From germonprez at gmail.com Sat Jun 1 11:14:28 2019 From: germonprez at gmail.com (Matt Germonprez) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 06:14:28 -0500 Subject: [Chaoss-Board] Community Bridge Funds In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Hi everyone, Looks like there is leaning towards having a sub-team to manage funds and the process. Others? If this is the way to go, I'll nominate myself. I think that two others would be great (total of three). Matt On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 6:43 AM Matt Germonprez wrote: > Hi Ray, > > Yes, this completely makes sense. I've started a very simple document to > capture this. I'll put this on the board agenda to talk about how we > categorize and prioritize items. > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BtelsQom1bKe4DDCIMJtqpSlHE_y-nhe00plTbRKUUA/edit > > I'm also in favor of a sub-team to approve/deny requests. Do others on the > board have thoughts? > > Matt > > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:01 AM Raymond Paik wrote: > >> Thanks Matt, >> >> I think the template is a great start. >> >> There are a few things that we probably want to figure out and I'll list >> them below (in no particular order and not exhaustive). >> >> 1. I think it's pretty clear what travel & mentorship expenses are. >> However, what are marketing or meetup expenses? I assume CHAOSS >> swags/merchandise would be under marketing, but if we wanted to spend $'s >> on future CHAOSSCon (e.g. pay for a venue, food/beverage, etc.) do we >> consider that marketing or meetup? I think it'd help to have a list of >> budget items under each category. It doesn't have to be exhaustive, but I >> think some examples would help. >> 2. We should have a discussion on a few priority items so that we can >> allocate $'s for those. I think we had lot of discussion on swags, but >> there are probably other areas where we want to invest in? >> 3. Once $'s have been allocated for priority items, we can use the >> rest of the budget for community requests (e.g. for travel funds). >> >> As for who approves budget requests, I'm also OK with having a >> sub-team/committee of the GB (comprised of 2-4 volunteers) so the entire >> board doesn't need to review every request. As George noted, there could >> always be escalations to the entire board when appropriate. >> >> Hope that made sense :-) >> >> Ray >> >> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:51 PM Georg Link wrote: >> >>> Thanks Matt! >>> >>> 1. I think we can establish a "budget committee". No need to bother the >>> whole governing board with every request. The budget committee could have a >>> rule to escalate to the GB, if a request exceeds some percent of available >>> funds or a fixed dollar amount. >>> >>> 2. A subset of GB members who volunteer for being on the budget >>> committee. >>> >>> 3. +1 Thank you for putting the request template. The requested >>> information seems reasonable - not too much but enough to make a decision. >>> >>> Georg >>> >>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM Matt Germonprez >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> If you aren't aware, the CHAOSS project has been approved as a Linux >>>> Foundation Community Bridge project and we currently have a bit over >>>> $16,000 in our account for the following: >>>> >>>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 10.23.53 AM.png] >>>> >>>> In order to spend these funds, I think it should require approval from >>>> the board (or a subset of board members). So I think there are a few >>>> details that should be worked out among us: >>>> >>>> 1) Should the entire CHAOSS board or a subset of the board approve >>>> funding requests? >>>> 2) If it is a subset, who will comprise this team? >>>> 3) For CHAOSS members to request the use of funds, I have started a >>>> Google Doc that could serve as the request template by which people/teams >>>> could request the use of funds. This is a work in progress and >>>> comments/edits are welcome. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fVlhGAqdGRVvT-db2syW6-TmMTEME9MNLkV1D47sfwI/edit >>>> >>>> Please share your thoughts. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Matt >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >>>> Information Systems >>>> College of Information Science & Technology >>>> University of Nebraska Omaha >>>> he / him / his >>>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>> >> > > -- > Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor > Information Systems > College of Information Science & Technology > University of Nebraska Omaha > he / him / his > https://goo.gl/E87KdK > > -- Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor Information Systems College of Information Science & Technology University of Nebraska Omaha he / him / his https://goo.gl/E87KdK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: I'm happy to serve on the budget committee. On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:14 PM Matt Germonprez wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Looks like there is leaning towards having a sub-team to manage funds and > the process. Others? > > If this is the way to go, I'll nominate myself. I think that two others > would be great (total of three). > > Matt > > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 6:43 AM Matt Germonprez > wrote: > >> Hi Ray, >> >> Yes, this completely makes sense. I've started a very simple document to >> capture this. I'll put this on the board agenda to talk about how we >> categorize and prioritize items. >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BtelsQom1bKe4DDCIMJtqpSlHE_y-nhe00plTbRKUUA/edit >> >> I'm also in favor of a sub-team to approve/deny requests. Do others on >> the board have thoughts? >> >> Matt >> >> >> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:01 AM Raymond Paik wrote: >> >>> Thanks Matt, >>> >>> I think the template is a great start. >>> >>> There are a few things that we probably want to figure out and I'll list >>> them below (in no particular order and not exhaustive). >>> >>> 1. I think it's pretty clear what travel & mentorship expenses are. >>> However, what are marketing or meetup expenses? I assume CHAOSS >>> swags/merchandise would be under marketing, but if we wanted to spend $'s >>> on future CHAOSSCon (e.g. pay for a venue, food/beverage, etc.) do we >>> consider that marketing or meetup? I think it'd help to have a list of >>> budget items under each category. It doesn't have to be exhaustive, but I >>> think some examples would help. >>> 2. We should have a discussion on a few priority items so that we >>> can allocate $'s for those. I think we had lot of discussion on swags, but >>> there are probably other areas where we want to invest in? >>> 3. Once $'s have been allocated for priority items, we can use the >>> rest of the budget for community requests (e.g. for travel funds). >>> >>> As for who approves budget requests, I'm also OK with having a >>> sub-team/committee of the GB (comprised of 2-4 volunteers) so the entire >>> board doesn't need to review every request. As George noted, there could >>> always be escalations to the entire board when appropriate. >>> >>> Hope that made sense :-) >>> >>> Ray >>> >>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:51 PM Georg Link wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Matt! >>>> >>>> 1. I think we can establish a "budget committee". No need to bother the >>>> whole governing board with every request. The budget committee could have a >>>> rule to escalate to the GB, if a request exceeds some percent of available >>>> funds or a fixed dollar amount. >>>> >>>> 2. A subset of GB members who volunteer for being on the budget >>>> committee. >>>> >>>> 3. +1 Thank you for putting the request template. The requested >>>> information seems reasonable - not too much but enough to make a decision. >>>> >>>> Georg >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM Matt Germonprez >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> If you aren't aware, the CHAOSS project has been approved as a Linux >>>>> Foundation Community Bridge project and we currently have a bit over >>>>> $16,000 in our account for the following: >>>>> >>>>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 10.23.53 AM.png] >>>>> >>>>> In order to spend these funds, I think it should require approval from >>>>> the board (or a subset of board members). So I think there are a few >>>>> details that should be worked out among us: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Should the entire CHAOSS board or a subset of the board approve >>>>> funding requests? >>>>> 2) If it is a subset, who will comprise this team? >>>>> 3) For CHAOSS members to request the use of funds, I have started a >>>>> Google Doc that could serve as the request template by which people/teams >>>>> could request the use of funds. This is a work in progress and >>>>> comments/edits are welcome. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fVlhGAqdGRVvT-db2syW6-TmMTEME9MNLkV1D47sfwI/edit >>>>> >>>>> Please share your thoughts. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Matt >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >>>>> Information Systems >>>>> College of Information Science & Technology >>>>> University of Nebraska Omaha >>>>> he / him / his >>>>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>>>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >> Information Systems >> College of Information Science & Technology >> University of Nebraska Omaha >> he / him / his >> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >> >> > > -- > Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor > Information Systems > College of Information Science & Technology > University of Nebraska Omaha > he / him / his > https://goo.gl/E87KdK > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: I'll volunteer as well.... On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 4:21 AM Georg Link wrote: > I'm happy to serve on the budget committee. > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:14 PM Matt Germonprez > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Looks like there is leaning towards having a sub-team to manage funds and >> the process. Others? >> >> If this is the way to go, I'll nominate myself. I think that two others >> would be great (total of three). >> >> Matt >> >> >> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 6:43 AM Matt Germonprez >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ray, >>> >>> Yes, this completely makes sense. I've started a very