Thread: Meet-up in Santiago, Chile
Hi all, I'm organizing a meetup event on Thursday 28 (tomorrow). I have set up a meetup account and event here, http://www.meetup.com/es/Postgres-Santiago-CL/events/230531926/ which turned up a lot better than I initially expected (I created this on Thursday 21; I didn't expect it would fill up so quickly. I was thinking maybe 10 guys would come!). I would like some community funding help for this. How exactly does one go about that? -- Álvaro Herrera
On 04/27/2016 08:23 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > I'm organizing a meetup event on Thursday 28 (tomorrow). I have set up > a meetup account and event here, > http://www.meetup.com/es/Postgres-Santiago-CL/events/230531926/ > which turned up a lot better than I initially expected (I created this > on Thursday 21; I didn't expect it would fill up so quickly. I was > thinking maybe 10 guys would come!). > > I would like some community funding help for this. How exactly does one > go about that? The funds group that organizes the access to the SPI funds should be able to help with this.
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 04/27/2016 08:23 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > I'm organizing a meetup event on Thursday 28 (tomorrow). I have set up > > a meetup account and event here, > > http://www.meetup.com/es/Postgres-Santiago-CL/events/230531926/ > > which turned up a lot better than I initially expected (I created this > > on Thursday 21; I didn't expect it would fill up so quickly. I was > > thinking maybe 10 guys would come!). > > > > I would like some community funding help for this. How exactly does one > > go about that? > > The funds group that organizes the access to the SPI funds should be > able to help with this. That's what I thought too; I see regular offers to help funding first meetings to PUGs when people ask here about starting a PUG in their city. I emailed funds@postgresql.org but got absolutely no response back. I still hope to get some money back. BTW people were extremely happy with the event. Somebody offered a room for free at their workplace for future repeats. This one was expensive. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
On 04/29/2016 10:34 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > That's what I thought too; I see regular offers to help funding first > meetings to PUGs when people ask here about starting a PUG in their > city. I emailed funds@postgresql.org but got absolutely no response > back. It's <funds-group@postgresql.org>. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
On 05/02/2016 06:53 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 04/29/2016 10:34 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> That's what I thought too; I see regular offers to help funding first >> meetings to PUGs when people ask here about starting a PUG in their >> city. I emailed funds@postgresql.org but got absolutely no response >> back. > > It's <funds-group@postgresql.org>. > Actually it is jdrake@postgresql.org. https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SponsorShip Sincerely, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them.
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: >> It's <funds-group@postgresql.org>. > > Actually it is jdrake@postgresql.org. > > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SponsorShip No offense JD, but surely anything as important as "who gets the community's money" should be under the control of a group, not an individual. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
On 05/02/2016 09:43 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: >>> It's <funds-group@postgresql.org>. >> >> Actually it is jdrake@postgresql.org. >> >> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SponsorShip > > No offense JD, but surely anything as important as "who gets the > community's money" should be under the control of a group, not an > individual. > The only offense is that you didn't bother to read the page that I linked :P I am the SPI Liaison, I have been for 10 years. My job is essentially treasurer of PostgreSQL.Org. The Funds Group oversees my work and -Core oversees the Funds Group. tl;dr; There is a group that oversees community funds. Sincerely, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them.
JD, Didn't we put up an application form at some point? What happened to that? -- -- Josh Berkus Red Hat OSAS (any opinions are my own)
On 05/02/2016 09:55 AM, Josh berkus wrote: > JD, > > Didn't we put up an application form at some point? What happened to that? > Not that I recall, although that would be a nice way to make sure we get all pertinent information in the first go around. Once the new website is up it will be easier to get those types of things. JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them.
On 05/02/2016 10:04 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On 05/02/2016 09:55 AM, Josh berkus wrote: >> JD, >> >> Didn't we put up an application form at some point? What happened to >> that? >> > > Not that I recall, although that would be a nice way to make sure we get > all pertinent information in the first go around. Once the new website > is up it will be easier to get those types of things. New website? -- -- Josh Berkus Red Hat OSAS (any opinions are my own)
On 05/02/2016 10:18 AM, Josh berkus wrote: > On 05/02/2016 10:04 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> On 05/02/2016 09:55 AM, Josh berkus wrote: >>> JD, >>> >>> Didn't we put up an application form at some point? What happened to >>> that? >>> >> >> Not that I recall, although that would be a nice way to make sure we get >> all pertinent information in the first go around. Once the new website >> is up it will be easier to get those types of things. > > New website? > Yes, there is a web team (not to be confused with -www) that is in the process of developing a new website on an updated version of Django. JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them.
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: > The only offense is that you didn't bother to read the page that I linked :P > > I am the SPI Liaison, I have been for 10 years. My job is essentially > treasurer of PostgreSQL.Org. The Funds Group oversees my work and -Core > oversees the Funds Group. I still maintain it would be more appropriate for proposals to be submitted to a group that votes on them, rather than an individual. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
On 05/02/2016 12:50 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: >> The only offense is that you didn't bother to read the page that I linked :P >> >> I am the SPI Liaison, I have been for 10 years. My job is essentially >> treasurer of PostgreSQL.Org. The Funds Group oversees my work and -Core >> oversees the Funds Group. > > I still maintain it would be more appropriate for proposals to be > submitted to a group that votes on them, rather than an individual. > Robert, They are submitted for discussion. Thank you for your time, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them.
On 05/02/2016 12:50 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote: >> The only offense is that you didn't bother to read the page that I linked :P >> >> I am the SPI Liaison, I have been for 10 years. My job is essentially >> treasurer of PostgreSQL.Org. The Funds Group oversees my work and -Core >> oversees the Funds Group. > > I still maintain it would be more appropriate for proposals to be > submitted to a group that votes on them, rather than an individual. I think the plan for this is to have a webform. I agree that sending them to an individual is error-prone; sometimes I get them while travelling and as a result they get lost in my email. If that'll be easier to do, and WWW wants it on the main site, later, then sure. -- -- Josh Berkus Red Hat OSAS (any opinions are my own)