I'll miss the governance meeting as well today, but I support the $500 travel grant to help Mandy attend Jenkins World.
On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 10:55 AM Kohsuke Kawaguchi <k...@kohsuke.org> wrote: > I'm going to miss the project meeting today, but it'd be great to apply > the program we defined to help her participate in the event. > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 7:16 AM Oleg Nenashev <o.v.nenas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If I do not join the discussion, there is my +1 for the travel grant if >> and only if it is limited to 500 USD. >> >> Regarding a 2k USD grant, it needs a much more serious discussion IMO. >> One may say that the GSoC decision at the last Governance meeting is a >> precedent of that, but there is a difference: GSoC has a separate budget >> income from Google. Extra money will not exceed 500 USD per student which >> is within the Travel Grant policy. Also, students without permanent job >> usually have pretty limited financial resources. >> >> I definitely want to meet Mandy at DW-JW, but I am not ready to vote for >> the 2k grant in the current state. More opinions are needed. The Travel >> Grant guidelines say that the response will be provided 4 weeks before the >> event, so technically we have an option to continue the discussion and to >> vote at the next Governance meeting. >> >> AFAIK, the DW-JW organizers does not have a speaker travel budget. They >>> don't profit from these events as it's super expensive to host and deliver >>> a quality event. >>> >> >> As any other organizer of such events, they do not profit from the event >> directly. But there is a lot on the Marketing and goodwill side, and that's >> why these events happen at all. Jenkins project also benefits a lot from >> this event from the marketing standpoint. >> >> BR, Oleg >> >> On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 3:24:31 AM UTC+2, alytong13 wrote: >> >>> I think Mandy's travel grant request to DW-JW SF is reasonable. I'll let >>> the board determine approval/grant amount however I see DW-JW as a >>> community event, or at least it contain many aspects of 'community' within >>> it. After all, it is the largest gathering of Jenkins contributors and >>> users. >>> Mandy's talk was submitted as a community session and I feel that it fit >>> the Travel Grant Program requirement. >>> >>> AFAIK, the DW-JW organizers does not have a speaker travel budget. They >>> don't profit from these events as it's super expensive to host and deliver >>> a quality event. >>> >>> Thnx, >>> alyssa >>> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Oleg Nenashev <o.v.ne...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> Yes. 500 USD is something mentioned in Wiki, I doubt we can go beyond >>>> that unless there is a weight-in from the Jenkins board. >>>> 500 USD does not make much difference, right? >>>> >>>> If you feel this should be covered by conference organizations, can you >>>>> please direct me to the person with whom I should be speaking? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Alyssa is the best contact AFAICT. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Oleg >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 12:30:22 AM UTC+2, Daniel Beck wrote: >>>>> >>>>> FWIW https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Travel+Grant+Program is >>>>> still around, even though nobody has applied in the last few years. It >>>>> doesn't go up to 2000 USD though. >>>>> >>>>> > On 31. Jul 2018, at 22:37, Mandy Hubbard <mandy....@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Hi, >>>>> > >>>>> > I'll be joining the governance meeting tomorrow to make a formal >>>>> grant request, and Alyssa suggested that I introduce the topic first in >>>>> this forum so that you will have context for tomorrow. I am requesting a >>>>> travel grant to cover my expenses to attend Jenkins World in San Francisco >>>>> as a speaker. I believed my company planned to cover my travel expenses >>>>> when I confirmed I would be speaking at Jenkins World. A few days later, >>>>> I >>>>> was told that the company will not fund my travel, therefore, I am >>>>> requesting a grant. The grant information is located here: >>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xbK9hbEMzg2oXNdxPDA6K-u3IWzbyVs2atqmzHu6VDE/edit. >>>>> Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards, >>>>> > Mandy Hubbard >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. >>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>> send an email to jenkinsci-de...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/c68b9e24-4f26-4ec8-999a-8d548d3e6d4f%40googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to jenkinsci-de...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/8d2e8eb4-d955-4386-9f38-a6828ed1f010%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/8d2e8eb4-d955-4386-9f38-a6828ed1f010%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/f4afceb7-4009-4d21-818d-ca01ec41102c%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/f4afceb7-4009-4d21-818d-ca01ec41102c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Kohsuke Kawaguchi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAN4CQ4yW5Vm-GR42vessDAWLVXgia6COtVy_%2BNPMHtmBOMXqAw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAN4CQ4yW5Vm-GR42vessDAWLVXgia6COtVy_%2BNPMHtmBOMXqAw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. 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