[board-discuss] funding for admin weekend
Hello, like last year, the admin team of TDF would like to gather for an internal meeting, in order to discuss and work on important topics, such as virtualiziation, HA/failover, system upgrade and such. Last year, we met in Munich's Café Netzwerk, and this year, we have an offer to stay in the LinuxHotel in Essen (http://www.linuxhotel.de), a very attracting place for geeks. ;-) The total cost for having all the 13 admins in Essen, including sleeping in the hotel, breakfast and having a lecture room + WiFi, would be around 840 € for whole weekend. What do people generally think about that? Does this sound senseful and would the board be willing to approve let's say 1.000 € in total, excluding travel fees? Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 14:34 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: > like last year, the admin team of TDF would like to gather for an > internal meeting, in order to discuss and work on important topics, such > as virtualiziation, HA/failover, system upgrade and such. Sounds really important. > Last year, we met in Munich's Café Netzwerk, and this year, we have an > offer to stay in the LinuxHotel in Essen (http://www.linuxhotel.de), a > very attracting place for geeks. ;-) Cool. > The total cost for having all the 13 admins in Essen, including sleeping > in the hotel, breakfast and having a lecture room + WiFi, would be > around 840 € for whole weekend. Wow; 840 for 13 of you ? that's amazing - I should move my family there too. > What do people generally think about that? Does this sound senseful and > would the board be willing to approve let's say 1.000 € in total, > excluding travel fees? +1 for a $1k budget - the sysadmins do some fantastic work, and it makes perfect sense to get them together; sounds like a bargin to me [ were you asking for a formal vote ]. ATB, Michael. -- michael.me...@suse.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot
Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend
Florian Effenberger wrote: > The total cost for having all the 13 admins in Essen, including > sleeping in the hotel, breakfast and having a lecture room + WiFi, > would be around 840 € for whole weekend. > > What do people generally think about that? Does this sound senseful > and would the board be willing to approve let's say 1.000 € in > total, excluding travel fees? > Yes, absolutely. Beyond that, should we fix some travel budget as well? Cheers, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Deputy Chairman of the Board The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint pgpFVzyClHPK8.pgp Description: PGP signature
[board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor
Hi there, for a few contracts, texts and procedures TDF has setup by now, I'd like to have a German tax advisor review them for being in accordance with our charitable status. For the time being, there are two draft contracts I'd like to have audited, and I've got a quote for ~1200 EUR max for that work. I'd therefore like the board to approve - at this point, a maximum of 1300 EUR - for reviewing TDF contracts by a German tax advisor. Regards, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Deputy Chairman of the Board The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint pgpfKFKm0JKXk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor
+1, and thanks for your work on this! Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2012-05-21 17:08: I'd therefore like the board to approve - at this point, a maximum of 1300 EUR - for reviewing TDF contracts by a German tax advisor. -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend
Hi, Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2012-05-21 16:59: Yes, absolutely. Beyond that, should we fix some travel budget as well? to Michael's question: LinuxHotel offers real outstanding prices for communities, that's why it is so affordable. :-) And yes, I'd like to have a poll on that, until we have fixed some budgets, just so it is formally correct. To your question, Thorsten: Either we do it separately, with our travel refund policy, or we do it specifically for that event. