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Bosnian Local team

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• 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. the debian thing is a red herring, please disregard that part - Andreas.

  • Linux Users Group of Bosnia and Herzegovina http://www.linux.org.ba

• 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?

  • Safir Secerovic, volunteered during DebConf5 and worked withing organization team for DebConf6.

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• 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 the debian thing is a red herring, please disregard that part - Andreas

Local team consists of the following members:

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Choice of city / town / whatever

• Are you suggesting a city, a town, a village, a spa in the middle of nowhere? Host town: Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • How many people live there? Population: around 400.000.
  • How easy/convenient is the proposed place to get all strange and regular kinds of hardware?
    • Electronic/electricity shops A number of local electronic/electricity shops

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Safir Secerovic - sapphire@linux.org.ba Debian NM applicant and DebConf volunteer Vedran Ljubovic - vljubovic@smartnet.ba Ubuntu Lite maintainer and Equinox Desktop Environment (EDE) developer Alen Sarkinovic - alen@linux.org.ba Bosnian LUG Chair Amila Akagic - bono@linux.org.ba Bosnian LUG member, Debian user

• 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?

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• Computer stores (A "media markt" like enduser oriented store doesn't count) Quite a few of computer equipment resellers, including IBM, Dell and HP representatives.
• Supermarkets, etc. A couple of supermarkets in the vicinity of the dorm area.

• Which is the nearest airport? Sarajevo International airport
  • 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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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.

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• How long does the trip from the airport to the venue take? Sarajevo International airport only 15 minutes away by taxi from the dorm.

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• A number of local electronic/electricity shops

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• 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: Do most people talk English? How hard is it for a foreigner to find their way around? 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.

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• 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?

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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.

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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? we can not consider ALL kinds of handicapted people. please make reasonable assumptions to light to medium level motion handicaps - Andreas

  • 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? is this a new requirement? - Andreas

    • 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? this question needs to specify WHERE there are limitiations. for example in the sarajevo case i can imagine that the culture center would not want any alcoholic stuff, as the auditoriums in finland forbid all kinds or food and drinks. - Andreas

  • How far is it to the nearest convenience stores / all-night restaurants?

Food

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• Is the eating place near the talks place / the hacklabs? We have the kitchen along with the dinning hall within the dorm area.
• What kind of food would be served? Food served would be a traditional Bosnian cuisine.
  • In what fashion? (service to the table, limited buffet, open buffet, etc.) Food is offered on a self service basis.
• Would food for vegetarians / vegan / lactose-alergic / religious (of any denomination) people be available? There will also be an option for vegetarian meals.

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• We have the kitchen along with the dinning hall within the dorm area.
• What kind of food would be served?

Food served would be a traditional Bosnian cuisine.

• In what fashion? (service to the table, limited buffet, open buffet, etc.)

Food is offered on a self service basis.

• Would food for vegetarians / vegan / lactose-alergic / religious (of any denomination) people be available?

There will also be an option for vegetarian meals.

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• 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 20 to 400 of people? changed from 200 to 20 - Andreas

• 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?

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• Is the proposed location ready to receive people with disabilities? same as above, assume reasonable limits of handicapped people - Andreas

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• 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? same as above, assume reasonable limits of handicapted peopel - Andreas

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• 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

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DebConf6LessonsLearned

CategoryDebConf

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CategoryDebConf

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