Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-02-21 Thread David Bremner
Gaudenz Steinlin writes: > In general I very much like your proposal. I (as a bursaries team member > in the last years) think it's a big improvement over the situation in > the past. I have one concern though. I think it might be hard for teams > to estimate their budget amount early enough and

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-31 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
David Bremner writes: > Proposal > > > OK, enough complaining, what's the proposal? > > a) As part of each year's budget process, allocate a budget amount to >each team for funding of volunteers. Presumably this amount would be >chosen in consultation with the relevent team leads

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach David Bremner [2015-01-24 20:01 +0100]: > a) As part of each year's budget process, allocate a budget amount to >each team for funding of volunteers. Presumably this amount would be >chosen in consultation with the relevent team leads, and people on >their teams. Fundament

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-25 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi David (2015.01.24_21:01:46_+0200) > a) As part of each year's budget process, allocate a budget amount to >each team for funding of volunteers. Presumably this amount would be >chosen in consultation with the relevent team leads, and people on >their teams. Because this process is n

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-25 Thread David Bremner
Richard Hartmann writes: [re-ordered] > Who decides for applications from bursaries? I don't envisage bursaries volunteers as people that need to be on site to do their job. If bursaries team members are applying for sponsorship (primarily) as debconf volunteers for some other team (e.g. video

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-24 Thread Patty Langasek
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 02:16:25AM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Sounds, sane, but to pose those questions early, without claiming that > they all need to be addressed, here goes: I can't answer all of the "who decides" questions, but this one is pretty straight forward... > Who decides for

Re: [Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-24 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 8:01 PM, David Bremner wrote: > d) The coordination team can deal with applications from team leads. > > e) There is no step e, hopefully. But maybe I missed something? Sounds, sane, but to pose those questions early, without claiming that they all need to be addressed, he

[Debconf-team] decentralization of travel sponsorship

2015-01-24 Thread David Bremner
At the last debconf-team meeting [1] It was #agreed that Regarding the sponsorship of volunteers, bursaries will delegate decisions to each of the teams (video, front desk, etc) This message is an attempt to flesh out what the means, and give a little background. Feel free to skip the ba