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[Debconf-team] Monday's team meeting



Notes from Monday's meeting below.


Local team status
* Keys:
- Concerned about keys for storage rooms
- Keep food storage key with food team? No, didn't work this morning. luca wi\
ll keep, or Holger
- Perhaps try to get an extra copy of the key

* Banners:
- 1. Need to be ordered, needs money
- 2. How does leogg get money to buy things?
- 3. Cashflow issues
- Norman will get money from bank (Phil may lend temporarily)

* Rules for use of hacklab
- Gunnar will take charge of compiling/advertising these

* Policing and hotels
- Police know about DebConf badges, and are friendly
- Try not to create problems
- Outside conference, good idea to carry a copy of your passport

* Rules for university
- No smoking, no alcohol -- need to advertise this

* Need more tables

* Medical clinic available during business hours

* Closing hacklab
- Should have an organiser to close/open

Power status
- Have done tests
- Need to buy more extension cords
- Hope to get more power into hacklab
- Ask regular attendees not to rearrange extensions or trail cables around
- Have local electrician's contact for emergencies

Food status
- Food providers happy
- Now have a wiki page for volunteers to help at each mealtime
- There is now a suggestion box at the food area

Network status
- Wireless now set up in hacklab
- Configuration process seems to work now
- Old network becoming admin network
- Plan to do traffic shaping on homer, keep bandwith for video use
- Would be nice to test speed to ISP, as link seems slower than expected
- Access to other rooms starts from Wednesday/Thursday
- Need to be careful about talk room walls etc.

Accounting/budget
- Trying to check what money transfers are still needed
- Would be nice to have public mailing list for chair authorisations
- Budget shows currently around $8000 into surplus/general Debian funds
- Hard that usual in Nicaragua to pay in advance
- For hotel, still need final numbers to sign contract
- Seminole needs paid by 13th, not in advance
- $10,000 already here for hotels
- Money meeting at 6 today?

T-shirts
- All here except video, which come Wednesday/Thursday
- Bags come on Thursday morning

Front desk
- Now exists, as does sign-up page
- Food tickets will be sold for those who don't have them yet

Fiesta on Saturday
- Concert after Debian Day
- Rent costs $300, plan 50 cordoba entrance fee

Meeting time
- Move to 12 for this week?
- Use an auditorium from Wednesday

Communication meeting
- Will take place directly after main team meeting

--
Moray

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