Hi Lucas, On 16/03/2017 12:15, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > In you platform, you mention the partners program, and apparently a lot > of progress was made recently. This was a (good) surprise for me. You > write: >> With the help of the new partners team I formed during my first term, >> we started to make a list of current partners and sponsors. We are >> working on the new program and I hope we will be able to make its >> first version public in time so that it can be beneficial to >> DebConf17. With that in place, we will be able to discuss with >> potential partners the terms of their support. > > I must admit that I just discovered > https://www.debian.org/partners/2017/partners.en.html > > Was this announced somewhere, and did I miss it? Or was it not announced > yet? >
It has not been announced yet. Please bare in mind that this is still work in progress and not official yet. > Are the members those listed on > https://www.debian.org/intro/organization.en.html > (was the call for help public?) > Both Luca and Laura expressed interest in the partners program. I have discussed about this subject with Luca during DebConf16 and with Laura over IRC. And then, we started iterating on different points to shape the program. > Was there a (recent) public discussion about that program? > Not yet. I am fairly convinced that discussions are more effective when we have a proposal at hand to criticize and not completely open. The proposal will be sent out publicly for discussion as soon as it is ready. -- Mehdi