Re: Q to all candidates: spending money

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:58:35PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org> [2015-03-20 19:39 +0100]:
> > However, let me be clear: I intend on spending /more/ than that
> > surplus. I would like our reserves to be at a lower level than
> > they are now.
> 
> Why? What target level are you aiming for and what's the rationale?
> 

Hopefully https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/03/msg00308.html
helps explain :)

> Also, you intend to spend more than surplus, which at the moment you
> could. What about next year's DPL, or the year after that?
> 

Future DPLs could chose to also fundraise, or spend in different areas.
I'm not going to carry a large reserve now, because there may be future
unspecified needs, especially when history has shown that we're not that
these future needs don't seem to occur...

Perhaps for clarity: This is /not/ a sustainable funding stream. We have
reserves which I believe are too high for our income/expenditure, and I
believe that should be spent to further the project. This isn't
something that should be used for long term commitments with a
unavoidable recurring cost.

Neil
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