raises hand for German team* I have to admit that I am not familiar with the decision process of DebConf; I have been trying (admittedly with low-is

Re: [Debconf-team] Please make a DC15 decision before March — poll included

2014-02-07 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, Interest in the dudle has not been very high but the dates in it are approaching. Are any more votes forthcoming? Either way, how do we break the tie between the various options? Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team m

Re: [Debconf-team] Please make a DC15 decision before March — poll included

2014-02-08 Thread Richard Hartmann
What about Norway? Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Please make a DC15 decision before March — poll included

2014-02-10 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:50 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > Martin is involved in a bid so he'd prefer if a neutral person did… Holger, will you decide, then? Richard -- Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://list

Re: [Debconf-team] Please make a DC15 decision before March — poll included

2014-02-10 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > I can. when should I? As I am involved with the bid, I am not sure I can say that. Objectively, I note that one option has six yes, but one no from Moray, so that may not be ideal... -- Richard ___

[Debconf-team] Migrating infrastructure from svn to Git

2014-02-11 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, there seems to be very strong consensus to move from svn to Git. If you object, voice your concerns _now_. I hear gaudenz has been investigating this in the past; hearing from him would be appreciated. Assuming there are no major blockers, expect a migration within a few weeks at max

Re: [Debconf-team] Questions to the bid teams

2014-02-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:22 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Wouter Verhelst [2014-02-20 10:02 +0100]: >> None that I am aware of (other than "don't run around naked", but hey >> ;-) > > Gosh, with such ridiculous standards, how should we ever attain the > quality of DC5 and DC6? Legal

Re: [Debconf-team] German two-bid strategy

2014-02-21 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > I understand that the reason for the two German bids is that this would > allow the team to negotiate better conditions from the two options if > they win the bid. While that is true, there is no reason why these > negotiations could not h

Re: [Debconf-team] close debconf15-team@l.d.o ?

2014-03-18 Thread Richard Hartmann
Agreed. Mixing dc14 and dc15 is bound to lead to confusion. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Can anyone design a "Sponsor DebConf" banner and/or print ad to be run on our media partners website(s) and/or magazines?

2014-03-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
In what magazine(s) and language(s)? Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Updated budget for DC14

2014-04-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:36 AM, Michael Banck wrote: > My point kinda was that I thought the BBQ was the better Conference > Dinner. I wouldn't mind if we just had another one with some additional > social events one evening and scrap the traditional conference dinner. I agree with Ana that t

Re: [Debconf-team] daytrip + budget (Re: Updated budget for DC14)

2014-04-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:23 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > To add to that: I've heard in the past that "DebConf is not the > place where everyone is keen to go into nature or engage in physical > activity". Let's not think like that. Obviously, not everyone will > join, and we do have people with

Re: [Debconf-team] daytrip + budget (Re: Updated budget for DC14)

2014-04-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Patty Langasek wrote: That's actually kind of what I'm planning. Only, the picnic is accompanied > by waterfalls. > I assume you are referring to Multnomah Falls[1]. Out of interest: How near is this to other hiking destinations/activities and a large-ish open s

Re: [Debconf-team] daytrip + budget (Re: Updated budget for DC14)

2014-04-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Not immediately adjacent, no. The rough plan is to take buses between > various stops in the gorge, with lunch outdoors as a group at a nearby > state > park. I'll let Patty speak to the details. > That sounds like a cheap way to fill a

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-14 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Moray Allan wrote: > Again, I can believe this is the best version for Germany, but in many > places you could just create a limited-liability company rather than seek > insurance. > For completeness' sake, registering a Limited in Germany (non-profit or for-pro

Re: [Debconf-team] About the DC15 entity and authority (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-17 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Andreas Barth wrote: > I even think using your by-law is a good starting point, and only > adjust what is necessary to adjust. > >From what I understand, madduck is working closely with German lawyers familiar with the matter. Without having had the time to do a

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 fiscal year (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-17 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:32 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > However, starting the fiscal year not on 1 January is exceptional, > and starting it not on the first of a month even more so. While it's > not impossible, Andi's right in saying that it'll mean additional > steps and additional dealing wit

Re: [Debconf-team] GSoC students / DebConf14

2014-04-22 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:23 AM, Pablo M. Drake wrote: > One cuestion Works for peoples who lives in Cuba?? > It's best to ask your local embassy, I'd say: http://havana.usint.gov/visa_appointment_information.html http://spanish.havana.usint.gov/visa_appointment_information.html Richard _

