On 02/11/2013 07:27 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:31:56AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf
wrote:
Sorry for answering this so late. This at least
makes the impression
that the bid process is not so much behind schedule (hey, this is
still early 2013!)
We will (most likely) be formally announcing
Feb28 as the deadline for
presenting the bids in a couple of hours at most. I see the Wiki page
is mostly filled-in, with some minor points still missing (but not
*everything* has to be detailed, I guess).
Well, comparing with the bid checklist I think it's still very rough - we
may have venue+accom pricing, but there are a lot of important details
(food, network room, 24h access, handicap accessibility) that aren't yet
filled in at all, and I think that several of these points could scuttle
this venue choice if they don't turn out in our favor; so I am planning to
follow through on getting more complete data in time for this extended
deadline. (Preferably by dividing and conquering among the local team. :)
OTOH you should not put much weight on this (and I think morray is
preparing a shorter list). From the bid to the DebConf the venue (and
most of DebConf things) could change, so I would interpret such question
in a generic way:
food: usual prices and availability of different food plans.
network: in generic way: just to know the possible problems (Martinique,
Le Camp and Portland have very different network problems:backbones on
the first, isolated location (one cable) to the second, and university
(existing network who cannot be really hacked??).
BTW I don't mean that you should ignore the problems, but be prepared to
change program and venue, so possibly exact plan are not yet usefull.
ciao
cate