[gentoo-nfp] Re: Request for funds (fwd)

[Deedra Waters]

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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:30:06 -0500 (CDT)
From: Deedra Waters <dmwaters@g.o>
To: Daniel Ostrow <dostrow@g.o>
Cc: Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o>, java@g.o,
     Petteri R?ty <betelgeuse@g.o>, trustees@g.o
Subject: Re: Request for funds

I'm with the others on this.
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Daniel Ostrow wrote:

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

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