On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 2:15 AM, Nuritzi Sanchez < nurit...@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 6:48 AM, Alexandre Franke <afra...@gnome.org> > wrote: > >> >> Two more things I noticed: >> * There is no notion of timeframe. It would be good to set >> (reasonable) expectations without necessarily making them a hard >> requirement. >> > > Can you please explain this further -- what would the timeline be for? > As the ones processing requests, I’m sure you need a bit of time to review them and get back to people making the requests. Would you say asking for funds on the day of the event is fine? I suppose it’s not, and in that case what are your expectations? As a concrete example, I am going to make a request for a social event to occur during the Fractal hackfest sometime between May 10th and 13th. When would you say would be a reasonable deadline for me? > * It says “Total budget requested in USD” but the board agreed that >> foundation members shouldn’t have to take the hit for fluctuations in >> conversion rates, and other currencies are supported by the tools we >> use for reimbursement. Therefore the approved amount should be in the >> currency preferred by the requester. >> > > Good point. I changed the language in two places (in bold) to help with > this: > > How much can I request? >> Each request will be processed on a case-by-case basis, so please tell us >> how much you think you'll need and why. To set expectations, we hope most >> event organizers will *request under the local currency equivalent of ~ >> $100 USD*, since our funds are limited, but we will consider each >> request. > > > AND > > > How do I request funds? >> Please include: >> - Information about the event like what the event is, why it's >> GNOME-related and how it will benefit the community, and when the event >> will happen >> - How many attendees are estimated to attend >> - What the budget will be used for (e.g. snacks and drinks) >> - *Total budget requested in local currency* > > > Let me know if you have suggestions for alternate wording, or if you see > other places where we should revise. > I would suggest “preferred currency” rather than “local”, but otherwise this looks good. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director
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