On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 10:05:45PM -0700, Germán Poo-Caamaño wrote: > > The order of magnitudes are different. For OPW (40 interns), GNOME has > to allocate $220,000 to be able to pay the interns. For a hackfest, > GNOME has to allocate between $1,000 to $15,000. > > For OPW there are contracts that states with an exact date of payment. > For hackfests/travel assistance just good intentions on when (likely) > there would be a reimbursement. > > From the advisory board, GF likely receives less than $200,000 a year on > fees. Maybe less than $150,000. And possibly less if they don't pay on > time. Therefore, I hardly see how a hackfest/travel > assistance/conference could freeze GF funds. > > To increase the number of interns in OPW will depend on how good the > GF's finances are to back it up, regardless of how many sponsor would be > willing to pay... because it's a matter of cash flow. In that sense, > the size GF can play against OPW itself.
IMO this a good summary why OPW should be in a different legal entity. Repeating: I'm all for OPW, I think it is great that GNOME foundation does this. -- Regards, Olav _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
