Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-13 Thread Ross Gardler
There is a tentative plan for an Apache event in Germany this year. Nothing is confirmed yet. I'll get a status update. Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Feb 13, 2012 2:11 AM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: On 02/12/12 10:55, Wolf Halton wrote: I am

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-13 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 2/13/12 9:21 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: There is a tentative plan for an Apache event in Germany this year. Nothing is confirmed yet. I'll get a status update. I also like the idea to combine such a developer face 2 face meeting with a normal Apache Con. And well having it in Germany would be

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-13 Thread Jean Weber
In addition to developers' conferences and an AOO event, IMO an important potential use for some of the money is to fund marketing expenses such as attendance (and materials for display booths) at trade shows where potential customers/users gather. AOO is somewhat unique in Apache by having users

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-13 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Feb 13, 2012 10:22 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: In addition to developers' conferences and an AOO event, IMO an important potential use for some of the money is to fund marketing expenses such as attendance (and

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-13 Thread Pedro Giffuni
On 02/13/12 04:22, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 2/13/12 9:21 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: There is a tentative plan for an Apache event in Germany this year. Nothing is confirmed yet. I'll get a status update. I also like the idea to combine such a developer face 2 face meeting with a normal Apache

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-13 Thread Kay Schenk
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: From my point of view I think it would be very valuable to use this money to get the developers together for a hackathon type event. ... yes. I think it's important for key developers to meet face 2 face.

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-13 Thread Jean Weber
On 14/02/2012, at 0:25, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Feb 13, 2012 10:22 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: In addition to developers' conferences and an AOO event, IMO an important potential use for

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-12 Thread Ross Gardler
From my point of view I think it would be very valuable to use this money to get the developers together for a hackathon type event. This project is currently populated by a large number of individuals from a single company and a large number of individuals who probably feel they are

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-12 Thread Wolf Halton
I am excited about getting the developers together! Where are the largest number of developers located? How hard would it be to find a place where the largest number with the least money for travel could get there with the least hassle? Wolf On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Ross Gardler

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-12 Thread Pedro Giffuni
On 02/12/12 10:55, Wolf Halton wrote: I am excited about getting the developers together! Where are the largest number of developers located? How hard would it be to find a place where the largest number with the least money for travel could get there with the least hassle? Wolf It depends on

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-11 Thread Pedro Giffuni
--- Sab 11/2/12, Wolf Halton wolf.hal...@gmail.com ha scritto: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Gavin McDonald ga...@16degrees.com.au wrote: I'm happy to answer any Travel Assistance (TAC) related questions. At this stage, I don’t see any reason why as a one off funds cannot be

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-10 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Wolf Halton wolf.hal...@gmail.com wrote: Summary: SPI has been collecting moneys for the OpenOffice.org project for quite a while.  They wanted to help the project and their help is appreciated.  Now that we are part of the ASF family, we have some important

Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-10 Thread Wolf Halton
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Wolf Halton wolf.hal...@gmail.com wrote: Summary: SPI has been collecting moneys for the OpenOffice.org project for quite a while.  They wanted to help the project and their help is

RE: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI

2012-02-10 Thread Gavin McDonald
I'm happy to answer any Travel Assistance (TAC) related questions. At this stage, I don’t see any reason why as a one off funds cannot be added to the TAC budget and held in reserve for ASF sponsored OOo related events. HTH Gav... -Original Message- From: Wolf Halton