19:06:27 #startmeeting 19:06:27 Meeting started Mon Jun 23 19:06:27 2014 UTC. The chair is RichiH. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 19:06:27 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 19:06:35 ok... 19:06:41 #topic rollcall 19:06:46 who is present? 19:06:47 \o 19:06:52 here 19:07:00 * _rene_ 19:07:01 Martin Zobel-Helas 19:07:07 azeem_: 19:07:17 . 19:07:44 #topic general Q&A 19:07:51 are there any open questions? 19:07:57 warum? 19:08:06 gute frage 19:08:08 zobel: because 19:09:03 _rene_: is there an ETA for the site to be ready for non-technical people? 19:09:07 aka "pretty" 19:09:12 _rene_: re. website, how do you want to proceed wrt design etc? 19:09:29 just fyi, valessio has already submitted design sketches to rene and myself 19:09:55 can they be public so we can comment on them ? 19:09:59 <_rene_> I'd wait for him to send non-sketches 19:10:03 I don't want to interfere with the process any more than I already did (I *voiced my opinion*!), so it's up to _rene_ 19:10:11 <_rene_> and either I commit them or he does, I don't mind :-) 19:10:20 madduck: i read the venue status. i am not a friend of the two different registrations. 19:10:25 <_rene_> but we need more than sketches, obviously :) 19:10:30 <_rene_> but they look good 19:10:31 _rene_: i would prefer early previews, even if they are rough 19:10:32 zobel: next topic, ok? 19:10:38 madduck: sure. 19:10:39 batery, brb 19:11:08 re 19:11:16 _rene_: so should we tell valessio that he can experiment until mid-july to his heart's content and that he could provide differing colour schemes as alternative css styles? 19:11:34 meaning that until then, we consider the website non-final and non-finished 19:11:42 and put them in a semi-secret place so we can get some initial feeling? 19:12:02 I would just push them right onto the main page, we are early enough. 19:12:06 but yes, a test site would also work 19:12:14 madduck: if the sketeches are CSS, sure 19:12:24 if they are photoshop, we need a static page 19:12:28 <_rene_> RichiH: seriously, did you look at debconf15.dc.o in the last days? 19:12:32 yes 19:12:34 today 19:12:34 I believe that was his plan, we are done with the photoshop stage 19:12:37 not over the weekend 19:12:43 <_rene_> ah. 19:12:47 no time, sorry 19:13:01 * RichiH literally raced here and will drive off again the second we ifnish 19:13:03 * _rene_ is then lost wrt the "normal" people comment. ah, well. 19:13:22 <_rene_> anyway, as soon as I have _something_ I can commit it 19:13:31 <_rene_> and be it "just" the heidelberg-by-night header 19:13:33 so let's communicate this to valessio 19:13:38 <_rene_> or someone else 19:13:41 madduck: agreed 19:13:46 i think it's great that he volunteered to work on this. 19:13:50 <_rene_> jup 19:13:52 it is 19:14:30 _rene_: so you will talk to valessio and let him know or timeline, plus that we don't bite if he dumps a few options on us? 19:14:32 RichiH: #agreed website to be considered in-the-works until mid-July, CSS themes should just be pushed, ideally making use of alternate stylehseets to allow for comparisons. 19:15:02 #agreed website to be considered in-the-works until mid-July, CSS themes should just be pushed, ideally making use of alternate stylehseets to allow for comparisons. 19:15:11 #agreed website design will be experimental until mid-july 19:15:13 ach, das kann jeder? 19:15:20 <_rene_> RichiH: can do, yes. 19:15:23 #action _rene_ communicates this to Valessio, who's already done some work in this direction, thankfully. 19:15:31 #action _rene_ will talk to valessio about this and keep us in the loop. if he gets anything, commit often, commit early 19:15:37 blödes MeetBot könnte höflicherweise bestätigen! 19:15:58 also, zobel… what is your issue with registration? 19:16:00 #addchair madduck 19:16:02 #addchair zobel 19:16:03 well, logo 19:16:07 (should work) 19:16:10 I'd like to raise a point 19:16:16 madduck: i would like to have ONE frontdesk. 19:16:21 azeem_: can we do zobel's, or is this relevant. 19:16:23 ? 19:16:25 ok 19:16:39 #chair madduck zobel 19:16:39 Current chairs: RichiH madduck zobel 19:16:51 two frontdesks will confuse people. 