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On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 09:29:36PM +0000, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 06:40:38PM +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> > I nominate the three incumbents. |
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> > Robin H. Johnson (robbat2) |
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> |
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> I accept the nomination, with a full manifesto to follow, just dealing |
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> with IRL stuff presently as well as my 8+ years old desktop finally |
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> failing (maybe buying Ryzen next week?). |
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> The rough outline of my Manifest, from the perspective of Treasurer: |
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> - finish the financial statement work |
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> - missing sections that need improvements in report generation code |
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> - try to assign value to the in-kind donations if recommended by the |
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> CPA |
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> - Produce FY2019 financial statements, as the FY just closed. |
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> - Spend GENEROUSLY on Infra, RelEng needs |
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> - Have a solid idea for a funding proposal from the Foundation? PLEASE |
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> Submit it! |
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> - Nitrokey program mostly a success in my opinion, higher budget |
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> allowance would have permitted 2-3 keys/person that we asked about |
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> later. WebAuthN keys are launching now, so we can consider it. |
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> - much of the present infra hardware is getting old |
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> - Nothing in the OSL racks is newer than 3 years. |
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> - Multiple systems are in the 6-8 year range |
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> - consider expanding the Ganeti VM hosting to consolidate the old |
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> systems |
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> - Networking gear is VERY old |
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> - some releng arches need new boxes, e.g. sparc |
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> - Treasurer perspective: this reduces need for carryover to new entity |
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> if that route is chosen, esp. w.r.t the 501c3 1/3rd 2% donation |
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> limits. |
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> -- |
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> Robin Hugh Johnson |
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> Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer |
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> E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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> GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 |
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> GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136 |
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Robin, would you please share your opinion on the direction you would like to |
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see the Foundation go? That is, are you in favor of an umbrella or maintaining |
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a 501c3 for the Foundation? Combination of the two? |
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If maintaining a foundation, how do you propose the financials are taken care of |
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in the future? |
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Cheers, |
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Aaron |
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