18:29:52 #startmeeting 18:29:52 Meeting started Wed May 18 18:29:52 2016 UTC. The chair is tumbleweed. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 18:29:52 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 18:29:54 most fun we can have without beer :/ 18:30:05 https://deb.li/DC16meet 18:30:14 err 18:30:16 https://deb.li/DC16meet1 18:30:21 ^ Agenda: 18:30:30 food has just arrived here 18:30:58 so now you will make us hungry as well as thirsty? 18:31:42 heh I was thinking that 18:32:01 #topic Confirmed sponsors' liason: fulfillment. Please get indiebio and tumbleweed on that forwarder 18:32:09 tumbleweed: if you need me I am here, but workng on a big deadline, so just ping me. 18:32:14 tamo: OK 18:32:36 Is there a fulfillment team, as such? 18:32:49 can indiebio and I just get added to the alias? 18:33:09 sure, we should look at who's on there and not active 18:34:16 #action tumbleweed to get indiebio and tumbleweed on fulfillment 18:34:24 #topic Chat to sponsors ML about local companies (non-sponsors, or lower ranks) opportunities 18:34:33 #action also remove inactive people from last year 18:34:39 doesn'treally seem like a meeting topic... 18:34:53 tumbleweed: kick the girl next to you :) 18:35:02 I am 18:35:12 nah I guess it was more of a keep-everyone-in-the-loop kind of thing 18:35:13 wizzy is between us, unfortunately 18:35:32 I spoke to azeem, will send an email summarising 18:35:41 It's sorted, in other words, thanks 18:35:59 I just haven't done it yet 18:36:16 #action indiebio to send an email summary 18:36:24 #topic day trop 18:36:28 #topic day trip 18:36:29 even 18:36:37 +1 to my e-mail? 18:37:44 that is http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/thread/20160514.152809.d9ac215a.en.html 18:37:45 I'm o.k. with that many options if tamo feels she can organize them (with local help) 18:38:03 I'll quiz the people around the table on that, momentarily 18:38:41 which of the five need busses? Which go with local public transport? 18:38:51 they all need busses 18:38:56 there is no local public trasport 18:39:11 we wanted to have one that's free of charge ... busses cost money 18:39:14 tumbleweed: yup that is all fine, for Cape point though you would need to maybe add Brass Bell or something in 18:39:23 hike to kirstenbosch, that's free 18:39:29 or hike up the mountain 18:39:30 Kirstenbosch could be walked to 18:39:30 Hiking would be free 18:39:39 ok, that's fine 18:39:44 DLange: R75 per person for a lux bus is pretty good 18:39:44 so not all need busses 18:40:09 jammie shuttles can also get you to gardens 18:40:10 tamo: sure, but not everybody attending has that money or wants to spend it 18:40:12 Hiking we literally start out the door 18:40:16 where there are a bunch of art museums 18:40:24 the company gardens 18:40:25 parliament 18:40:26 etc 18:40:42 Yup, to town is good, great trip 18:40:50 sounds good. May be we can add this as a "self organized" day trip 18:40:53 Erma Stern Museum is litterally on campus 18:40:58 and for spouses ... 18:41:06 DLange: yup true then they can do Kirstenbosh or walk up Table Mountain and back again etc 18:41:43 tumbleweed: all Museums will ahve a fee though 18:41:46 tamo: ask the people around the table for an intro to the wiki please. And then please add that there. 18:41:56 tamo isn't at the table 18:42:12 this is the dinner following a local LUG meeting 18:42:19 that unusually happened on a wednesday rather than a tuseday 18:42:31 damn, oportunity missed :) 18:43:22 so daytrips +1 and the amendments discussed above? 18:43:47 DLange: I think most of the Day Trip options are quite reasonable, and cover from expensive to not 18:43:55 tamo: btw very nice work on that, finally caught up with daytrips on saturday and it was very very nicely put together 18:44:12 highvoltage: thnaks :) 18:44:26 yes, I love the options, too. Three days for daytrips please :) 18:44:52 highvoltage: sorry haven't got back to you been quite distracted 18:45:01 DLange: yup lost to do in CT!! 18:45:06 DLange: sure thing, just find the budget for an extended DC ;) 18:45:41 time to move on 18:45:46 DLange: lots sorry 18:45:47 day trips during DebCamp ... we should think about this :) 18:46:32 DLange: haha yup give your talks etc at different locations, keep things fresh! 