#58: Regional allocation for FY17 budget ---------------------+-------------------- Reporter: mattdm | Owner: Status: new | Priority: major Component: General | Resolution: Keywords: | ---------------------+-------------------- Comment (by mattdm): Replying to [comment:7 cwickert]: > Their LATAM request was lower because they have learned their lesson of overbudgeting and underspending. APAC has overbudgeted way more, so I really think it's unfair to give LATAM less just because they are more realistic now. That's hard to disagree with. :) > AFAIR we approved the [https://pagure.io/fedora- budget/blob/master/f/FY17/adjustedannualbudgets/council/scenarios.txt#_25 hF/hDI scenario], which leaves USD 74,500 for regional support. The numbers above add up to USD 73,500, so there is a 1k margin. We could either Oh. Langdon, you were supposed to check my math. :) That does make this easier, though. I guess if we are looking at $15k for APAC FUDCon but holding LATAM to $10k, my inclination is to just add the overlooked $1k to LATAM. > > Can you help me understand why this can't just be ''continuously'' kept up to date, though, making it just a matter of taking a snapshot? > > I'm afraid I'm lost. You said the regions report quarterly splits after we approve the top-level allocation. This is a yearly thing, and so is the event planning in the regions. Therefor I assumed the quarterly splits were a yearly thing, too. Once a year, right tell the regions how much money they get and in return, they tell us how they plan to spend it throughout the quarters. How would one make this continuously? This is new, but we're also asking for quarterly updates and re-balancing from the regions. That way, we a) realize if we're getting out of sync before we get to the end of the year and b) can re-prioritize if needed. > The easiest thing to do when you have money left at the end of the FY is to buy swag and save it for next year. This makes planning a lot easier: You don't have to worry about swag or about budget cuts. I'm not saying we should burn money, we should only buy swag we really need. As swag production happens on a regional level, the budget would remain there. I'm not sold on this. There are a lot of other things which might be more valuable overall to the project than swag, and it'd be nice to at least be able to consider them. > Only if a region has no other use for their budget, the council should claim it for other activities or regions. It is on the budget owner to have an eye on the spending and get touch with the regions if necessary. I would rather ask if we can use a region's unused budget than automatically reallocate it. In fact, quarterly reallocation can be counter-productive as it encourages regions to spend money on less meaningful stuff not only on a yearly but quarterly base. I don't think "no other use" is right at all. It should be _good_ use (both at quarter end and always). -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/council/ticket/58#comment:8> council <https://fedorahosted.org/council> Fedora Council Public Tickets _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Fedora Project's mission is to lead the advancement of free and open source software and content as a collaborative community.
