>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Carter <j...@debian.org> writes:
Jonathan> Hi Sam
Jonathan> On 2019/10/02 23:33, Sam Hartman wrote:
>> Tl;DR: I think that the Mini-DebConf and Sprint process are
>> working great and have no plans to revisit those procedures. But
>> we can discuss whether we need to do that.
Jonathan> I don't think it's working great. Earlier this year my
Jonathan> request for travel re-reimbursement got declined because I
Jonathan> have "already received funding to attend another sprint
Jonathan> earlier in the year".
I recall things differently including circling back with you and letting
you know that I thought I made the wrong decision.
You approached me asking for travel approval.
I said that I was having a bit of conflict with the treasurer team
working through some guidelines to apply because of a previous decision
that I had made. I asked how big of a problem it would be if I turned
you down.
You said that it was not a huge problem.
Later after the discussions with the treasury team concluded I let you
know that based on my personal feelings and the guidelines we eventually
came up with, I should have approved your request.
It was too late to do so, but I had already indicated that I was too
conservative in your case because of concerns that I might have been too
permissive in an earlier case.
Had you indicated it was really important then I would have either fast
tracked coming up with guidelines or taken the possibility of the
treasury team being concerned about two decisions.
I regret that I was not more up to speed on the financial aspects of
being a DPL when I took office.
For the record, the active members of the treasury team had a great
discussion and have generally been in alignment once we got onto the
same page.
