On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 07:04:26AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> [2014-08-02 23:19 +0200]: > > Do we (and I guess in particular, the talks team) believe that > > these capacities will meet our needs? If not, please let me know > > what you believe we should do. > They appear very small. If the bid guidelines are anything to go by, > then they are too small. Could you provide a reference for this? I don't remember any bid guidelines specifying the target room capacities. https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/PriorityList says nothing about it, nor does https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/BidProcess. > > Possible reconfigurations might include adding a third talk room > > on the second floor at a "medium space" rate (probably room 298 if > > it's available, with a capacity of ~70), then either combining 327 > > and 328 as a single talk room with capacity of ~150 and keeping > > 329 with capacity of 40, or combining 329 and 329 for a capacity > > of ~70 and keeping 327 with capacity of 84. > Only the talks team can really answer this. I would go for the first > option and then make sure to always have one "popular" talk during > each time slot in that room. Seeing how the talks team scheduled > e.g. dc15, dgit and derivatives all at the same time, it seems their > focus was more on breadth, so maybe having three equal rooms would > be better. > > Either of these configurations would be a net addition of one > > "large room". According to the latest confirmation from PSU, this > > would in fact still keep us within the overall budget for the > > venue. > Int hat case, I would secure the additional room now and then we can > worry about which rooms to combine later. We need to worry about it now because I need to give direction in advance to the facilities people. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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