Re: DebConf24 Budget: Request for Approval
Hello everyone,
[This is mostly for the committee and the leader]
I wanted to highlight a pinpoint for the bursary team here -
On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 4:10 PM Jongmin Kim <jmkim@pukyong.ac.kr> wrote:
> USD 59,966.88 travel
> USD 44,807.13 bursary
> USD 9,708.21 diversity
> USD 35,098.92 general
> USD 15,159.75 team
> USD 3,584.57 dc25
> USD 2,613.75 debconf-ctte
> USD 2,613.75 registration
> USD 6,347.68 video
There seems to be some gap here - miscommunication or simply
misunderstanding. Let me point these out -
Video Team - per the approved budget, there's ~6.35k USD allotted to
the video team. But then, per
https://lists.debian.org/debconf-video/2024/04/msg00006.html, there's
an ask of ~13350 USD. I am not sure I follow. What the video team has
asked, is it separate altogether from the pre-approved budget
mentioned above? Will the pre-approved budget be amended once there's
an ACK from the DPL? Or what? I am not sure how should I understand
that as.
There's no pre-approved budget for DC24 team and I think there should
be. Until now, we've been taking it from the general bursary but I
think there should be a separate budget for the core team of that
particular DebConf. I am OK with doing it for this year, too, but I
really think this should be fixed from next year onward.
Lastly, the budget for the CTTE is just too low and unrealistic at
this point. I think whilst making this budget, CTTE should clearly
state how much they'll need and that amount should be reflected here.
With this budget, I can barely approve 1.5 people from the CTTE and I
am not sure what to do about it. I don't think it's sensible for the
bursary team to keep going back and forth and ask for a budget
extension. OTOH, these should be accounted for, to begin with.
What do you think?
Much confused,
Utkarsh
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