Re: Kicking off some questions for the 2015 sysadmin sponsorship brochure (or fundraising campaign)

Hey Jeff, Thanks for taking the lead on this, and apologies for the delay! Replying to this has been on my list for a long time. Please find some notes below. On Sun, 2015-11-08 at 00:07 -0500, Jeff F. T. wrote: > Globally, this project will involve: > 1. > Thinking about the amount of money

Re: Kicking off some questions for the 2015 sysadmin sponsorship brochure (or fundraising campaign)

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Cosimo Cecchi wrote: > In my opinion, asking for a specific amount of money almost always works > better than asking for an unbounded amount. Totally agree. > Of course I agree that the more we get, the better it is; perhaps a good way >

Re: Kicking off some questions for the 2015 sysadmin sponsorship brochure (or fundraising campaign)

Jeff F. T. wrote: ... > Globally, this project will involve: > > Thinking about the amount of money we want to aim for, what we'll achieve > with it. To give you a rough idea, the work done with our part-time sysadmin > (Andrea), over the past two years, costs an average of

Re: Kicking off some questions for the 2015 sysadmin sponsorship brochure (or fundraising campaign)

Hullo again, o wise ones! To help provide background and ammunition for the brochure, Andreas published a report on his activities in the sysadmin role: https://www. dragonsreach.it/2015/12/02/three-years-and-counting/ I would really appreciate the team giving me some input, on the questions I

Kicking off some questions for the 2015 sysadmin sponsorship brochure (or fundraising campaign)

Hi all, You may be familiar with the fact that circa 2010, we ran a successful fundraising campaign to allow the GNOME Foundation to hire a part-time sysadmin (see also http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2010/06/02/Hiring- a-sysadmin-for-the-GNOME-infrastructure for a memory refresher). This has