18:00:48 <nattie> #startmeeting 18:00:48 <MeetBot> Meeting started Mon May 18 18:00:48 2020 UTC. The chair is nattie. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 18:00:48 <MeetBot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 18:00:53 <nattie> #topic roll call 18:00:57 <tzafrir> Hi 18:01:02 <anisa> Hello 18:01:02 <nattie> you know the drill - holler if you're here 18:01:07 <terceiro> hello 18:01:11 <tumbleweed> Haai 18:01:33 <DLange> < 6 feet > Hello < 6 feet > 18:01:46 <lenharo> Hello :-) 18:02:15 <nattie> at a guess that's everyone for the moment - everyone else, just come in quietly and wait for applause before running down the aisle 18:02:16 * anisa hollers wearing a mask 18:02:23 <nattie> #topic coronavirus update 18:02:27 <nattie> any news? 18:03:01 <tumbleweed> I need to do a thing on the website, right 18:03:06 <nattie> (if there's none within two minutes i'm moving to the next topic) 18:03:13 <nattie> oh yeah, i think the copy for that is mostly written? 18:04:20 <DLange> #link https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20/Faq 18:04:30 <DLange> updated the FAQ a few days ago 18:04:37 <nattie> moment, going to look 18:05:25 <nattie> i guess we can roll the discussion of a poll into this topic item 18:05:45 <nattie> so: let's have a poll now to see whether we should hold a poll about holding the conference 18:05:50 <tumbleweed> ;P 18:05:51 <nattie> thoughts, anyone? 18:06:34 <terceiro> I think it would be sensible to do it 18:06:51 <tzafrir> Right now it's not really clear if it will be possible to enter the country without a 14-days quarantine. 18:06:56 <terceiro> but we would have to agree on how exactly we take that input in consideration 18:07:02 <tzafrir> Which is a show stopper. 18:07:07 <nattie> it would certainly be a way of getting a feel for what potential attendees think 18:07:36 <DLange> tzafrir: and that will go away. The quarantine will be lifted in June acc. to your governments plans. 18:08:45 <tzafrir> I didn't see that anywhere. I see more of full open of the airport. 18:08:58 <tzafrir> (But I didn't fully check everywhere) 18:09:03 <DLange> my government is talking to your government :) 18:09:15 <nattie> perhaps we should focus on the phrasing of the poll? 18:09:28 <DLange> and whom to send it to 18:09:43 <DLange> I'd say all people that attended one of the last three debconfs or so 18:10:02 <nattie> maybe a few more - i'd say back to 15 18:10:02 <terceiro> I would say at least 2 of the last 3 18:10:04 <DLange> plus the Israeli local people that could surely attend 18:10:15 <terceiro> there is no point in asking local people who would never attend a debconf again 18:11:41 <DLange> you mean Brazilians? 18:11:50 <terceiro> or taiwanese, or canadians 18:12:01 <DLange> hm, valid argument 18:12:10 <tzafrir> So: two of the last 3? 18:12:13 <DLange> everybody who attended two of the last five debconfs? 18:12:40 <phls> hi. How bad is for Debian if people from some countries are not allowed to enter in Isral in August? 18:12:49 * nattie thinks it should go back as far as 15, just because the most recent four have been rather far from Europe 18:13:02 <nattie> phls: we're having a meeting - could you hold that thought please? 18:13:20 <phls> my question is about quarentine 18:13:28 <nattie> i see 18:13:30 <phls> but I can wait 18:13:54 <nattie> shouldn't be too long 18:14:13 <nattie> 2 or 3 out of the last 5? 18:14:38 <tumbleweed> potentially also worth asking speakers 18:14:43 <terceiro> I think 2 should be good enough 18:14:47 <nattie> ok 18:15:03 <DLange> seems good 18:15:03 <tumbleweed> we have almost no submissions so far 18:15:09 <nattie> #agreed A poll will go out to those who have attended 2 of the last 5 DebConfs 18:15:14 <DLange> so now for the question to ask? 18:15:43 <nattie> there seem to be two questions listed on the agenda 18:15:57 <terceiro> those two questions look good to me 18:16:13 <nattie> +1 18:16:29 <terceiro> I suggest we form a small task force for designing the actual poll, and take this offline 18:16:32 <terceiro> I volunteer FWIW 18:16:55 <nattie> terceiro: should i send people to you for the record (as an #info)? 18:17:04 <tzafrir> Maybe a third: "Do you think you'll be able to come"? 18:17:14 <terceiro> nattie: sure 18:17:30 <nattie> #info Those interested in designing the poll should contact terceiro 18:17:45 <tumbleweed> how about a third qusestion abuot a remote conference? 18:18:06 <tumbleweed> "if debconf were entirely online, would you attend / speak" 18:18:12 <nattie> i refer to the honourable gentleman to terceiro's suggestion 18:18:40 <terceiro> #info suggestion: <tzafrir> Maybe a third: "Do you think you'll be able to come"? 