Re: GNOME Travel Committee Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-17 Thread Stormy Peters
Claudio, I think the 200 € was intended to apply to GUADEC. GUADEC is most of our travel money. But it could be set on a case by case and could even be lowered or waived on a case-by-case basis. (If we adopt it.) Stormy On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Claudio Saavedra csaave...@gnome.orgwrote:

Re: GNOME Travel Committee Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-17 Thread Bruno Boaventura
Hey Stormy, Dave and Claudio! Seriously, I don't like this. Telling a student who's been contributing on his free time to the project that he needs to request special consideration if he can't afford those 200 € could even cause him not to apply at all. I think GUADEC is a special kind of

Re: GNOME Travel Committee Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-17 Thread Bruno Boaventura
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org wrote: I have to point out here, that when I got sponsored in Vilanova, my contributions weren't that many to the point that I felt kind of guilty. But the fact that I was there really boost my enthusiasm, involvement and I felt

Re: GNOME Travel Committee Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-17 Thread Stormy Peters
I feel strongly that students should be covered completely. I'd suggest that as a standard policy whatever we decide on the 200. Stormy On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Bruno Boaventura brunoboavent...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org wrote: I