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
I added all my feedback via Git so jftr: I am quite happy with the state we reached by now. On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:21 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > If this is what we want… sounds fine to me, even though it means > that a meeting of 4 people can cause change of bylaws, if 3 people > agree. How

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:44 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > Realistically speaking, we're hardly ever going to meet in person, > but online, because we are not all based in the same city. It might > make sense to make in-person meetings require a quorum and let IRC > meetings always be quorate. >

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:05 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > > That would be the legal blah with an internal understanding that > > this refers to Secretary, a TO, or a public mailing list. > > You would have to define a procedure by which such a person is > elected. > How about we designate a pro

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-24 Thread Richard Hartmann
Valid points; agreed. Do you need any final review or are we good to send the doc off? Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-24 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:38 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Richard Hartmann [2014-04-24 > 09:06 +0200]: > > Do you need any final review or are we good to send the doc off? > > I think it's ready to go. I am just trying to remember what we > decided on the

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-24 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Richard Hartmann < richih.mailingl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Debian Deutschland e.V. makes potential re-use easier, else it's just a > name of no importance. Toss a coin? > After the question simmered some more at the back of my head, I thi

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-24 Thread Richard Hartmann
I don't see any of this as an issue, but I have no problem with any of those names. Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Apr 25, 2014 12:56 AM, "Michael Banck" wrote: > However, if there are serious reservation about "Debian Deutschland" and > using the Debian trademark from the rest of the team (as Brian brought > up), it might make sense to go with "Debconf Deutschland", but I don't > mind either way. Just fo

[Debconf-team] TO status for DebCOnf15's legal entity

2014-04-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear Lucas, there have been discussions about the status of the DebConf 15 legal entity and its status towards Debian. The two points of contention are a) handling Debian's money b) potentially carrying "Debian" in the name of said legal entity, as in "Debian Deutschland e.V." instead of "DebCon

Re: [Debconf-team] TO status for DebCOnf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Adding auditors to Cc, and quoting in full. Thanks. > Sure. But now that we have a process for establishing TOs, I'd rather > use it. In this case, I am glad we raised the point and have clarification. This obviously increases priority

[Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
Martin Krafft Maximiliano Curia Michael Banck Penny Krafft Rene Engelhard Richard Hartmann Sandro Knaus Unconfirmed attendance: Constanze Stohn Philipp Hug Sebastian Harl 2. The organization should remain loyal to Debian See 1. Going against Debian's best interest now or in the future woul

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Andreas Barth wrote: > I'm running some throw-away non-profit organisations, and have not > experienced problems. Have the tax authorities been made aware of this in advance? For how long are those organisations running? > Debconf has a different tax situation

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 legal entity

2014-04-27 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:50 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debconf-data/dc15.git;a=commitdiff;h=cd4fe0c0de7d39ad5ed25518b1e57200c75d4e4c > is an attempt to achieve this, which I'll need to run by the lawyer. > Comments welcome ASAP, please. The invitation part

Re: [Debconf-team] TO status for DebCOnf15's legal entity

2014-04-27 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Right, this is my point. Not having the organization named "Debian" does > not prevent the sponsorship team from saying "Debian" during the sponsorship > process; and no one has ever reported that there was a problem where a > sponsor has

Re: [Debconf-team] TO status for DebCOnf15's legal entity

2014-04-27 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > I've previously given my opinion on the name, that there should be a very > high bar for naming any organization "Debian". Even if the board was > composed entirely of Debian developers, there's a risk that using such a > name could weake

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf governance & 'Debian Deutschland' name and TO status

2014-04-27 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Philipp Hug wrote: > If we had DebConf15 chairs, they could be involved from the beginning > without having to bother about DC14 at the same time This would make sense, imo. This is something the chairs could decide by themselves. I also note that for whatever

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-28 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > So I'm not against considering the idea of keep the DC15 TO after DC15, > but this will clearly have to be weighted against the disadvantages of > this option. We decided to go with a single-use eV for DebConf15, because: * of the valid

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-04-28 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > I personally think that this could be enough, but would welcome more > opinions on that. Same and same. We would appreciate more feedback on this (and on when silence will be interpreted as implicit consensus). Richard _

Re: [Debconf-team] FFIS and the situation when the DebConf Verein should ever be closed

2014-05-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
Confirmation beforehand would be nice if they deem to answer... Can we change the recipient later? If a Debian eV comes to life the money should go there Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.de

Re: [Debconf-team] FFIS and the situation when the DebConf Verein should ever be closed

