On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As an example, by default, when you file a request for support of an event > to Developer Engagement, those requests now generate two bugs. One for > tracking and another for discussion (which is done in private and flagged > company-confidential.) I could give plenty of other examples but because > this is a public mailing list it would reach into areas I am not allowed to > discuss on a public mailing list. > > I can give history on this. This process is for events asking for sponsorship for their event. Sometimes it's community members asking for support (but most of those go to Reps). Often it's large events, with sponsorship brochures, asking for Mozilla to sponsor their event. The private discussion is used to decide if the event meets Mozilla's strategy and goals and, if appropriate, how/what to negotiate. It didn't seem appropriate to discuss things like "well, they asked for $5K for silver, but they offer a booth, and what we really want is more tickets, so how about we offer them $3K for 3 tickets and see if they'll take it and if they don't, we could go up to $4K." It would make negotiations much harder if the event planners could also see that. :) And yes, perhaps the world of negotiation would benefit if both sides shared information like that, but that should be tried with a smaller, more trusted group, not a whole bunch of events. Note, that this is the history of why it was setup this way, not necessarily how it works today. Stormy _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
