Re: DebConf

[Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr@riseup.net>]

Em 20 de março de 2025 09:41:58 GMT-03:00, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org> escreveu:
>Hi
>
>Em 19/03/2025 20:05, Pierre-Elliott Bécue escreveu:
>> Hey,
>> 
>> Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org> wrote on 19/03/2025 at 20:46:12+0100:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Em 19/03/2025 08:15, Andreas Tille escreveu:
>>>> I completely understand what you mean. In an ideal world, we could
>>>> bring
>>>> all relevant people together in one room, make decisions, and implement
>>>> them seamlessly. If you're asking whether I have an idea on how to get
>>>> closer to that ideal within a volunteer project-honestly, I don't.
>>>> However, I'm very open to discussing potential approaches.
>
>just a note: s/leaving/living
>
>> There might be a financial challenge for some, as the budget is a bit
>> more tighten than for previous years (France is expensive, and we lack
>> some sponsors to have the budget we would need for a "perfect
>> conference", this is to be read in light of the general financial
>> contraction the project has endured recently, and that might or might
>> not become a preoccupation in the coming years if we fail to bring more
>> sponsors.
>
>Maybe It's time to rethink DebConf expenses. If the incoming is short, it's necessary to cut expenses. I think Gunnar usually says nothing is written on stone, so It's possible, for instance, to cut the conference dinner, organize a shorter DebCamp, cut the swag, and so on.
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FTR, we are cutting swag budget this year so don't expect anything fabcy, and we are being conservative in some other expenses such as conference dinner. But personally, would like to have a popular DebCamp. Hacking time spent with other fellows is as valuable as DebConf time.


>I'm not talking specific about France, but I feell there is some kind of thought "the debconf I'm organizing can't be smaller/simplier/modestier than the previous debconfs".
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>IMHO DebConf should produce profit to Debian.

DebConf produces profit, that we don't measure in dollars :-)

>Best regards,
>