Hi Richard, On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 1:17 PM Richard Laager <[email protected]> wrote: > > The disbursements that I've heard about seem to be relatively "small > potatoes" things. Is there some huge wasteful spending occurring that > I've missed?
I don't know. As an outside candidate, I received no confidential briefings. SPI's website publishes data that is in monthly aggregate form [1] but I am not sure how to read it. I also looked for consolidated virtual accounts on the Debian Treasurer's website [2] but could not find any. Do the amounts have to be large in order to matter to people? For example, I requested $217 for a one-time SSD & RAM upgrade to help operate lintian.d.o in November of 2021. My request was not granted. I didn't even receive a response from Jonathan (other than a request for more information, with which I complied) even though I followed up on my request. My idea for a Disbursements Committee was thus born by a simple desire for greater accountability (or, at a minimum, a response). Plus, if elected, I could never issue that $217 check to myself. As for your question about "huge wasteful spending," yes, I do worry about Debian's expenditures in light of Jonathan's comment that he is happy to "give a lawyer a lot of money." [3] I have worked with teams of lawyers. They get expensive fast. Either way, the right person to address your question is Jonathan, whom I copied as a courtesy. Jonathan ran on financial transparency platforms in both the 2020 election [4] and again in 2021. [5] For any of your follow-up comments not quoted above, I perceived your opinions to be final. Please allow me to let your voice stand on its own. Thank you for your constructive follow-up questions! Kind regards, Felix Lechner [1] https://www.spi-inc.org/treasurer/ [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Treasurer [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2022/03/msg00137.html [4] https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/jcc [5] https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/platforms/jcc
