Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (292 mails)

["Alan Clark" <aclark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > On 5/17/2011 at 10:02 AM, in message <20110517160237.GF4670@xxxxxxxxx>, 
> > > Vincent
Untz <vuntz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Le mercredi 11 mai 2011, à 09:24 +0200, Andreas Jaeger a écrit :
> > On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 01:39:49 AM Alan Clark wrote:
> > > Working with the SUSE accounts, I have figured out a way that we can
> > > collect this money and process it through SUSE as long as we apply it to
> > > openSUSE project expenses directly.  In other words, use it to pay for
> > > SDDs for OBS etc.  Much harder if we tried to save the money towards some
> > > future expense. 
> > >
> > > With this and pascal's request you have some good options to support OBS
> > > and/or other areas of the openSUSE project. 
> >
> > Thanks a lot Alan!
> >
> > Here's one more idea: use the money to sponsor our mentors to come to the 
> > openSUSE conference...
>
> I'm not sure it would work accounting-wise, with what Alan said:
>
>  - the openSUSE conference is in September, so we'd need to spend the
>    money at that time
>  - we won't receive the money before October

I'll work on the accounting.   I know that many of the mentors will already be 
attending the conference, but if these funds could enable a mentor to attend 
when he/she wouldn't otherwise be able, I think that this would be a great use 
of the moneys. 

Alan


> Alan, would that work?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vincent

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