15:00:00 #startmeeting 15:00:00 Meeting started Mon Mar 6 15:00:00 2017 UTC. The chair is pollo. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 15:00:00 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 15:00:11 #topic Roll call 15:00:21 Ming-ting Yao Wei, from DC18 team 15:00:21 please say hello if you are here for the meeting! 15:00:22 hi 15:00:27 o/ 15:00:28 hi 15:00:30 hello 15:00:33 * olasd waves from $office 15:00:36 hello 15:00:48 owo/ 15:00:55 and check the agenda (http://deb.li/il9wc) to see if everything is ok 15:00:55 oï 15:00:56 * tvaz having a coffee and missing those pollo/lavamind cookies 15:01:11 awh 15:01:36 pollo, share the recipe 15:01:44 hi 15:02:11 tvaz: https://veronneau.org/blog/2017-01-01/, but replace the oats by spent grains 15:02:22 LeLutin: ping ping 15:02:29 any, let's start 15:02:39 #topic Registration 15:02:56 registration is progressing quite nicely 15:02:58 #info Much work on the form was done during the March 4th sprint. The billing, storage, and wafer integration still needs to be done. 15:03:28 tumbleweed has picked up where we left off and did lots of work yesterday too 15:03:49 * shirish[m] was witness to that. 15:03:56 are we confident everything can be ready for next wednesday? 15:04:19 if so, we might think about posting a news item on the website, and updating /topic 15:05:10 lavamind: I think we can wait until the 15th to postpone 15:05:22 having a deadline sure motivates me 15:05:22 ?? 15:05:29 what do you mean 15:05:45 I think he means yes, he's confident we'll get it to work by next wednesday 15:05:56 if we can just postpone at the last minute, that's not a deadline :p 15:05:56 and if not the world won't collapse anyway 15:06:00 I'm not sure we can open registration on the 15th, but I feel we should wait until the 15th to tell people 15:06:05 well, you can always postpone 15:06:20 fine 15:06:28 so, just hope for the best? :p 15:06:46 it's not like the 15th people will yell at you if you tell them that they can't register yet but really soonn ow 15:06:47 #info We'll try to open registration on the 15th, but if we can't we'll postpone 15:06:48 or continue working on it? 15:07:21 who is available to hack and/or test the form this week& 15:07:25 DLange: you mean open and continue to work on it? 15:07:25 I can test 15:07:35 that's bound to create problems 15:07:59 I can help with testing too on the browser. 15:08:02 pollo: I think he meant work instead of hope, responding to my comment 15:08:03 lavamind: before Thursdary I can't commit any time, but after that I'll have some time 15:08:28 alright 15:08:29 I plan to do the bursaries transition this week, I looked at what you did and it's fine afaict 15:08:31 pollo: yeah, I meant continue to work instead of "hope for the best" as lavamind said (with a :p) 15:08:59 if it's not I can fix it myself anyway 15:09:03 so it's not a problem 15:09:05 all right, looks like we are all on the same page here. Anything else to add to registration? 15:09:13 sorry, I keep forgetting that Internet and sarcasm don't mix 15:09:17 :) 15:09:33 next topiiic 15:09:36 15:09:45 #topic Accommodation 15:10:30 the issue I wanted to raise wrt assignations 15:11:08 we talked before of allowing people to pick roomates 15:11:28 umm. Unless you're meeting someone for romantic reasons, assignations is not the word you want 15:11:29 is it possible to find other users id in wafer? 15:11:35 the method we had in mind was using some kind of shared secret for the registration form, but that seems to me like work that we could avoid 15:11:47 * pollo favors the wiki option. More flexible, involves less work 15:11:57 we used the comments field for that and nattie, ana, marga made that happen when assigning rooms 15:12:01 I too, but maybe I'm missing something about it 15:12:22 pollo, I was preferring that too, but it might be 'too public'.... 15:12:23 we're talking about the onsite dorms here, not double rooms nor hotel 15:12:26 simpler++ 15:12:49 lavamind: double rooms need to be managed like that, too 15:12:51 lavamind: did you talk to the people who are usually doing the assignations about what they need to do that? 15:13:02 tvaz: is it? do anyone think putting your name on the wiki for room preferences is too public? 