Well, my idea was based on previous experiences working with Bosnian institutions. These people are used to donations and sponsorships, and our work would be like, donation for donation or I do you some good - "you take care of me better thing" :)
Sincerely, Safir On Saturday 01 July 2006 02:54, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Emir Beganovi?? dijo [Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 10:47:33PM +0200]: > > > If possible, yes, it would be a good thing. Now, how was it in Mexico? > > > We could have tried to bargain for it, but the installation was (of > > > course) done with lots of hurries, over two days. Most of the > > > networking equipment (all our big switches and APs) were lent, not > > > given, to us by sponsors. We ended up with over 1.5km of laid UTP > > > cable, yes, but the cable was not professionally laid, and it would > > > not be of much use for the venue's wiring needs. > > > > > > But if you can arrange for such deals, by all means, do so! ;-) > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > I really like this idea, that would be a very good thing. I understand > > the issues you had in Mexico (but there were only few active people and > > lots of them who didn't do almost anything), but you were here in > > Sarajevo, you have seen how much of us is willing to help to organize > > debconf7 and I think that you shouldn't think about Sarajevo like it's > > Mexico. > > Well, this didn't happen because we were too few people or anything > like that - this happened because local sponsors are more willing to > lend infrastructure than to give it away. Of course, we also didn't > _ask_ for this kind of sponsorship. As I said: I don't hold much hope > of this being the preferred way out, but if it happens, much better :) > > Again, think of this scenario. And try to do it with a Latin-American > perspective ;-) Tax declarations, a possible audit or similar things > are important factors. You have to show that you _paid_ for the > equipment you have there (otherwise, where did it come from?). You > have to show the invoice. An invoice cannot just be handed over from > the sponsor to the hotel, as the sponsor needs it to prove _his_ > expenses. > > If it were to happen here, I'd rule it out almost right away :) > > Greetings! -- Dojdov pak tajno moja, zvezda prakam da te povika... _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
