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Re: [Debconf-team] Budget woes



On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 09:07:51PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 08:33:30PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> >  - Beverage service.  We can always let people fill their water bottles at
> >    the drinking fountains, and there are beverages available for purchase
> >    down on the first floor.  If we want to provide anything more than that
> >    to our attendees, it has to be contracted with the authorized caterer
> >    (Aramark).  We have a quote for this below.  It's basically a complete
> >    rip-off for anything beyond water, but those are the rules we have to
> >    play by if we want something like this.  Depending on how they count "per
> >    person" for coffee and tea, this could be as much as $600/day.  So
> >    personally, I think if we do anything here it should only be water; and
> >    if it's only water I'm not sure it adds value over just buying reusable
> >    water bottles for everyone.

> I've always put in-room water to good use at other conferences. I'd be a
> fan of that. The food items does seem like a lot of money especially since
> not everyone would really be in to it.

Does this mean you think we should have one container of water in each room? 
(5 rooms, $125/day)

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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