Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: >>This topic came up a few times during the last administration as well; >>the new OGB should spend some cycles figuring out how to manage some >>budget to enable this kind of thing. I don't mind if Sun contributes >>to it, but the OGB needs to control the allocation and disbursement. >> >> > >We've talked about this before but it's a non-starter for various >reasons: it requires opensolaris to be a separate legal entity and >it requires us to have books and have those books checked. It >can't be done any easier than that. > > > Can't a budget be assigned to a project within Sun and that budget managed by one or more of the Sun employees on the OGB?
You realy must have a travel budget to work effectively. The way the OpenSolaris project is currently set up, Sun is the only entity that can contribute to an OGB budget. The biggest beneficiary from your work will be Sun, so it is in the corporation's interest to provide financial support. Ian
