Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@debian.org> writes: > Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org> writes: > >> Hello Marga, >> >>> On 24 Aug 2015, at 23:48, Margarita Manterola <margamanterola@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> (…) >>> The pre-registration period is for people that are requesting >>> sponsorship or submitting event proposals. They would only express >>> their intent on going to DebConf (and DebCamp if applicable) and then >>> fill in the sponsorship fields and/or submit proposals. Nothing else. >>> We can also allow other people to sign up for this, but this would be >>> only in order for them to get notified when actual registration opens. >> >> I agree. Previously it was so, but having a different (simplified) form will help twice: users will see what are the essential data, and we will not have the problem of default when adding new necessary fields (on the later phase). >> >> I like also to change the name. >> >>> When the registration period opens, everyone needs to fill in all >>> their registration data (dates of attendance, t-shirt size, food/accom >>> choice, etc). This avoids a problem that we've had over and over of >>> people filling in random dates when signing up, and then never >>> correcting them, >> >> Fully agree. penta was more in such direction than summit. I think in summit we tried to have “sensible default”, which caused a lot of problems. >> >>> or people registering because we tell them to, but >>> then never reconfirming, because they don't intend to attend anymore. >> >> I don’t follow it. I think we will have the same problem with people >> not registering but with preregistration. > > But with calling it preregistration and making clear that it's mostly > for people who request sponsorship there will be less cancelations. Also, fewer people will get the idea that they have registered, having only done the process we called registration ;-) Chris Walker fell into that trap this year, and ended up having to scramble around to book a hotel at the last minute -- and he's certainly not the first. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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