Re: [gentoo-nfp] [[e-mail]: Re: Request for funds]

[Corey Shields]

On Wednesday 21 September 2005 09:34 am, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> I'd believe that we aren't able to pay for developers attending meetings.
> We probably never will, unless we win some nice lotteries. So far for the
> bad thoughts :)

It would be nice to do this someday..   For instance, Debconf and Apachecon 
both attract users and developers worldwide, and are supported by their 
appropriate foundations  (the foundations pay for the organizing and pay the 
way for the speakers/faculty).

> Someone mentioned to provide a list of conferences/meetings that might get
> Gentoo Foundation funding. I'm not really in favor of this as this will
> undoubtedly result in political discussions about who/when/where and such.

Well, those discussions will arise with or without a list.  A list may help to 
distinguish eligibility and in the long run help to minimize the politics.  
Some criteria needs to be set to help guide such a list though.  For 
instance, conference attendance and purpose behind the conference.  LWE is a 
general linux conference where distros are given a chance to advertise and 
show off.  Attendance tops 12,000 for san francisco.  I think it is well 
worth our money to help the efforts there.  On the other hand, if I create a 
Linux conference at home and expect 5 people to show up, it would be a waste 
of money.  So, a criteria needs to be discussed and set.

> I'd rather focus on using the financial means for infrastructure and other
> Gentoo-wide support.

Sure.   I guess this opens up the floor for the question "what do we have 
falling under 'other Gentoo-wide support'?"

Cheers,

-C

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Corey Shields
Gentoo Linux Infrastructure Team
Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees
http://www.gentoo.org/~cshields