20:00:40 <marga> #startmeeting 20:00:40 <MeetBot> Meeting started Mon Dec 8 20:00:40 2014 UTC. The chair is marga. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 20:00:40 <MeetBot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 20:00:47 <marga> #topic rollcall 20:00:51 <marga> Anyone around? 20:00:58 <maxy> not me 20:01:00 * gwolf semi 20:01:04 <gwolf> o/ 20:01:13 <hvhaugwitz> \o 20:01:53 <azeem_> well, I'm in a train which tells me there's no internet available 20:02:03 <azeem_> so I guess once this SSH session times out I 20:02:06 <azeem_> I 20:02:11 <azeem_> I'm off, damnit 20:02:11 * _rene_ also sort of 20:02:30 <marga> Alright... so, this seems like it will be a short meeting :-/ 20:02:36 <marga> https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Germany/Minutes/2014-12-08 20:02:39 <_rene_> (other things to do, and trying to fix my server, so...) 20:02:49 <marga> #topic Status Updates - DayTrip / ConferenceDinner 20:03:38 <marga> This is the "local" topic that has been abandoned by everyone. 20:04:05 <marga> I'm not sure what we can do about this. 20:04:12 <marga> We clearly need a change of strategy 20:05:21 <maxy> Well, it is currently twi different topics, so madduck and loni are working on the Conference dinner, but we are a bit out of luck with the daytrip scouting 20:05:54 <azeem_> somebody suggested a boat trip on the Neckar, no? 20:05:54 <marga> The point was that we were a bit under more pressure for the Conference Dinner because reservations are likely harder and harder to get. 20:05:57 <azeem_> that sounded promising 20:06:09 <marga> For the dinner? or the daytrip? 20:06:22 <azeem_> latter 20:06:40 <jmux> azeem_: Yup - me 20:06:55 <marga> Alright, the point is that on top of the ideas we need someone to follow up on them 20:07:02 <marga> And we don't seem to have that someone :-/ 20:07:33 <azeem_> right, jmux 20:07:39 <jmux> At least I'll have a look and write some mails 20:07:47 <azeem_> great 20:07:49 <marga> jmux, excellent, thanks 20:08:11 <marga> #action jmux to follow up on possible DayTrip ideas 20:08:24 <jmux> I'm from this area, but I never had to organize something for 300 people. 20:08:37 <marga> Right 20:08:39 <gaudenz> i'm sort of here as long as my mobile internet works 20:08:49 <jmux> We're a month to early for all the wine festivals 20:10:31 <marga> zobel had also proposed a bunch of ideas, and said that he might be able to propose someone to get delegated, but as far as I know, didn't follow up on that. 20:12:04 <marga> Last meeting we had Aakash here, who said he would scout for places for the Conf Dinner. He did do that, but wasn't very successful according to what he reported on #debconf15-germany 20:12:10 <marga> Unfortunately, he's not here now. 20:12:28 <cate> Hello. 20:14:12 <marga> I used to think that madduck was exaggerating when he wanted to have this sorted out so much in advance, but as time passes and these two items keep not getting resolved, I'm starting to dispair :-/ 20:15:03 <azeem_> despair-time is by the start of debcamp 20:15:24 <marga> :) 20:15:31 <azeem_> also, the fall-back is not having a conf-dinner, I am personally not going to call Debconf a failure if that happens, all else being equal 20:15:43 <azeem_> I mean, for myself 20:15:48 <marga> Yes, I know. 20:15:50 <azeem_> but sure, we should keep pushing it 20:17:08 <marga> I think we don't have anyone else for the status updates, so I'm going to jump to the next item in the agenda. 20:17:17 <jmux> BTW - does the dinner have to be local to the venue? Local in terms oh - I can walk / use a taxi to get "home"? 20:17:35 <marga> jmux, it doesn't *have to*. 20:17:45 <marga> We could use buses to go there/get back 20:17:59 <azeem_> that would mostly make sense if combined with the day trip though 20:18:04 <marga> Right 20:18:36 <marga> #topic Assistance team local liason 20:18:57 <marga> #info The assistance team needs one or two local people to act as local liason(s) 20:19:44 <marga> The possible activities would include: recruiting local volunteers to help on-site, handling of local assistance taks, etc 20:20:00 <marga> #info Anybody interested in this should write to nattie@debconf.org 20:20:58 <marga> #topic Any other business? 20:21:11 <marga> Anyone around has anything they want to discuss? 20:21:35 <azeem_> if you ask like that, I guess this meeting is not the overflow meeting for last week's coordination meeting which ran overtime? 20:21:56 <cate> azeem_: no. 20:22:11 <marga> azeem_, nope 20:22:20 <marga> azeem_, this one is DC15 meeting 20:22:38 <marga> And I guess the desertness is related to the end-of-the-year craziness. 20:22:58 <azeem_> ok 20:23:35 <marga> #topic Next meeting 20:23:50 <cate> marga: or we managed finally to have short meetings 20:23:58 <marga> If we don't have people on Dec. 8th, would we have people on Dec 22nd? 20:24:10 <marga> Should we opt for Jan 5th? 20:24:43 <cate> marga: I think we need a special meeting for DC16 discussion 20:24:52 <azeem_> marga: well, we can just keep the 22nd for now, and if nobody shows up, whatever 20:24:54 <marga> cate, sure, but that's for the other meeting. 20:25:00 <azeem_> certainly we don't expect you to show up 20:25:15 <marga> azeem_, I think it's unfair for those that do show up. 20:25:26 <cate> I'm not sure I'll be online on both dates 20:25:40 <marga> azeem_, why? it's 17:00 in .ar right. I could definitely make it. 20:26:09 <marga> It's more a question of not burning energy on attending a meeting where most of the team is absent. 20:26:18 <azeem_> right ok then 20:26:29 <azeem_> we can try to get status updates via mail again maybe 20:26:50 <marga> Ok, should we agree for Jan 5th for the next DC15 meeting? 20:27:11 <marga> We will still have another meeting next week for the DC16 timeline 20:27:18 <marga> (and other global coord stuff) 20:27:27 <cate> ok 20:27:41 <azeem_> sounds good 20:28:01 <marga> #agreed Next Meeting to be held on Monday, January 5th 2015 - 20:00 UTC 20:28:09 <marga> #endmeeting