| 10 May 2024 |
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|  Winter changed their display name from Winter to Winter (test). | 13:34:02 |
| Winter changed their display name from Winter (test) to Winter. | 13:34:28 |
 twitchy0 | Am I supposed to submit funding requests in advance?
https://github.com/NixOS/foundation/issues/152 | 18:48:30 |
| twitchy0 | Is a ~$25-30 expense per person appropriate? (I have limited catering options at pier 57) | 18:49:40 |
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| 11 May 2024 |
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 Arian | Oh damn! All the Mercury nix teams are coming to New York a week later | 07:42:08 |
| Arian | (including me). | 07:42:20 |
|  nat-418 changed their profile picture. | 14:46:41 |
 ronef | Ping the NY User Group! Sure we can find there a reason to get folks together! :) | 16:12:24 |
| ronef | I'm going to be out today (mostly), show Baka (the puppy) a bit of water. Super appreciative of all the efforts in the last few weeks. Remember that this is a marathon we're running together, and not a sprint. Take the time to check in on yourselves, loved ones, and everything else that might matter to you. Hope everyone has a restful Saturday/Sunday. ❤️
I'll send mandatory Baka pics at some point :) | 16:15:46 |
| 12 May 2024 |
 nyanbinary | https://nixpkgs.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/436732-Constitutional-assembly-applications/topic/Silvan.20Mosberger/near/438128853 | 00:38:03 |
| nyanbinary | It's very concerning to see that board members can "endorse"/vouch for applicants for the assembly | 00:38:20 |
| nyanbinary | Like does nobody see the conflict here lmfao | 00:39:04 |
| nyanbinary | Ron & Jonas vouched for Silvan here. | 00:40:46 |
| nyanbinary | Dare I say this is a bit biased :P | 00:45:24 |
 infinisil | nyanbinary I put it in myself, didn't ask them explicitly, I disclosed it in the conflict of interest section too | 00:46:18 |
| infinisil | Fully agreed that it looks a bit weird, but I don't think it should be. I helped them out a ton in the past two weeks ;) | 00:47:20 |
| nyanbinary | In reply to @infinisil:matrix.org
nyanbinary I put it in myself, didn't ask them explicitly, I disclosed it in the conflict of interest section too That still doesn't explain why they "vouch" for you though. | 00:48:44 |
| infinisil | nyanbinary It says "who can vouch for you", which I interpreted to mean that "if you ask these people about me, they'll probably say that they enjoyed working with me" | 00:50:43 |
| infinisil | And it's not like putting board members there has any influence anyways. It's the board itself that selects the assembly! | 00:51:41 |
 Sumner Evans | maybe it's a "English language being ambiguous" issue, as it could be interpreted as: "these people have endorsed me" | 00:52:41 |
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| Sumner Evans | * maybe it's a "English language being ambiguous" issue, as it could be interpreted as: "these people have endorsed me" which appears to be not the correct interpretation | 00:53:25 |
 Lunaphied | It's still a CoI to use the board's past experience with you as a reference in a position the board itself is selecting | 00:53:51 |
| Lunaphied | It is quite literally the most basic form of conflict of interest | 00:54:28 |
| infinisil | Yeah and I disclosed that | 00:54:54 |
| nyanbinary | In reply to @infinisil:matrix.org
Yeah and I disclosed that While saying "These don't really qualify as a conflict of interest, because the interest aligns with the larger community, but these should be mentioned regardless:" (downplaying it) | 01:01:21 |
| infinisil | nyanbinary: I mean, yeah that's what it just is. My interest is making this entire thing work out, that's why I spent so of my time on it the past weeks, there's no conflict in there. Or did I misunderstand what a conflict of interest is? | 01:05:06 |