15:13:07 people do prefer their spouse to sleep in with them. Most of the time. 15:13:16 so, in theory it shouldn't involve anything romatic unless I've been mislead about the nature of this conference 15:13:28 It would be nice if we have comments and its discreet. 15:13:30 I think bremner was trolling wrt assignment/assignations 15:13:43 I am wondering if we are able to arrange two couples in the same room 15:14:01 sure, or three 15:14:13 pollo, I think some people won't to say publicly that they want to stay together with x and y... 15:14:14 depending on what type of room you're looking at 15:14:43 lavamind: I believe you're trying to solve a problem that never existed in the first place? 15:14:44 if it's too hard to keep discrete I'm fine with the wiki solution 15:14:56 but I'd rather prefer something in the form, in a simple way 15:15:07 same here. 15:15:17 olasd: well assignation is not new 15:15:30 the question is, do we do self assignations or not 15:15:31 olasd: so we just add a box in the form and let front-desk team deal with it? 15:15:33 sigh. really, that's not the right word 15:15:52 bremner: enlighten us 15:15:56 bremner: it is in French :P 15:16:06 clearly. 15:16:27 assignment is the English word you want. 15:16:34 pollo: yes 15:16:39 pollo, won't work doing that in the arrival time I think... 15:16:45 * shirish[m] is happy he didn't volunteer for front-desk. 15:16:49 tvaz: we already have a form field where people are asked to list usernames of family members, this will be useful for double and hotel rooms 15:16:55 tvaz: it always happened before arrival 15:17:05 why would this year be any different? 15:17:06 olasd, no, it's not 15:17:21 lavamind: that's different. 15:17:24 for those who have preferences, we've been doing before 15:17:32 the arrival 15:17:46 this might be more about sleeping habits and things like that. 15:18:10 shirish[m]: but the field can hold both infos, it's free text after all 15:18:14 some people snore, some people need to go to bathroom now and then, things like that. 15:18:15 ok, so considering that it's probably a minor amount of people who have preferences/restrictions we may consider DLange suggestions on the simple form field. 15:18:29 tvaz: for the wiki, maybe we can write on the page that people can ask us to "book" their bed for them on the wiki if they don't want to publicly announce 15:18:29 tvaz: since 13 I have always known who I was sharing my room a few weeks before the conf, and it has always been done with a free form text field 15:18:31 worked in the past™ 15:18:48 I don't understand why this has become a problem all of a sudden 15:18:53 olasd, ah, got it 15:19:08 olasd, I though you were referring to last minute assigment 15:19:12 in arrival time 15:19:14 so can we agree on adding a text box? 15:19:15 I'm ok with free form field but it needs to be specific, I didn't know that the one about relatives could also be used for that. 15:19:16 olasd: that field does not exist in wafer 15:19:32 lavamind: it's called "any comments for the registration team?" or somesuch 15:19:53 pollo: yes please. If anybody has time to do something better, we won't beat him/her. But experience tells me ... won't happen. 15:20:01 ah ok... now I know. 15:20:17 #action pollo to make sure there is a text box for people to voice in about room asignment on wafer 15:20:18 shirish[m]: having much more data make impossible to allocate rooms, without ingoring some people comment, and this make peole angry 15:20:22 next topic? 15:20:24 ok, so let's agree with a free form field for roomates restrictions/preferences? 15:20:48 in the accomodation subsection 15:20:49 and someone nice will take care of it 15:20:51 ok 15:20:56 Yes, in any case it is handled by humans 15:20:56 * shirish[m] is happy with that. 15:21:17 #topic Artwork 15:21:21 wait 15:21:26 not done 15:21:29 grrrr 15:21:40 #topic Accommodation 15:21:59 :) 15:22:07 if people don't have any roomate preference, we might want to allow them to choose a "room type" 15:22:22 that's getting really complicated 15:22:41 lavamind: you will have to explain that. 15:22:42 it's nothing new, this issue has been discussed and agreed on before 15:23:02 I'm not pulling requirements out of my a**, pollo 15:23:04 Do we really have lot of couples at DebConf? 