Hey, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 10:05:37AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote: > >> 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? > > Probably not; I don't think any of us has the necessary rank to > approve expenses, and in any case I don't think you're allowed to > approve your own. That said, it's probably possible for some > department to agree to fund certain activities on a case-by-case > basis; it's been done before. Whether we want that to happen is a > matter for subsequent debate.
Maybe that's something that we should raise for discussion with the appropriate exec. I don't feel it's impossible for an OGB representative to be involved in budget decisions around OpenSolaris. We should at the very least start [or continue] the discussion and move the 'probably' into 'definitely' >> You realy must have a travel budget to work effectively. The way the > > Now this I'm not so sure about. Many organisations operate > effectively with infrequent or no travel, and even when annual > meetings are held it's common for some people to miss them. I agree, though I think there should be a precedent set for at the very least one face to face meeting each year. Obviously there are certain times of the year where it might make more sense to get people together [for example to coordinate with a conference] Glynn
