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Forwarded per Grant's request. |
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From: Daniel Ostrow <dostrow@g.o> |
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Reply-To: dostrow@g.o |
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To: Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o> |
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Cc: java@g.o, Petteri R?ty <betelgeuse@g.o>, |
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trustees@g.o |
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Subject: Re: Request for funds |
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:06:50 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 17:01 +0000, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 10:56:01AM -0500 or thereabouts, Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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> > Although I would love for the Foundation to be able to subsidize devs |
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> > attending meetings, my personal view is that we don't have the funds for |
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> > it. Or, to be more specific, we don't have the funds to agree to all |
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> > such proposals, or even a good method for determining which meetings are |
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> > "more worthy" than others. |
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> > |
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> > As much as I would love to argue that Gentoo should send me to PyCon in |
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> > February, I think it's a bad idea. (Fortunately, the next PyCon is only |
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> > four hours away, so I think I can manage getting my work to pay for it.) |
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> > The reason is that we're always going to have more devs who want to go |
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> > places than money to pay for it, so I think it's just a bad habit to get |
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> > into. |
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> I agree with Grant on all counts. I don't think we have a) the money to do |
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> this now or b) a good process in place to approve/reject submissions once |
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> we do have more money. |
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> I'm personally more inclined to vote for things that reach a broader, wider |
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> audience, rather than a more targeted, specialized audience. |
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Agreed, I don't think we can do this now. |
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I think that if we ever do get to the point of sponsorship it should be |
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to events where a larger portion of Gentoo as a whole can see benefit, |
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e.g. multiple devs going to the event or the event being specifically |
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targeted at Gentoo. |
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Going forward we should consider making a list of "sanctioned" events |
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once we have the capital to provide for sponsorship. Doing this will |
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allow us to make sure that we do not over extend ourselves financially |
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and provide a level playing field for the greater dev community. |
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Daniel Ostrow |
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Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees |
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Gentoo/{PPC,PPC64,DevRel} |
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