2014-05-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
If you really worry we can found two eVs, but that will mean name discussions, bikeshedding, force us to keep up one eV, and we have a similar problem for the later eV. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-tea

Re: [Debconf-team] Code of Conduct

2014-05-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On May 2, 2014 2:49 PM, "Enrico Zini" wrote: > [Good stuff] I agree. To me, the CoC is a safety net and reference which exists, but should not be invoked just so. It's there if you really need it but DebConf as a social entity should be able to self-regulate in most if not all cases. Richard, W

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-05-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, as announced some time ago, we will incorporate DebConfDeutschland e.V. tomorrow. All founding members will be DDs with the full list being sent as a reply to this email after the fact. Given that: * We will not be using the name "Debian" * We are not planning to run for more than ne

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-05-03 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > As you already described how you met the TO criteria in > , > I think that we can safely say that the minimum two weeks discussion > period started on 2014-04-26 (and thus ends on 2014-05-11). Works for me. Just to make sure: This means tha

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-05-03 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > The last step was never used so far AFAIK. > But it could probably be implemented as a d-d-a email providing the updated > list of TOs, and a page on the Debian website listing TOs and referencing > the d-d-a email. > (Similar to delegation

Re: [Debconf-team] t-shirt artwork

2014-05-05 Thread Richard Hartmann
Hi Valessio, I can't answer for DC14, but DC15 already has some designers working on a logo and we would love to have more help if you have the time. Thanks, Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/

Re: [Debconf-team] [DRAFT] Call for Help: DebConf14 travel sponsorship team

2014-05-08 Thread Richard Hartmann
+1 Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-05-11 Thread Richard Hartmann
l keep the member count to the functional minimum; changes in intent away from Debian's best interest are thus virtually impossible. The founding members are: * Michael Banck * Rene Engelhard * Richard Hartmann (chairman of the board) * Philipp Hug * Jörg Jaspert (vice chairman) * Martin Kr

Re: [Debconf-team] A proposal about scheduling for DC14

2014-05-17 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > Fri, August 22: Arrival day. Dorm check in available after noon. > Minimal hacklabs. No talks. > Sat, August 23: First day of conference. Opening immediately after > brunch

Re: [Debconf-team] A proposal about scheduling for DC14

2014-05-19 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > AJ's point, which I think is valid, is that if you get into deep hack > mode you don't really want to be interrupted by talks. There's some > leeway for the talks team to decide what exactly would count as a BOF > but I think that having

Re: [Debconf-team] Trusted Organisation status for DebConf15's legal entity

2014-05-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, is there anything more I can (or need to) do? Thanks, RIchard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, Can we do concordet instead of single-vote? There are online tools like [1] so there's no need for devotee or similarly complex workflows. Also, I know that this is too late, but I threw another hat in the round. It's a mix of 4 and 5; I filed it under 10 but only added it to the overv

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, Can we do concordet instead of single-vote? There are online tools like [1] so there's no need for devotee or similarly complex workflows. Also, I know that this is too late, but I threw another hat in the round. It's a mix of 4 and 5; I filed it under 10 but only added it to the overv

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Penny Leach wrote: > As to your logo, not sure what we should do about that. What did you > intend by adding it to the overview? I consider 4 & 5 the best, but wasn't truly happy with either of them. I realized _why_ and mixed the good parts. As I was after the

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Penny Leach wrote: > Since 10 (& now 11) are both remixes rather than new logos I'm happy to > add them to the voting table if people think it's reasonable. I took the opportunity to open a new vote with Concordet and the new options. Penny: Feel free to delete

Re: [Debconf-team] A proposal about scheduling for DC14

2014-05-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 09:58:29PM +0200, Martín Ferrari wrote: >> So, I think these numbers are very misleading, and should not be used at >> this point for planning. At least until the reconfirmation period. > > So we shouldn't plan w

Re: [Debconf-team] [rmayo...@debian.org: Summit - Propose a event form fields]

2014-05-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Carl Karsten wrote: > Do we need to ask the presenter permission to email them things like "please > review your title slide: http://...png"; and later "your video is here: > http://"; I know what you are getting at and with half a video hat on I _strongly_ su

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Richard Hartmann wrote: > I took the opportunity to open a new vote with Concordet and the new options. If you (re)vote, please make a full list as my online tool can't use partial ones. Thanks, Richard ___

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-29 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Richard Hartmann wrote: Peope who still need to re-vote as of right now are: algernon Debcool h01ger hvhaugwitz Miriam sim6 Sledge vorlon Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-31 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Peope who still need to re-vote as of right now are: I poked the remaining ones via mail. As of right now, we have a tie, so we need more votes :) Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing l

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-05-31 Thread Richard Hartmann
Break the tie by voting? Most people re-voted instantly anyway, so... Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-06-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, voting has closed and K has won. Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-06-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 6:21 AM, Richard Hartmann wrote: > voting has closed and K has won. After some more thought, this is a valid point and it should have been raised earlier. We can do a logo with rounded-off borders&edges or something, but that will still stand out in print, etc.

