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Re: [Debconf-team] invitation letter (for universities and employers ) Re: DebConf 9 - Main page



Hi,

another week has past, afaik nothing has happened on this :-(

On Freitag, 27. März 2009, Moray Allan wrote:
> > Thanks for summarizing this. Maybe put it in a README next to the .odt
> > files? Could you please do that? ;-)
> (Not from work just now, but yes I will.)

IIRC you have done this (thanks!), so the above statement is a bit too 
negative :-) But...

> > Actually I'm against that. Sorting out the legal entity might still take
> > some days, maybe (though hopefully not) even one or two weeks, and I
> > would like to send out a "shout if you need help with visas" message
> > today or tomorrow.
>
> Sure, though we need to give a deadline on that message (or people will
> ignore it for now), and we can't really make the deadline be immediate.

This is still open. We need to tell people they can apply and will get support 
from us... visa@dc.o works now and is also the right address to request those 
letters.

> > So I would just send the letters from the Junta de Extremadura, they will
> > be signing them anyway and they are basically co-organizers, so I think
> > that fits.
>
> I agree that putting the Junta de Extremadura as host organisation would
> be good, we need someone official to agree to that though (separately
> from the issue of signing the letters).

Cesar?

> For the actual signing, I also agree that having a minister from the
> Junta sign the letters, as Cesar promised a long time ago, would be
> good, but I don't know if this is agreed / how it will work?
>
> -- First, we need a quick turnaround on the letters, while I guess a
> Junta minister may be quite busy....
>
> -- Even if we announce a single deadline, many people *will* request
> letters after that deadline, and I'm not sure that we can repeatedly go
> back to a Junta minister to ask for more signatures?
>
> Perhaps it would be simpler to mention the Junta and a minister's name,
> but to have the written signature be from Cesar on their behalf?


regards,
	Holger

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