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 <jm...@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 > -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272
