Re: Mission Statement

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 10:05:45PM -0700, Germán Poo-Caamaño wrote:
> The order of magnitudes are different.  For OPW (40 interns), GNOME has
> to allocate $220,000 to be able to pay the interns. For a hackfest,
> GNOME has to allocate between $1,000 to $15,000.
>
> For OPW there are contracts that states with an exact date of payment.
> For hackfests/travel assistance just good intentions on when (likely)
> there would be a reimbursement.
>
> From the advisory board, GF likely receives less than $200,000 a year on
> fees.  Maybe less than $150,000. And possibly less if they don't pay on
> time.  Therefore, I hardly see how a hackfest/travel
> assistance/conference could freeze GF funds.
>
> To increase the number of interns in OPW will depend on how good the
> GF's finances are to back it up, regardless of how many sponsor would be
> willing to pay... because it's a matter of cash flow.  In that sense,
> the size GF can play against OPW itself.

IMO this a good summary why OPW should be in a different legal entity.

Repeating: I'm all for OPW, I think it is great that GNOME foundation
does this.
-- 
Regards,
Olav