Re: Debian Custom devcamp?

[Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>]

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:

> Projects (each person is associated with several projects):
>
>  Debian-BR-CDD: 2
>  Debian Edu:    2
>  Debian Jr:     2
>  Debian NP:     7
>  Debian-Med:    1
>  LliureX:       1
>  Morphix:       1
>  Ubuntu:        2
>  UserLinux:     1
Really good mixture.  Perhaps somebody of Progeny (CL) might join?

> Departing country:
>  (Europa)
>  Belgia:      1
>  Germany:     1
>  Italy:       2
>  Netherlands: 1
>  Norway:      1
>  Spain:       1
>  (N-America)
>  Canada:      1
>  USA:         1
>  (S-America)
>  Brazil:      2
I have heard that xplanet has a feature of findinding the center of
mass.  At least Edward Betts was able to visualize the Debian centre
of mass using xplanet ...

> I've seen two proposals for location, Andreas Tille suggested
> Testzentrum in Gütersloh, and Marco Presi suggested somewhere in
> Italy.  I find it unsafe to set my foot on an USA airport, so that is
> out of the question for me.  I'm open for suggestions otherwise.
Same for me.  I do not want to be handled like a criminal if I enter a country ...

> Looking at the departing countries, I believe somewhere in Europe will
> be the best option.  It would need to have good connections to Brazil,
> USA and Canada, and should have direct flights from the European
> contries as well.  Schipol, Heathrow and Frankfurt comes to mind as
> good airports to focus on.  Do we have any good locations close to
> these airports?
I guess Gütersloh is in a "reasonable" distance of Frankfurt.  I think
we could also try to find a location near Frankfurt.  Alexander Schmehl
is living there and very active.

Kind regards

         Andreas.