Convened at 2015-02-04 19:37:31.071839 by tumbleweed
in #debconf16-capetown on oftc
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: start meeting about Venue decision discussion follow-up
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* tibid
gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles
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<tumbleweed>
sorry, my attention was elsewhere
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<tumbleweed>
(and it seems everyone else's is too)
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<indiebio>
I;m here
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<tumbleweed>
you all saw https://lists.debian.org/debconf-bid-capetown/2015/debconf-bid-capetown-201502/msg00000.html
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<tumbleweed>
is there anything else we need to look at?
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<indiebio>
not that I can think of. Shall we assign tasks to these things?
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<tumbleweed>
sure
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<tumbleweed>
so. I can try to get breakwater prices into the wiki
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<tumbleweed>
(and technopark, if those are missing too)
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<tumbleweed>
I could also make phone calls for some quotes - but this is probably better done by someone in the right time zone...
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<indiebio>
I'll do the familay accomodation, Fuller bathroom sizes (shower:room ratio, at least) and Fuller catering quote
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<tumbleweed>
indiebio: try to push them away from "conference" food towards *cheap* food
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<ginggs>
i can also call/mail people during office hours
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<tumbleweed>
that's really what matters for the bid
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<indiebio>
will do.
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<tumbleweed>
one of the committee members expressed an interest in an all-in-one accom+food deal
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<tumbleweed>
it's obviously too early for that
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<tumbleweed>
but ballpark thumbsucks are fine
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<indiebio>
We have prices for Breakwater, was just too much...
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<tumbleweed>
yeah
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<tumbleweed>
but we never put them in the wiki
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<tumbleweed>
so people don't know what they are
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<indiebio>
I see fuller as possibly all-in-one.
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<tumbleweed>
and I think we turned them off, when we asked for very low prices
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<indiebio>
I think Breakwater is on git - so should be easy to put on wiki?
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<tumbleweed>
yes
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<tumbleweed>
the committee doesn't want to dig through all our quotes - they want bite-size numbers that they can compare to MTL
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<tumbleweed>
ok, that sounds like about everything
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<tumbleweed>
I'll write up what I know about exchange control issues, too
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<tumbleweed>
anything else?
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* tumbleweed
looks thorugh the side channel discussion logs
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<indiebio>
could you action these for ease of reference please?
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: agreed, tumbleweed will get breakwater (+technopark?) prices into the wiki
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<tibid>
tumbleweed: Huh?
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: agreed tumbleweed will get breakwater (+technopark?) prices into the wiki
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<tibid>
Agreed: tumbleweed will get breakwater (+technopark?) prices into the wiki
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* madduck
is listening and standing by ftr
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: agreed tumbleweed will write some words on exchange control
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<tibid>
Agreed: tumbleweed will write some words on exchange control
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: agreed indiebio will collect more info on family accommadation, fuller bathrooms, and fuller catering
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<tibid>
Agreed: indiebio will collect more info on family accommadation, fuller bathrooms, and fuller catering
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<tumbleweed>
indiebio: miss anything?
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<indiebio>
who does ginggs have to chase up?
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<indiebio>
during office hours?
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<indiebio>
Also ginggs to try again with the movie caterers...
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<tumbleweed>
want to delegate one of your things to him?
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<tumbleweed>
or try to wrangle better prices out of breakwater :P (marga expressed an interest)
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<ginggs>
http://www.accommodation.uct.ac.za/vac_accom/group_booking/
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<ginggs>
i can contact the Vacation Accommodation office for catering rates
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<indiebio>
nah, should be quick and they're all related., thanks
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<tumbleweed>
ginggs: yep, we have that in the wiki
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<indiebio>
who's editing the wiki to make it more gunnar friendly?
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<indiebio>
do we have exchange control person, tumbleweed? actioned?
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<tumbleweed>
indiebio: I actioned that
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<tumbleweed>
what do we need to do for gunnar?
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<tumbleweed>
oh
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<tumbleweed>
that
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<tumbleweed>
20:25 < pabs> the Montreal bid has info about the local Linux/FLOSS communities, would be good to have for CT as well
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<tumbleweed>
we should do this too
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<ginggs>
i can look at some wiki stuff
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<ginggs>
who do we have in cape town? there's CLUG
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<ginggs>
and a python group? arduino?
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<indiebio>
I would also include ArduinoCT, the new Modern Alchemist...
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<tumbleweed>
ginggs: there are groups for almost every language
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<superfly>
ctpug
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<superfly>
ruby brigade
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<superfly>
I think there's a Perl group as well
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<superfly>
also Ubuntu LoCo, though that's more internet-based
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<tumbleweed>
http://www.meetup.com/find/events/tech/?allMeetups=false&radius=50&userFreeform=Cape+Town%2C+South+Africa
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<superfly>
oh right, I also know about SUGSA (my boss goes)
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<superfly>
Didn't know we had a PHP group
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<indiebio>
OK, so who's going to list and make this look good on the wiki?
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<ginggs>
i will
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<indiebio>
Oh., also please action myself or ginggs to check up on the childcare - would they be open in vac and open to non-UCT people?
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<tumbleweed>
indiebio: their website says they are open year round except 2 weeks at christmas
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<tumbleweed>
but yes, please do
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: agreed indiebio or ginggs to check up on availability of childcare
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<tibid>
Agreed: indiebio or ginggs to check up on availability of childcare
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<indiebio>
seeing that ginggs had kids, he can take this one. I'm semi-allergic. :P
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: agreed ginggs to list local groups on the wiki
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<tibid>
Agreed: ginggs to list local groups on the wiki
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<tumbleweed>
indiebio: :)
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<tumbleweed>
any other suckers for punishment?
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<tumbleweed>
we should probably follow up to the team list, if we do anything big, and at least a summary of everything else
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<superfly>
it sounds like the meeting is going to be on Friday evening, right?
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<indiebio>
we can send a summary mail, say, Friday afternoon?
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<tumbleweed>
superfly: there isn't a day yet
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<superfly>
OK
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<tumbleweed>
it could be monday
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<indiebio>
can someone suggest to marga that the people who can't make it in person can read through the bids and submit their proxy... or something
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<tumbleweed>
this has been suggested
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<madduck>
oh it's been suggested! ;)
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<indiebio>
lol
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<madduck>
marga isn't the one to be told, she knows.
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<indiebio>
OK, is that the meeting done?
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<madduck>
there's really been quite a lot of rubble kicked up over the meeting last week
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<madduck>
i have personally gotten myself into trouble twice ;)
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<madduck>
but the cause is right, it was unacceptable what happened
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<tumbleweed>
but it will probably continue to happen
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: end meeting