15:23:07 but then you have to deal with room types & people wanting to be together 15:23:30 shirish[m]: for example, early sleepers might not like to be in rooms where the rest of people go to sleep late 15:23:42 PJain: there are some, there are also families with kids, all kinds of people. 15:23:42 PJain: yes 15:24:01 we could have rooms with different lights-out times 15:24:06 what if x want to be with y but x chose "Snore room" and y "Early sleeper" ? 15:24:08 PJain, not really, but lots of people who can't stay together with others in particular 15:24:14 that makes sense. 15:24:22 pollo: please don't invent problems that dont exist 15:24:24 s/can't/won't be comfortable 15:24:32 that's will happen for sure 15:24:37 there wont be a "snore room" please 15:24:52 lol 15:25:03 snore room lol :P 15:25:06 * shirish[m] just picturing the snore room. 15:25:09 people lie about snoring, to have a signle room 15:25:45 * medicalwei snores zzzz 15:26:02 we could have snore-meters to find out. 15:26:05 we could maybe ask people if they want to go in a rooms with lightsout at 9pm, or 11pm 15:26:08 and one doesn't now oneself is snoring except other people tell about it. 15:26:30 medicalwei: true about that. 15:26:42 how did it work at dc15 15:26:54 so we add a "What type of room do you want to be in" with "Early sleepers" (9 to 10 pm) and "I don't care" as options? 15:27:08 for DC15 people put roommate preferences in the free text field 15:27:24 and then our room assasinations dream team did their work 15:27:33 what about lights out 15:27:39 Note: few people write about room requirements, roommates etc., 15:27:45 == when the 1st person went to bed ? 15:27:51 lavamind: I feel like you're creating requirements the room assignment team never asked for 15:28:00 shared accommodation, bring a face mask 15:28:03 still seems like the simplest option. People can specify that if they want 15:28:09 we're discussing too much for exceptional cases 15:28:25 and earplugs if you're a light sleeper 15:28:27 face mask = no snoring ? 15:28:29 "I prefer sleep early" "Need silence" "Have children with me" 15:28:32 Won't the beds be having separate lights like we have in Hostels? We can have a common lightout time which is early 15:28:40 ok, I'm fine with that 15:28:41 medicalwei, that's it 15:28:46 medicalwei++ 15:28:51 earplugs didn't help with the snorers in my dc15 room 15:29:11 olasd: I'm not creating anything, this issue was placed and kept on the radar ever since we starting planning for shared dorms 15:29:32 Clint: you need to push them harder up the snorers' nose. They do work when properly applied :) 15:29:34 Maybe two columns 15:29:34 no one *ever* mentioned it was superfluous until now 15:29:43 * shirish[m] has been accussed for snoring. 15:29:58 for/of 15:29:59 DLange: oh, i see 15:30:06 Preferred roommates, and special requests. 15:30:23 * DLange wants a "describe your physical hygiene" field :) 15:30:25 so, I'm fine with putting the issue aside, but please don't imply that I'm making up concerns 15:30:39 lavamind: you should really take it to the folks doing room assignments 15:30:44 I'm just being thorough wrt what was discussed in the past 15:30:45 if they think we need that then fine 15:30:46 lavamind, it's not superfluous, but being an exception we can consider managing it in a simple way 15:31:04 and it's not a you you, it's a generic you 15:31:14 y'all 15:31:20 heh 15:31:24 we are going nowhere here. I think talking to the folks doing room assignments is the way to go 15:31:28 who is in the assignments team ? 15:31:30 I think a free form for 'sleeping' needs/restrictions will do the job 15:31:40 lavamind, thats the GOOD question 15:31:41 let's discuss that next week once we have some more answers, ok? 15:31:49 do we have an assignments team ? I don't think so! 15:31:52 lavamind: nattie? 