Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Richard Darst
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 07:05:23PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > So this set of questions is: a. do we request an amount from debian on > > the order of 20k or more (if more, what is it)? b. do we fund x% of > > Queue B? (where x would be somewhere between 70% or 100%) > > I think that 20k fro

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Richard Darst
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 07:34:24PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 09:39:03AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Still, I see as a blocker for giving DebConf10 money my question on how > > much money do you currently expect to give back to Debian at the end of > > the c

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Michael Schultheiss
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 09:39:03AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Still, I see as a blocker for giving DebConf10 money my question on how > > much money do you currently expect to give back to Debian at the end of > > the conference. > > I've just found the time t

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 09:39:03AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Still, I see as a blocker for giving DebConf10 money my question on how > much money do you currently expect to give back to Debian at the end of > the conference. I've just found the time to look at http://svn.debian.org/viewsv

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Michael Schultheiss
Ana Guerrero wrote: > On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 01:30:46PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 05:12:27AM +0200, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > > - some people in the queue A has dropout (maybe 1-2k USD) > > > > We had $800 in dropouts yesterday; is this included? > > > > No, somebody fr

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 01:30:46PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 05:12:27AM +0200, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > - some people in the queue A has dropout (maybe 1-2k USD) > > We had $800 in dropouts yesterday; is this included? > No, somebody from herb@ should update the numbers i

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Clint Adams
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 05:12:27AM +0200, Ana Guerrero wrote: > - some people in the queue A has dropout (maybe 1-2k USD) We had $800 in dropouts yesterday; is this included? > but also cutting or definitively giving up on some extra stuff: > > - no sponsoring queue B at all > - no sponsoring da

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 12:02:10AM -0400, Pablo Duboue wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > > > However, I think we should fund at least 70% of the queue B, so what I > > propose > > here is just ask from debian funds the 10,100USD to exactly do this. > > Then let as

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 3. Juli 2010, Pablo Duboue wrote: > Then let ask for 20k and return the extra $9,900 at the end of > DebConf. We have a large group of people and eventualities in > Manhattan during August can cost us a lot of money. Sounds very reasonable to me. Also I support sending out group

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 07:00:08PM -0400, Pablo Duboue wrote: > Also,Zack's reply about how we are prioritizing our expenses is quite > worrisome, but I don't fully grok it. I'll inquire on IRC. Nothing too worrisome: as I explained to Micah, I just note that 20k is today a significant part of Deb

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-02 Thread Pablo Duboue
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > > However, I think we should fund at least 70% of the queue B, so what I propose > here is just ask from debian funds the 10,100USD to exactly do this. Then let ask for 20k and return the extra $9,900 at the end of DebConf. We have a large gr

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-02 Thread Ana Guerrero
First, latest update of the budget is at: debconf-data/dc10/budget.ods On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 07:52:24PM -0400, micah wrote: > > Can we go ahead and notify those people that they are receiving > sponsorship for travel and food? If not, why not? I think we should go > ahead, and unless someone

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-02 Thread Richard Darst
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 07:52:24PM -0400, micah wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > We are one month away from Debconf and not a single person has received > confirmation about reimbursements for travel or food. This is bad due to > the nature of flight costs and travel arrangements. I hate to be gone >

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-02 Thread Pablo Duboue
Hi, On Thursday, July 01, 2010, micah wrote: > Our current budget.ods (which we know is not accurate and could be off > by ± 10k) includes funding Queue A 100%, funding for food for everyone > who requested it, and leaves us in an OK state (-$4138). This is before > any requests for funds from Deb

Re: [Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 07:52:24PM -0400, micah wrote: > Hi everyone, Micah, I understand this question as more for the DebConf team than for myself. So, on that angle of the issue, I can only AOL that we need to take the decision now and that the goal of sponsoring Queue B at a high percentage of

[Debconf-team] attendee bursary status

2010-07-01 Thread micah
Hi everyone, We are one month away from Debconf and not a single person has received confirmation about reimbursements for travel or food. This is bad due to the nature of flight costs and travel arrangements. I hate to be gone for a week+ and then run back in the room screaming about emergencies