[IAEP] [SLOBS] budgets

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 13:54, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>> At the last oversight board meeting
>> (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2010-01-08)
>> we had a brief discussion of our modest budget. We'll be continuing
>> that discussion at this week's meeting (Friday at 16UTC, 11EST). In
>> preparation for that discussion, I am requesting that team leaders
>> prepare proposals for any anticipated expenses they anticipate for
>> 2010. For example, the Infrastructure Team has proposed the purchase
>> of a new server. While we have limited funds, getting input regarding
>> needs would help us to identify areas where we can concentrate our
>> fund-raising efforts.
>
> I can only think of travel funds for the development team. Can we get
> money for that? If so, what would be a  reasonable target?

That was the subject of several grant applications I applied for last
year. I'm writing another one again this week. Maybe I'll be able to
convince some of the funding agencies of its importance this time
around.

-walter

> Regards,
>
> Tomeu
>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
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