[Debconf6-data-commit] r692 - bags
Andreas Schuldei
andreas at costa.debian.org
Wed May 10 18:21:15 UTC 2006
Author: andreas
Date: 2006-05-10 18:20:42 +0000 (Wed, 10 May 2006)
New Revision: 692
Modified:
bags/info_atm.txt
bags/info_bus_and_taxi.txt
bags/info_daytrip.txt
bags/info_emergency.txt
bags/info_food_and_drinks.txt
bags/info_laundary.txt
bags/info_network.txt
bags/info_reimbursement.txt
Log:
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Modified: bags/info_atm.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_atm.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_atm.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
Life's essentials: Money and bottled water
-There is an ATM outside of the Oaxtepec vacational complex, in the pharmacy
-(marked in the map with the number 38). It has both a spanish and english user interface.
-In the pharmacy you can also shop 5 liter water bottles for 15MXN (much
-cheaper then in the hotel).
+There is an ATM just outside the Oaxtepec vacational complex, in the pharmacy
+(marked on the map with the number 38). It has user interfaces in both
+Spanish and English.
+
+In the pharmacy you can also buy 5 liter bottles of water for 15 Pesos,
+which is much cheaper than inside the hotel.
Modified: bags/info_bus_and_taxi.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_bus_and_taxi.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_bus_and_taxi.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-Bus and Taxi
+Buses and Taxis
-The Hotel works together with a taxi company since many years without any
-incidents or problems. Only cabs from that company are allowed on the
-compound. Usually there are a few waiting near the reception area.
+The vacation centre has been working together with a particular taxi company
+for many years without any incidents or problems. Only that company's cabs
+are allowed in the centre. Usually there are a few cabs waiting near the
+reception area.
-If not, you can call a taxi or go to the nearby taxi stand, marked in the map with the number 37.
+If there are no cabs waiting, you can call a taxi or go to the nearby taxi
+stand, marked as number 37 on the map.
-The hotel's reception does not handle Taxi calls but you can order taxis
-ourself using the internal phones of the vacation center. For that please
-use the speed dial button marked "Taxi" or dial 1109. If you dont speak spanish you can say "receptione"
-with a spanish accent and they will most likey come, since there
-is no other reception in the greater area.
+Reception will not call a cab for you, but you can call a cab yourself from
+the vacation centre's internal phones. Use the speed dial button marked
+"taxi", or dial 1109.
-Fairs???
+(Fares?)
-The bus stop is marked with the number 3 in the map. There are three bus
-routes there and they all go to Mexico city in 5 to 10 minute intervals.
+The bus stop is marked on the map as number 3. Three bus routes stop there,
+and they all go to Mexico City in 5 to 10 minute intervals.
-Fairs???
+(Fares?)
Modified: bags/info_daytrip.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_daytrip.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_daytrip.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-Daytrip to YYY
+Daytrip to Xochicalco and Cuernavaca
-This year's daytrip will go to YYY. We will leave at 11.00 from the main
-entrance, so even the people rising late have a fair chance of coming along.
+This year's daytrip will go to Xochicalco and Cuernavaca. We will leave at
+11.00 from the main entrance, so even the people rising late have a fair
+chance of coming along.
-The bus ride will take about XXX hours, with a stop in ZZZ.
+The bus ride will take about 2 hours.
-We will take along food to have a picknick.
+We will provide food for the day.
-YYY is a historical site from the prehispanic periode, build by the aztecs.
+Xochicalco is a historical site from the Pre-Hispanic period.
We expect to be back at 19:00, well in time for dinner.
+
+Regardless if you want to come along or not, please indicate your intention
+at https://debconf6.debconf.org/comas/attendees/account by the 12th.
+
+Further up-to-date information about the daytrip is at
+http://wiki.debian.org/Debconf6DayTrip.
