Re: [guadec-list] Re: Final cost for the football equipment

[Rob Taylor <robtaylor floopily org>]

Claudio Saavedra wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 09:52 +0200, Quim Gil wrote:
> [...]
>> The bigger budget for the whole equipment made sense when we were
>> talking about a GNOME - Rest Of The World match - something that Project
>> Portland was happy to sponsorize (and that made sense). If it's a pure
>> game for gnomers only where even people with no big knowledge of
>> football is taking part in just for the fan... this also makes full
>> sense, but then the 1000€ budget is senseless.
> 
> I agree. From where I come from, people only need a ball to play a game.
> The rest is to me just a waste of money that could be used for some more
> relevant activities. We are *not* football stars.
> 
> I strongly think that if people wants nice shirts, people should pay
> them. Not the foundation. The same applies for the rest of the
> equipment.

Hurrah! Well said! Not to mention most people won't actually be up for
playing football. Now frisbee.. that's another matter...

Thanks,
Rob Taylor