Thanks Craig. 

I started a vote, (on private) to nominate purchasers. I will start another 
shortly to include price limits, I have ball-parked them in USD already, but 
each purchaser will need to check availability and get more accurate numbers, 
plus shipping, in their locale. 


Cheers,
  Jesse

> On Oct 30, 2021, at 2:25 PM, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jesse,
> 
> After talking to Myrle, our Treasurer, I suggest a small change to the 
> proposed process.
> 
> The Cordova PMC still needs to identify names, apache ids, and maximum spend 
> for each item.
> 
> But Treasury also need a person (coordinator) who will take responsibility 
> for actually issuing the cards for each purchaser. This will require that 
> person to log into the Ramp system, fill a small form, and then send the 
> credit card information to the purchasers. Training on the Ramp system should 
> take about 10 minutes via a Zoom call with me. Actually issuing the card 
> should take the coordinator about 5 minutes for each card issued.
> 
> I'm looking forward to working with you on the details. For now, a vote to 
> approve the names, apache ids, maximum spend per purchaser, and coordinator 
> will get the ball rolling on this.
> 
> Warm regards,
> Craig
> 
>> On Oct 29, 2021, at 4:27 PM, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jess,
>> 
>> I'm taking point on this from the fundraising/treasurer perspective. 
>> 
>> Once you provide me with the names, apache ids, and maximum spend for each 
>> of the items, I will issue bespoke Ramp credit cards for the purchases, one 
>> for each of the purchasers. I will then send the details of the credit cards 
>> to the apache address of the purchasers.
>> 
>> I will need the maximum spend including taxes, shipping, and handling for 
>> each of the purchasers. After they complete the purchase we will need the 
>> itemized receipt for each of the items. The receipt should be sent to 
>> t...@treasurer.apache.org with cc to priv...@cordova.apache.org . [The 
>> receipt is needed for ASF records.]
>> 
>> Let's get the Cordova team what is needed.
>> 
>> Warm regards,
>> Craig
>> 
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>> 
>>> Here is the list of test devices as it stands, including estimated price, 
>>> and location of the requestor.
>>> 
>>> Julio Cesar, Spain
>>>   - Google Pixel 5 unlocked ~ $700 USD
>>> Tim Brust, Germany
>>>   - Google Pixel 5 unlocked - $700 USD
>>> Bryan Ellis, Japan
>>>   - iPad ~ $350 USD
>>> Daryll Pogue, Canada
>>>   - iPad Mini ~ $400 USD
>>> Jesse MacFadyen, Canada
>>>   - Galaxy Tab A ~ $250 USD
>>> 
>>> All the listed committers are currently active in the project.  The device 
>>> list represents a variety of hardware / screen-size configurations so I 
>>> expect us all to be able to test things for each other.
>>> I have not looked into the MacInCloud service, or how this would work for 
>>> the team, here are their listed plans [1]
>>> Amazon's EC2 service [2] might be a better option given that I see AWS 
>>> credits listed as a donation usable item [3]
>>> 
>>> There is also a question around whether it makes sense for committers to 
>>> request specific hardware for development.  Future features in Mac/iOS dev 
>>> specifically require Apple silicon for dev/testing.  This is easiest to 
>>> achieve with a Mac-mini M1 which costs around $700 USD [4].  Is this an 
>>> allowed use of donated funds?
>>> 
>>> Next discussion I guess will be logistics. How do we go about purchasing 
>>> and distributing devices around the world?  We can maintain the list of who 
>>> has what and where with contact info.
>>> Thanks for your patience in working through all of this with us.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jesse
>>> 
>> 
>> Craig L Russell
>> c...@apache.org
>> 
> 
> Craig L Russell
> c...@apache.org
> 

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