Hi team, On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 10:44:16 PM Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >On 25/08/15 at 20:22 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: >> So how does the following process sound? >> >> 1. Bursaries (and all other teams for themselves) gauges the >> amount of money they'd like to have in their budget. This >> is difficult and will take a few iterations, especially since >> we're all new at this, so let's not wait too long… >> >> 2. We try to allocate budgeted funds in a sensible way, and >> get the result approved as the first budget. >> >> 3. Now the teams can work within the funds available and progress >> can be made on all fronts. While the income situation is >> unclear, some positions will be budgeted more conservatively >> than others, but things can keep moving, or at least it's clear >> what can and cannot be done while not enough funds have been >> raised. >> >> 4. When teams encounter that their needs are outside of budget, >> they apply for a budget extension. In the case of the day trip >> or entertainment, the answer might only be yes if the income >> situation allows for it (requests should be processed >> altogether at defined points in time). But in the case of e.g. >> video team or travel sponsorship needs, Debian funds might get >> allocated if the DC fundraising income does not provide for it. > >For the record (not that it matters much :-) ), that matches quite well >how I hope the Debconf budget will work in the future. > >> Does this sound like something we could try? > >I wonder if it would help things a bit to have each time work with an >specific interval of money they could receive. For example, the outreach >team could say 'To do something useful, we need at least $1000 [sponsor >one attendee], and I don't see how we could need more than $6000.' > >That's slightly more work for the teams because they need to think about >the hypothesis of receiving more money, but that's something they should >do anyway.
Almost all the above is already being done for DC16, please review the budget ledger commits I made regarding each teams feedback so far. DO NOT send email to this address: nkukard085...@lbsd.net
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