19:59:33 #startmeeting 19:59:33 Meeting started Tue Feb 11 19:59:33 2014 UTC. The chair is gwolf. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 19:59:33 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 19:59:42 #topic Roll call 19:59:43 . 19:59:47 Ok, who is here? 19:59:49 * Clint blinks. 19:59:51 o/ 19:59:58 o/ 19:59:58 me, too 19:59:58 * Bart_Massey . 19:59:59 Gerald Turner 20:00:07 o/ 20:00:08 tony mancill 20:00:13 Bart Massey 20:00:23 * _rene_ 20:00:26 Great, lots of locals :) Anybody else from a galax far far away? 20:00:41 Anyway... Lets get this rolling... 20:00:42 I am until it gets too late (already 01:29 here) 20:00:50 #topic DC15 timeline 20:01:06 moray: I really hope it does not get too late. (14:00 here) 20:01:25 So, what have we regarding the DC15 timeline? Updates on the bids' proposals? 20:01:36 gwolf: well, it already is here, really 20:01:38 Setting time for the decision meeting(s)? 20:01:43 I'm here, too, kinda. 20:02:01 should I say something 'bout the Mechelen bid? 20:02:09 .de chugging along… we're ready and both bids are being actively developed further. 20:02:13 wouter: please? 20:02:27 Anybody from .se here as well? 20:02:31 so, I had been expecting a call from the city government, which did not happen 20:02:44 was supposed to be last week 20:02:56 I'll try to call that guy tomorrow 20:02:56 * vorlon waves (late) 20:03:22 based on that, we'll update our prices, and then I should be able to put something useful onto the wiki 20:03:32 Ok. Should we attempt to get a date for the meeting from the Dudle set up by madduck? 20:03:33 I should add that I feel our bid isn't very strong regardless, but I don't want to give up (yet) 20:03:47 I don't think pressing for too much info right now is fair :) 20:03:48 I think all dates will allow me enough time to finalize what we have 20:04:22 wouter: good to know you are still moving, and that you know it *might* be time to stop at some point. Or not :) 20:04:23 and I've also added myself to the dudle not an hour ago, fwiw 20:04:40 * gaudenz waves from a galax far far away (in other words only partly attending) 20:04:40 gwolf: sure :) 20:05:05 OK, so... According to this dudle, the most favored time would be (with 8 votes) Thu 20, 20:00UTC 20:05:21 #info .de's two bids are chugging along 20:05:33 is there anything anyone wants to know from the the german team (above what's in the wiki)? 20:05:36 #info wouter is still pursuing contacts and information on the .be bid 20:05:37 gwolf: I am here. a bit late. 20:05:40 * Kaare pings brother- from .se 20:05:47 Anybody from .se here as well? 20:05:50 and so on 20:05:58 brother-: Hi! Do you have anything to add regarding your bid? 20:06:11 (maybe just saying "we 20:06:14 're still pushing") 20:06:25 gwolf: ok I thought that was obvious. 20:06:32 gwolf: "We're still pushing" 20:06:33 sure. 20:06:44 #info .se is still pushing as well 20:06:56 Good :) Please, .be, .se and .de, keep your wikis updated 20:07:05 and everybody, please look at those wikis :-| 20:07:29 I'll move data from our private pages onto the wiki after this meeting (and dinner ;) 20:07:35 So, does anybody in the slightest way disagree with the Thu 20 20:00 meeting time? 20:07:40 * h01ger waves 20:07:54 thursday the 20th? 20:08:07 h01ger: yes? 20:08:31 wasnt sure whether there was another thursday 20:08:55 There is another (27), but with less votes 20:09:36 ../ 20:09:37 ? 20:09:44 I think that's a no :) 20:09:53 Ok, so... 20:09:54 (as in, "no disagreements") 20:10:10 #agree The DC15 decision meeting will take place on February 20, 20:00UTC. 20:10:21 Sorry 20:10:26 #agreed The DC15 decision meeting will take place on February 20, 20:00UTC. 20:10:27 :) 20:10:34 gwolf: can we propose following the agreed process? 20:10:41 procedural question: does that mean it will be decided on that date? 20:10:50 rather than "the" decision meeting in a week and no thinking 20:10:56 moray: we can propose soooo many things... please elaborate :) 20:10:56 or that it will be the last step before the decision 20:11:01 here if anyone needs anything. 20:11:26 right, if needed (and it's usually so), we will have a second meeting 20:11:49 gwolf: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Bid_process 20:11:59 you might be familiar with this :) 20:12:02 #info moray insists on the importance of sticking to our agreed processes — That means we probably will held a second decision meeting somewhat later on 20:12:18 #info Everybody please also read and get acquinted with https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Bid_process 20:12:24 moray: better? :) 20:12:29 RichiH: it could be decided there, if we conclude we only have one realistic option and that is good enough. 