Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor

2012-05-21 Thread Michael Meeks
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

Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend

2012-05-21 Thread Florian Effenberger
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 1442410

Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor

2012-05-21 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
-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

Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend

2012-05-21 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
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 peop

Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor

2012-05-21 Thread Olivier Hallot
-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

Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend

2012-05-21 Thread Florian Effenberger
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 hav

Re: [board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor

2012-05-21 Thread Florian Effenberger
+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 | Mob

[board-discuss] budget request: audit of TDF contracts by a tax advisor

2012-05-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
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 th

Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend

2012-05-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
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

Re: [board-discuss] funding for admin weekend

2012-05-21 Thread Michael Meeks
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 importan

[board-discuss] funding for admin weekend

2012-05-21 Thread Florian Effenberger
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