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting the network running

2014-06-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > If I make it to Portland I can certainly come a few days earlier and > help with network setup if needed. I'm not sure yet if I can make it at > all though. Same. For reference, I did most of the actual AP deployment for DC13. I have ten l

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting the network running

2014-06-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Kees Cook wrote: >> All devices were flashed with OpenWRT. This is quite practical for two >> reasons (beside the fact that its Free Software ;-)): >> - It's easier to deploy identical configuraitons as you can copy around >> configuration files and don't have to

Re: [Debconf-team] Getting the network running

2014-06-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: > Even if a venue has gig in the walls, I have given up on it being reliable. > It is too easy for it to have problems during a talk, and that drops the > quality of the video and causes the video team to freak out. solution to > make sure that

Re: [Debconf-team] PSU Network Requirements

2014-06-04 Thread Richard Hartmann
Can they route prefixes? Getting temporary PI would be an option, but I don't know how to get those with ARIN. Can they drop an essid on a distinct vlan from their Wi-Fi infra? Could we/they add APs to their controller if we need more coverage? Same vlan could be used for wired. Richard Sent b

Re: [Debconf-team] PSU Network Requirements

2014-06-06 Thread Richard Hartmann
As an aside, can you let freenode and oftc know what addresses will be used so we can i-line? Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] debconf15 logo contest: voting begins

2014-06-07 Thread Richard Hartmann
Just in case we ever need this: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Voting was open until 23:59 GMT, Sunday June 1st 2014. K has won Original votes: RichiH: J, E, D, G, A, H, K, L, B, C, F, I jandd: K, J, E, D, F, G, H, B, L, C, A, I bwh:L, K, H, D, F, A, C, G, E

Re: [Debconf-team] PSU Network Requirements

2014-06-07 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > Yeah, I want specifics on their VLAN -- I doubt they use a massive DHCP > network for a /16. :) With my FOSDEM hat on: doing this for a /18 is doable ;) Richard PS: I will find out how temp PI works in the US, just in case ___

Re: [Debconf-team] [rmayo...@debian.org: Summit - Propose a event form fields]

2014-06-07 Thread Richard Hartmann
> BTW, do we want people to be able to upload their slides to summit? Yes. And other supporting material. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Debconf-team] PSU Network Requirements

2014-06-08 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > RIPE offers IP space for EU events like CCC. Ask them if they know about US? RIPE NCC would surely have an answer by 2018, yes ;) Sadly, ARIN is acting[1] in the way I have heard stories of great affection and well-meaning about from op

[Debconf-team] Planning the announcement of DC15's sponsorship drive

2014-06-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, we already talked about this within the DC15 team, but just to make sure that we are all on the same page: I think we should spam DPN, the -announces, reddit, friendly press publications, etc once we have: * non-profit status * basic sponsorship info * website with reasonably appealin

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf14 Cheese and Wine party venue

2014-07-07 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Brian Gupta wrote: > I'm asking because if the two are largely in alignment, perhaps having > the attendees in compliance with the DebConf CoC, will be fine for PL? Turning this around, can the Debian & DebConf CoC be submitted to them and, if they are OK with it,

Re: [Debconf-team] Final draft of HD contract

2014-07-14 Thread Richard Hartmann
My only real comment would be that I can not yet put in all information before signing, but they are probably aware of that, so.. ;) Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-t

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf14 Cheese and Wine party venue

2014-07-15 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > I would say that there are lots of policies and rules that Debconf > attendees need to comply with to travel to the U.S. that they may not > agree with. I'm certain their policy is just along the lines of > covering them for any possible l

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf14 Cheese and Wine party venue

2014-07-15 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:35 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > On the upside of things, we'll be allowed to bring personal firearms > to DebConf14! \o/ Pity the default init system debate is over already... Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-tea

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf14 Cheese and Wine party venue

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Hartmann
Thanks! Do attendees need to confirm to theirs or is ours enough for them? Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Budget woes

2014-08-17 Thread Richard Hartmann
(I am picking up some points from elsewhere in this thread, as well) On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > In the process, I've taken a pass over the rest of the budget, and have bad > news: we have way more money in the DebConf14 accounts than we're actually > going to use.