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 +1. Important, for sure. Em 21-05-2012 12:08, Thorsten Behrens escreveu: > Hi there, > > for a few contracts, texts and procedures TDF has setup by now, I'd > like to have a German tax advisor review them for being in > accordance with our charitable status. > > For the time being, there are two draft contracts I'd like to have > audited, and I've got a quote for ~1200 EUR max for that work. > > I'd therefore like the board to approve > > - at this point, a maximum of 1300 EUR - > > for reviewing TDF contracts by a German tax advisor. > > Regards, > - -- Olivier Hallot Founder, Board of Directors Member - The Document Foundation The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Fundação responsável civilmente, de acordo com o direito civil Detalhes Legais: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint LibreOffice translation leader for Brazilian Portuguese +55-21-8822-8812 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPumCNAAoJEJp3R7nH3vLxDL8H/3+lu/StJ58Vzz/pOEbTMwe8 XMAI7BfFTvHC/hptA/qonooNOpXvms1jU5M/Ya3eWnINYOofIRWAwR73x/htV1es ctfn7uaAjKX7m2DAiqoH1FuJJ9cMvoMiJD+Mf34/WgFOvxJYYnQdBEu8EqmrzkFH T1OCFkNCdREHfdJuPjYEYNh4EeMOCzL02pwQUFxWtZuvrFoCP9+VLZgbyRIpY4/8 agc+GTE5PZNxkoIzveW5Mq0x5qdX29jYVMK2SSL82Z5yIS++xk+d5tQo8g22Ovf4 R7Oie+UWF9fWaKIOeQW3vtYFUX/OKRFu9F8V0KMT9F9Kczhvea3+W+TRYMnhJM0= =GnqF -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend
Le Mon, 21 May 2012 16:59:18 +0200, Thorsten Behrens a écrit : > Florian Effenberger wrote: > > The total cost for having all the 13 admins in Essen, including > > sleeping in the hotel, breakfast and having a lecture room + WiFi, > > would be around 840 € for whole weekend. > > > > What do people generally think about that? Does this sound senseful > > and would the board be willing to approve let's say 1.000 € in > > total, excluding travel fees? > > > Yes, absolutely. Beyond that, should we fix some travel budget as > well? > > Cheers, > Agreed from my side... Best, -- Charles-H. Schulz Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 +1 from my side. Charles. Le Mon, 21 May 2012 12:34:37 -0300, Olivier Hallot a écrit : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > +1. Important, for sure. > > Em 21-05-2012 12:08, Thorsten Behrens escreveu: > > Hi there, > > > > for a few contracts, texts and procedures TDF has setup by now, I'd > > like to have a German tax advisor review them for being in > > accordance with our charitable status. > > > > For the time being, there are two draft contracts I'd like to have > > audited, and I've got a quote for ~1200 EUR max for that work. > > > > I'd therefore like the board to approve > > > > - at this point, a maximum of 1300 EUR - > > > > for reviewing TDF contracts by a German tax advisor. > > > > Regards, > > > > - -- > Olivier Hallot > Founder, Board of Directors Member - The Document Foundation > The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany > Fundação responsável civilmente, de acordo com o direito civil > Detalhes Legais: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > LibreOffice translation leader for Brazilian Portuguese > +55-21-8822-8812 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPumCNAAoJEJp3R7nH3vLxDL8H/3+lu/StJ58Vzz/pOEbTMwe8 > XMAI7BfFTvHC/hptA/qonooNOpXvms1jU5M/Ya3eWnINYOofIRWAwR73x/htV1es > ctfn7uaAjKX7m2DAiqoH1FuJJ9cMvoMiJD+Mf34/WgFOvxJYYnQdBEu8EqmrzkFH > T1OCFkNCdREHfdJuPjYEYNh4EeMOCzL02pwQUFxWtZuvrFoCP9+VLZgbyRIpY4/8 > agc+GTE5PZNxkoIzveW5Mq0x5qdX29jYVMK2SSL82Z5yIS++xk+d5tQo8g22Ovf4 > R7Oie+UWF9fWaKIOeQW3vtYFUX/OKRFu9F8V0KMT9F9Kczhvea3+W+TRYMnhJM0= > =GnqF > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > - -- Charles-H. Schulz Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFPumIOoC0xO/kLVsQRAmQlAJ9D+nAjOatYa2ifKP1Mrs5wB1bL/ACeOS/f GsjzIsnHt9GWaQlWX8Aw2p4= =ZzkH -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend
Hi, Olivier Hallot wrote on 2012-05-21 19:25: OK for the meeting expenses. +1 from my side as well, since I missed voting so far. ;-) Can we get a report of the achievements? Of course! Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 17:08 +0200, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > for a few contracts, texts and procedures TDF has setup by now, I'd > like to have a German tax advisor review them for being in > accordance with our charitable status. ... > For the time being, there are two draft contracts I'd like to have > audited, and I've got a quote for ~1200 EUR max for that work. That is a phenomenal expense. I feel rather unhappy spending this much money without really getting to the bottom of whether it is truly necessary. I'd like to defer this until after the LinuxTag / 3.5.4 release rush to have some more reading time, and until we've discussed this again interactively in view of the sum. So -1 (for now). Thanks, Michael. -- michael.me...@suse.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot
