Thanks to everyone who has already participated in this conversation so far!
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:39 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova < kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The TC does assign sponsorship to non-foundation members who are core > participants at hackfests and conferences. Those applicants are > expected to explain in their application why they should be sponsored, > same as everyone else. > Since we already allow non-Foundation members to take advantage of travel sponsorship money, the problem may be in advertising this fact. Noted. > There was an idea floating around when I was on the board for some > funds to be put towards hackfests which are of interest to other > groups outside of GNOME. I hope that this will still happen. > Can you give more information on what such a hackfest might be? It would help to have a specific example. > > I have asked the board to help me previously with finding sponsors for > hackfests that I had organised and did not get any response or help. > Is the board more proactive about providing support to hackfest > organisers now? Or is it expected that organisers search for > sponsorship on their own? > We are reassessing how we do event sponsorship and this will be one of our hot topics during the Foundation hackfest <https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017> [1] coming up next week. Re: Richard's latest points: Noted. We'll also be discussing funds for team-building / small events, and travel policies at the Foundation hackfest. Thanks for your suggestions and for the follow-up! *@All* - it's not too late to send us your ideas. :) Thanks! Best, Nuritzi [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017 -- Nuritzi Sanchez GNOME Foundation <https://www.gnome.org/foundation/> President, Board of Directors
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