Hi, One of my goals to help DebConf attendees get reimbursed quickly for their approved travel sponsorship costs. There are two parts to this:
- Getting reimbursement forms in from attendees quickly. It is DebConf's job to do this quickly, and I am working with various teams to make sure that we get all the forms *during* DebConf this year. - Getting money in from sponsors to be able to have money to send out again. This can sometimes take months after DebConf, though we should be in a better than normal position this year. One possibility to work around the second problem is to use general Debian funds as a buffer. We could reimburse attendees from Debian general funds, and then in a month or two, replenish Debian funds from our sponsor money. I am watching DebConf finances closely enough that I think that we could track and manage such an arrangement. Thus, my question to you all is: --> Is this worth pursuing? I do *not* know what Debian's non-DebConf assets are, and where they are. Before anyone agrees to this idea, of course we must know the details of where money is money is and how much buffer we have (of Debian funds, but also sure enough that we will get sufficient sponsor money) that this is fiscally responsible. If this is something which people would generally like if it was done in a financially responsible way, I will investigate the Debian money situation and make another report - I don't even know if I would recommend this plan until I learn more. Only after I have a full report would I expect any kind of final approval. Any feedback, from either the Debian side or the DebConf side, is welcome. Thanks, - richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 703 days, 19:05 | http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | "Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free" _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
