On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 07:55:54PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 01:03:31PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Do you think it's appropriate for these organizers to use Debian's name in
> > seeking local sponsorship without consulting the DPL?
> Sorry for not being clearer, b
Hi Steve,
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 01:03:31PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Do you think it's appropriate for these organizers to use Debian's name in
> seeking local sponsorship without consulting the DPL?
>
Sorry for not being clearer, but no. I think that a central repository
and/or sponsors
Hi Steve,
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:57:11AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> (To both) What kinds of unexpected expenses do you think Debian should keep
> funds available to cover? What do you think is the appropriate level of
> cash reserves for the project to hold, and why?
>
Basically, machin
On Friday 21 March 2014 17:48:02 Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
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> Generally, my impression is that many Debian contributors do not fancy
> travelling that much, or are just too busy, and thus don't really like
> to attend too many such events.
While I recognize that
- I don't know many DDs in pers
Hi Neil,
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 06:44:24PM +, Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 04:02:57PM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:44:07PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> > > At the moment, in just SPI, we have > 100k USD awaiting being spent.
> > > As an indica
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 04:02:57PM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:44:07PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> > At the moment, in just SPI, we have > 100k USD awaiting being spent.
> > As an indication, that’s enough for a DebConf without any sponsors!
> > Our donations should
Hi Steve,
On 25/03/14 at 00:57 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> (To Lucas) Why should Debian need to hold a reserve with its TOs to fully
> fund a DebConf for which fundraising has failed? I believe the operating
> principle is that the DebConf organization should never spend money that it
> doesn'
Hi Lucas,
Since I am one of the local organizers this year for DebConf, which is
Debian's single largest annual expense; and in light of the ongoing
discussion you and I are having about DebConf budgeting; it should be no
surprise that I have opinions on the question of Debian asset management.
;)
On 20/03/14 at 22:44 +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> I don’t think there’s an “if” here. Ever since I was secretary of SPI,
> I’ve been concerned about the amount of money that Debian has
> earmarked. Again, I disagree with Lucas here - I don’t think that
> saving donors money is a good plan, our don
Hi Lars,
On 21/03/14 at 16:02 +, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:44:07PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> > At the moment, in just SPI, we have > 100k USD awaiting being spent.
> > As an indication, that’s enough for a DebConf without any sponsors!
> > Our donations should be s
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:44:07PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> At the moment, in just SPI, we have > 100k USD awaiting being spent.
> As an indication, that’s enough for a DebConf without any sponsors!
> Our donations should be spent. Be that better porter boxes, or a
> better backup service, or
Hi Hector,
On 14 Mar 2014, at 13:25, Hector Oron wrote:
> Hello DPL candidates,
>
> First of all congratulations for your nominations. I have several
> questions for you, I hope you do not mind to reply:
Thanks for your question, it’s good to see a DSA member engaging with the
election :)
>
Hi Hector,
On 14/03/14 at 13:25 +0100, Hector Oron wrote:
> a. Debian hardware infrastructure
> 0. What do you think of Debian teams owning their own
> infrastructure (hardware)?
First, generally, I think that one big risk for Debian is fragmentation
into smaller, team-sized sub-projects.
Hello DPL candidates,
First of all congratulations for your nominations. I have several
questions for you, I hope you do not mind to reply:
a. Debian hardware infrastructure
0. What do you think of Debian teams owning their own
infrastructure (hardware)?
1. If Debian team gets har
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