Re: [Debconf-team] Meeting with Le Camp
On 08/08/12 19:54, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel@ftbfs.de):
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue Aug 07, 2012 at 16:35:16 +0200, Michele Cane wrote:
>>> I discussed this issue with Mr. Pianaro several times. They are really
>>> against camping.
>>> Concerning more beds we considered the option of having a big tent but
>>> the costs to have, let's say, 50 more beds would be way to high
>>> considering that Le Camp want to also have the extra infrastructures
>>> needed for 50 more people (toilets, showers).
>>>
>>> We will try to this subject again but IMO will be very difficult to
>>> reach a satisfactory solution for Le Camp and for us (for us mainly for
>>> the financial point of view).
>>
>>
>> Does this mean there is a hard limit of 350 people to be allowed to come
>> to debconf?
>>
>> If yes, this is a no-go for this location.
>
>
> Well, we *knew* about that when voting for this location. 350 is a
> really high number. I know that Switzerland is one of the most
> convenient places to go and that increases the likeliness that the
> record for number of attendees is broken in 2013....but, still. 350 is
> a really high number and I still wait to see if we'll really have that
> number of attendees.
>
> And, still, if we reach that limit, then it will be DC13 weakness to
> have to limit the number of attendees (or asking those who "do not
> fit" to arrange their own accomodation). No DebConf is perfect,
> anyway.
>
Can people camp in adjacent land? No doubt there would be a cost
involved, and my feeling from the earlier comments is that people
accommodated off-site wouldn't be invited to use the shower facilities?
What about auditorium capacity? What if there is a surge in weekend
attendance? What is the real limit?
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