Re: [Debconf-team] Updated budget for DC14
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 07:18:04PM +0100, Ana Guerrero Lopez wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 09:17:41AM -0700, Patty Langasek wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 03:45:10PM +0100, Ana Guerrero Lopez wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 03:35:59PM +0100, Ana Guerrero Lopez wrote:
> >
> > > > > Without taking any position in the recent debate over the use of
> > > > > Debian money to sponsor DebConf, I would even go as far as saying
> > > > > that Debian should always make sure there's a day trip.
> >
> > > > That's based in your personal experience and preference only. I have seen
> > > > plenty of people skipping the day trip every year. I know because I was
> > > > one of them.
> > > > The good thing is this is something we can measure, and check the numbers
> > > > the approx. numbers of how many people benefited of the daytrip and how
> > > > many people benefit of the daytrip in previous years.
> >
> > > I meant to say:
> > > ..."and how many people benefined of the conference dinner in previous years."
> >
> > Being one of the more biased people here in regards to the daytrip (I was
> ....
>
> Patty, if you read the full quote in my email, this is in the context of
> budget and daytrip vs conference dinner. Nobody said here the daytrip doesn't
> have any benefit, just that the conference dinner seems to be something more
> attendes enjoy. With my point being that it should be given more priority that
> the daytrip in the budget.
Personally, I would rather scrap the conference dinner than the day
trip (though I am not sure how much they can be compared budget-wise).
I think the BBQ for the Debian Party at DC13 was quite nice, not the
least cause people could mingle freely. Having sit everybody at a table
means you can only talk to people next or opposite of you.
Michael
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