Modified: bags/info_emergency.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_emergency.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_emergency.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
Emergencies
-In the case of emergencies you could contact the DebConf organizers for help:
+In case of emergency, you could contact the DebConf organizers for help:
local organizers:
-Gunnar Wolf: +52-7352412145
-Gabriella
+Gunnar Wolf: +52-5514512244
+Gabriela Manjarrez: +52-5532720039
spanish speaker:
Jesus Climent: +358-50-4823805
-no spanish speaker:
+non spanish speaker:
Andreas Schuldei: +52-7351412145
Medical emergencies
-There is a first aid station behind the stadium of the Oactepec compound (number 27 on the map). It offers 24h/day medical emergency service with a nurse on standby.
+There is a first aid station behind the stadium of the Vacation Centre
+(number 27 on the map). There are nurses on standby 24 hours a day, offering
+emergency medical services. A medical doctor is available from 10:00 to
+18:00.
Modified: bags/info_food_and_drinks.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_food_and_drinks.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_food_and_drinks.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
Food and Drink
-Sponsored meals will be servered in the restaurant
-"Meseta Casa Club", marked with number 19 in the map.
+Sponsored meals will be served in the restaurant "Meseta", marked on the
+map as number 19.
-Lunch is at 14:00, dinner at 21:00. Since the restaurant wants to close they will not start serving people arriving after 21:30.
-The last sponsored meal is dinner on the 21th.
+Lunch is at 14:00, dinner at 20:00. Since the restaurant wants to close,
+people arriving after 21:30 will not be served. The last sponsored meal is
+dinner on the 21st.
-There are other restaurants on the compound listed in the map's legend.
+There are other restaurants in the centre listed on the map's legend.
-The food tickets are marked with diatary preference, date and meal.
-Please use the right food tickets from your DebConf6 bag to "pay" for your meal.
+The food tickets are marked with the date, meal, and dietary preference.
+Please use the correct food tickets from your DebConf6 bag to "pay" for your
+meal.
-Helpers from Debconf will be available for assistance during the sponsord
-meals.
+Debconf helpers will be available for assistance during the sponsored meals.
-Due to lack of demand in previous years we don't sponsor breakfast this
-year. You can buy breakfast yourself starting from ~40MXN in restaurant
-Meseta Casa (opens at 9:00) Club or ~55MXN in restaurant La Torre (number
-23 in the map, opens at 8:00).
+Due to lack of demand in previous years, we are not sponsoring breakfast
+this year. You can buy breakfast yourself starting from ~40 Pesos at
+"Meseta", which opens at 9, or from ~50 Pesos at "La Torre", which opens at
+8 and is marked on the map as number 23.
-Make sure you dink enough in order to prevent dehydration. There are water
-fountains in most of the rooms we use.
-
+Make sure you drink enough fluids in order to prevent dehydration. There
+are water coolers in most of the rooms we are using.
\ No newline at end of file
Modified: bags/info_laundary.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_laundary.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_laundary.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
-Dirty laundary
+Dirty laundry
-We will have an external laundary service coming here on tuesday, thursday
-and saturday mornings at 9:30, which will pick up bags with your dirty
-laundary and the cleaning fee (in mexican currency, inside the laundary bag) from the entrance of the Zacatepec building.
-If you dont want your laundary dried in the sun (and not in the tumbler),
-please put a big sheet of paper into your bag, saying "SECADO AL SOL" (spanish for "dry in
-the sun").
+An external laundry service will be coming to the entrance of the Zacatepec
+hotel on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at 9:30 to pick up your
+bags of dirty laundry. Please include the cleaning fee (at least 35 Pesos
+for 3 kilogrammes of laundry) in the laundry bag. If you want your laundry
+dried in the sun (and not in the tumble drier), please put a big sheet of
+paper into your bag, saying "SECADO AL SOL" (Spanish for "dry in the sun").
+Your laundry will be returned the next morning to the same place.
-Your laundary will be returned the next morning to the same place.
-
-The price is at least 35MXN for 3kg.
-
-Please ask Marcela Tiznado <mtiznado at linux.org.ar> (irc-nick: ASCIIGirl)
+Please ask Marcela Tiznado <mtiznado at linux.org.ar> (irc nick: ASCIIGirl)
for your laundary bag. She is also happy to help you with other related
issues.
