Reimbursement ticket system [was: Re: Current state of Foundation finances]
On Sat, 2014-04-12 at 09:59 +0530, Sindhu S wrote: [...] Could this be resolved by putting in place web application that one can login to with their e-mail address and the details would of reimbursement associated with that person could be pooled in there? This web application should also be able to send emails every time there is an update for the person. If using a ticket-based system for requests was/is wanted: https://rt.gnome.org/ could have another queue for reimbursement. If information on https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/RT is up-to-date, filing out the foundation membership web form creates a new ticket in RT. Hence a similar setup (web form) could be considered for travel sponsorship applications / reimbursement. andre -- Andre Klapper | ak...@gmx.net http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Is there GNU/Linux distribution which includes always latest gnome 3
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] By the way, there also an Arch Hurd distro[1] as well as a Debian GNU/kFreeBSD version. That would be Arch GNU I suppose? The clearest name for it is Arch GNU/Hurd. That shows that it is nearly the same as Arch GNU/Linux, and also shows just what the small difference is. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Is there GNU/Linux distribution which includes always latest gnome 3
Hello everyone,I would politely ask to end this thread, discussing the name of Arch linux on this list accomplishes nothing. 2014-04-12 14:02 GMT+02:00 Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] By the way, there also an Arch Hurd distro[1] as well as a Debian GNU/kFreeBSD version. That would be Arch GNU I suppose? The clearest name for it is Arch GNU/Hurd. That shows that it is nearly the same as Arch GNU/Linux, and also shows just what the small difference is. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list -- Cheers, Alberto Ruiz ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Current state of Foundation finances
On 2014-04-12 14:45, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: No, it wasn't know. If it had been known, spending would have been frozen by then and a budget for the hackfest would not have been approved. For perspective, people actually call this a success crisis. Thank you so much to the board and Rosanna for getting on top of this situation and being transparent about it. karen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Current state of Foundation finances
Don't we have reserves though? We should have 6 months of operating expenses as reserves. On Apr 12, 2014 5:26 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: On 2014-04-12 14:45, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: No, it wasn't know. If it had been known, spending would have been frozen by then and a budget for the hackfest would not have been approved. For perspective, people actually call this a success crisis. Thank you so much to the board and Rosanna for getting on top of this situation and being transparent about it. karen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Current state of Foundation finances
On 2014-04-13 01:43, Stormy Peters wrote: Don't we have reserves though? We should have 6 months of operating expenses as reserves. I should leave maybe this to Kat and other board members but I'm recently enough gone that I can answer - the Foundation has adequate reserves for GNOME's ordinary operations but not for OPW, and the program has ramped up really quickly while the Foundation is still very small. For a rough overview, the 30 participants in the round that just ended required around $170k in expenditures, and that's the smaller of the two rounds per year. The two most recent rounds together should have approached $400k. So OPW only accepts interns with confirmed funding for each intern but if there are delays in getting that funding it adds up to a big burden for the org to bear. As the FAQ states, the board is evaluating various solutions, including raising the admin fee already charged and putting measures in place to assure earlier payments. I think the program should also try to raise its own reserves, though this is very difficult on a short term basis. GNOME would never have been able to support the program to date without the reserves it already had in place. karen On Apr 12, 2014 5:26 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: On 2014-04-12 14:45, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: No, it wasn't know. If it had been known, spending would have been frozen by then and a budget for the hackfest would not have been approved. For perspective, people actually call this a success crisis. Thank you so much to the board and Rosanna for getting on top of this situation and being transparent about it. karen ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list [1] Links: -- [1] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