15:31:56 nope 15:32:02 yes. 15:32:04 afaik, it's front-desk 15:32:15 pollo: not its not front desk 15:32:17 pollo, I think they're not the same team 15:32:18 lavamind: can you take on the task to ask them? 15:32:26 it was nattie, ana, marga in the past and I'm sure they would want to do it again 15:32:47 DLange: I'm not so sure but I can take it on me to ask 15:32:58 sounds good 15:33:00 #action lavamind to ask folks doing room assignments for advice 15:33:05 next topic? 15:33:17 o/ 15:33:17 anyway, let's #agree with we need to poke people for a assignments team 15:33:28 #action lavamind to attempt recruitment for room assignents team 15:34:02 #topic Artwork 15:34:04 umh, 30 minutes in? I'm sorry... Didn't note the meeting shifted time :-| 15:34:23 next topic please. 15:34:44 hello. sorry I'm late 15:34:58 anyone from the local team want to take care of having the stickers printed 15:35:24 lavamind: do we need that? 15:35:31 need what ? 15:35:31 when will we use them? 15:35:47 well we'd also need to distributed them, duh 15:36:10 keep stickers on registration counter 15:36:15 I don,t feel that a priority atm 15:36:24 and I'm pretty sure we'll do at least one event until august 15:36:24 we can wait until reg is open 15:36:26 looks good on back of lappies, front of bags. 15:36:33 [ quick glance through backlog ] OK, I don't think I would have contributed in any meaningful way :-| 15:36:52 pollo: libreplanet is in 2 weeks 15:37:17 I'm sure we can find people to bring stickers witrh them 15:37:24 well, if someone wants to take care of it I won't oppose, but I feel we have more important stuff to deal with atm 15:37:49 LeLutin: is that sth you want to do ? 15:38:19 I'm sure people in Koumbit can recommend a printer 15:38:45 I can carry them from India as they are cheap here 15:39:06 PJain: we'd want them soonish 15:39:35 mailing them would pretty much cancel out the cheapness :p 15:39:51 yaa :P 15:39:57 lavamind: anything else to add on this topic? If LeLutin wants to do it (or anyone else) they can chime in 15:40:06 About the font choice, is font in Debian repo one of the restrictions? 15:40:28 medicalwei: as long as it's a free font... 15:40:31 * medicalwei wants to use Open Sans but not in the repo. 15:40:45 medicalwei: no restrictions apart from the Debian logo 15:40:54 which repo ? 15:40:59 main 15:41:08 actually not in all repos 15:41:26 lavamind: koumbit doesn't have anyone doing graphic design anymore 15:41:46 Btw, I'll be in touch with Renata on the artwork needs, I've started organizing stuff here: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Artwork 15:42:01 medicalwei: are you saying the font isn't in debian any repo. anywhere, it's not packaged. 15:42:22 #info tvaz started organising artwork stuff on https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Artwork and will follow-up with Renata 15:42:32 can we change topic? 15:42:36 seems like a good chance to package it. 15:42:44 medicalwei: open sans is in texlive-fonts-extra 15:42:50 O_O ok 15:43:26 #topic Catering 15:43:39 medicalwei: you can use fonts that are not packaged in Debian, as long as the license is Free 15:43:56 tvaz: I listed the issues we talked about in the agenda 15:44:20 . o O ( You could even package the fonts for Debian if they are work-worhty! ;-) ) 15:44:27 anyone feels like not having dessert at dinners is going to cause problems? 15:44:32 I also thought about coffee, the contract doesn't say if there is coffee in between meals 15:44:32 should we ask for it? 15:44:40 lavamind, I saw/hacked a little in the wiki, thanks 15:45:21 lavamind: istr that the caterer mentioned a huge coffee machine in our live meeting 15:45:24 pollo: what is a dinner to the caterer? 15:45:24 lavamind: FWIW, asking for coffee *service* between meals tends to be expensive 15:45:25 indeed, it's not clear. I remember we mentioned that in the meeting with the catering owner 15:45:34 but I'll confirm with her 15:45:35 if we hava a cofee machine like in dc16, shouldn't that solve the problem. 15:45:37 OTOH, buying two/three/four 40-cup coffee machines is quite cheap 15:45:40 or that is not possible. 15:45:44 Starters and main? Salat? Buffet of these? 