Re: What do you think of the foundation?

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

Dave Neary wrote:
> I have said that the foundation has a role to enable people to attend 
> conferences. In the special case of GUADEC, we are very generous in 
> that role. But I think we've been too generous - just because we are 
> enabling someone to attend a conference doesn't mean we should pay 
> 100% of their travel costs. Paying 80% of their travel costs is not a 
> punishment, but it might indeed test their committment to attend the 
> conference - if it's not worth covering 20% of the costs from their 
> own pocket, how committed are they to travelling, really?
Hi Dave!
From a personal experience I wouldn't have been able to go to Vilanova 
unless I had been covered by the Foundation for the trip. I was terribly 
low on cash during that period, so I am grateful to the organization for 
helping me in this matter. I therefore feel good to pay back in terms of 
design for foundation related materials and through the Friends of GNOME 
Program.

Do we have a bad record of people who we have sponsored for conferences 
that later have disappeared from the community?
- Andreas