Re: Current state of Foundation finances

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

On 12 April 2014 05:29, Sindhu S <sindhus live in> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova
> <kittykat3756 gmail com> wrote:
> > The board expects that you may have some questions or would like to
> > know more details about the problem, please read
> > https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/CurrentBudgetFAQ and contact
> > the board at board-list gnome org if you have any further questions.
>
>
> I want to ask questions.
>
> Was this situation visible or known before or at the time funds for Dev X
> Hackfest were being allocated?

No, it wasn't know. If it had been known, spending would have been
frozen by then and a budget for the hackfest would not have been
approved.

> If so,
> why wasn't a cautionary note not issued when funds less than requested were
> approved for some attendees and
> that GNOME was looking at a tight situation on funds?
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