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Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and infrastructure - |
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:30:06 -0500 (CDT) |
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From: Deedra Waters <dmwaters@g.o> |
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To: Daniel Ostrow <dostrow@g.o> |
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Cc: Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o>, java@g.o, |
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Petteri R?ty <betelgeuse@g.o>, trustees@g.o |
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Subject: Re: Request for funds |
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I'm with the others on this. |
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Daniel Ostrow wrote: |
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> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:06:50 -0400 |
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> From: Daniel Ostrow <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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> 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 |
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> > 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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> > |
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> > I agree with Grant on all counts. I don't think we have a) the money to |
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> > 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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> > |
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> > I'm personally more inclined to vote for things that reach a broader, |
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> > 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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Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and infrastructure - |
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