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Re: [Debconf-team] Day trip decision



On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 09:54:13AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> > I really can't believe that this is the best possible use for Debian
> > of 28 000 CHF.

> At the time, that's what the DPL approved as "good use of Debian money" 
> in my understanding.

The DPL budget approval is an all-but-useless rubber stamp that only blocks
the most egregious sorts of abuse, like the DebConf team taking the money
and running to Monaco.  It should in no way be held up as evidence that the
budget is fiscally responsible; that's something that it's the
responsibility of the DebConf team to ensure, and that includes reviewing at
appropriate times *after* the pro-forma DPL approval to ensure the numbers
are still reasonable, that we are getting good value for the money, that we
can afford it, etc.

I understand the frustration at revisiting such questions if it appears that
nothing has changed.  But appeals to authority like this - and like those
that have been used to suppress discussion previously over the course of
DC13 preparation - are highly inappropriate.

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