18:46:49 #topic bursary status 18:46:59 I don't know if we need to catually go into all these details 18:47:15 it seems debian bursaries gained some extra funds and are sponsoring more people 18:47:23 outreach is under way 18:47:31 local team bursaries we still need to do something about 18:47:38 and press, we never decided last week 18:48:08 tamo: oh, re day trips. indiebio says jammie shuttles will be available for day trips too 18:48:08 on the latter bursaries decided to not sponsor the request 18:48:37 People are asked to reconfirm by May 20th but some people are pending the outreach bursary decision :/ 18:48:42 tumbleweed: ok to Cape point etc or around town? 18:49:37 tumbleweed: Does Jammie shuttle go to Spice Route? Can we get a price? 18:49:40 ah. Sorry, it's not jammies actually 18:49:51 the jammie shuttle people can get good prices with external providers 18:50:16 apparently indiebio sent you an email or two about this 18:50:17 tumbleweed: ah ok I see 18:50:23 tumbleweed: ? 18:50:46 tumbleweed: nope didn't get that, could she resend it indiebio 18:50:57 larjona: people who legitimately need extra time can contact registration 18:51:17 #action indiebio to give tamo information about UCT's external bus agreements 18:51:49 Thanks for the info nattie 18:52:10 tumbleweed: speaking of which have we decided on the transport from the Airport for the 2 days? 18:52:12 tumbleweed: did you inquire with Belinda again for extended stays? 18:52:38 DLange: apparently shirish was able to get accomm in another residence, so it should be doable 18:52:42 I'll talk to them 18:52:58 great! Because we'll have too many beds anyways ... and offset cost etc., yadda, yadda 18:53:08 #action tumbleweed to talk to CMC about stays after debconf 18:53:21 DLange: so, on press 18:53:34 I guess this is a DPL decision - he'd be allocating more money if we were to do it 18:54:01 tumbleweed: well, you should get team consensus before asking the dpl 18:54:16 (otherwise we could end up with lots of people asking him independently for different things) 18:54:24 I think if the team agrees it's useful, the DPL will agree 18:54:33 yes, most likely 18:54:43 perhaps larjona can ask the publicity team whether they find LWN worth attending for ~$2-3k 18:55:35 I think we should be able to get local IT press for free and they all write in English 18:55:49 I don't think we've tried... 18:55:58 There are certainly people I could reach out to 18:56:04 and ginggs knows the mybroadband people... 18:56:21 it'd be far less technical coverage than LWN 18:57:08 I think this is a debconf team decision, nothing to do with publicity team. The coverage is different. I didn't handle Nathan's last year attendance, not sure who was the contact person 18:57:16 in general, the best extra coverage would probably be from hassling people to write blog posts 18:57:26 (which other online media will then pick up) 18:57:49 nobody really wants to make this decision :P 18:58:10 asking publicity for their thoughts is reasonable 18:58:13 so let's accept the one bursaries too for us until somebody hollers 18:58:36 tincho was the contact person 18:58:53 yeah, I'm not feeling desparate to spend money on press 18:59:06 and for 2-3k we find a lot of people willing to write a LWN piece each 18:59:21 yeah... 18:59:30 moving on then 18:59:35 last year we paid only half of travel brcsuse of other conferrnce 18:59:43 #topic catering decision 18:59:49 tamo 18:59:57 are we any closer to a decision here? 19:00:58 tumbleweed: Yup went to the meeting wih Wayne today, and was not impressed with the food, typical Canteen food. But he does a gourmet selection and will give me quote and another tasting on Friday 19:01:26 tamo: would they do dinner? 