20:12:32 gwolf: if we really only had one bid, I wouldn't insist, but it seems we have three who want it... 20:12:45 right. 20:12:47 if thats the case, i think we should decide and not postpone 20:13:11 moray: that bid process has no timeline whatsoever. 20:13:30 I am fine with having a later meeting, or more than one meeting 20:13:36 h01ger: If deviations from our standard agreed policies are needed, *please* post a mail and try to get them fixed 20:13:39 but I really need a date to work towards. 20:13:52 it's possible to do so, but lets not just argue on IRC meetings... 20:14:04 So... 20:14:11 #topic Final report for DC13 20:14:18 h01ger: if some bids should be ruled out, that can be done before/outside a meeting 20:14:21 Do we have any updates on this? 20:14:23 gwolf: so, is there a meeting? when? 20:14:30 madduck: Feb20 20UTC 20:14:31 what is the dc15 timeline? please don't push ahead… 20:14:42 or, to put it another way: why not start the question period now/soon? obviously, we do _not_ want to impede .be's or .se's bids, but /me would appreciate questions sooner rather than later 20:14:48 and to _me_, i'd say this could happen if .be withdraws and other agree with me, that the .se bid is a "nice try" - i think its splendid that there is a .se bid but it lacks too many details and is generally not well fleshed out at all. .se bidders, thanks, but sorry, please improve and come back 20:14:49 okay, so by 21 feb we have a decision? 20:14:58 madduck: not necessarily 20:14:59 sorry for being to slow with typing 20:15:22 h01ger, madduck: Please don't wait for the meetings for information. And please don't wait until somebody asks for the status updates. 20:15:38 gwolf: we're ready and have been waiting for questions since 1 january. 20:15:41 madduck: if the .de bid clearly is a winner (as in, very fleshed out etc), I'm not opposed to withdrawing my bid 20:15:42 Maybe if we were more proactive with this on lists we could get better predictability 20:15:52 gwolf: well the asked mail is pointless until we know about the mechelen bid 20:15:53 I'd have to discuss that with the rest of the team, but we can do that before then 20:16:09 Please take the process to the lists... and lets continue the meeting as proposed. 20:16:13 right 20:16:28 So, we are in "Final report for DC13". 20:16:31 * h01ger will first be waiting for the result of that phonecall wouter will make tomorrow 20:16:36 Any updates on this? 20:16:37 sorry, 20:16:51 but getting 15 going is also important 20:16:52 03Steve Langasek 4430 10/www/website/calendars/DebConf-team.ics dc15 'decision' meeting * 14http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debconf-data?view=revision&revision=4430 20:16:59 IIRC harmoney and bgupta were among the chief drivers of this../ 20:17:00 ? 20:17:01 final report for dc13> I'm blocked, needing real budget numbers 20:17:18 vorlon: have you spoken with hug? 20:17:25 hug: have you spoken with vorlon? 20:17:27 we have everything else in that we said was required, but I don't know how to get the budget figures done without making myself a royal nuisance to hug 20:17:34 I have sent hug mail about this, yes 20:17:43 #info Budget is still blocked as real numbers are still missing 20:18:02 #info all else that was marked as "required" is there. 20:18:25 hug has been scarce of late.. anyone spoken to him recently? 20:18:52 Maybe somebody in not-a-distant-continent can drop him a phone call to ask for the numbers so we can close the chapter? 20:19:17 rafw has been working with hug. 20:19:20 OdyX, rafw: ^^ ? 20:19:25 I'll see if he can poke him again. 20:19:33 all I need are final numbers 20:19:46 I don't need any drafting, just real numbers to plug in 20:20:03 #action People who were in charge of DC13 accounting will be poked by harmoney / vorlon 20:20:09 hug has been in the middle of a major move, from what I understand, and has been unavailable. 20:20:12 #info Only numbers are required, no text drafting. 20:20:15 ahhh 20:20:28 harmoney: I'm pretty sure he hasn't been moving for 2 months 20:20:35 OK... So, anything else to add in this topic 20:20:36 ? 20:20:52 gwolf: I'm not taking the action to poke further on this, I have too much else on my plate for dc14 20:21:14 vorlon: Right. harmoney, will you? 20:21:33 gwolf: I can, but bearing in mind, I've poked a lot. There's only so much poking will do. :) 20:21:54 of course :-| Anybody more local willing to risk a phone call? 20:22:44 #info Whoever can help contacting and getting the information, *please* help. 20:22:50 Moving on to the next topic. 20:22:54 I can take gettign ahold of hug.. 20:22:57 cate: see "contact for hug" above 20:23:15 bgupta: thanks :) I guess we don't hve to explicitly #info you, right? 