19:16:55 zobel: there will be one frontdesk. The process is just slightly different whether you pay accom yourself, or whether you're sponsored. 19:17:19 zobel: there's enough room for them to be next to each other 19:17:23 that too 19:17:25 maybe even behind the same counter 19:17:26 we could then send the non-sponsored to the youth hostel registration when needed. 19:17:35 zobel: yeah, exactly 19:17:38 so it's literally just "please move over ten meters" 19:17:40 here's what I was planning. 19:17:45 are you listening? ;) 19:17:46 right, I think the frontdesk can just send them over 19:17:54 madduck: okay, your mail sounded differently. 19:18:02 thanks for the clarification 19:18:06 yes, people either just go to front desk and get told to pay and get their stuff "over there" 19:18:19 or they get it right there if they are sponsored 19:18:22 *in addition*… 19:18:28 to make things even smoother 19:18:34 I wanted to copy an idea from LCA2014 19:18:45 which is to create a PDF for every attendant with personalised info 19:18:58 i.e. how to get there (same for all), and then what to do when showing up 19:19:02 madduck: what we did for DC11 as well btw. 19:19:02 etc. 19:19:13 #info there will most likely be two front desks. one for self-paying, one for sponsored. they will be right next to each other so people can easily be sent to the other one if they can't read signs 19:19:15 zobel: oh, good. I don't remember, must be the rakia 19:19:31 no, not two front desks 19:19:32 RichiH: we didn't agree on "next to each other" 19:19:34 madduck, zobel: i like that 19:19:41 azeem_: near? 19:19:41 nor two frontdesks 19:19:44 sorry, let's try to keep it simple 19:19:48 <_rene_> RichiH: they'd still "check-in" at our FD 19:19:49 why?, why? 19:19:53 there will be "front desk" with nattie, hopefully 19:20:03 that's *FRONT DESK* 19:20:05 I think the FD should decide where they should be places 19:20:07 placed* 19:20:13 <_rene_> RichiH: and just pay/get key(?) at the JH 19:20:13 but front desk might tell you to go to youth hostel counter to pay 19:20:22 *nod* 19:20:33 madduck: ack, that is what i hoped it to be. 19:20:37 let's just name them differently and we don't confuse people 19:20:38 that sounds right. 19:20:45 sorry if my mail was not clear 19:20:47 it probably makes sense to still hand out the welcome package at FD anyway, whatever 19:20:56 lets call it conference fd? 19:21:06 <_rene_> sure, FD should be first contact in any case 19:21:09 conference FD and youth hostel counter 19:21:14 <_rene_> jup 19:21:16 FD and self-paying key pickup? 19:21:37 but we should make it such that people can also just go there directly without taking up FD time 19:21:38 madduck: will the youth hostel hand out the keycards of the sponsored people toFD? 19:21:46 but FD is the default and should be able to handle everyone. 19:21:47 for distribution? 19:21:54 azeem_: hmm, valid point 19:21:58 azeem_: I am hoping, yes. I assume so. Have not discussed 19:22:10 so we have FD and then youth ostel counter 19:22:17 but since we are in charge of room assignments, and judging how they gave RichiH all key cards for the kick-off, I assume yes 19:22:29 and everyone needs to go to FD and then YH (unless they are sleeping elsewhere) 19:22:33 btw, what's the status on how many keycards per room? was it 1/attendee? 19:22:40 1/attendee 19:22:44 cool. 19:22:46 <_rene_> the pdf from martin says 1 per attendee, yes 19:22:47 10€ deposit/attendee 19:22:55 FD can then tell them what category they are (or remind...) and then they head to YH 19:23:07 RichiH: unless they have the pre-info PDF ;) 19:23:17 madduck: 20% will still mess up 19:23:21 madduck: can you add that to the wiki wishlist 19:23:25 yes, and FD need to handle them all. 19:23:25 so we don't forget 19:23:33 azeem_: yessir. And also QR codes on badges! ;) 19:23:41 #info disregard earlier statement 19:23:49 it sounds like a nice thing, if we can get it from our conf system 19:24:23 -- info all people will go through FD first and then head to the youth hostel counter to pick up their room keys 19:24:30 agreed? 