19:01:28 tumbleweed: I haven't got around to sending teh C3 Menu yet will get all done on Friday 19:01:39 tumbleweed: yes, he would do dinner 19:02:44 tamo: I don't have any problem with typical canteen food 19:02:45 tumbleweed: after Friday I think, TBC or C3 should be the option. Can't believe I am saying this but C3's food was a bit beter than his! 19:02:49 I was hoping Cape Twon would have nice food 19:03:06 but DebConf usually has pretty simple, cheap food :) 19:03:15 and nobody expects anything more 19:03:16 tumbleweed: mmm tasteless :( as apposed to Good Cheap food. 19:03:39 that's less than ideal 19:03:47 Is Matt Fox definitely out? Ginggs is under the impression that they have done bigger numbers before, when he and tamo met with them 19:03:50 if you think C3 are better, then C3 is probably the obvious choice 19:03:57 or matt fox,yes 19:04:30 tumbleweed: yup but, at teh end of the day price is the determining factor TBC cheap but divine food. Others mediochre but no catering 19:05:07 indiebio: I'd pfer Matt Fox but his catering fee was way over priced 19:05:51 tamo: we're using matt for debcamp, aren't we? 19:05:58 does it not fit in the budget? 19:06:00 But he was fine for DebCamp, pricing wise? 19:06:14 tumbleweed: yes because he can only have 180 people at a time 19:06:43 So does the price get affected by more than 180 people, and if so, how? 19:06:45 tamo: that's probably fine 19:07:28 tumbleweed: yes, but as I say, everyone is going there for lunch (buffet) and Dinner, due to the SMALL numbers 19:07:45 tamo: people don't all eat at the same time 19:07:54 I think 180 capacity would be sufficient 19:07:55 *think* 19:08:12 tumbleweed: dinner is btw 6-8pm lunch 12-1pm 19:08:19 12-2pm 19:08:29 surely we can get everyone through in 2 hours? 19:08:30 different people for DebCamp and -Conf is a good thing 19:08:35 that is also true 19:08:36 more diversity, more choice 19:08:41 it's nice to have variety 19:08:54 DLange: not really choice, but less time with one option to get bored of it, at least 19:08:55 Matt Fox would do for the Conference 12-2pm and 1-2pm 19:09:02 tamo: OK, let's see what the gourmet selection is like 19:09:27 and in the meantime ,we have to get pricing on security etc for TBC 19:09:34 DLange: I agree Matt Fox does the same thing over so people would get bored at the Camp and Conference 19:10:27 tumbleweed: Yip, I called yesterday but didn't get far, and didn't have time to follow up. This week is a busy week. But have Friday to focus on Debconf again for everything 19:10:38 tamo: OK 19:10:47 tamo: I'm probably gonig to have a crazy friday, or I'd offer to help 19:10:52 let's try to get this decision ready for next week 19:11:06 my gut feeling is ... this gets somewhat urgent to secure now 19:11:32 tumbleweed: no problem just have a crazy client this week with loads of work and deadlines, so will be on top of everything again from Friday 19:12:03 DLange: yeaaaaah 19:12:07 we've been putting this off for months 19:12:24 DLange: by next week a decision must be made, I need to do other Debconf stuff so can't focus on this after next week Wed 19:12:35 I think people are grown up enough to go eat somewhere else if they get bored. worked at 14 19:12:46 you'd have to go further 19:12:53 although lunch would be available on campus 19:13:15 and we aren't offering the same a-la-carte pricing that dc14 did, for dining 19:13:16 there's mr delivery :) 19:13:37 tumbleweed: lets see if Wayne can up his meals, what the price is for security and then decide from those 3 options 19:14:12 and no lunch on day trip day, or packed lunches? 19:14:23 moray_: packed lunches 19:14:40 any special evening? that can also break up food boredom even if it's not a fancy dinner 19:14:55 moray_: Friday for lunch - finger food due to dinner in the evening 19:15:02 right 19:15:06 we have a braai and a conference dinner, too 19:15:08 moray_: and Braai Wed night 19:15:19 sounds good 19:15:26 so not much time for people to get that bored with it 19:15:30 moray_: great variety :) 19:15:38 cough cheese cough and wine 19:15:41 OK, onwards 19:15:46 #topic Short status report: registration, visa, video, content, t-shirt, badge, speaker banners 19:15:57 olasd: cough import restrictions :) 19:16:05 olasd: haha yup that too :) 19:16:14 cough smugglers cough 19:16:39 DLange: 🙈 19:16:40 local cheese and wine are pretty good 19:17:03 chocolate :) my vote! 19:17:34 +1 19:17:54 anyone from any of these teams got any status updates? 19:18:15 tumbleweed: T's, Swag etc, etc on Friday or before - was waiing for better prices and almost done with the document to send to everyone 19:18:27 righto 19:18:48 registration: reconf status 155 of 264 (59%) 19:19:12 visa ... ask ginggs next to you pls. 19:19:19 ginggs just ran away 19:19:24 but I spoke to him about it earlier 19:19:41 DLange: did we get the Letters done? I saw a few people asking last week 19:20:41 apparently every consulate wants different paperwork 19:20:48 but they're working that out 19:20:53 and you need to use black ink, not blue 19:21:25 (and don't mention cheese?) 