Hi, > For DC14, we have budgeted for 20 people for two days for the pre-conference > setup. I think it's time for us to start pinning down who should be part of > this setup team. > (...) > This year, as mentioned previously, we also have a lot more requests for > sponsorship than we have funds to pay for them (almost 50% more). This is a > good problem to have, but it also means that funding travel for 20 people > for the setup is going to eat roughly 40% of the travel sponsorship budget > - so we should make sure that this sponsorship is going to the right people.
Umh... Although this does not sound *so* wrong, I would prefer to see the percentage go down. Of course, I suppose not everybody who intends to arrive early for the pre-conference is requesting travel sponsorship, right? Of course, food+accom should be covered anyway, and that's not a trivial amount... ButI guess that it's quite less than the full airfare. > How do we want to go about ranking these volunteers, so that the bursaries > team can make an informed decision? Should all volunteer requests be > discussed publicly on this list? (I guess some people would not be > comfortable with this.) If by "this list" you mean debconf-team, I don't think it should. Maybe the bursaries should discuss this with people planning to lead the pre-conference setup in the different areas, to be sure of whom to count as "most important" for each team. > Is there someone who feels they are in a position to speak for the > relevant teams, to tell bursaries who are highest priority in terms > of their contributions to the team? (I think the relevant teams > would be video, network, and frontdesk; not sure if there are any > others.) Should this be decided by the DebConf chair, the DebConf > committee, or by last year's team (who may be in the best position > to provide feedback on particular volunteers' past contributions)? I guess team heads are roughly identifiable by now. I would turn to them. And use that as a guidance (although not a 100% decision) for the Bursaries to debate+decide. > Since we're aiming for bursaries decisions to be done a week from today, > I'd appreciate it if people could provide input on this ASAP. Thanks a lot for pushing this topic (and all of the others!) _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
