#debconf-team Meeting

Meeting started by Hydroxide at 21:00:04 UTC (full logs).

Meeting summary

  1. dc9: Final report (Hydroxide, 21:00:37)
    1. we have 5-6 articles, already proofread. (MrBeige, 21:02:20)
    2. http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf9/FinalReport is accurate and current (MrBeige, 21:02:47)
    3. AGREED: a) articles due mid-november b) target completion end of year (MrBeige, 21:04:19)
    4. put reports into svn, or email to the list or MrBeige (MrBeige, 21:04:37)
    5. to-do: Open Day, Talks, wire&cheese, formal dinner, localteam, fundraising/sponsorship, video team, networking (MrBeige, 21:05:14)
    6. schultmc sent a status update re budget/reconciliation stuff to the list (Hydroxide, 21:05:53)
    7. ACTION: MrBeige will follow up with people individually (Hydroxide, 21:06:33)

  2. dc9: unpaid invoices, who is tracking this? (Hydroxide, 21:10:09)
    1. schultmc is working with anto on the unpaid invoices due SPI (Hydroxide, 21:11:10)
    2. Bytemark money will end up with Debian-UK due to issues getting money to FFIS (Hydroxide, 21:11:31)
    3. ACTION: ask h01ger about tracking unpaid invoices via ffis (Hydroxide, 21:12:15)

  3. dc10: Status report from local team (Hydroxide, 21:12:35)
    1. see email to -team for DC10 dates (Hydroxide, 21:13:38)

  4. dc10: Press timeline proposal (Hydroxide, 21:14:14)
    1. lodging reservations are now sufficiently confirmed, and we've started the process of confirming venue reservations (Hydroxide, 21:14:58)
    2. we have enough solidity to announce to the debian/debconf community (Hydroxide, 21:15:22)
    3. AGREED: will not do a debian/debconf announcement before the press release - will do both next week after venue bookings are locked down (Hydroxide, 21:19:35)
    4. ACTION: prepare press release this weekend (Hydroxide, 21:19:51)
    5. ACTION: MrBeige and Hydroxide will work on PR this weekend - others welcome (Hydroxide, 21:22:34)
    6. ACTION: moray will do PR work too at points (Hydroxide, 21:22:42)

  5. dc10: Site visit report October 16-17 (Hydroxide, 21:23:08)
    1. visit went well, saw all the rooms we need. Met IT head of columbia, we know what to focus on now (MrBeige, 21:23:48)
    2. edrz got a sense of things for videoteam purposes - networking and other details to be worked out but all quite doable (Hydroxide, 21:24:55)
    3. ACTION: edrz will make available his pictures (especially interesting to v-t) in the near future (Hydroxide, 21:26:12)

  6. dc10: Corporate sponsorship: Levels (Hydroxide, 21:26:54)
    1. we have one or two potential new sponsors needing a response, so we should figure out something about the dc10 sponsorship details (Hydroxide, 21:30:55)
    2. http://debconf.org/sponsorpack.pdf (MrBeige, 21:31:51)
    3. levels were (euro) 1000 5000 15000 25000 (MrBeige, 21:32:58)
    4. ACTION: Hydroxide will investigate compared to other confs and examine past debconf incentives, and will report at next meeting (Hydroxide, 21:43:43)

  7. dc10: Corporate sponsorship: Assemble sponsor team (Hydroxide, 21:44:31)
    1. ACTION: Sledge in sponsor team a *little* but not heavily (Hydroxide, 21:46:26)
    2. ACTION: Hydroxide in sponsor team (Hydroxide, 21:46:54)
    3. ACTION: schultmc is in the sponsor team (Hydroxide, 21:48:04)
    4. ACTION: Hydroxide will be in charge of sponsorship team either for dc10 cycle or until he can find another sucker^Wvictim^Wleader (Hydroxide, 21:49:36)

  8. Timelines incl. opening dates & deadlines (Hydroxide, 21:50:50)
    1. ACTION: everyone should review timeline-related proposals linked from agenda and make any comments in some combination of -team, #-team, #-nyc, and the next meeting where decisions will be made (Hydroxide, 21:52:52)
    2. ACTION: Hydroxide will post to -team about this (Hydroxide, 21:52:59)

  9. Next meeting (Hydroxide, 21:53:12)
    1. AGREED: for now, global team meetings will be every 3rd wednesday of the month at 21:00 UTC in #debconf-team. (Hydroxide, 21:57:42)


Meeting ended at 21:57:50 UTC (full logs).

Action items

  1. MrBeige will follow up with people individually
  2. ask h01ger about tracking unpaid invoices via ffis
  3. prepare press release this weekend
  4. MrBeige and Hydroxide will work on PR this weekend - others welcome
  5. moray will do PR work too at points
  6. edrz will make available his pictures (especially interesting to v-t) in the near future
  7. Hydroxide will investigate compared to other confs and examine past debconf incentives, and will report at next meeting
  8. Sledge in sponsor team a *little* but not heavily
  9. Hydroxide in sponsor team
  10. schultmc is in the sponsor team
  11. Hydroxide will be in charge of sponsorship team either for dc10 cycle or until he can find another sucker^Wvictim^Wleader
  12. everyone should review timeline-related proposals linked from agenda and make any comments in some combination of -team, #-team, #-nyc, and the next meeting where decisions will be made
  13. Hydroxide will post to -team about this


Action items, by person

  1. edrz
    1. edrz will make available his pictures (especially interesting to v-t) in the near future
  2. Hydroxide
    1. MrBeige and Hydroxide will work on PR this weekend - others welcome
    2. Hydroxide will investigate compared to other confs and examine past debconf incentives, and will report at next meeting
    3. Hydroxide in sponsor team
    4. Hydroxide will be in charge of sponsorship team either for dc10 cycle or until he can find another sucker^Wvictim^Wleader
    5. Hydroxide will post to -team about this
  3. moray
    1. moray will do PR work too at points
  4. MrBeige
    1. MrBeige will follow up with people individually
    2. MrBeige and Hydroxide will work on PR this weekend - others welcome
  5. schultmc
    1. schultmc is in the sponsor team
  6. Sledge
    1. Sledge in sponsor team a *little* but not heavily
  7. UNASSIGNED
    1. ask h01ger about tracking unpaid invoices via ffis
    2. prepare press release this weekend
    3. everyone should review timeline-related proposals linked from agenda and make any comments in some combination of -team, #-team, #-nyc, and the next meeting where decisions will be made


People present (lines said)

  1. Hydroxide (149)
  2. MrBeige (73)
  3. Sledge (28)
  4. moray (26)
  5. edrz (14)
  6. fil (14)
  7. dam (11)
  8. schultmc (5)
  9. bgupta (4)
  10. MeetBot (3)
  11. ana (1)
  12. AbsintheSyringe (1)
  13. _hc_ (1)


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