Hi, On 23/03/15 at 16:45 -0400, Tassia Camoes Araujo wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:44:37AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > > At this point, I think that the question I am (as DPL) being asked, is > > whether we all can go forward given the current status and those > > projections, and deal with the possible fallouts together (which means > > that, if something fails very badly, we are fine with using Debian funds > > to cover for it). > > > > I think that the answer to that is "yes, we want to take this risk" > > (which this year, isn't that huge). However, before I commit to that > > answer, I still would like DebConf chairs to state whether they are fine > > with the current budget, i.e., whether all income and expenses are > > included and at a reasonable level according to their DebConf > > experience. > > > In general terms the Chairs are fine with the budget, we acknowledge that all > incomes and expenses are included and at a reasonable level. > > We agree with the amount of funds reserved to bursaries at this point. > Considering the importance of bursaries for the success of DebConf, we are glad > to see that we are able to reserve a good sum of funds to it, thanks to the > good work of the Fundraising team. > > Regarding the conference dinner, we acknowledge the team's efforts to > lower its price although we still believe the final sum is high. If the team is > 100% sure that there is no cancelation fee, we think that the contract can be > signed. However, in the case of further needs from bursaries, the contract > should be reduced/cancelled or more funds need to be raised. > > We understand that minor expenses already on the budget can be made/approved > directly by team leads. Anything of a greater importance, or that was included > in this budget just as a rough estimative, should still be submitted to > dc-team. Based on the above, I am happy to confirm the approval of the DebConf'15 budget. Regarding the conference dinner budget vs bursaries budget issue, I'm open to a discussion about engaging Debian funds if that proves needed. > Thanks to everyone who was somehow involved in this process. Yes, thanks a lot. Great work! Lucas
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