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On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 15:27 -0400, Michael Cummings wrote: |
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> * Bylaws, bylaws, inlaws |
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> * (re-)Incorporation somewhere |
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> * Store - CD/DVDs came up, as did (at least in part) on whether there |
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> was interest in another venue |
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Well, CafePress has given us horrible support when it came to having a |
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problem. This is why the 2006.0 LiveCD for x86 never showed up on the |
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store, as well as two other CDs (Sparc Packages and G4 Packages, if I |
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recall correctly) and contact with them was pointless. All *six* times |
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that I called them, they said they would call me back. When I asked to |
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speak with a manager, they said they were all busy and would have to |
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call me back. To this day, I have not received a single call from them. |
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Considering they also do not do DVD media, we really should start |
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looking elsewhere, as I see DVD media packed full of 8GB worth of Gentoo |
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goodness as an excellent way to raise funds. |
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> * Soft serve in the lounge. (I promised weeve I'd work towards it) |
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> * Hardware purchases upcoming/forseen? |
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I'd still like to see some form of budgets for both PR/Events and Infra, |
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to allow them to have operating expenses available without needing to |
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submit a funding request. These would, of course, need limits placed on |
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them, and proper accounting would be needed at the end of the year. |
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Something like... "You had a $x budget, and spent $y. What did you |
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spend it on?" kind of thing. This allows for fast purchases (new power |
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supply, anyone?) without going through the red tape required to get |
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funds. It also gives the PR group the ability to have money to spend on |
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promoting Gentoo. I'd love to be able to build some kind of "Press Kit" |
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with nice, full-color documentation about Gentoo as well as our latest |
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release media and other goodies to send out to both our partners and the |
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press. It definitely wouldn't hurt to have money for trade shows, too, |
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but that might be a bit harder to come by, depending on the income we |
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end up getting. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams |
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Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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