19:24:35 no. 19:24:35 ok, are we done? 19:24:47 but we don't need to polish this now 19:25:00 I think we all understand and it's way to early to nitpick the details 19:25:03 zobel's concern is addressed, this is what counts 19:25:07 yes 19:25:18 #info rough idea (not finished) is that all people will go through FD first and then head to the youth hostel counter to pick up their room keys 19:25:25 that's why i am using info, not agreed, btw 19:25:33 azeem_: you had another issue? 19:25:51 well, I wanted to bring up the point that we should use the Debian font for the logo 19:26:05 AFAIK the original winnder had a random, similar looking font 19:26:09 the debian font is non-free 19:26:11 holger also mentioned it in his vote 19:26:27 madduck: great troll 19:26:31 let me elaborate 19:26:34 no, I am serious 19:26:46 I remember that from making the debian.ch "logo" and the font was unavailable, so I literally did it in inkscape 19:26:51 well, I wanted to bring up the point that we should use the replacement font for the non-free Debian font for the logo 19:26:59 ah, ok 19:27:20 or we can stitch ist from Debian and debian.ch, just the 'f' will be new, really. 19:27:36 azeem_: fine by me and a good idea. Want to talk to Valessio about it? 19:27:38 madduck: I am rather certain the letters "D" "e" "b" "c" "o" "n" and "f" are available from a prior Debconf logo 19:27:49 here now. 19:27:52 or that, if someone else has done the work. 19:28:33 ok, I can look into it if nobody thinks it's a bad idea 19:28:50 azeem_++ 19:30:14 -- action azeem_ will look at (re)creating the logo with free fonts 19:30:26 ? 19:30:29 ack 19:30:49 #action azeem_ will look at (re)creating the logo with free fonts 19:31:01 … that are more like Debian's font 19:31:04 next? 19:31:15 that's implied 19:31:39 anything else? 19:31:48 RichiH: assuming we get the Verein registered this week or next, when can you or Ganneff set up a bank account (and where?)? 19:31:56 good point 19:31:57 And are there any questions relating to the insurance I set up? 19:32:07 should we run the "YH will invoice for us" thing past -team? 19:32:26 madduck: i can do so ASAP, but i assume Ganneff will need to countersign 19:32:35 bank account should be something where our money monkey^Wmaster can easily kick people?! 19:32:39 azeem_: noted, will come back 19:32:40 so online or around muc? 19:32:41 either postident or via a proxy bank 19:33:00 I don't think Ganneff needs to countersign 19:33:00 RichiH: if need be i arrange a trip to muc 19:33:10 both of you can do it alone 19:33:14 personally, i still prefer not to bank with the bank madduck suggested 19:33:18 it is only certain things that you can only do together. 19:33:34 i think it´s a bad use of debian funds to park them in an account which does not pay interest 19:33:35 and opening a bank account is not one of those exceptions. 19:33:46 these days, there is no interest to be had anywhere 19:34:09 VR bank has more and is also, arguably, a "nice" bank 19:34:15 im fine with opening one with my local sparkasse too, or whatever other branch is around here, but the majority will be with madduck, so it should be osmething optimized for him 19:34:18 how much interest do they pay? 19:34:34 (or entirely online) 19:34:42 i don't feel _that_ strongly either way, but i want to get confirmation that "no interest at all" is ok 19:34:45 I am fine with any bank that has a decent online interface, and yes, I don't need physical presence. 19:35:07 is there any decent online banking? all i saw yet suck in some way 19:35:14 madduck: my laptop is broken so i need to check 19:35:15 sec 19:35:22 (which is why i use hbci exclusively for myself) 19:35:22 Just ftr: if a bank pays 0.5% interest (which I think is way over the top these days), we are talking about 800 € if we have our entire buget in the account for a year 19:35:43 which we wont 19:36:04 i think interest will be more like 0.1% and since we channel much budget directly between attendee and youth hostel, we are talking about maybe 100 € of interest, probably not even that much, in total 19:36:14 point being: I do not think that is anything of our concern 19:36:20 and neither should 5€/month be a concern tbh 