On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:14:13PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 09/08/14 at 23:21 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Samstag, 9. August 2014, Moray Allan wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 04:18:14PM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > > > > The DebConf Videoteam requests a budget increase for DebConf 14. > > > > Shipping cost Chicago <-> Portland of Carl Karsten's gear: $2000 > > > > Rental of screens, projectors and PA speakers for 3 rooms: $900 > > > > Purchase of hdmi to vga converters for presenters' laptops: $200 > > > > Buffer for miscellaneous expenses: > > > > (duct tape, batteries, unexpected/broken stuff, etc) $500 > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > > > Total: $3600 > > > I don't see any problem here as a Chair, so it is approved from my > > > perspective, subject to the comments already in this thread that > > > miscellaneous expenses should be spelt-out or contained in the general > > > buffer, and that we should of course continue to seek ways to keep > > > spending to a minimum, such as by borrowing items or finding cheaper > > > ways to rent them. > > > As this is a new line item it would be polite to ping the DPL to ask > > > for either agreement that this isn't a material change from the > > > previous DPL-approved budget, or a new approval. > > agreed, adding Lucas via leader@d.o to the loop so he can comment. > I agree with what Moray said above. Additionally, if there's a need to > expand the DebConf 14 budget due to unforeseen expenses related to the > video team needs, I would rather get this request from Steve as he did > most of the work on the DebConf budget, rather than from the video team > directly. Well, budget approval is a chair/DPL function. I can confirm that we have the money available in DebConf14's accounts to pay for this without drawing any additional funds from Debian; and these are clearly necessary expenses for the conference, that we failed to account for previously. So, modulo doubts about the price of the video converters, and the belief that the video team should not have a separate line item for "misc expenses", this request has my support. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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