Re: [Mini-Debconf India] Updates on the January 2015 Mumbai mini-DebConf
Hello,
>> 3. They will be providing official confirmation from the IIT
>> authorities for the event soon.
>
> Please let us know as soon as possible.
Yep, will do.
>> 4. Accommodation will be provided on campus, only for the speakers,
>> from 16th to 18th January, 2015.
>
> Ok, but then we need to tell/share something to the attendees as well.
> Maybe some nearby hotels/guest-houses etc. which are cheap could be
> recommended (if there are within walking distance of the IIT campus).
+1.
>> 5. We will need to arrange for food / beverages because the IIT campus
>> has only one restaurant which might not be able to cater to the
>> mini-debconf.
>
> Probably we will need to budget for this and figure out some good
> caterer who has prior relations with IIT Mumbai. There might be
> bureaucratic and security concerns and a caterer who's well-known to
> them would be easier to co-ordinate with. If we are able to get 2-3
> caterers names, we could go down and check out the quality of food and
> confirm with one of them.
+1
>> 6. We are looking at the possibility of live streaming all the
>> sessions. We are looking for volunteers with prior experience in this.
>
> I know hasgeek (from bangalore) has done this quite a few times. I
> know of few people in North India i.e. Delhi and in H.P. who have done
> this, not so much here. So we either invite the hasgeek team (or one
> two persons from there and get the volunteers trained here) and try to
> stream or do some other way. Probably will need discussions on
> bandwidth, hardware required as well as volunteers who would be
> willing to do this job.
Yes, this needs more discussion.
>> 9. The FOSSEE team wants to meet all the volunteers in-person,
>> preferably on a weekday. Let's schedule this for sometime in November.
>
> Weren't we going to be meeting on 28th November. Except the 15th of
> this month, I can make myself available provided I'm given a week's
> notice (to work around things at my end.).
Is it possible to meet them on 21st Nov (Friday) @ 17:00 ?
Are the other volunteers free at this date & time?
Best Regards,
Rigved
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