#opensuse-project Meeting

Meeting summary

1. Agenda (RobinEd, 13:00:16)
   1. Apologies (RobinEd, 13:00:16)
   2. FOSDEM (RobinEd, 13:00:16)
   3. Current status talks submitted (RobinEd, 13:00:16)
   4. Current status registration (RobinEd, 13:00:16)
   5. Hotels (RobinEd, 13:00:17)
   6. Sponsorship (RobinEd, 13:00:19)
   7. CfP deadline and TSP (RobinEd, 13:00:21)
   8. Other points by participants (RobinEd, 13:00:23)
   
   
2. Apologies (RobinEd, 13:00:34)
   1. Hans de Raad sends his regrets due to work commitments. He may join later in the meeting, or maybe not. (RobinEd, 13:00:34)
   
   
3. FOSDEM (RobinEd, 13:01:00)
   1. an email was sent to the mailing list with a lot of exciting new developments and speakers we have managed to interest in oSC15. (RobinEd, 13:01:00)
   
   
4. Current status talks submitted (RobinEd, 13:05:14)
   1. The counter is now at 47 submissions! (RobinEd, 13:05:15)
   2. not, however by unique speakers (RobinEd, 13:05:15)
   3. we are happy with this amount this early <pats self on back> but we need to keep working on getting more submissions. (RobinEd, 13:05:15)
   4. https://news.opensuse.org/2015/02/04/conference-in-the-hague-taking-shape/ (RobinEd, 13:07:58)
   
   
5. Current status registration (RobinEd, 13:12:12)
   1. Currently 71 registrations! (RobinEd, 13:12:12)
   2. again, we are happy at this stage of the game (RobinEd, 13:12:12)
   3. again, we need to keep plugging this event (RobinEd, 13:12:12)
   
   
6. Hotels (RobinEd, 13:15:39)
   1. We have a hotel (van der Valk) doing double rooms with breakfast at EUR 105 / night and single rooms with breakfast at EUR 95 per night (RobinEd, 13:15:39)
   2. we are looking into cheaper options (RobinEd, 13:15:39)
   3. notably, we are hoping to turn a part of the venue into a very cheap indoor camping option for around EUR 20,- / night. We are currently still in discussions with the venue organisers about this. (RobinEd, 13:15:39)
   4. we are also looking at alternative hostels for guests (RobinEd, 13:15:39)
   5. As well as looking at running a shuttle service from the station to the venue (and back). Prices still need to come in. (RobinEd, 13:15:41)
   
   
7. Sponsorship (RobinEd, 13:25:02)
   1. for administrative reasons SUSE would like sponsors to not pay in cash but to sponsor specific items that the sponsors can be directly billed for. (RobinEd, 13:25:03)
   2. we have updated the sponsorship text to reflect this (RobinEd, 13:25:03)
   
   
8. CfP deadline and TSP (RobinEd, 13:42:37)
   1. We suggest pushing back the CfP deadline to 1st March, due to TSP constraints (RobinEd, 13:42:37)
   2. We may have a 2nd CfP without the TSP from 1 - 31 March, depending on the amount of submissions we have. (RobinEd, 13:42:37)
   3. the Travel Support Program is getting started under Izabel Valverde (RobinEd, 13:42:37)
   
   
9. Other points by participants (RobinEd, 13:48:51)

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