* Sam Hartman <hartm...@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/