also sprach Bernelle Verster <bernellev@gmail.com> [2015-11-09 10:42 +1300]: > They also have blankets, how about that instead of a bag? The bag is useful to hold swag from sponsors and for stuff to be carried around. I don't think it'll fly well to do without. And while I cannot picture dozens of Debianites wrapped up in blankets, I suppose it does depend a bit on what temperature to expect. Are you secretly preparing us for the power outages? ;) Do keep in mind that blankets are quite voluminous and that might well mean people have to leave them behind. FYI, during DC15 I wish we had made Debian pens. Mid-market rates are currently 14 ZAR/USD and 15 ZAR/EUR: http://deb.li/dc16zar Maybe we could get in the habit of including the exchange rates in such e-mails? I've added it to the /topic on our channel. > Nigel, this may help you a bit: > > - Attendee swag > T-shirts: ?? > swag bags: R100 - R200 That sound expensive. FTR, the DC15 bags were ca. 4 € or 60 ZAR. Arguably, we were on the cheap side, but even the DC13 laptop bags weren't much more expensive than that. > lanyard: R20 Perfect. Otoh, don't we have enough lanyards from DC15 left over? > - Open weekend > R20 000 For what? > - Sponsor fulfillment > ? - T-shirts and swag bags for them, postage Good to plan for it, although it's to be decided whether we'll keep doing this. > - Conference dinner > Work on R300pp (found on Moyo website (no longer at Spier??) + R60 booze pp? Sounds good. Is there transportation involved? > - Entertainment > This should be free, get up-and-coming bands and people to chip in to > support them. > We may need to think of venue options though... So ... R10 000? > (conservative estimate) What are venue options in this context? > - Child care > Our numbers per class are fixed, starting Jan to Dec. Mid-year vac is > probably a good time. We can only consider ad hoc admissions when > children are on sabbatical or vacation with their parents. Based on > experience there may be 2 to 3 openings per class. The cost per day > is R85.00. We do not offer meals therefore parents are required to > send along packed lunches and healthy snacks. I don't think you'll be able to get parents to sign up for this in advance and carry the costs. Long-term, this might be a great solution for some (!) parents, but I don't think we're quite there yet, nor does feedback from last year suggest that parents are generally open to idea to give their kids away like this. Rather I think we'll fare much better with on-site babysitters like at DC15. Is this a possibility? -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debconf.org> @martinkrafft : :' : DebConf orga team `. `'` `- DebConf16: Cape Town: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16 DebConf17 in your country? https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17
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