Hi, Quoting Andreas' reply in an earlier thread:
On 18/03/25 at 16:14 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Understanding Debian's financial situation is essential for the DPL, as > one of the DPL's responsibilities is making decisions on funding > requests. However, it is important to emphasize that the actual > financial management-including tracking income, expenses, and > reporting-is handled by the treasurers. Their work ensures that Debian's > finances are well managed and accounted for, and the DPL relies on their > expertise to make informed decisions. >◃ > For a long time, financial decision-making was relatively > straightforward. In his Bits from the DPL talk, Neil once mentioned at > DebConf15 that he approved every single funding request he received, and > Debian's financial reserves still grew during his term. Unfortunately, > these simpler times seem to be over, and the need for careful financial > planning has increased. I'd love to be in Neil's shoes, and I hope that > future DPLs will see those times return. Do you see this as a problem? What solutions do you envision, and what will be your strategy as DPL when dealing with finances? For example, identify where costs can be reduced? Instead, increase revenue (how?)? Both? Also, why do you think we aren't anymore in the comfortable situation we were in ten years ago? - Lucas
