Hi all, Is someone aware on the following discussion:
Project Expenditures +==================== +As part of our work to move away from ASF-owned hardware to +cloud-based services, we originally expected our team to migrate two +VMs associated with Apache OpenOffice which handle their wiki and +their forums. We placed a pause on that work, noting that these are +project-specific VMs, whereas Infrastructure normally provisions *one* +per project and expects the project to maintain (which includes +migration when necessary). An explanation, background, and concern was +raised to the VP Infrastructure and to the President about this topic, +and the AOO VMs in particular. + +After some discussion was held, it appears there is a question that +needs Board feedback: + +If the Board wants to allow additional spend for specific projects, +specifically using Infrastructure costs beyond its budget, then what +does the Board require to make such a decision? + +Historically, the Board has generally stated that projects and their +communities should be self-sufficient and receive no additional +Foundation funds to support them beyond their internal ability. If the +Board maintains this policy, then the Infrastructure team will work +with AOO to develop a transition plan for these VMs and their future +maintenance by the PMC. Should the Board decide that it would like +additional Infrastructure budget assigned to one or more specific +projects, then it would seem a proposal, discussion, and decision +process would be desired. It would be expected these costs would be +called out during the budget process, as an opportunity cost against +Infrastructure's normal operational budget. + --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
