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* How many people live there? | * Population: around 400.000. |
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* How easy/convenient is the proposed place to get all strange and regular kinds of hardware? | * Quite a few of computer equipment resellers, including IBM, Dell and HP representatives. |
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* Supermarkets, etc. | * A couple of supermarkets in the vicinity of the dorm area. |
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* Which is the nearest airport? | * Sarajevo International airport only 15 minutes away by taxi from the dorm. |
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* Are there any cheap airlines flying near the chosen city? | * Are there any cheap airlines flying near the chosen city? The low fare airlines flying to Sarajevo include Malev, Lufhansa, Austrian Airlines, AlItalia... |
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* Language: Do most people talk English? How hard is it for a foreigner to find their way around? | * Language: Majority of people understand english and can do a basic level of communication. It is relatively easy for a foreigner to find his/her way around the city. Also, a lot of foreign workers and diplomatic missions personel are based in Sarajevo and get along quite nicely. |
Bosnian Local team
Linux Users Group of Bosnia and Herzegovina http://www.linux.org.ba Please name the main local team and describe their commitement (i.e. connection, work they have done before, how long...) to Free Software projects - much preferrably, to Debian itself
Safir Secerovic, volunteered during DebConf5 and worked withing organization team for DebConf6.
Of these people, which have been present at a previous Debconfs and who have participated as organizers and/or volunteers (the line might be quite blurry at times) of a previous Debconf?
Choice of city / town / whatever
- Host town Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Are you suggesting a city, a town, a village, a spa in the middle of nowhere?
- Population: around 400.000.
- Quite a few of computer equipment resellers, including IBM, Dell and HP representatives.
- A number of local electronic/electricity shops
- Computer stores (A "media markt" like enduser oriented store doesn't count)
- A couple of supermarkets in the vicinity of the dorm area.
- Sarajevo International airport only 15 minutes away by taxi from the dorm.
- Are there any cheap airlines flying near the chosen city?
The low fare airlines flying to Sarajevo include Malev, Lufhansa, Austrian Airlines, ?AlItalia...
- How long does the trip from the airport to the venue take?
- How friendly is your country towards foreigners?
- Visas: Which/how many countries' citizens require getting a visa? How hard (bureaucratic, probable) is it to get it?
Are there any import regulations, which might affect DebConf? (e.g. a limit to number of notebooks / DVDs / other media you can bring in; hard regulations for money transfers; etc.)
- Language: Majority of people understand english and can do a basic level of communication. It is relatively easy for a foreigner to find his/her way around the city. Also, a lot of foreign workers and diplomatic missions personel are based in Sarajevo and get along quite nicely.
- Visas: Which/how many countries' citizens require getting a visa? How hard (bureaucratic, probable) is it to get it?
Conference Facilities
Is the venue ready for handicapped people? Note: Keep in mind that it's not only motion-handicapped - Is the area safe for people with any kind of handicap? Ellaborate as much as possible. Bonus: What people is it not good for?
Access to all areas with ramps and/or elevators? (no, carrying somebody over some steps is not an acceptable option)
- Are there people with experience handling handicapped people, who checked that?
- How far away are the spaces from each other? (auditoriums, hacklabs, restaurant, rooms)
What kind of places are available suitable for hacklabs, workshops, ?BoFs and talks?
- How many people fit in each of them?
- How flexible can that be handled?
- Can smaller auditoriums be merged into a bigger one?
- Are tables/chairs fixed, or can we arrange them to fit more people/give more room to the people that we need?
- What kind of audio equipment is allready present at the auditoriums?
- Wireless or stationary mics?
- clip-on kind of mics or cary in your hand mics?
- How many of them?
- Will the hacklabs be allowed to stay open 24x7? What time schedule do they offer?
- What kind of security will be there?
- How much does it cost to rent these facilities?
- Are there any limitations regarding the consumptions of food / alcohol?
- How far is it to the nearest convenience stores / all-night restaurants?
Food
- Is the eating place near the talks place / the hacklabs?
- What kind of food would be served?
- In what fashion? (service to the table, limited buffet, open buffet, etc.)
- Would food for vegetarians / vegan / lactose-alergic / religious (of any denomination) people be available?
- How much meals to we need to order to get those kind of "special" meals?
- Will it cost extra to get those special meals?
- In a two week period, how many more or less equal meals can we expect?
- How much does eating cost per person per day ?
Network connectivity
How much does it cost and how difficult is it to get a big internet connection? (10/20 Mbits at least)
- How much work does it imply to cover the area with wireless links?
- Is the area already wired with regular network infrastructure? (much preferrably: 100Mbps or 1Gbps switched)
- If we use someone else's infrastructure, how easy / flexible can that be handled, regarding routing / firewall / ip-range / public access / other stuff?
- Do we have restrictions on allowed ports?
- Are we traffic-shaped? Or can we set a traffic shaper if we need so?
Would it be possible to set up the network before Debcamp? (at least a week, earlier would be nicer)
Special rooms
Both for server and video rooms:
- General conditions for the rooms
- Size
- Have they/do they need air conditioning?
- What electrical load can they handle?
Accomodation
- Is the place where people are going to sleep near the conference facilities?
- Is it able to handle a varying number from 200 to 400 of people?
- Will it be possible for couples to stay together?
- Is it able to handle non-native (English) speaking people?
- How many room keys would be available?
- How much does it cost per person per night?
- Are there other hotels around?
Will there be a need of a "Debconf" info-desk, or would the local people be able to handle that themselves? Info desk implies: handling bags (200-400), nametags (printing and giving them out), giving general information (Daytrip, Formal Dinner, etc), handling food-tickets, handle room-allocation, maybe handle the keys. See ?DebConfInfoDesk
Fun and Free time
- What activities can be done during the free time?
- What would be a possible Day Trip?
- Is the proposed location ready to receive people with disabilities?
- How expensive would that be?
Local Sponsors
- Do you have a list of prospective sponsors that might be interested in the conference? Money, hardware, connectivity, etc.
See also
?DebConf5WhatToImprove DebConf6Suggestions