On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Gunnar Wolf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Richard, I'll join Gaudenz in thanking you -again and again- for your > hard, great quality work, and for explaining to us what do all those > bits of money mean. > > > As the travel sponsoring team (herb team) would like to approve today > > (2012-06-15) at 1900 utc in a meeting as many reasonable travel > > sponsoring requests as possible, we would like to have a clear approval > > of how much we are allowed to spend. > > Ok, so I'm barely in time to say my words :) > > > > Travel Sponsorship > > > ================== > > > > > > My instinct is: > > > > > > - If you want to go low and conservative, 10 k$ for travel > > > sponsorship. > > > > > > - If you want to go reasonable, 15 k$ is a fiscally responsible amount > > > for travel sponsorship. > > > > > > - Travel team sort of implied 18k$ would fund everyone they thought > > > should get money. > > > > That's not my understanding. For that we would need about 26k$ if we > > reduce all requests above 500$ by 20% and about 32k$ if we want to grant > > the full requested amount. That is to grant all the request of those > > that got a rating above 18 on a scale of -100 to 100. Or about 2/3 of > > the requests. IMHO that's the maximum we want to spend. Clearly there is > > not that much money available at the moment. > > > > The 18k come from my understanding of an earlier mail thread that it's > > OK to calculate with using all the dc11 surplus now, because this is just > > a worst case scenario and we are quite sure that we will get more > > money. At that time my interpretation of the current budget was that > > this leaves us with 18k for travel sponsoring. > > I agree with Richard's assessment. Gaudenz, I think the key is what > Richard says in the last bullet: "18k$ would fund everyone they > thought should get money" — This "they thought" means –in my reading– > everybody rated high enough to deserve the money. > > Regarding Gaudenz's note, has this 80%-of-the-requested-amount > startegy been considered for this year? I think it will make it > fairer. Later on, we can tell people we have got more money and grant > the 100%, if possible for us. > > So, given the current outlook, I'd suggest sending mails telling > people they got the sponsorship TODAY until we reach the US$15,000 > mark, and –if things look bright– push it for the US$18,000 as we feel > more confident. I believe (following his three points) 10K is too low, > and we _can_ commit to the 15K. > > What do the others thing on this topic? > > If my penta-fu is right, we can sponsor the top 17 rated people with ~$15K. That's almost half of the people that requested sponsorship. If this calculation is correct, I say let's go for it and send the mails out *now*. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJP24I+AAoJEGc6A+TB25IfD4UQAKBg1RiTggLiM+Ux+4dHe5Nf > lmK+isvSjC4wJ+nTfJLK3gzlPyu9ZORKONXSP4YnBaFuOtuq3y0CJVc9AmY58JeT > odvpxSnKjcncRifuuyrDliOKisj+OL8XKy+HDzr9xxHMA8gCpvQ7SdeIZT6QzTWq > pikrAg9Z0QNMnUB/ymW75ogMYp/0Pzp8GgGOM7D9GSaH+x6teaK8jjzx6JLo2+Gg > cvEKdPI599QduG16TR7myyAg7hZWiXMpebtAE4dLp29PfYTzJlf4vOF5yEMPry5e > GHU6OZitB7B/B/visbP3PujTy/Bp+FJ0SuUb3f1zGMGv3z5uTVjZuLDTA4cJO5Cu > 2Rr2KBSd9F4GxJdI/grB955Xcg+ktJ6r2qvhqeJMHMBxOj/O6zMZp5nN3OwhlOOF > ZCyEl0+lWJG9kIKpu8W7qgTT4gRVVjz5XCKLd8WghpyGzD4KByCLo4IhaAEdsEfP > 4GYchr+8E+D6myCIpis6e/LQUUUpQscdwatmM8NMLI/bohwYyPWHSm/OtLOBaIMg > R5ynkdkaA2qZ8jo/7cwvGxgtSt6xcQSiNK4pkvcAa4P5Fvii+uTrQxfpQeCUfImv > BQyNDu2JTS6qxPypdk3SvQ5o82wI+fan7CmGWpLZH/Kf1l3KhY/SaB3dofPGWsKT > tOufSUEwvAgLOmeQBCZe > =D+eM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-team mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team > >
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