19:36:50 the point about GLS bank is that they guarantee to use the funds we leave with them only for ethical investments and we can even tell them what kind of sector (e.g. tech) 19:37:10 whereas a sparkasse can freely use our money for speculation, or weaponry, or subprime mortgages 19:37:38 so in the context of Debian and given that interest is negligible these days, I think GLS bank is the best choice 19:38:02 (plus I am well aware with how they work as we have them in all other non-profits I am involved with) 19:38:18 they are themselves a non-profit IIRC 19:38:36 https://www.gls.de/privatkunden/ueber-die-gls-bank/ 19:38:46 genossenschaft 19:39:07 fyi https://www.vr-bank-muenchen-land.de/privatkunden/geld/bezahlung/kontenmodelle/vr-vereinskonto/ 19:39:15 isn't Sparkasse a non-profit as well? 19:39:29 not that I vote for them 19:40:33 https://www.sparkasse-fulda.de/firmenkunden/konten_karten/verein_electronic/vorteile/index.php?n=%2Ffirmenkunden%2Fkonten_karten%2Fverein_electronic%2Fvorteile%2F would be what RichiH posted for sparkasse 19:40:56 I don't think any of them are actually non-profit 19:41:13 Sparkassen belong to e.g. the city or region or township, GLS bank belongs to its members, and we could become a member 19:41:21 thats the "online" version, they have a classic, 4euros a month, but i dont think we want to go to them for anything 19:42:35 * Ganneff has no preference for any, as long as we dont end up with deutsche bank... 19:42:57 or Unicredit or HSBC or … 19:43:09 yes, there are loads of bad ones. 19:43:13 ok, should we just make a small overview, put that to the vote, and commit to be done within a week? 19:43:21 we don't seem to be deciding a lot 19:43:31 i think madduck will work most with it 19:43:39 so whats a reason not to take what he recommends? 19:43:50 RichiH: what were your reservations with GLS? 19:44:02 i still feel as if we are cheating debian out of some money, that's all 19:44:07 even if it's not a lot 19:44:12 oh, no interest 19:44:13 uh, wus? 19:44:36 21:32 < RichiH> personally, i still prefer not to bank with the bank madduck suggested 19:44:39 eh 19:44:43 21:32 < RichiH> i think it?s a bad use of debian funds to park them in an account which does not pay interest 19:45:03 you get an interest of 0.nearlynothing 19:45:07 and we dont park loads of money 19:45:24 if hug, bgupta, or lucas OK it, i will happily bank with them 19:45:25 indeed, I don't think it's a big issue 19:45:39 i think its nothing we need to bother anyone about 19:45:44 Ganneff: you get zero and you pay 5(?) euro per month (or year) 19:45:47 I will donate to DC15 the amount that we lose in interest ;) 19:45:48 if it would be thousands of euros 19:45:54 but this? 19:46:04 ok, 3:1 19:46:05 GLS it is 19:46:07 <_rene_> even then it's neglible. 19:46:13 4:1 19:46:20 RichiH: that is nothing and can be placed under "extra aufwendungen" if really needed. 19:46:24 we agree? 19:46:35 ay 19:46:39 gls. 19:46:41 <_rene_> yes 19:46:47 RichiH: you or me? 19:47:18 Ganneff: i can do it and am nearer to madduck in case we need X 19:47:24 great. thanks 19:47:39 though i suspect they can do postident and it can't hurt if we both go to a post 19:47:44 only postident 19:47:47 k 19:48:01 Ganneff: i will figure out specifics and keep you updated 19:48:04 yes, it hurts, as then the post earns 7,90 € more which are not necessary 19:48:26 #agreed we will bank with GLS bank 19:48:33 RichiH: insurance status? 19:48:41 #action RichiH will open the account as soon as we are registered 19:48:53 madduck: i didn't get any reply, ever 19:49:07 azeem_: why do we need to talk to dc-team about the invoicing by the youth hostel? 19:49:11 RichiH: can you followup? 19:50:09 madduck: yes; do you have a number on file? 19:50:15 phone? 