I just threw Paul Frields a curve ball earlier this evening and he wisely pointed me to ask the list so everybody can refer to it back later. My question is (more or less) like this, &quot;Are we allowed to spend a portion of our event budget on equipment?&quot; I&#39;m thinking to get our local group a cheap inkjet printer to handle our desktop printing needs like sticker labels/brochures/flyers/signages for an upcoming event - SFD2009[1].<br>
<br>Now what prompted me to pop the question?<br><ul><li>We were not able to get the services of a CD/DVD replicator because of time and cost constraints. The genius in me decided to  produce the LiveCDs/DVDs on our own so we can have them ready before the event. The blanks were quite inexpensive and we&#39;re left with some surplus on the original item budget - around Php 3500 [2]. The production line consists of my personal DVD-writer and my brother who volunteered.</li>
<li>Looking at the blanks, I figured sticker labels will make them better looking (though still not as professional as the ones made by replicating services) and that we could also use some flyers/brochures/signages. We actually have two options - (1) to get a printer do them for us or (2) to do-it-on-our-own-way. <br>
</li><li>For some stroke of luck, I don&#39;t own a printer and I&#39;m a little bit  squeamish using our office printer for something like this. If a decision for a printer purchase is reached for this event, I&#39;ll be its custodian until someone can take over for me. This is an obvious conflict of interest on my part so I posed the question to Paul (as Fedora Project Leader) and ultimately to this list.<br>
</li></ul>To add to the first question - has anybody been on the same situation I&#39;m now in? Any advice?<br><br>[1] <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/SFD2009">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/SFD2009</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/SFD2009#Event_Dashboard">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/SFD2009#Event_Dashboard</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Heherson Pagcaliwagan<br><a href="http://project.azneita.org">http://project.azneita.org</a><br>
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