[board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi *, TDF has received a generous, targetted donation of $3000 to procure a rack-mountable server, dedicated for dev-related workloads, e.g. tinderbox builds. One of our sponsoring companies is offering for-free hosting, such that this is a one-off spending. I hereby request the board to approve

Re: [board-discuss] BoD call today

2012-01-11 Thread Italo Vignoli
As I might not be able to make the conference call, because of a previous meeting that has been postponed to 3:30PM CET, I am appointing Bjoern Michaelsen as my deputy for today's call. Best regards, Italo -- Italo Vignoli - italo.vign...@gmail.com mob +39.348.5653829 - VoIP 5316...@messagenet.it

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Ok, i am not a voting member but the options here seem to be 1.  accept the donation and get an asset that might be useful (probably will be enormously useful) 2.  hand back the dosh So i am not really clear why it's even up for discussion or voting on but i guess it's good policy jic

Re: [board-discuss] BoD call today

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Italo Vignoli wrote on 2012-01-11 12:53: As I might not be able to make the conference call, because of a previous meeting that has been postponed to 3:30PM CET, I am appointing Bjoern Michaelsen as my deputy for today's call. Best regards, Italo I know that Björn might not be able to make

Re: [board-discuss] BoD call today

2012-01-11 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 1/11/12 1:08 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Italo Vignoli wrote on 2012-01-11 12:53: >> As I might not be able to make the conference call, because of a >> previous meeting that has been postponed to 3:30PM CET, I am appointing >> Bjoern Michaelsen as my deputy for today's call. Best regards,

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Tom Davies wrote: > So i am not really clear why it's even up for discussion or voting > Because you can't just donate $xy to TDF, and ask us to buy, say, a nuclear warhead on ebay - without the board explicitely approving the purchase. HTH, -- Thorsten -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to b

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Thorsten, * I'm not voting, but want to get this right ... Original-Nachricht > Von: Thorsten Behrens > An: board-discuss@documentfoundation.org > > TDF has received a generous, targetted donation of $3000 to procure > a rack-mountable server, dedicated for dev-related work

Re: [board-discuss] FOSDEM travel funding

2012-01-11 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 1/9/12 4:52 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Going via train is about 8,5 hours, but available for approximately 200 > €. Still rather expensive, but the cheapest I can get. I plan to arrive > on the 3th and leave on the 5th, so depending on the hotel costs, I > guess I need funding of not more

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 1/11/12 12:31 PM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > TDF has received a generous, targetted donation of $3000 to procure > a rack-mountable server, dedicated for dev-related workloads, e.g. > tinderbox builds. One of our sponsoring companies is offering > for-free hosting, such that this is a one-off sp

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Michael Meeks
On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 12:31 +0100, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > TDF has received a generous, targetted donation of $3000 to procure Lovely :-) > I hereby request the board to approve the purchase of a suitable > box, for up to $3000. Excellent by me :-) Thanks,

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
André Schnabel wrote: > This would mean, that > > 1) TDF gets $3k to by any server that then will be hostet by a sponsor for > free > > 2) TDF gets $3k to by a certain server which is available, and hosted by a > sponsor for free > It's 1) with some suggestions on what would be desirable (fro

Re: [board-discuss] FOSDEM travel funding

2012-01-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > I guess I need funding of not more than 400 €. > > Would the BoD be willing to support this request? > +1 -- Thorsten -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to board-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to

[board-discuss] agenda for today's call

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, I might not be able to make it today - need to organize some things in town, and might not be back in time, though I'll try. In any case, I have prepared an agenda for the public call at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings#Agenda, feel free to pick those items you feel com

Re: [board-discuss] agenda for today's call

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Florian Effenberger wrote on 2012-01-11 16:05: I might not be able to make it today - need to organize some things in oh, and of course, any of the deputies might jump in for me. (Be advised that IMHO one deputy can only represent one BoD member, so the one representing Italo cannot rep

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
+1 Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2012-01-11 12:31: I hereby request the board to approve the purchase of a suitable box, for up to $3000. -- Florian Effenberger Chairman of the Board at The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @f

Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:30:16 +, Michael Meeks a écrit : > > On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 12:31 +0100, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > > TDF has received a generous, targetted donation of $3000 to procure > > Lovely :-) > > > I hereby request the board to approve the purchase of a suitable > > box

[board-discuss] A New LibreOffice Bounty!

2012-01-11 Thread Rich Jones
Hello, Document Foundation! Somebody has posted a bounty to fund some development of LibreOffice on Gun.io. I'm not sure if this was by you or a member or your community or not, but I thought perhaps you'd be interested in either donating to it, publicizing it, or working on it yourselves! Check

Re: [board-discuss] A New LibreOffice Bounty!

2012-01-11 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Rich Jones wrote: > Hello, Document Foundation! > > Somebody has posted a bounty to fund some development of LibreOffice on > Gun.io. I'm not sure if this was by you or a member or your community or > not, but I thought perhaps you'd be interested in either donatin