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf orga/governance sessions at DC14

2014-08-19 Thread Richard Hartmann
As someone who is relatively new to DebConf, not Debian, but who jumped into the deep end: * There is obviously frustration in a lot of places, this is not good. * As someone who helped spearhead the successful DC15 bid, I found the process opaque, inefficient, ill-designed, and... frustrating * T

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf governance discussion

2014-08-19 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Ana Guerrero Lopez wrote: > If you're against the chairs talking with people grouping them by debconf > year or global team, suggest something else. I understond that the goal > here is taking the time to hear what everybody has to say about the > problems and poss

Re: [Debconf-team] Taking stuff for DC15 (was: (was: Budget woes))

2014-08-19 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:19 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Steve Langasek [2014-08-19 04:33 +0200]: >> I think we should make a point of sending this off with the DC15 >> crew at the end of the conference. :) > > This is a good idea, saves us logistic hassle and cost later, and > I hav

Re: [Debconf-team] RFC on the DC15 sponsorship brochure

2014-08-19 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:35 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > and in time to hand out at FrOSCon Just so everyone knows: FrOSCon will take place next weekend, August 23rd and 24th. Richard -- Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.de

Re: [Debconf-team] New proposal: DebConf governance in three moments

2014-08-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
This sounds very good; thank you for sharing your views and driving this. For people not on site: is there a way to follow what discussions with whom are taking place when? Richard ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lis

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf orga/governance sessions at DC14

2014-08-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
Hi Gunnar, On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I do not believe the year was a stalemate. Things were done quite > differently than last year, and next year they will be done > differently, because the teams have very different compositions and > personalities. Many of us also

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf orga/governance sessions at DC14

2014-08-20 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > As Didier wrote, I think that > clearer statements of the problems, with the POV of various parties, > would help a lot. I'm thinking of statements such as: > "As a chair during the DCn organization, I felt that ..." > "As a member of the lo

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf orga/governance sessions at DC14

2014-08-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
I like the idea of persistent(-ish?) sub-teams. Even though there seems to be unrest atm, I consider the video team a success story. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.deb

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 team photo today 15:30 in 329

2014-08-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
How many people will you have? Faking more, or having stand-ins, may make sense. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Debconf organization working group

2014-08-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 7:34 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > Second, we are going to discuss an idea by marga coming out of her > experience with DC8, wherein one team member's job is to poke the > others regularly. This person's contribution to DebConf is to keep > on top of things that need to get

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf orga/governance sessions at DC14

2014-08-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > PS: and I'm not so proud of DC15 team, I see only few people active. No > local people taking experiences in visa, registration, etc, which really > help planing communication to attendees. Would you be willing to create bullet points

Re: [Debconf-team] How do people feel about dispensing with the historical 1+ month break from organizing activities that takes place after DebConf?

2014-08-25 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Brian Gupta wrote: > I've observed it over the years, and feel that if we can summon the > strength to stay engaged, we can use the extra time, lessons are still > fresh from DebConf. > > We're always scrambling for time later in the cycle, so regaining this > tim

Re: [Debconf-team] Call for Day Trip Preparation Help

2014-08-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Judit Foglszinger wrote: > Taking a penalty card for redundancy and wrongly suspecting the spam filter. Failure to take mental sanity of people not on site into account by mindlessly referring to the playing of the game of our dear leader. Richard _

Re: [Debconf-team] Call for Day Trip Preparation Help

2014-08-26 Thread Richard Hartmann
Also, helicopter. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Assassins game

2014-08-28 Thread Richard Hartmann
Of you hand over stuff, let the winner know beforehand; else they may be gone, already. Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] RFC: diversity and DebConf, calling for input

2014-09-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:28 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > while DC14 is still hot, I would like to gather ideas on how we can > improve, specifically wrt diversity. To avoid cross-posting, I think "diversity" is both a very worthwhile concept and an overused buzzword. As a result, I would argue

Re: [Debconf-team] Separating Speakers and hiding Participants/Attendees in Summit

2014-09-03 Thread Richard Hartmann
Why not just allow them to set themselves to be visible to Everyone, attendees, speaker, no one (just a number for statistics) Richard Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.

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