[Chaoss-Board] Community Bridge Funds

Raymond Paik rpaik at gitlab.com
Sat Jun 1 16:12:05 UTC 2019


I'll volunteer as well....

On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 4:21 AM Georg Link <linkgeorg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm happy to serve on the budget committee.
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:14 PM Matt Germonprez <germonprez at gmail.com>
> 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 <germonprez at gmail.com>
>> 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 <rpaik at gitlab.com> 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 <linkgeorg at gmail.com> 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 <germonprez at gmail.com>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Information Systems
>>>>>> College of Information Science & Technology
>>>>>> University of Nebraska Omaha
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>>> Information Systems
>>> College of Information Science & Technology
>>> University of Nebraska Omaha
>>> he / him / his
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>>>
>>
>> --
>> Mutual of Omaha Associate Professor
>> Information Systems
>> College of Information Science & Technology
>> University of Nebraska Omaha
>> he / him / his
>> https://goo.gl/E87KdK
>>
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