[Debconf-team] Brief hiatus
Hi,
In the interest of reducing my stress level, I find it necessary to take
a several-day break from DebConf. Thus, after the end of my meeting with
Hans in the next few hours (which I'm still planning to do if he ends
up being free), I will mostly tune out DebConf stuff until Sunday when
I'll rejoin things at the start of DebCamp. This means:
* I'll leave #debconf* and #*-nyc on IRC, but will still be reachable in
urgent or non-DebConf-related situations via /msg and will still be in
some other channels.
* I'll filter jimmy@debconf.org and debconf*@lists.debconf.org into a
folder to be read on Sunday, but will still be reachable in urgent or
non-DebConf-related situations via my other email addresses (as well as
phone, SMS, etc).
* Even though I'll be participating again starting on Sunday, I don't
think I should be one of the people who does an early-Monday-morning
trip to Newark Airport, since stress + low sleep == bad. Biella, please
find someone else; sounds like you have a good plan overall for that task.
* If you need a DebConf-related SPI purchase before Sunday, contact
Michael Schultheiss aka schultmc@d.o or treasurer@spi-inc.org.
* I won't be working on DebConf-related tasks until Sunday after I'm done
with Hans today, except if I agree otherwise. Given that, here's a status
update on everything I'm involved in:
** T-shirts are ordered and paid for. Gaby is working "_really_ hard" to
get them done (and presumably shipped) today, and is aware of our timeline.
Shipping is officially estimated at 3 to 7 days though is likely to be
toward the lower end. I'll let Micah know when I get going for the day
tomorrow when I what if anything I have heard from her about this by then.
(There will be a suitable exception in my email filter.) If any
communications are needed with her between then and Sunday, Micah can do it
or find someone to do it.
** Pablo ordered the bags, with a nice graphic that I got Valessio to
prepare.
** I got Keith up to speed on the banners situation, and he's quite close
to ordering. The drafts that he and Valessio are working on are very good.
** I've mentioned the following things to bdale as things we would like
for the in-kind portion of HP's sponsorship: 3 netbooks + 1 decent-to-good
laptop for prizes for things like the BSP contest, 1 printer + extra
ink/toner for front-desk use, less barebones VoIP phones than the ones we
have now, and maybe walkie-talkies for on-site staff use if HP makes that
kind of thing. There is NO guarantee that we will get all of this, as it
depends on what is feasible within HP, but now someone else can keep the
conversation moving in a timely fashion.
** After I'm done with Hans, any pre-DebCamp work on the TravelInfo or
Welcome pages should be done by $not_me. I'm still happy to help during
DebCamp and DebConf.
** If I forgot something that needs to be addressed before Sunday, let me
know.
Please everyone, stay relaxed, and see you Sunday!
- Jimmy Kaplowitz
jimmy@debconf.org
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