<p>Have they been selected? I thought we had changed the proposal to leave the nomination and selection to the organization. in addition to renewal periods every few months. I think it's a fair and more democratic process.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 11, 2012 2:16 AM, "cole santos" <<a href="mailto:cksantos85@gmail.com">cksantos85@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The original proposal relies on a traveling co-administrators, and<br>
they have already been chosen. I think that is an important part of<br>
the whole proposal. Now I also think that some hackerspaces may be<br>
able to provide lodging ala couch surfer once in a while if conditions<br>
and personalities permit, but we should not rely on that and it should<br>
be included in the budget and we should do our best not to spend it.<br>
But ultimately I think that decision is up to the originally proposed<br>
co-administrators.<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Alex Cureton-Griffiths <<a href="mailto:alexcg@gmail.com">alexcg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've been having some thoughts on the costs of the project. i made a<br>
> copy of the spreadsheet here with some changes.<br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dC1Lc043cktCUnJlSFVNQkdFVTFYbkE" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dC1Lc043cktCUnJlSFVNQkdFVTFYbkE</a><br>
><br>
> Changes include:<br>
> * Switching GM to be more stationary, less traveling position. (since<br>
> one way to keep costs down is just have one director travel. Note:<br>
> I've just done that bit as a thought exercise, and am not pushing for<br>
> it).<br>
> * Reducing consulting costs (e.g. 500 USD every month for graphic<br>
> design seems excessive to me)<br>
> * Removing events (since we have option of doing them online)<br>
><br>
> Also, I reference the staff costs spreadsheet. I made that myself and<br>
> it rejigs cost for GM/community manager. That sheet's at:<br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dG1Mblh4U0lXd2p5bl9yZUhfU0pVVGc" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dG1Mblh4U0lXd2p5bl9yZUhfU0pVVGc</a><br>
><br>
> As a result of the changes I've pushed allocation for projects to just<br>
> over 35k per project (from 30k originally)<br>
><br>
> Stuff I'm not sure about:<br>
> * IT costs<br>
> * Rent - if GM doesn't travel, rent would depend where they live. I<br>
> have no idea about US rentals (where I would envision GM being based<br>
> due to hackerspace density in the US)<br>
> * Other consulting costs<br>
><br>
> Also, who put the costs spreadsheet together originally? Then I'll<br>
> know who I can direct questions to<br>
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