[Qgis-psc] HF refunds

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:43 PM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Hi all.
> Trying to set up less arbitrary rules for the refund of HF expenses.
> Here a first draft, elaborated based on the discussion of today.
> ===
>
> Need a refund for QGIS HF expenses?
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> 1.If you are a contributor to the project (to either code,
> documentation, translation, or infrastructure), you think your
> participation to the HF will be useful for the project, and you do not
> have funds to cover for travelling and lodging, you can apply for
> refund, at least 40 days in advance
> 2. When applying, please let us know (i) an estimate of the total amount
> required, and (ii) how your participation will contribute to QGIS
> 3. Later applications (<40 days) will be taken into account, based on
> the budget available and the priorities of the PSC
> 4. Please note that our funds are limited, so we'll generally not be
> able to refund all participants
> 5. Core devs and psc members will have priority on the allocation of funds
> 6. At least 30 days in advance, PSC will communicate a decision to all
> those who applied
> 7. The refund will be sent to your bank account after the HF, on the
> basis of the bills actually paid and sent to our Treasurer
>
> ===
> I'm not super happy with rule #1, as it is always better say "please do
> not apply" that refusing an applicant.
>

​I think that it sounds ​ok for me.



> An alternative (not without its own issues) might be to require a
> recommendation from one (or more?) member of the PSC (or eventually from
> one core dev).
>
I had a look to commits, and I think at least the first ~15 (>250
> commits) can safely considered core devs, see:
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/graphs/contributors
>
>
​I thought we defined core committers as 'anyone with direct commit rights
to the repository'​? I think measuring contribution by numbers is not a
good way to do it.

Otherwise the rest sounds reasonable.

​Regards

Tim​




> All the best.
>
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