Re: DebConf24 Budget: Request for Approval

[stefanor@debian.org]

Hi Utkarsh (2024.05.13_12:11:01_+0000)

We're expecting to do a revised budget soon, and all the teams should be
asked for their travel budgets.

Stefano

> 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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