martin f krafft writes:
> The benefit of using Bitcoin for DebConf and sprints is to be able to
> reimburse people without the costs of cash or international money
> transfer. This is, in fact, one of the main ways I could see Debian use
> Bitcoin.
Ah, yes, that's a good point. In other words,
also sprach Russ Allbery [2014-08-26 19:43 -0700]:
> I believe Debian's major expenses are Debconf, team meetings
> (mostly travel and possibly some lodging and food), and computing
> hardware. I would be surprised if Bitcoin were useful for the
> first two. The latter seems likely to have the m
martin f krafft writes:
> also sprach Russ Allbery [2014-08-26 19:24 -0700]:
>> +1. I believe Debian should only hold bitcoin if Debian
>> anticipates future expenses in bitcoin. Otherwise, it should
>> convert bitcoin to whatever currency in which expenses are
>> expected.
> So how do we dec
also sprach Russ Allbery [2014-08-26 19:24 -0700]:
> +1. I believe Debian should only hold bitcoin if Debian
> anticipates future expenses in bitcoin. Otherwise, it should
> convert bitcoin to whatever currency in which expenses are
> expected.
So how do we decide whether we anticipate further
Daniel Pocock writes:
> - Many people feel a strategy of holding assets in the currency that
> aligns with future expenses is helpful. If, for example, 60% of
> Debian's annual expenses were in USD and 40% were in EUR, then it would
> seem sensible to convert any other donations to those currenc
also sprach Daniel Pocock [2014-08-26 02:39 -0700]:
> That may be correct, my only concern is that that is not Debian's
> mission
We can extend our mission and do things that are not directly
related to our mission at any time, though.
> A better way to approach this may be to start a discussion
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Hi!
As last year's event went so well, I've decided to organise another
mini-DebConf in Cambridge this year. Again, my employer ARM is going
to host the conference for 4 days in November:
* 2 days for a mini-DebCamp (Thu 6 - Fri 7), with space
On 25/08/14 19:20, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Daniel Pocock [2014-08-24 22:52 -0700]:
>> Just to clarify this point: I'm talking about situations where the
>> expense is defined in some nominal Bitcoin amount, not where
>> Debian has some USD expense and the vendor will accept the
>> equ
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