19:21:32 so I'd say averall status on visa is ... progress is made 19:21:53 definitely 19:22:10 tumbleweed: okay interesting, does that apply for the visiters letter? 19:22:38 yep, ginggs is handling those 19:22:45 tumbleweed: how long for does it take to get a Visa for SA? 19:22:51 I think a week 19:23:03 tumbleweed: ah cool that is quick! 19:23:26 but often you have to visit the consulate. And it may be in a different country 19:23:36 DLange: do you need a Visa for SA on your passport? 19:23:36 zlatan said he was taking a week's trip to greece to get a visa 19:23:44 tamo: EU citizens don't 19:23:53 tumbleweed: lucky!! 19:24:06 he's bosnian... 19:24:10 #topic And start to collect what teams need: printer, cash box (2?), duct tape, pharmacy, cables, phone, walkies talkies, panic, sleep, etc. 19:24:20 yes cash box 19:24:23 all of those, probably 19:24:32 I have a cash box I can put in my suitcase 19:24:39 * tumbleweed can probably scrounge a cash box, too 19:24:45 i am not trekking across CT to buy a cash box at the last minute 19:24:49 with lots of Debian stickers on it 19:24:52 #action tumbleweed to find a cash box 19:24:57 I also can organise one 19:25:01 laminator 19:25:14 I can probably put it in one of the video boxes actually 19:25:21 tumbleweed: and insurance 19:25:41 apparently there's a laminator in chem eng 19:25:45 badge-printing stuff and pouches 19:25:46 but we can't move it to front desk 19:25:57 I can put some panic in the cashbox too 19:26:06 I've got plenty of that 19:26:32 #action tumbleweed to look for printers too 19:26:36 radios would be good due to the huge campus 19:26:53 we could hire? 19:26:57 I can add 2-way radios to the sound equipment hires 19:26:58 or some phone SIMs and prepaid cards (less good but easier) 19:27:08 tumbleweed: or buy from Crazy store ! 19:27:11 prepaid SIMs are trivial to get 19:27:17 would be worth asking for paddatrapper, thank you 19:27:24 tamo: any idea how cheap? 19:27:43 will your 2-ways work reliably across campus? cell coverage is usually better :p 19:27:44 attendees might want SIMs too -- sometimes you can get a load for free from a company 19:27:54 tumbleweed: Yes pretty much, but they are not the High tech ones 19:27:55 (as roaming fees will be high for many) 19:28:00 radios on campus are trick, because of the mountainside 19:28:03 those cheap 0.25W walkie talkies won't work well at UCT 19:28:11 (probably won't even work from one building to the next) 19:28:24 moray_: we can't provide bulk SIMs due to local law 19:28:30 they have to be registered with the government 19:28:31 better to get the decent ones that can max out on the community channels 19:28:33 highvoltage: yup they are about R50ish 19:28:34 highvoltage: so we need 1W ones :) 19:28:35 but getting e.g. 10 for orga is trivial 19:29:07 highvoltage: I'll chat with my suppliers and see if I can get a couple to test out on campus 19:29:08 * tumbleweed brough a 2-way raido with me - we can test, highvoltage :P 19:29:17 regarding SIMs ..there's the small problem that in SA all SIMs need registration, proof of residence, etc. :( 19:29:32 Guest1284: /nick please 19:29:37 tumbleweed: Game also have walkie talkies you get 2 in a pack, not sure the price though 19:29:38 ah, sorry 19:29:41 tumbleweed: and I have a 5W one and can probably borrow another one or two 19:30:03 "please" would have been more funny :) 19:30:04 How many radios are we looking for? 19:30:18 paddatrapper: probably in the 10-20 range 19:30:27 IIRC fil brought 6 or so last year? 19:30:28 nah, six are enough 19:30:33 tumbleweed: Will see what I can do 19:30:45 ok, quote for 10 then? 19:30:50 the Baofeng UV-5R's would likely do 19:30:51 OK will do 19:30:55 DLange: they would have been useful for video, too, but weren't available 19:30:58 frontdesk, network, project management, driver, emergency and a spare 19:31:09 those Baofengs are *excellent* 19:31:18 that's exactly what I brought :P 19:31:28 They're about $30 USD each but they do a