Re: [Debconf-team] The "Debian-cloud" Workshop

[Martín Ferrari <tincho@debian.org>]

On 30/09/15 21:31, martin f krafft wrote:

>> The problem with the workshop was that it was only communicated
>> when it was already arranged, rooms reserved, webpage prepared..
>> And it was just a month before the conference started!

> But again, you are mixing up your facts, Tincho. There was nothing
> arranged, nor rooms reserved. We had barely managed to prepare
> a webpage with many unknowns.

I will quote your message from 14/7/15 (full text at [1]):

> All of the organisation is independent of DebConf15 (i.e. finances
> are separate, we've booked a room with the hostel, etc.), but we're
> obviously hoping to advertise this in the context of DebConf15.

If my understanding of English is not too broken, it says there that you
had already booked a room with the hostel. There was also a pretty much
finished webpage hosted on DebConf infrastructure, which can be seen in [2].

> We never considered the workshop part of DebConf, and never wanted
> it to take place during DebConf. But we obviously saw the synergy

Well, if it was going to happen during debcamp, the day before DebConf
starts, announced on the debconf website, and the contact email was
@debconf.org, it is not crazy to assume it is pretty much related to
debconf, is it?

> The immediate response by the chairs was so overwhelmingly negative
> that we immediately removed the webpage, lost all motivation and
> buried the plans, despite the encouraging and supportive feedback
> we've been receiving since.

Yes, the response was negative because of the way you handled it. I am
sorry you lost motivation, but that is not our fault.

[1]
https://www.mail-archive.com/debconf-team@lists.debconf.org/msg12753.html
[2]
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debconf-data/dc15.git/plain/website/workshop.xhtml?id=b73bc1df2e497fd41651620fa3a2f4fa2d27e198

-- 
Martín Ferrari (Tincho)