Re: Board Member Application Mini-HOWTO

[Glynn Foster <Glynn Foster Sun COM>]

Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 00:19 +0100, Quim Gil wrote:
>> This sounds as a strong argument. I wonder if we could get a general
>> agreement on the fact that board members could request refund of these
>> calls.
> 
> I don't see why not.  The Foundation can definitely do this; it's
> peanuts compared to what we spend on meerkat slippers for board members.
> 
>> PS: The solution might be as simple as calling the board member(s)
>> needing funded calls.
> 
> Joking aside, this may be harder.  It depends on who's hosting the
> conference calls; some companies don't allow outgoing calls.

It would be a mute issue if Sun was hosting the conference call - we now have a
conferencing facility that allows people to connect to local toll free numbers
around the world [1]


Glynn

[1] Though I don't want this influencing who you vote for ...