Re: BSP Reimbursements
* Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> [2019-10-02 10:43]:
> If that ends up being the case I'm happy with some sort of automatic
> approval process for DDs attending BSPs (and easy approval for other
> contributors when that makes sense).
I might be wrong here but my understanding of the $100 for attending
BSPs that existed in the past is that it was automatic.
All this talk about who should handle approvals (DPL or organizers)
and putting together a budget seems way overkill to me. We're talking
about $100 per person. The whole idea was to make this a painless
process. i.e. just send a request to a TO and they will process it.
No involvement of the DPL or organizer needed.
I recently read something about corporate life where someone said you
need X approvals to spend $1000 but nobody asks if you invite 15
people to a one hour meeting which will easily cost $1000. It sounds
like we're making the same mistake here. For $100, do we really need
a long approval process?
My only concern with the automatic $100 is the workload it may cause
for TOs, but this might not be a huge problem since a) many people
won't bother submitting a claim since it's not worth their time
(automatically selecting those who really need/want it) and b) so far
there haven't been that many requests. (Although you can argue the
latter is because it wasn't documented/publicised properly.)
Of course, it's different if we're talking about bigger amounts, but
for that we have a sprint/mini-debconf process anyway.
Let's just have an automatic $100 and keep the bureaucracy to a
minimum.
(Not speaking for the treasurer team, for SPI or anyone else.)
--
Martin Michlmayr
https://www.cyrius.com/
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