20:23:24 nope 20:23:28 #topic DC14: C&W status and developments 20:23:42 * gturner waves 20:23:43 Ok, so this is (hopefully) a simple status update 20:23:55 given up on parks (9PM curfew...) 20:23:57 gturner has been pinging tiago, taffit_sud and me 20:24:13 and he has posted a nice sum on the status so far in the list 20:24:30 vagrant dropped me a suggestion to try http://www.firstunitarianportland.org/our-church/facilities-rentals 20:24:31 * cworth wakes up late 20:24:34 I was just reading bubulle's mail answering to that 20:24:37 ...nice courtyard, lot's of space - working on that now 20:24:49 gturner: Sadly :( Because the parks seemed like a great option :( 20:25:06 gturner: how far is First Unitarian from the venue? 20:25:21 (and being a church... Will they impose in any way a moral code?) 20:25:22 Longish walk 20:25:25 gwolf: about the same distance as Director Park, ~10 blocks 20:25:37 OK. 20:25:50 Closest is best, but we have to accomodate for reality :) 20:26:30 doesn't look like there's a moral code :P 20:26:39 gwolf: they're Unitarians, it's not /really/ a church ;) 20:26:39 their docs mention alcohol 20:26:40 So... Well, beyond what was said alreayd in the lists, I don't think we have anything else pushing C&W right now, right? 20:26:42 we had a fairly long distance to walk in Managua, too, for the C&W, and I heard nobody complain 20:26:59 #info Parks for C&W had to be discarded because of a real early curfew 20:27:26 #info gturner is now looking at another possibility with the First Unitarian Church, about 10 blocks from the venue 20:27:30 wouter: right 20:27:35 Portland's a very walkable city, and the weather will be nice. I don't think we'll have any problems getting to/from an off-site party 20:27:48 gturner: thanks very much for your work on driving this, btw :) 20:27:58 question regarding this possible chuch venue (Eliot Center), their docs mention a bit about serving alcohol, that we have to designate servers, that a problem? 20:28:32 gturner: we will have to negotiate it with them, as it usually works by having all the bottles on the tables, and people just sampling whatever they please 20:28:36 gturner: usually, yes. Cheese and wine are put on a table, people just walk around and take what they want 20:28:43 (our volunteer servers would have to read some state liquor control doctrine) 20:28:46 i.e. we don't have servers, or we have the same amount of servers as attendees 20:29:23 gturner: if servers are *required* we can bend our usual ways around and comply... but it sounds quite artificial 20:29:38 okay i'll explain this while inquiring 20:29:47 gturner: but at least from what you mention, the unreal unitarian church sounds like a good prospect... 20:29:55 gturner: thanks! 20:30:09 So, pushing the next topic..? 20:30:20 * gturner nods 20:30:21 #topic DC14 face to face meeting tomorrow 20:30:43 locals: Any information we foreigners should know? 20:30:53 regarding tomorrow's meeting? 20:31:05 yup, it's written as an agenda point 20:31:12 #save 20:31:24 well, I'm hoping to have a hack session on solving the registration system question for dc14 20:31:43 if anyone wants to participate in that remotely, we could make a point to hang out here 20:31:46 Right. *very* important. 20:32:07 #info vorlon wants to have a hack session to resolve the registration system for DC14 20:33:03 COMAS! 20:33:06 #info if anybody wants to join this effort, please tell vorlon so they are online and can work together 20:33:12 what are the issues with it? (no need to give the full story here, a pointer do previous discussion would work, too) 20:33:13 * gwolf hides moray under a big rock 20:33:18 s/do/to/ 20:33:24 moray: medically-induced 20:34:12 wouter: for several years people have been trying to get rid of the DebConf-forked penta, also because of persistent UI issues for attendee registration 20:34:16 wouter: in very short, we are all fed up with Pentabarf 20:34:17 wouter: penta is forked from upstream and is a schema nightmare, and we routinely have people not wanting to maintain it; PSU has their own room registration system that we should plan to integrate with 20:34:38 wouter: this being Debian, people have aimed for a technically elegant solution that has never emerged 20:34:53 :-) 20:34:59 Right, what I thought. I ask because philip@fosdem.org has decided to become upstream for penta, and has been working on integrating "good" code from elsewhere 20:35:02 wouter: more realistic may be to leave video etc. in penta for now 20:35:14 you might want to talk with him, if you care enough 20:35:29 wouter: right, but I doubt he will have an interest in the attendee registration stuff (and specifically in our weird requirements of it) 20:35:48 moray: