Re: Debian money
On 2009-09-09, Steve McIntyre <leader@debian.org> wrote:
> 1 New hardware / equipment
>
> a The DSA team have a wishlist of new hardware they'd like, along
> with a set of donated machines that need configuring and/or
> shipping. As far as I'm concerned, so long as the individual
> requests here look reasonable then they get approved as and when
> they happen.
>
> b Maintainers of big packages might benefit a lot if we can
> loan/donate big machines to them to make things faster. Should
> be an easy thing to work out - nominate such people please!
Yep. Both of them is interesting.
I would personally like to be able to rebuild kde in half the time I
currently spend on it.
>
> 2 Fund developer gatherings:
>
> a Teams interested in a face to face meeting to work on their part
> of the project should be provided a simple way to get funding for
> transport, lodging and food. Sounds like a good plan, and we're
> already doing this quite a lot, including sponsorship from
> various people like Extermadura.
I also think this is a good idea.
> 3 Legal costs
>
> a Pay for legal advice if needed. We have some cover for legal
> advice via SPI, but we may need to ask for more than the pro bono
> services might be able to give us.
For some things, especially where it can free up loads of developer
time, I think this is a very good idea.
> 4 Marketing stuff:
>
> a box(es) of equipment to take to stands at various shows and
> expos. Might be useful, but could be expensive. Where do we store
> it/them? Who organises shipping?
If there is volunteers for the two last options, I think it would be a
very good move. When I have seen a debian booth at places it might have
a t-shirst shop and maybe some cd's and some flyers, but normally nothing 'running'
debian.
When I see a KDE booth, they have 3-5 computers showing off the greatest
and latest of KDE.
> b ads in the media in various places? Very expensive imho, so I'm
> not convinced. How much money do we spend?
I don't think this is a good idea.
> c marketing to new developers: posters to put up at universities?
> T-shirts or other gifts for new people working on bug-fixes,
> translations etc.? Could be useful, but again expensive.
> Thoughts?
I have sometimes felt like I wanted to show some kind of appreciation of
some people doing more than I expect from them. Currently, the only
"token of appreciation" I have is to thank them on my blog.
> 5 Pay people to do stuff we don't/can't/won't:
> 6 Fund other related projects
No thanks.
/Sune
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