simple document to >>> capture this. I'll put this on the board agenda to talk about how we >>> categorize and prioritize items. >>> >>> >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BtelsQom1bKe4DDCIMJtqpSlHE_y-nhe00plTbRKUUA/edit >>> >>> I'm also in favor of a sub-team to approve/deny requests. Do others on >>> the board have thoughts? >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:01 AM Raymond Paik wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Matt, >>>> >>>> I think the template is a great start. >>>> >>>> There are a few things that we probably want to figure out and I'll >>>> list them below (in no particular order and not exhaustive). >>>> >>>> 1. I think it's pretty clear what travel & mentorship expenses are. >>>> However, what are marketing or meetup expenses? I assume CHAOSS >>>> swags/merchandise would be under marketing, but if we wanted to spend $'s >>>> on future CHAOSSCon (e.g. pay for a venue, food/beverage, etc.) do we >>>> consider that marketing or meetup? I think it'd help to have a list of >>>> budget items under each category. It doesn't have to be exhaustive, but I >>>> think some examples would help. >>>> 2. We should have a discussion on a few priority items so that we >>>> can allocate $'s for those. I think we had lot of discussion on swags, but >>>> there are probably other areas where we want to invest in? >>>> 3. Once $'s have been allocated for priority items, we can use the >>>> rest of the budget for community requests (e.g. for travel funds). >>>> >>>> As for who approves budget requests, I'm also OK with having a >>>> sub-team/committee of the GB (comprised of 2-4 volunteers) so the entire >>>> board doesn't need to review every request. As George noted, there could >>>> always be escalations to the entire board when appropriate. >>>> >>>> Hope that made sense :-) >>>> >>>> Ray >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:51 PM Georg Link wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Matt! >>>>> >>>>> 1. I think we can establish a "budget committee". No need to bother >>>>> the whole governing board with every request. The budget committee could >>>>> have a rule to escalate to the GB, if a request exceeds some percent of >>>>> available funds or a fixed dollar amount. >>>>> >>>>> 2. A subset of GB members who volunteer for being on the budget >>>>> committee. >>>>> >>>>> 3. +1 Thank you for putting the request template. The requested >>>>> information seems reasonable - not too much but enough to make a decision. >>>>> >>>>> Georg >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM Matt Germonprez >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> If you aren't aware, the CHAOSS project has been approved as a Linux >>>>>> Foundation Community Bridge project and we currently have a bit over >>>>>> $16,000 in our account for the following: >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 10.23.53 AM.png] >>>>>> >>>>>> In order to spend these funds, I think it should require approval >>>>>> from the board (or a subset of board members). So I think there are a few >>>>>> details that should be worked out among us: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) Should the entire CHAOSS board or a subset of the board approve >>>>>> funding requests? >>>>>> 2) If it is a subset, who will comprise this team? >>>>>> 3) For CHAOSS members to request the use of funds, I have started a >>>>>> Google Doc that could serve as the request template by which people/teams >>>>>> could request the use of funds. This is a work in progress and >>>>>> comments/edits are welcome. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fVlhGAqdGRVvT-db2syW6-TmMTEME9MNLkV1D47sfwI/edit >>>>>> >>>>>> Please share your thoughts. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Matt >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >>>>>> Information Systems >>>>>> College of Information Science & Technology >>>>>> University of Nebraska Omaha >>>>>> he / him / his >>>>>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>>>>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>>>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>>>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >>> Information Systems >>> College of Information Science & Technology >>> University of Nebraska Omaha >>> he / him / his >>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >> Information Systems >> College of Information Science & Technology >> University of Nebraska Omaha >> he / him / his >> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: Thanks Georg and Ray. On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 11:12 AM Raymond Paik wrote: > I'll volunteer as well.... > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 4:21 AM Georg Link wrote: > >> I'm happy to serve on the budget committee. >> >> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:14 PM Matt Germonprez >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Looks like there is leaning towards having a sub-team to manage funds >>> and the process. Others? >>> >>> If this is the way to go, I'll nominate myself. I think that two others >>> would be great (total of three). >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 6:43 AM Matt Germonprez >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ray, >>>> >>>> Yes, this completely makes sense. I've started a very simple document >>>> to capture this. I'll put this on the board agenda to talk about how we >>>> categorize and prioritize items. