Minutes from Meeting about DebConf 16 bid Convened at 2014-12-03 19:40:49.603630 by tumbleweed in #debconf16-capetown on oftc Minutes ======= [19:40:49] STARTED (tumbleweed) [19:53:45] AGREED: tumbleweed to contact some UCT departments to fill in missing bid gaps (tumbleweed) [19:53:57] AGREED: nattie to contact technopark with questions (nattie) [19:54:31] AGREED: highvoltage to contact breakwater (nattie) [20:01:46] ENDED (tumbleweed) Present ======= * Stefano Rivera (tumbleweed) * Adrianna Pińska (confluency) * madduck * Raoul Snyman (superfly) * Simon Cross (Hodgestar) * Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) * Nattie Mayer-Hutchings (nattie) Raw Log ======= [19:40:49] tibid: start meeting about DebConf 16 bid [19:40:49] * tibid gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles [19:40:57] hello [19:41:01] http://whiteboard.debian.net/9fcb2.wb has my list of questions about our bid [19:41:08] tibid: I am Raoul Snyman [19:41:08] superfly: Done [19:41:13] tibid: I am Stefano Rivera [19:41:13] tumbleweed: Alrighty [19:41:18] tumbleweed: I am an opportunistic troublemaker [19:41:28] oops, meant to say that to tibid [19:41:30] :P [19:41:33] oh well [19:41:39] tibid: I am Jonathan Carter [19:41:39] highvoltage: Yessir [19:41:43] * madduck has a phone conf at the same time, so only marginally present, sorry [19:41:46] tibid: i am Nattie Mayer-Hutchings [19:41:46] nattie: Alrighty [19:41:53] tibid: I am Adrianna Pińska [19:41:53] confluency: Yessir [19:41:59] (at least tibid isn't calling me a dude this time) [19:42:09] tibid: I am Simon Cross [19:42:09] Hodgestar: Righto [19:42:18] wow, all these surnames :) [19:42:24] nattie: unfortunately there isn't a protocol for determining gender over IRC [19:42:31] tumbleweed: i know, i know [19:42:47] so [19:42:57] I don't know how much we want to flesh out our backup venues [19:42:57] tumbleweed: I thought that's what the ASL protocol was for? :P [19:43:04] Hodgestar: duh! [19:43:28] old enough to know better / yeah, go on then / here [19:43:31] (clearly) [19:43:38] tumbleweed: the details listed on the whiteboard seems reasomanle [19:43:46] also reasonable [19:44:47] just a quick one: those using the alias, please also cc the alias when writing from there [19:44:59] but i guess i'll just tell indiebio that later [19:45:00] ah, yes, I'm guilty of that [19:45:12] What is the agenda for this meeting? (other than admiring tumbleweed's list?) [19:45:19] what does that mean? [19:45:24] well, that was *my* plan for the evening... [19:45:39] Hodgestar: I don't know if we have anything else to discuss [19:46:53] so should we just set down some action items? [19:46:54] btw, for those who missed it, our bid proposal was formally submitted on Monday [19:46:59] \o/ [19:47:16] tumbleweed: so sounds like for now, we just need someone to chase up the items on http://whiteboard.debian.net/9fcb2.wb [19:47:21] and Montreal has a bid in, too [19:47:34] highvoltage: ideally several someones [19:47:40] most of this can be done by e-mail [19:47:43] *nod* [19:47:57] i can get a bit more involved again, now [19:48:15] (my apologies for my recent absences) [19:48:34] tumbleweed: I can pick up some of it, but I haven't been involved with our venue contacts so would just need our contact info there [19:48:46] highvoltage: i think that's all in the git repo [19:48:46] yeah, basically indiebio is the one with the contacts [19:49:09] ah right [19:49:12] but we have an email address for breakwater, and technopark [19:49:22] and UCT is fragmented, with all their email addresses on their website [19:50:18] highvoltage: if you're sending mail, would you also like to be on the alias? [19:50:21] I think UCT is too complicated for anyone else than indibio [19:50:38] I'm happy to take on some of the UCT stuff [19:50:39] nattie: ah, yes please [19:50:39] we're using one address from which to send, so that replies all go to the same place [19:50:59] highvoltage: cool, address please? [19:51:07] nattie: jonathan@ubuntu.com [19:51:07] nattie: get wendar added too? (I asked her about it ages ago, but don't know if it happened) [19:51:28] tumbleweed: i asked Ganneff, will try again [19:52:56] ok, so I'm going to take on some UCT upper campus stuff, and mail the list with feedback. I think indiebio will have to handle some of them [19:53:05] anyone want to take on breakwater / technopark? [19:53:14] i guess i could take on technopark? [19:53:30] since that one is the least developed of the contacts as far as i can tell? [19:53:45] tibid: agreed tumbleweed to contact some UCT departments to fill in missing bid gaps [19:53:45] Agreed: tumbleweed to contact some UCT departments to fill in missing bid gaps [19:53:55] +1 nattie [19:53:57] tibid: agreed nattie to contact technopark with questions [19:53:57] Agreed: nattie to contact technopark with questions [19:54:19] I'll get as much of the breakwater details as possible then [19:54:31] tibid: agreed highvoltage to contact breakwater [19:54:31] Agreed: highvoltage to contact breakwater [19:54:35] highvoltage: I'll send your the last email exchange we had with them [19:54:43] righto [19:54:58] indiebio was trying to brow-beat them a bit too far on costs, I think. [19:55:28] OK [19:55:30] anything else? [19:55:46] doesn't seem so [19:55:58] maybe we should just confirm that we're having a meeting next week [19:56:01] madduck: should we just be sitting back and waiting for questions from the debconf team? [19:56:12] and we'll probably not do much over the xmas holiday period? [19:56:29] xmas is still 3 weeks away! [19:56:38] nattie: that's like, now :) [19:56:55] I'm tempted to keep going weekly for now, trying hard to keep them short [19:56:56] as opposed to now-now? [19:57:10] tumbleweed: agreed - short, sweet and... er yeah [19:57:11] when we find ourselves with nothing to discuss, we can back off [19:57:28] we'll know either way by march or whenever [19:57:39] nattie: hah! I didn't realise you speak South African English [19:57:41] deadline is set at end of Jan [19:57:51] +1 [19:57:53] highvoltage: i've picked up odds and sods :) [19:58:10] tumbleweed: ooh, we can spend fosdem being mildly nervous then... [19:58:32] :) [19:58:37] tumbleweed: basically, yes. [19:58:52] but you can also keep improving the bid, which will save you time later [19:58:54] but there's no harm in fleshing stuff out [19:59:34] it's not yet decided but I think that there'll be open discussion on the dc-team list about the bids and a first meeting on 12 January, with a followup/decision meeting on 26 January [19:59:39] don't quote me on that. [19:59:51] those are mondays, right? [20:00:01] hrm, and between now and then? idle reading of wiki pages? [20:00:10] January [20:00:10] Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa [20:00:10] 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [20:00:10] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [20:00:10] 1 2 3 [20:00:13] 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 [20:00:15] 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 [20:01:04] i'll try to be present for as much of those meetings as possible, though i might not be able to attend the whole one on the 26th [20:01:35] ok, I guess we're done [20:01:40] righto [20:01:46] tibid: end meeting