Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts: sponsored attendees
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:20:37AM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> So, regarding the sponsored attendees:
>
> I feel that the current policy (whoever registers and reconfirms on
> time gets free food and accom) is wrong. It creates a great deal of
> uncertainty regarding the budget and the size of the facilities
> required for these sponsored attendees. Thus, I propose that we use
> the policy that was used for DC4: there are a fixed number of
> sponsored places (for example: 250). If less than that number of
> people register and reconfirm on time, then all of them get sponsored
> food and accom. But if more than that number register, then the
> sponsored attendees are selected according to their participation in
> Debian.
I missed this year a form in pentabarf asking what you do in Debian when you
ask for sponsored accommodation & food. Usual contributors won't have any
problem filing this and it should be compulsory if you are asking for
travel sponsorship...
> I think that the "Professional" category worked well this year, and
> next year it might work even better, if the professional attendees get
> to be in a hotel or so. If the price proposed is not excesively high,
> then Debian people who can pay will pay, and those who aren't big
> contributors will also pay, because they understand that they can't
> really ask for free food and accom when they don't do work for Debian.
>
I agree on this. But see wouter's mail further in this thread about
people paying and wanting to stay with the rest of the Debian folks.
This point is also valid in the case of people who will attend with
their partner and they ask for sponsored lodging while paying for
the partner.
> In particular, for next year, there are 250 places in one residence
> (only 180 with A/C) and 70 places in the other residence (I think that
> those are without A/C). So, the cut could be 250 or 320. The
> "Professional" attendees should then go to one of the many hotels in
> the city of Cáceres (it would be good if the organization would take
> care of booking the places and arranging all the stuff with one hotel,
> so that all the Professionals are together, in a near by hotel).
I would do this making professional attendee with a X amount that would
stay in the student's residence then adding an extra if:
-they are staying in the hotel (shared room)
-they are staying in the hotel in a single room.
Ana
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