Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 22:18 +0200, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 05/23/2011 10:06 PM, drew wrote: My email to you was an inquiry about budgets for general show material. snip In any case, we should have some budget for giveaways and other small marketing expenses. Hi, Yes, it would help to have some guidance, perhaps if only towards general expectations for planning purposes. To re-cap there are three upcoming events that I am reasonably certain about our ability to have a presence - OSCON [1] (not sure on size, large) in July, a linux fest[2] ( with ~1,000 ppl) in 2 weeks and another Linux fest[3] in September ( 1,000 ppl). Of those three I would say that all other things being equal I would recommend more TDF expenditure emphasis on OSCON, over the two linux fests. Of course that is contingent on what exactly we could put together for staffing at OSCON. Thanks and best wishes, Drew [1] http://www.oscon.com/oscon2011 [2] http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/home [3] http://ohiolinux.org/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
Hi Florian, On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 12:02 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: Legally, I first have to ask our board if we (German association) can spend the money that way. Shouldn't be a problem normally, but before you make a fixed deal, wait for feedback :) Thanks for that ! :-) ATB, Michael. -- michael.me...@novell.com , Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
Hi, Michael Meeks wrote on 2011-05-23 17.56: Legally, I first have to ask our board if we (German association) can spend the money that way. Shouldn't be a problem normally, but before you make a fixed deal, wait for feedback:) Thanks for that !:-) do you have some details already, i.e. how much money and the destination? Florian -- Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
On 05/21/2011 12:02 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: So, no general objection to the proposal, but more a new task seeking for volunteers, to draft a budget plan we can stick to. :) We should also start discussing some small marketing expenses. Drew has spent 50 bucks for a table at a Linux expo, and we should be able to refund such a small amount of money. -- Italo Vignoli - The Document Foundation phone +39.348.5653829 - VoIP +39.02.320621813 email it...@libreoffice.it - skype italovignoli gtalk italo.vign...@gmail.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 21:52 +0200, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 05/21/2011 12:02 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: So, no general objection to the proposal, but more a new task seeking for volunteers, to draft a budget plan we can stick to. :) We should also start discussing some small marketing expenses. Drew has spent 50 bucks for a table at a Linux expo, and we should be able to refund such a small amount of money. Ah, I never said that - in fact the last email from the SELF organizers was: I think we're all happy LibreOffice saved the OO.org effort from Oracle doom, and they're still getting organized themselves, I don't think there will be much objection to comp'ing LibreOffice a booth My email to you was an inquiry about budgets for general show material. I'm covering travel and lodging expenses for for 2 of us (~650.00 USD) and do not expect reimbursement, but I can not cover swag on top of that. Thanks Drew -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
On 05/23/2011 10:06 PM, drew wrote: My email to you was an inquiry about budgets for general show material. I'm covering travel and lodging expenses for for 2 of us (~650.00 USD) and do not expect reimbursement, but I can not cover swag on top of that. Sorry, I have probably confused things. In any case, we should have some budget for giveaways and other small marketing expenses. -- Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com mobile +39.348.5653829 VoIP +39.02.320621813 skype italovignoli -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
Hi, Michael Meeks wrote on 2011-05-20 11.27: OK - I won't make it. However - the ESC are all behind partially funding Lanedo to work on gnumake (cf. minutes), and it seems we've had support from other SC members. basically, I trust the developers, and I see myself that this is an important topic, so... I'd love a final vote on that - and quickly moving to how we can fund that - preferably not blocking on transfers etc. but funding it direct from the association, if we can't do that we need to poke SPI I suppose (which may be harder). ...I have no general objections. What we maybe should do is indeed draft some budget plan before we go on and spend money. We have roughly about 93.000 € on the account at the moment, so we have about 43.000 € to spend, not counting in monthly fees, outstanding lawyer fees for trademarks, outstanding notary and probably lawyer fees for the legal setup. There are many things we could jump in, so having a rough idea on what is to be spent and how would be helpful. So, no general objection to the proposal, but more a new task seeking for volunteers, to draft a budget plan we can stick to. :) Legally, I first have to ask our board if we (German association) can spend the money that way. Shouldn't be a problem normally, but before you make a fixed deal, wait for feedback :) Florian -- Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: TDF SC call in CW 20
On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 10:44 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: the call is now scheduled for Sunday, May 22th, 1300 UTC (=1500 German time) For your local date and time, see the poll above. OK - I won't make it. However - the ESC are all behind partially funding Lanedo to work on gnumake (cf. minutes), and it seems we've had support from other SC members. I'd love a final vote on that - and quickly moving to how we can fund that - preferably not blocking on transfers etc. but funding it direct from the association, if we can't do that we need to poke SPI I suppose (which may be harder). Thanks, Michael. -- michael.me...@novell.com , Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