I can't speak for philip; I just wanted to mention it, because it might be relevant 20:35:49 the non-attendee bits were never really a big problem in usage (though perhaps in maintenance) 20:35:58 wouter: we have tried to merge with upstream in the past, with variable degrees of unsuccess :) 20:36:08 gwolf: philip is not your previous upstream :) 20:36:30 wouter: right, but it wasn't so much a non-cooperation issue, as us having forked away too far 20:36:31 anyway, I'm not saying debconf *should* stay with penta, just that it's an option 20:36:40 right. But yes, please talk with him - And if you can get somebody from *our* side willing to do the code heavy lifting, it will help a lot 20:36:43 or, well, data point. whatever. 20:36:55 wouter: given that penta is still written in a language I don't speak, you can count me out in terms of resources if we go that way 20:36:57 certainly I can envisage us sticking with penta for talks for a while 20:37:01 vorlon: fair enough 20:37:06 Well, regardless, for accommodations this year, PSU portal will be handling those. They can accept direct payments. We will utilize such a thing. Penta discussion can happen later. :) 20:37:11 #info wouter will talk with the current Penta upstream to talk about merging our fork 20:37:21 * wouter gulps 20:37:27 :) 20:37:28 right, okay. Will do. 20:37:28 and for talks/video it definitely makes sense to try to merge with fosdem versions 20:37:47 Anyway - Should we drift into "any other business"? 20:37:55 it may be most realistic to solve the UI issues by giving up on having one big system for everything, if we want to solve them 20:38:10 * gwolf agrees with moray... 20:38:47 philip has been working on integrating the video stuff into his penta version, but that's been postponed 20:38:50 #topic Any Other Business 20:38:56 (couldn't get it finished before fosdem...) 20:39:14 We can give sponsors update if needed. 20:39:27 bgupta: please do! 20:39:36 I see there's been some new acquisitions 20:39:39 "Total confirmed money in USD: 028 014" and we are waiting to hear back from a number of others but know we have to have to reach out to a lot more. 20:40:04 should have a better sense of how we are doing by end of this month 20:40:12 #info Total confirmed money from DC14 sponsors so far: USD 028 014 20:40:17 bgupta: is "028" a typo or just an odd way of saying 28? 20:40:50 it's from luca's scipt.. I didn't update the formatiing, and just changed it to work with just USD uinstead of CHF. 20:40:53 #info Waiting for several more possible sponsors; we should have a better sense by the end of this month 20:40:56 I see 20:41:16 bgupta: So lets push sponsors to get over 099 999 to make it look prettier! 20:41:28 well, we probably need that 20:41:39 (not only for formatting sake) 20:42:00 or maybe it's in octal? 20:42:17 it's definately deimal I manually confirmed the results 20:42:27 haha 20:42:30 Hmmm... Well, another interesting point we should be discussing: When should we open CfP? (of course, we need a working registration system to do so) 20:42:45 for comparison, our rough budget numbers are for $169k in expenses 20:42:50 vorlon: please consider the point in tomorrows meeting 20:42:51 gwolf: we don't need a working system to advertise it if we want 20:43:11 #info For comparison, our rough budget numbers are for $169K in expenses 20:43:26 bgupta: Is there a report I can see about which sponsors are already committed and which are still being talked to? 20:43:31 moray: but we need to confirm people they will be able to register by a given date... 20:44:03 cworth: you need to join the sponsorship team, if you didn't yet, then you can see all the data 20:44:18 it's in git 20:44:28 moray: OK. Thanks. 20:45:05 ...Anything else to add for this meeting? 20:45:06 how do you join the sponsorship team? https://alioth.debian.org/projects/debian-sponsors is blocked to non-members, you can't even see who the admins are 20:45:11 (But yes, asking bgupta about it separately is probably a good idea!) 20:45:14 (could someone please fix that!) 20:45:17 cworth: Send email to debconf-sponsors-team@debconf.org 20:45:39 #info For people interested in joining the Sponsors Team, please email debconf-sponsors-team@debconf.org 20:46:21 could someone fix the alioth perms so that it's possible to join via the normal method, instead of having to discover the magic address in the meeting notes? 20:46:47 I have admin, I don't know how to do what you asked but will look into it. 20:46:49 #info Please, somebody fix the debian-sponsors alioth project so it's not an information blackhole 20:46:56 #action bgupta will :) 20:47:12 OK. And I think nobody will complain if I close this session... 20:47:23 #endmeeting .