Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-27 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 07:26:10PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > One source of confusion in Mexico was that people said at the Mexican > embassy they were travelling "for a conference". Stupid as it might > sound, that meant they were coming "on business", and it was a PITA to > convince the Foreign

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-27 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Victor H De la Luz dijo [Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 05:29:51PM -0300]: > And if you are rejected, then always exists the mexican "coyotes" to > cross the border (is a joke but is real)... I recognize you are Mexican, by your mail. And... Well, I advise you not to even joke on this. Being related to ille

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-27 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Jimmy Kaplowitz dijo [Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 02:31:24PM -0500]: > Martin may have left the wrong impression. We don't have the issues fully > solved, and of course can no more make guarantees that there won't be visa or > border hassles than the Mexico local team was able to for DebConf6 (the first >

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-26 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, dan wrote: > > > search and other privacy concerns so that people can make rational > > > decisions based on reality instead of sensationalism. > > > > Sensationalism like > > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/08/us_government_p.html > > http://www.schneier.com/blog/a

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-26 Thread dan
On Thursday 26 February 2009 08:08:50 Mike Hommey wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 02:31:24PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > Further, we're definitely going to be giving people invitation > > letters and other advice to make sure they present themselves in > > the best (accurate) light they can

https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/ (Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA)

2009-02-26 Thread Osamu Aoki
FYI: Although people from many countries (Japan, Europe, ...) are not required to have visa, US now requires to fill some web form in advance. PLEASE do not forget to do Travel Authorization: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/ Also ... On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 09:08:50AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > On W

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-26 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 02:31:24PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Further, we're definitely going to be giving people invitation letters and > other advice to make sure they present themselves in the best (accurate) light > they can to the visa or border officials, as well as separate exaggeration

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread AtomCell
hi all, if you need a visa to the USA, just ask the NY team to send you an invitation (if possible from an association). the invitation should be addressed to your company (so ask your company to support you). ask also the NY team to send a copy of this invitation to your local US embassy. kind reg

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread Victor H De la Luz
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > > With respect to visa issues, early application is always a good ideal. > I work for a US government agency that hosts international guests for > training three to four times a year.  We usually don't know who is going > to show up until

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread Patrick Ouellette
With respect to visa issues, early application is always a good ideal. I work for a US government agency that hosts international guests for training three to four times a year. We usually don't know who is going to show up until we actually see the people arrive on the first day of training. Th

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
(Please CC me on responses - I'm not subscribed to debian-devel currently.) On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 06:55:22PM +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO Pendant le temps de midi du mercredi 25 février 2009, vers 12:45, > martin f krafft disait : > > > In eleven years of DebConf history, this will be

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Vincent Bernat (25/02/2009): > Out of curiosity, how those issues will be handled? Obvi: Covert channels. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le temps de midi du mercredi 25 février 2009, vers 12:45, martin f krafft disait : > In eleven years of DebConf history, this will be the first time > that the Debian developer conference takes place in the United > States of America, which had been avoided in previous years due to