19:50:16 else, i can look in my email 19:50:18 aye 19:50:23 or email address, both work 19:50:24 s 19:50:55 08105 7789 881 19:50:56 wimmer@versicherungsvergleich.de 19:51:02 #action RichiH will follow up on insurance status as they have been quiet for weeks, now 19:51:08 thanks 19:51:25 Ganneff: if insurance fails and we go to prison, maybe we can share a cell 19:51:32 anything else? 19:51:49 RichiH: ewww. 19:51:51 What did Andreas Glaeser want with his mail to dc-team? 19:52:13 good question 19:52:13 i have _no_ idea 19:52:23 i replied in private asking for clarification 19:52:33 at a guess, he was excited 19:52:35 whatever he was smoking, I want some. ;) 19:52:39 <_rene_> I guessed that too 19:52:45 <_rene_> but it was a weird mail 19:52:51 aye 19:52:54 <_rene_> so I didn't send my reply :) 19:53:03 anything else? 19:53:31 MeetBot: pingall any more questions? else, we will close at 2200. 19:53:31 any more questions? else, we will close at 2200. 19:53:31 _rene_ abi azeem_ babilen berni bzed conny_ cts_ Ganneff hvhaugwitz jmux lazyfrosch madduck marga maxy MeetBot mikapfl_ Mjollnir` nattie rhalina RichiH rul tokkee zobel 19:53:31 any more questions? else, we will close at 2200. 19:53:42 <_rene_> nope 19:53:43 21:48 < madduck> azeem_: why do we need to talk to dc-team about the invoicing by the youth hostel? 19:53:45 <_rene_> not from me 19:54:01 .oO(when do i get paid?) 19:54:04 <_rene_> azeem_: because they want to have some control over the budget? 19:54:06 or did you mean serious questions? 19:54:19 well, we're doing it differently to the established practise so we might want to keep them in the loop 19:54:34 Ganneff: in prison. lube will be _very_ valuable during that time 19:54:37 but more like "this is how me propose it, we hope nobody minds?" 19:54:37 <_rene_> eh, s/azeem_/madduck/ 19:54:42 how we* 19:54:50 azeem_: I am just afraid that this will kick off a lengthy discussion 19:54:50 azeem_: can't hurt 19:55:03 * RichiH sighs and s/'t// 19:55:04 madduck: maybe 19:55:10 and in the end, it's really something that is very specific to the youth hostel and us. 19:55:36 you know, we could have had this meeting in #debconf-team, then people could've raised their concern in-place 19:55:40 hug is informed, in fact, he had the idea, so… 19:55:41 but seriously: unless someone else steps forward to do the work... cut discussion short with "you are welcome to study german tax law and get back to us" 19:55:43 or we can have one in a month 19:55:55 and be done in 60 minutes? ;) 19:56:07 I assume nobody would show up really, but we could point people to the minutes afterwards 19:56:13 yeah, there are plenty good reasons for why we want this. 19:56:25 this being the direct invoicing 19:56:31 yes 19:56:47 right, I think it's great 19:56:49 (a) less turnover, so potentially more tax savings; (b) less risk; (c) less hassle; (d) no late payments. 19:56:50 and unless they are pwc-level lawyers and/or a debian auditor... 19:56:59 I just want to avoid that we get lots of push-back in the last minute 19:57:09 azeem_: fair goal. 19:57:16 azeem_: i agree. let's do this early and cut discussion short 19:57:23 this is not for bikeshedding 19:57:25 period 19:58:00 well, I wrote a status update 19:58:05 maybe hug can send it then? 19:58:08 I can send an update to clarify zobel's point. 19:58:21 madduck: that was only to debconf15-team, not debconf-team 19:58:24 and then someone can send a message to dc-team to point them there to keep them in the loop 19:58:24 AIUI 19:58:29 k 19:58:30 -- action we will descend into the tiger den and inform debconf-team@ about the direct-payment-to-youth-hostel deal for self-paying guests. if possible, we should get hug to send this as he's an auditor 19:58:43 agreed? 19:58:51 which tiger den? 19:58:54 -- action stop using language like this 19:59:14 --action go go gadgeto-duck 19:59:26 well, I'm off to watch soccer 19:59:27 #action we will inform debconf-team@ about the direct-payment-to-youth-hostel deal for self-paying guests. if possible, we should get hug to send this as he's an auditor 19:59:33 ok? 19:59:37 sounds good 19:59:40 erm 19:59:50 it's an action already, anyway 20:00:13 madduck: can you send the summary? i need to run _now_ 20:00:22 summary of? meeting? 20:00:24 yes 20:00:35 i can link it to the wiki yes 20:00:39 anything else? 20:00:42 10… 20:00:45 9… 20:00:46 send a short notice to dc15@ 20:00:48 8… 20:00:51 7… 20:00:52 … 20:00:58 #action madduck will send the summary of this meeting to dc15@ and update wiki 20:01:06 #endmeeting