Re: BSP Reimbursements

2020-08-13 Thread Jonathan Carter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi Debianites On 2019/10/02 16:43, Sam Hartman wrote: > TL;DR: Do we want BSP organizers to take on the responsibility of > batching together travel reimbursement requests. > > HI. A while back, I suspended the automatic approval of reimbursement

Re: Repeating: Only the Automatic Approvals of BSP Reimbursements are on Hold; You scan still Ask

2020-01-10 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Lucas" == Lucas Nussbaum writes: Lucas> Hi Sam, Lucas> On 10/01/20 at 05:35 -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: >> TL;DR: You are welcome to ask for approval for attending a BSP or >> similar; it's only the automatic approvals on hold. >> >> I heard two different people in

Re: Repeating: Only the Automatic Approvals of BSP Reimbursements are on Hold; You scan still Ask

2020-01-10 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi Sam, On 10/01/20 at 05:35 -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: > TL;DR: You are welcome to ask for approval for attending a BSP or > similar; it's only the automatic approvals on hold. > > I heard two different people in an email thread claim that you cannot > get reimbursed for attending a BSP. > The

Re: Repeating: Only the Automatic Approvals of BSP Reimbursements are on Hold; You scan still Ask

2020-01-10 Thread Dominik George
> Asking for pre approval als means you don't book tickets and arrange travel > before knowing if you are going to be able to claim back > This to me is the best cause of action for any proposed expenditure Plus, in my experience, for me as a participant it is not too much of a hassle. In

Re: Repeating: Only the Automatic Approvals of BSP Reimbursements are on Hold; You scan still Ask

2020-01-10 Thread Andy Simpkins
Asking for pre approval als means you don't book tickets and arrange travel before knowing if you are going to be able to claim back This to me is the best cause of action for any proposed expenditure On 10 January 2020 10:35:23 GMT, Sam Hartman wrote: >TL;DR: You are welcome to ask for

Repeating: Only the Automatic Approvals of BSP Reimbursements are on Hold; You scan still Ask

2020-01-10 Thread Sam Hartman
TL;DR: You are welcome to ask for approval for attending a BSP or similar; it's only the automatic approvals on hold. I heard two different people in an email thread claim that you cannot get reimbursed for attending a BSP. The only thing that is on hold right now is *automatic approvals*. Just

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-07 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
On 19-10-07 18 h 13, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Louis-Philippe" == Louis-Philippe Véronneau writes: > Louis-Philippe> I've taken part in organising sprints, miniconfs, > Louis-Philippe> DebConfs and BSPs before and although I salute the > Louis-Philippe> effort to make the BSP

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-07 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Louis-Philippe" == Louis-Philippe Véronneau writes: Louis-Philippe> I've taken part in organising sprints, miniconfs, Louis-Philippe> DebConfs and BSPs before and although I salute the Louis-Philippe> effort to make the BSP reimbursement process easier Louis-Philippe> for

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-07 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
On 19-10-02 10 h 43, Sam Hartman wrote: > > TL;DR: Do we want BSP organizers to take on the responsibility of > batching together travel reimbursement requests. > > HI. A while back, I suspended the automatic approval of reimbursements > for attending BSPs. You can still ask for approval for

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-07 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi
On 2019-10-07 at 08:00:59 +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:26:07AM +0200, Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi wrote: > > I'd think that the main difference from a regular sprint is that on a > > Camp there isn't a predefined theme, people come and decide what they > > want to work

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-07 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:26:07AM +0200, Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi wrote: > I'd think that the main difference from a regular sprint is that on a > Camp there isn't a predefined theme, people come and decide what they > want to work on (sometimes in microsprints of 2-3 people). sounds like

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-07 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi
On 2019-10-07 at 10:30:05 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > While I never attended them due to not being in Europe, the Sun/Snow > Camp events seemed similar to Sprints/BSPs; events where folks work on > Debian/FLOSS related things together. I think we need more of these > sorts of events. I'd think that

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 4:52 PM Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi wrote: > I'm also not sure that this kind of event is still considered a good > idea from a Debian-wide perspective, so maybe they wouldn't qualify > anymore anyway, and this is all moot. While I never attended them due to not being in

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-06 Thread Sam Hartman
TL; DR: The previous process was not entirely automatic as Martin implied. I'm fine with a slightly better documented version if the previous process if that's what we want. > "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr writes: Martin> All this talk about who should handle approvals (DPL or

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-05 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
On 2019-10-05 5:12 a.m., Martin Michlmayr wrote: [...] My only concern with the automatic $100 is the workload it may cause for TOs, but this might not be a huge problem since a) many people won't bother submitting a claim since it's not worth their time (automatically selecting those who

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-05 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Sam Hartman [2019-10-02 10:43]: > If that ends up being the case I'm happy with some sort of automatic > approval process for DDs attending BSPs (and easy approval for other > contributors when that makes sense). I might be wrong here but my understanding of the $100 for attending BSPs that

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-05 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi
On 2019-10-02 at 10:43:37 -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > TL;DR: Do we want BSP organizers to take on the responsibility of > batching together travel reimbursement requests. > [...] > Asking BSP organizers to help with this is great from the DPL side. > The only concern is if it pushes the effort

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-03 Thread Antonio Terceiro
On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 10:43:37AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > TL;DR: Do we want BSP organizers to take on the responsibility of > batching together travel reimbursement requests. > > HI. A while back, I suspended the automatic approval of reimbursements > for attending BSPs. You can still

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-03 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 3 octobre 2019, 12.54:53 h CEST Kyle Robbertze a écrit : > On 2019/10/02 22:17, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > Third: what rules-of-thumb, or guidelines do we want for travel support? > > In the context of relatively _short_ events (2-5 days), I think we ought > > to > > put upper

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 12:54:53PM +0200, Kyle Robbertze wrote: > A distance limit effectively prevents people from remoter areas of the > world. +1 (This basically means almost anyone not living in Europe.) -- cheers, Holger

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-03 Thread Kyle Robbertze
Hi OdyX, On 2019/10/02 22:17, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Hello Sam, > > (I'm hereby answering out of my experience of helping organizing the > miniDebConf Vaumarcus this year, but without coordination with the rest of > the > team). > > Le mercredi, 2 octobre 2019, 16.43:37 h CEST Sam

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-03 Thread Jacob Lifshay
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 13:17 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > So what I'd would enjoy to see is exchanges along the lines of: > > - BSP Orga: hey DPL; we organize a 3-days/2-nights BSP and would like to > support travel for potential attendees. We expect about 12 travel > requests; > what can you do

Re: BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-02 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hello Sam, (I'm hereby answering out of my experience of helping organizing the miniDebConf Vaumarcus this year, but without coordination with the rest of the team). Le mercredi, 2 octobre 2019, 16.43:37 h CEST Sam Hartman a écrit : > TL;DR: Do we want BSP organizers to take on the

BSP Reimbursements

2019-10-02 Thread Sam Hartman
TL;DR: Do we want BSP organizers to take on the responsibility of batching together travel reimbursement requests. HI. A while back, I suspended the automatic approval of reimbursements for attending BSPs. You can still ask for approval for attending a BSP, you can't just send me a