15:45:53 And they can be later given to friendly causes :-] 15:45:58 would we be ready to pay a little more for 24/7-ish free coffee? 15:46:13 tvaz: YES 15:46:17 DLange: sorry, I don,t understand. By dinner I mean the last meal of the day 15:46:26 shirish[m]: the coffee machine at dc16 was an awful solution 15:46:30 ok, I'll confirm with her then 15:46:46 tvaz: 24/7 coffee is usually not cheap. For unknown reasons caterers worldwide think coffee is precious. 15:46:53 tvaz: Depends on what is your definition of "a little". 15:46:57 lavamind: agreed but better than only AT times. 15:47:29 no dessert at the formal dinner is sad. no dessert at other dinners is slightly less sad but still sad 15:47:30 pollo: what comprises a dinner? I just know apparently not a desert. 15:47:47 gwolf, 1 coffe/tea set costs 1,05 per person 15:47:48 tvaz: you could ask for the machine + coffee grounds, and that we can service the machine ourselves 15:47:49 DLange: a whole buffet, changes everyday 15:47:58 pollo: including starters, salat? 15:47:58 Say, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Coffee-Maker-Pot-40-cup-Urn-Group-Party-Level-Indicator-Dual-Heaters-Metal-/201728137019 is US$56, and I'm sure it's among the most expensive units 15:48:03 lavamind, I'll check the options, yes 15:48:16 I have an uglier but quite useful one I bought for ~US$20 15:48:33 gwolf: the issue is mainly about having good grounds on hand at all times 15:48:39 tvaz: Depends on the world you live in :) That's what a _good_ coffee costs for me. But I'm willing to settle for drip coffee for "free-ish" 15:48:47 DLange: there are salads some day yes. there are going to be a lots of differents dishes available 15:48:55 If you remember at DC6 we had such a machine, with a "tips box" 15:49:13 gwolf, I'll check this as an option as well, sure :) 15:49:19 anyway, tvaz already said he would contact the caterer to deal with the issues listed 15:49:19 * medicalwei notes: free coffee should be considered for catering 15:49:30 lavamind: right. But that's something that can be stashed at the DebConf office. Having 2Kg of coffee always at hand is good :) (it's usually 250g per 40-cup machine) 15:49:45 Anyway, I won't push too much more :) 15:49:49 do you have a plan to provide drinking water? 15:50:02 DLange: tap water is perfectly fine in MTL 15:50:12 gwolf: how much zapatista coffee can you bring to mtl? :) 15:50:14 gwolf: don't think you will need too, there are quite a few coffee lovers out here :) 15:50:18 so a filling station as in DC15? 15:50:33 because filling bottles at loo taps is a bit a problem. 15:50:37 LeLutin: I actually prefer Veracruz or Oaxaca than Chiapas coffee :) But I can surely bring ~2-3Kg with me :) 15:50:39 DLange: there are drinking foutnains everywhere on venue 15:50:43 nice! 15:50:44 yes, some jars with non disposable cups around for water 15:50:49 and they have bottle filling taps 15:50:50 some are even made for filling up bottles 15:51:04 that's cool. 15:51:05 (hmh... baggage allowance up to 21Kg per bag... hmmm.) 15:51:09 no need to go to the bathroom 15:51:20 can we move to the next topic? 15:51:45 permission granted 15:51:56 #topic Fundraising 15:52:17 so no dessert for dinners, right? 15:52:31 I have yet to answer to mehdi 's question about reasonable fundraising goal 15:52:57 I plan to do this during the week 15:53:10 (sorry, but did we decide about desserts on dinners? I need to know that before contacting them) 15:53:23 tvaz: you said you,d ask caterer what she thought about it 15:53:37 there should be at least for the formal dinner 15:53:38 but nobody seemed to care here 15:53:49 I mean, we also have experience 15:53:56 I'd say for formal dinner it is a requirement. 