18:18:56 <terceiro> #info suggestion: <tumbleweed> "if debconf were entirely online, would you attend / speak" 18:19:03 <terceiro> I think both of those make sense 18:19:07 <nattie> *nods* 18:19:17 <nattie> back to phls' question now? 18:19:20 <DLange> like it 18:19:28 <phls> ok 18:19:44 <nattie> anyone got any views on this? 18:19:55 <DLange> phls: we won't know which countries citizens will be allowed entry or not 18:20:04 <DLange> this depends on bilateral agreements 18:20:24 <DLange> and these depend on the epedemic situation in the origin countries 18:20:29 <tumbleweed> for me, the biggest question would be: Will I be able to return home. As things stand, the US wouldn't let me in 18:20:49 <phls> I think it would be terrible if people would not allowed to enter in Israel, from any country 18:21:05 <DLange> Europe and Asia (outside India) will likely be fine. We can't say yet for US, Brazil and India unfortunately 18:21:27 <phls> yes, I believe Americas in general 18:21:50 <tumbleweed> phls: terrible or not, not much we can do about that 18:21:50 <terceiro> in a normal situation, there is always the chance of someone not being able to enter. in this new normal, that increases a lot 18:22:08 <DLange> tactical flying will help, too 18:22:16 <tumbleweed> (and even in the old normal, countries have diplomatic spats with each other, and it's normal citizens that get hurt) 18:22:18 <DLange> spend two weeks in Europe along the way :) 18:23:30 <terceiro> I think the question in the air is: what needs to (not) happen for us to decide to hold debconf in Haifa in august 18:23:50 <terceiro> I think we should try to come up with specific criteria 18:23:55 <terceiro> e.g. a checklist 18:24:21 <nattie> that should be a TODO for the next meeting, i suppose? 18:24:41 <terceiro> I'd say so 18:24:57 <DLange> what do we do with the registration then? 18:25:16 <DLange> If we don't open it soon, there will be no bursary process possible anymore 18:25:39 <terceiro> I think it should be fine to open with the disclaimer you guys wrote 18:25:42 <DLange> we said in the past that we ask people to register conditionally (=Corona disclaimer) 18:25:48 <nattie> who's going to take the action for the checklist? 18:26:07 <DLange> terceiro: ok, then we need that implemented in wafer very, very soon 18:26:21 <tumbleweed> that's easy enough. I've just been avoiding it 18:26:33 <tumbleweed> new SSO won't happen in a hurry, though 18:26:40 <tumbleweed> and it'd be paypal payments 18:26:45 <tumbleweed> (no progress on stripe) 18:27:00 <DLange> can you do the Coronal disclaimer and do the rest whenever that makes sense? 18:27:08 <tumbleweed> are we done with the rest of https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-team/public/data/dc20/issues/14 ? 18:27:12 <tumbleweed> Nothing is checked off 18:27:37 <nattie> i guess we implement that if we decide to go ahead? 18:27:46 <nattie> t-shirt sizes could be researched in advance 18:28:23 <tzafrir> I believe we are. I tried registration in wafertest. 18:28:50 <nattie> same 18:28:51 <tumbleweed> Should I close that then? 18:29:04 <tzafrir> Right now it fails in stage 10, and I guess that this is expected? 18:29:11 <tumbleweed> What's stage 10? 18:29:43 <nattie> is that payment? 18:30:06 <tumbleweed> looks like an invoice error due to a missing price 18:30:20 <tumbleweed> I'll have to look at that 18:31:26 <tzafrir> So, I guess I'll take the action for the checklist, unless anybody likes it. 18:31:40 <nattie> tzafrir: do you want anyone to join you on it? 18:31:50 <tumbleweed> I have to say, from an organizational point of view, if DebConf *is* going to happen, we need to start getting more motivated about these things 18:31:53 <tumbleweed> (me included) 18:32:04 <nattie> well, yes 18:32:07 <tumbleweed> I think we've all been assuming it'll be off for the last month or two while we waited 18:32:16 <tumbleweed> and we're getting behind on preparation now 18:33:02 <tumbleweed> Just as well Israel has a reputation for a can-do attitude, and everybody seemed happy to do things at the last minute :P 18:33:35 <nattie> #action Tzafrir to take charge of the checklist - those interested in helping should contact him 18:33:44 <anisa> Lets just make DebConf happen :D 18:34:24 <nattie> should we move on to last meeting's actions? 18:34:29 <nattie> or is there more to say on this? 18:35:11 <nattie> #topic last meeting's actions 18:35:21 <nattie> there officially weren't any 18:35:37 <tumbleweed> well, the coronavirus notice :P 18:35:45 <nattie> i think we already discussed that 18:35:51 <tumbleweed> indeed 18:35:57 <DLange> can we have an ETA on that tumbleweed? 18:36:03 <tumbleweed> DLange: right now 18:36:13 <DLange> coding as we speak? 18:36:31 <tumbleweed> yep 18:36:35 <DLange> awesome! 18:37:17 <nattie> #topic budget approval assumptions 18:38:15 <nattie> anything to add to what the agenda says? 18:38:38 <DLange> proposed assumptions are DebCamp 50 attendees / DebConf 150 attendees (80 local, 70 international) 18:38:50 <DLange> Currently secured income: 73,100 USD 18:38:56 <DLange> Estimate for further income: 20,000 USD 18:40:24 <nattie> i'm going to assume that's for info rather than discussion, yes? 18:41:02 <tzafrir> I guess we'll have some feedback for that from the poll by next meeting. 18:41:05 <nattie> *nods* 18:41:08 <nattie> #topic AoB 18:41:14 <nattie> anything? 18:41:22 <nattie> when should we have the next meeting? 18:41:37 <nattie> 1st of June? 18:41:45 <nattie> for last-minute discussions before the deadline 18:41:47 <DLange> sounds good 18:41:50 <terceiro> yeah 18:41:57 <nattie> any blockers from anyone for that date? 18:42:08 <anisa> fine by me :) 18:42:16 <nattie> tzafrir? 18:42:21 <tzafrir> Fine. 18:42:37 <nattie> #agreed Next meeting 1 June, 1800 UTC 18:42:44 <nattie> anything else? 18:43:45 <nattie> #endmeeting