Re: On what we want to support: travel?

[Michael Dean <mdean(at)sourceview(dot)com>]

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>   
> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:31:02PM -0700, Michael Dean wrote:
> >     
> > > However, lacking a concrete organization where lines of authority are 
> > > clearly understood and established, this is easier said than done! 
> > >       
> > Presumably, we don't have that problem here.  A proposal could come
> > to the funds group liason, and the laison would decide whether to
> > fund it or not.  I'd expect an arrangement of percentages of agreed
> > funding for milestones reached.
> >     
Ad hoc decisions by an appointed committee that is reactive to 
indiosyncratic proposals seems somewhat unethical.  Perhaps I am wrong, 
but wouldn't it be better if there were a document clearly specifying 
spending priorities that was relatively accepted by consensus of a broad 
group of pg'ers, and that an opportunity to qualify for these monies 
could be promulgated to the broader group?