[ sorry for the delay, I was traveling back to Paris the past 2 days ]
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 03:47:55AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> The important part here is that all of the remaining outstanding
> balance will come from Debian accounts, since that is where all the
> fundraised money was put in the first place - either FFIS or SPI, as
> has been convention for years.
>
> Thus, a more useful question may be "how does what was taken out
> compare to what was put in?"
Thanks a lot for answering such a question, which would have been indeed
a forthcoming question of mine :-) I'm very happy of the result and of
the fact that all in all, as you said, the conference budget looks in
pretty good shape.
But ... that was not the most pressing question I had :) Let's put it
another way. I just want to know how much of the "virtual" Debian money
that looks like we now have on paper [1], are actually "real". Otherwise
stated, how much do you think we still need to pay to Columbia or
whoever else we have debts with (*including* pending dc10 travel
reimbursements, if any).
I'm totally fine with an answer which contains ranges and a marge of
error, how big you want it to be. Taking money decisions on the basis of
approximated numbers is something I'm OK with. At the same time, taking
decisions on the basis of an unknown debt is something I'm *not* at ease
with. I just want to know if I should expect Debian to have to still pay
something like 1k, 2k, 5k, 10k, 20k, 50k, ... Choose one and I'll be
happy :-)
Cheers.
[1] I'm interested in the overall Debian figures, but that can be easily
approximated to SPI balance only if it helps you, as most of Debian
money are there anyhow
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