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BtelsQom1bKe4DDCIMJtqpSlHE_y-nhe00plTbRKUUA/edit >>>> >>>> I'm also in favor of a sub-team to approve/deny requests. Do others on >>>> the board have thoughts? >>>> >>>> Matt >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:01 AM Raymond Paik wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Matt, >>>>> >>>>> I think the template is a great start. >>>>> >>>>> There are a few things that we probably want to figure out and I'll >>>>> list them below (in no particular order and not exhaustive). >>>>> >>>>> 1. I think it's pretty clear what travel & mentorship expenses >>>>> are. However, what are marketing or meetup expenses? I assume CHAOSS >>>>> swags/merchandise would be under marketing, but if we wanted to spend $'s >>>>> on future CHAOSSCon (e.g. pay for a venue, food/beverage, etc.) do we >>>>> consider that marketing or meetup? I think it'd help to have a list of >>>>> budget items under each category. It doesn't have to be exhaustive, but I >>>>> think some examples would help. >>>>> 2. We should have a discussion on a few priority items so that we >>>>> can allocate $'s for those. I think we had lot of discussion on swags, but >>>>> there are probably other areas where we want to invest in? >>>>> 3. Once $'s have been allocated for priority items, we can use the >>>>> rest of the budget for community requests (e.g. for travel funds). >>>>> >>>>> As for who approves budget requests, I'm also OK with having a >>>>> sub-team/committee of the GB (comprised of 2-4 volunteers) so the entire >>>>> board doesn't need to review every request. As George noted, there could >>>>> always be escalations to the entire board when appropriate. >>>>> >>>>> Hope that made sense :-) >>>>> >>>>> Ray >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:51 PM Georg Link >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Matt! >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. I think we can establish a "budget committee". No need to bother >>>>>> the whole governing board with every request. The budget committee could >>>>>> have a rule to escalate to the GB, if a request exceeds some percent of >>>>>> available funds or a fixed dollar amount. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. A subset of GB members who volunteer for being on the budget >>>>>> committee. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. +1 Thank you for putting the request template. The requested >>>>>> information seems reasonable - not too much but enough to make a decision. >>>>>> >>>>>> Georg >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM Matt Germonprez >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you aren't aware, the CHAOSS project has been approved as a Linux >>>>>>> Foundation Community Bridge project and we currently have a bit over >>>>>>> $16,000 in our account for the following: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 10.23.53 AM.png] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In order to spend these funds, I think it should require approval >>>>>>> from the board (or a subset of board members). So I think there are a few >>>>>>> details that should be worked out among us: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1) Should the entire CHAOSS board or a subset of the board approve >>>>>>> funding requests? >>>>>>> 2) If it is a subset, who will comprise this team? >>>>>>> 3) For CHAOSS members to request the use of funds, I have started a >>>>>>> Google Doc that could serve as the request template by which people/teams >>>>>>> could request the use of funds. This is a work in progress and >>>>>>> comments/edits are welcome. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fVlhGAqdGRVvT-db2syW6-TmMTEME9MNLkV1D47sfwI/edit >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please share your thoughts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Matt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >>>>>>> Information Systems >>>>>>> College of Information Science & Technology >>>>>>> University of Nebraska Omaha >>>>>>> he / him / his >>>>>>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>>>>>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>>>>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Chaoss-members mailing list >>>>>> Chaoss-members at lists.linuxfoundation.org >>>>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chaoss-members >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >>>> Information Systems >>>> College of Information Science & Technology >>>> University of Nebraska Omaha >>>> he / him / his >>>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor >>> Information Systems >>> College of Information Science & Technology >>> University of Nebraska Omaha >>> he / him / his >>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK >>> >>> -- Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor Information Systems College of Information Science & Technology University of Nebraska Omaha he / him / his https://goo.gl/E87KdK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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