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On Wednesday 21 September 2005 09:34 am, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> I'd believe that we aren't able to pay for developers attending meetings. |
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> We probably never will, unless we win some nice lotteries. So far for the |
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> bad thoughts :) |
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It would be nice to do this someday.. For instance, Debconf and Apachecon |
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both attract users and developers worldwide, and are supported by their |
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appropriate foundations (the foundations pay for the organizing and pay the |
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way for the speakers/faculty). |
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> Someone mentioned to provide a list of conferences/meetings that might get |
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> Gentoo Foundation funding. I'm not really in favor of this as this will |
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> undoubtedly result in political discussions about who/when/where and such. |
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Well, those discussions will arise with or without a list. A list may help to |
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distinguish eligibility and in the long run help to minimize the politics. |
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Some criteria needs to be set to help guide such a list though. For |
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instance, conference attendance and purpose behind the conference. LWE is a |
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general linux conference where distros are given a chance to advertise and |
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show off. Attendance tops 12,000 for san francisco. I think it is well |
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worth our money to help the efforts there. On the other hand, if I create a |
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Linux conference at home and expect 5 people to show up, it would be a waste |
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of money. So, a criteria needs to be discussed and set. |
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> I'd rather focus on using the financial means for infrastructure and other |
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> Gentoo-wide support. |
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Sure. I guess this opens up the floor for the question "what do we have |
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falling under 'other Gentoo-wide support'?" |
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Cheers, |
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-C |
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Corey Shields |
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Gentoo Linux Infrastructure Team |
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Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~cshields |