Modified: bags/info_network.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_network.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_network.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-Network 192.168.100.1/23
+Network 192.168.100.0/23
-Gateway, Mail relay, Debian mirror, DHCP- and DNS server is on homer.mexico.debconf.org at 192.168.100.1.
-Our Wireless network has the ESSID "debconf6" and is unencrypted.
+The main server machine is homer.mexico.debconf.org, which listens
+behind 192.168.100.1 for your requests.
+
+It serves as the DHCP-server (remember to NOT run your own server),
+as the gateway, DNS-Server and local debian mirror and also as a
+NTP server.
+
+A mail relay, which sends mails via a non-dialup link, is provided, so if you
+don't already have a mail server you can use to send your email without
+getting into Dialup-Block-Lists, then use homer.mexico.debconf.org as the
+mail server. It accepts mail from everyone in our subnet, runs a little spam
+and virus filter (as we have a widely open network), and sends your mail out.
+
+
+Our Wireless network has the ESSID "debconf6" and is unencrypted, free for
+everyone. The wireless network should cover all of the hacklabs, the hotels,
+most of the pool area (the restaurant side), as well as the Parliamentary
+Tower. You are free to set up your own access points and connect them to the
+network in areas where the provided coverage is not good enough, but please
+set them up in such a way that the network stays a flat one, and remember:
+PLEASE DO NOT LET THEM DO DHCP-SERVER.
+
+
Fixed IP addresses are available on request.
Modified: bags/info_reimbursement.txt
===================================================================
--- bags/info_reimbursement.txt 2006-05-10 05:46:58 UTC (rev 691)
+++ bags/info_reimbursement.txt 2006-05-10 18:20:42 UTC (rev 692)
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
Your reimbursement process
-The reimbursement process takes two days. Please submit your
-reimbursement form (see below) to the sponsorship desk at reception on
-the 14th or 15th of May[1]. At this point, we will check that everything
-needed is attached, and reconfirm the amount of sponsorship you have
-been granted. You can collect your sponsorship on the 15th and 16th of
-May from the same place, allowing one day for us to process your
-form. You will then need to sign a receipt to show that you've received
-your money.
+Note: Even if most of this sounds similar to our last mail on this topic,
+please read it completly, as some small but significant details have changed.
+The reimbursement process takes two days. Please submit your reimbursement
+form (see below) to the sponsorship desk at reception on the 14th or 15th of
+May[1]. At this point, we will check that everything needed is attached, and
+reconfirm the amount of sponsorship you have been granted. You can collect
+your sponsorship on the 18th of May from the same place, allowing time for
+us to process your form. You will then need to sign a receipt to show that
+you have received your money.
+
[1] Exact times will be sent to debconf-announce at lists.debconf.org at
least one day before this starts, so please follow that list, even
if you are having lots of fun at DebConf!
-This year we decided against international money transfers after the
-event is finished, as they are expensive and reimbursement takes a long
-time using this method.
+This year we decided against international money transfers after the event
+is finished, as they are expensive and reimbursement takes a long time using
+this method. Instead, we will hand out traveller's cheques, which you can
+change into money in your preferred currency in any bank. They are also safe
+if you lose them, you can block them by their number, and then get the
+money via American Express.
If you are unable to attend the process on one of those mentioned dates
-(e.g. because you are coming late), please mail to
-sponsorship at debconf.org and we will make altzernative arrangements.
+(e.g. because you are coming late), please send mail to
+sponsorship at debconf.org, and we will make alternative arrangements.
Here is a checklist of what is needed:
@@ -36,9 +41,7 @@
- You. :)
-In order to make this process as quick and painless as possible for all
-involved, please prepare as much as possible beforehand.
-As we won't have a photocopier in Mexico, we will have to scan
-everything that hasn't been photocopied, which is very time-consuming.
-Thanks for your help!
-
+In order to make this process as quick and painless as possible for everyone
+involved, please prepare as much as possible beforehand. As we won't have a
+photocopier in Mexico, we will have to scan everything that hasn't been
+photocopied, which is very time-consuming. Thanks for your help!
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