Re: [Debian-NYC] Planning the January BSP
Hi Rich,
I talked to Finance and it looks promising for me to expense 100$ for
a meal. You have a good link or document that you use for people that
donate. Just to explain what its for.
Let me know.
Thanks,
Keith.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Richard Darst <rkd@zgib.net> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> So, it seems that there is a pretty good desire to have a large BSP
> before the freeze next yet, I'll lay out what I see as the steps (and
> how we can get help) to make it happen.
>
> I think we should start planning on something big - we can always
> scale it down later. If we start small, less people get interested
> and scaling up is harder.
>
> First off, if you are reading this, please let us know what your
> availability is:
> http://doodle.com/i6in94xs5dyixhgq
>
> =====
>
> Now, we get to more organizational details. We don't need to do too
> much immediately, besides getting the general ideas lined up. Below
> is brainstorming about different tasks people could take on to help
> with things.
>
> Overall lead
> - I'll probably do this, but Debian-NYC shouldn't be synonymous with
> me. If someone else every wants to be a lead of events (including
> this one), do it!
> - Gets the reservations for space, ensure details get handled
>
> Technical program
> - It's a BSP, so we don't need nonstop workshops planned. But it
> would be nice to have someone with good knowledge of RC bug
> squashing to help identify bugs suited to attendees, be sure people
> don't get stuck, and perhaps a tutorial session or two sometime
> during it. It's up to you.
>
> Sponsorship/Food
> - We thought about trying to get some local companies to sponsor a
> little bit of food. This person would handle getting the
> sponsorship and planning our food. (They could be different
> people).
>
> Registration/Accommodation/Attendee help
> - We thought about encouraging people to travel to attend this BSP.
> This person would see about pairing up volunteers with couches with
> people (simple: just make a wiki list). They could also help answer
> traveling or any other questions about attending.
> - Someone should be outreach, advertising this to planet debian and
> other local groups, to encourage attendance.
> - Also, if you could donate floor/couch space to someone visiting,
> that would be great, too.
>
> Attendees
> - Let's not forget the people who attend! You all make it all worth
> it. See doodle date poll above...
>
>
> Each of these jobs alone isn't that much, and IRC will provide plenty
> of help and guidance to make them happen. They would be great places
> for new people to jump in and help out some -- so pick one! Ask on
> IRC if you need convincing that it's not too much...
>
> I will soon start looking into the preliminaries of finding the
> location (thanks to Lee for offering drop.io again), a sponsorship
> summary message, and dates. Let's try to have a date decided by this
> weekend.
>
> If anyone has comments or ideas on any of these things, please let me
> know. Any other suggestions are very welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Richard
>
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