15:53:58 ok 15:54:06 olasd> no dessert at the formal dinner is sad. no dessert at other dinners is slightly less sad but still sad 15:54:09 For other meals ... decide based on cost. 15:54:12 thanks, so I'll ask her to add a dessert for formal dinner 15:54:23 For regular dinners, I wouldn't even notice the lack of a dessert 15:54:24 sounds good 15:54:34 ok, thanks, next 15:54:39 sorry for insisting 15:54:44 DC17 and the dinners of sadness 15:54:59 ehe 15:55:01 still looking for someone to help with fundraising 15:55:20 also depends on the 'dessert' 15:55:23 I'll repoke - heavier- noel 15:55:30 Do you need someone local? I can help! 15:55:33 probably ice-cream would be out :( 15:55:37 lavamind: DebConf is such a joyful event we can survive without a dessert :-] 15:55:49 tvaz: poke with a steel mace this time 15:55:58 #agreed 15:56:18 preferably not on the head though :D 15:56:21 At least we have cheese & wine *noms* 15:56:46 PJain: not at all. We would have to show you how our system works, but it's pretty simple if you know git 15:56:54 PJain: more or less yes, but let's discuss later how you can help from remote 15:57:22 pollo lavamind : Sure! I know basic git. Thanks to GSoC :) 15:57:25 #info PJain seems interested to help with fundraising 15:57:40 neat, thanks for offering your help :D 15:57:46 :) 15:58:03 #topic DC18 status update 15:58:40 For event date, we check typhoon day in recently 5 years, there is no different between Jul and Aug. 15:59:03 I think you should go with whatever feels the best for you 15:59:19 So we keep the original date range Aug 4, 2018 (Sat.) – Aug 19, 2018 (Sun.) and add one extra day as typhoon buffer. 15:59:19 Aug 4, 2018 (Sat.) – Aug 19, 2018 (Sun.) is perfectly fine 15:59:35 Seems good to me 15:59:50 agree. 15:59:54 Still working on ocf.tw as trusted organization. 16:00:11 #agreed dc18 will most likely take place from Aug 4, 2018 (Sat.) – Aug 19, 2018 (Sun.) 16:00:19 #link https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTaiwan/ocf.tw/TrustedOrganizationCriteria 16:00:51 The criteria letter is prepared. Will send that out after some reviews with both of us and the ocf.tw 16:01:24 We plan to finish this before DPL election. 16:01:26 paulliu: where's the draft? 16:01:45 DLange: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTaiwan/ocf.tw/TrustedOrganizationCriteria 16:01:54 * shirish[m] goes to prepare dinner. 16:02:21 #info work to get ocf.tw as a trusted organisation is gooing strong. They plan to finish before the DPL election 16:02:36 paulliu: o.k., that does need extension before it is sufficient. Esp. it needs to be self-contained so it cannot be changed after submission. 16:02:57 (i.e. it is stored and signed in the Debian email archive completely) 16:03:13 DLange: ok. Got it. 16:03:44 We have some logo draft / purposal in logo. Will find more to submit their idea. 16:04:13 * czchen need to learn how to us gimp. 16:04:29 #link https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/Artwork/LogoProposals 16:04:47 I think that is all. Anything missing for DC18 ? 16:04:48 using inkscape (vector graphics) is better for logo 16:04:50 czchen, i can help with inkscape. 16:05:01 btw 16:05:03 thanks 16:05:15 the svg upload is broken in debconf wiki 16:05:34 I think we shall put logo into git repo 16:06:18 https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/File:Debconf_18_proposal_logo_with_viper.svg 16:06:39 you can put raster formats on the wiki, but it should be rendered from a svg, thats all 16:07:48 misc topics ? 16:07:56 It is svg format, but the rasterizer on the server is kaputt (mediawiki use imagemagick to make a thumbnail from svg) 16:07:57 who can send out a summary ? 16:07:57 #topic misc 16:08:08 * gwolf just hopes they don't hand out a viper to every dorm room 16:08:18 medicalwei: I asked the admins whether we can have svg thumbnails on the DC wiki. 16:08:29 anyone caring about the c&w so far? 16:08:37 O L A S D 16:08:40 we can have a great one here 16:09:10 since canadian aduana is quite open to cheese 16:09:38 Could we do some social media campaigns or competitions around the world to make people aware about DebConf. Being a student I know that very few out of student community here in India know about it. 16:09:45 gwolf, I think two of them would do the job: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/West-Bend-40-to-100-Cup-Aluminum-Coffeemaker-120V-1500-Watt-/401061622241?hash=item5d6122b1e1:g:g9MAAOSwGotWp36y 16:10:35 PJain: you can bring these ideas to #debian-publicity 16:10:51 lavamind : Sure. Thanks 16:10:58 #endmeeting