Hi,
On Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2010, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> It would avoid the legal/tax issues, but it still wouldn't solve the
> DebConf fiscal responsibility issue of "don't waste DebConf's/Debian's
> money on inappropriate expenses."
I dont understand. Why would "handed $amount of cash out to
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 10:52:07PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:19:31PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> > The $500 is more appropriately not included in the cost evaluation;
> > it's a one time fee that SPI would be paying from general funds (NOT
> > Debian and also NOT
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:19:31PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> The $500 is more appropriately not included in the cost evaluation; it's a one
> time fee that SPI would be paying from general funds (NOT Debian and also NOT
> DebConf10), and it will enable SPI to offer this kind of debit card se
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 11:16:00PM +0200, Moray Allan wrote:
> So using cash that hasn't come through SPI would be another solution?
It would avoid the legal/tax issues, but it still wouldn't solve the DebConf
fiscal responsibility issue of "don't waste DebConf's/Debian's money on
inappropriate ex
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:22:34PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> > Hmmm. I'm a little worried by the costs here, I must be honest. What
> > precisely do we gain from using these cards?
>
> We gain the ability to give a cash equivalent tha
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:47:21 -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:29:55PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 03:26:39AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> > > Could you add this plan to
> > > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/FoodArrivalWeekend
> > > a
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:29:55PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 03:26:39AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> > Could you add this plan to
> > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/FoodArrivalWeekend
> > and then we will be able to compare between the different options
> >
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 03:26:39AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> Could you add this plan to
> http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/FoodArrivalWeekend
> and then we will be able to compare between the different options
> well?
Yes, will do now.
- Jimmy Kaplowitz
ji...@debconf.org
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On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 10:55:59PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> Overall quite a positive chat. He said he'd get back to me by
> close-of-business today (Wednesday); since he didn't, I'll follow up
> tomorrow. (<-- ACTION ITEM)
Within the last couple of hours I called again; this time their phon
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:22:34PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Hmmm. I'm a little worried by the costs here, I must be honest. What
> precisely do we gain from using these cards?
We gain the ability to give a cash equivalent that won't get SPI into legal or
tax trouble. As I said in a different
On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 10:55:59PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I spoke with a friendly corporate accounts rep Ron at WRL on Tuesday, as
>planned, to discuss how they could meet our requirements.
>
>Here are the important takeaways from the chat (except for one, see below):
Hmmm. I'm a li
Hi Blars,
On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 08:21:05PM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote:
> If we are not able to recover unused funds on the cards, is there any
> reason to make the active period short or restrict how the card can be
> used? We've already spent the money, it either goes to the person
> with the
On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 10:55:59PM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I spoke with a friendly corporate accounts rep Ron at WRL on Tuesday, as
> planned, to discuss how they could meet our requirements.
Could you add this plan to
http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/FoodArrivalWeekend
an
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:55:59 -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> In retrospect I realize I meant $75/card; that's 6 meals averaging
> $12.50 each.
Given that that's what "Sponsored Food" means, and there seems to be no
down-side as far as "you won't be able to eat with the crowd" or "you
won't get th
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:36:31AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> Given that that's what "Sponsored Food" means, and there seems to be no
> down-side as far as "you won't be able to eat with the crowd" or "you
> won't get the negotiated discount", I've just opted out of sponsored
> food.
Important c
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 01:58:23 -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:36:31AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> > Given that that's what "Sponsored Food" means, and there seems to be no
> > down-side as far as "you won't be able to eat with the crowd" or "you
> > won't get the negotiat
If we are not able to recover unused funds on the cards, is there any
reason to make the active period short or restrict how the card can be
used? We've already spent the money, it either goes to the person
with the card or the bank.
If the cards arn't personalized, can anyone use them? We could
Hi,
I spoke with a friendly corporate accounts rep Ron at WRL on Tuesday, as
planned, to discuss how they could meet our requirements.
Here are the important takeaways from the chat (except for one, see below):
Pricing
===
* Per-order cost: $2.95 per card plus $21.95 shipping
* Under the pro
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