lot. 19:31:37 Can't guarentee what type they will have, but will ask 19:31:46 although in South Africa you technically require a licence to use them 19:31:52 (depending on how they're programmed) 19:32:10 technically same as the U.S. 19:32:39 #action paddatrapper to price 2-way radios 19:32:46 and technically they violate part 95 rules due to removable antenna when it comes to FRS and GRMS 19:32:53 highvoltage: can you make it to UCT some time/ 19:33:18 tumbleweed: yep 19:33:41 highvoltage: next week? IIRC you were busy this week? 19:33:56 * tumbleweed is visiting Fuller tomorrow after lunch, btw 19:34:03 tumbleweed: should we not all have a meet-up at some point, so we can all touch base? 19:34:06 tamo, indiebio, ginggs, highvoltage: ^ 19:34:18 tamo: yes, that'd be useful 19:34:23 tumbleweed: yes, this week I'm working towards scaling down so that I am more flexible for debconf next week onwards. telling my clients that anything I schedule next month will be tentative and I can dissappear on a moment's notice :) 19:34:40 tumbleweed: thanks tumbleweed at work tomorrow :( 19:35:03 tumbleweed: if you tell me when next week, I'll let you know if I can schedule it in. early tuesday evening would probably be most convenient, but we can talk about that post-meeting 19:35:15 highvoltage: tuesday evenings are always good 19:35:29 yeah, let's wind down the meeting 19:35:30 tumbleweed: then let's make it so. 19:35:39 tamo: tuesday evening? 19:35:40 #topic reconfirmation 19:35:46 DLange: already mentioned this 19:35:47 tumbleweed: perfect 19:35:54 we're gonig to start spamming people about reconfirmation soon 19:36:00 great 19:36:11 spam them into compliance!!1 :) 19:36:18 tumbleweed: where and what time? 19:36:21 also orga need to confirm 19:36:26 tamo: not sure,yet 19:36:31 tamo: usually 6:30 somewhere 19:36:37 #topic wafer reporting 19:36:41 tumbleweed: okidoke 19:36:42 DLange: yes, will do 19:36:55 I've been ignoring you on this, yes :) 19:36:58 tumbleweed: standard question ... by when? 19:37:10 that's why I added it to the agenda 19:37:13 DLange: tomorrow / weekend. I'm probably too busy on friday 19:37:19 sounds good 19:37:36 if the thing o nfriday goes pear shaped, it'll also bite into the weekend 19:37:55 * olasd patpats tumbleweed 19:38:43 #topic Any other business 19:38:53 tumbleweed: more or less what time is 'after lunch'? closer to 13:00 or 14:00? 19:39:15 2:30 19:39:59 tumbleweed: yes, when can we start paying deposits? 19:40:13 tumbleweed: Aquarium would need one next week 19:41:03 tamo: OK , we need to start the process on that, *now* then 19:41:16 how much? does CMC have enough money, yet? 19:41:19 has the whatever and wine party been scheduled/planned? 19:41:54 tumbleweed: she cancelled last Fridays meeting, but rescheduled for this Friday, so we will have the invoice by then, and need to pay the 25% deposit 19:41:54 nope, we need to book a venue 19:42:18 "W&W party"... :-) 19:42:19 we call whatever here SIR (and it sounds quite appropriate in English, right?) 19:42:23 I was thinking cheese and wine would be in the tennis club, but it's no longer appropriate (they've turned it into an rowing machine room) 19:42:45 tamo: OK. We probably have enough money on hand 19:42:50 tumbleweed: :( would have been a good spot 19:43:09 tumbleweed: cool ok, just wouldn't wnat to loose it. 19:43:09 * highvoltage imagines people trying to play tennis while using rowing machines 19:43:14 maybe the chem eng tea room? ginggs? 19:43:27 What about the UCT club? 19:43:34 https://debconf16.debconf.org/about/dates/ Monday, 4 July, Second day of DebConf: Cheese and Wine Party 19:43:35 yeah, that could also work 19:43:38 tumbleweed: or the Glasshouse 19:43:41 or that 19:43:44 we have lots of options 19:43:50 it's nice to have it somewhere separate 19:43:57 so that it can be set up during the afternoon 19:44:10 tumbleweed: true! 19:44:21 although, most of the setup is slicing cheese, which can happen anywhere 19:44:54 tumbleweed: okidoke I must run, anything else? 19:44:58 #action tamo to get invoice for aquarium 19:45:01 nope, we're done 19:45:02 does anyone know what happens to small-scale cheese smugglers who get caught? confiscation like in most of Europe, or giant fines like in Australia? 19:45:03 #endmeeting