[FAmSCo] Changing the role of FAmSCo

[Max Spevack]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, David Nalley wrote:

> So here goes - Pycon is coming up, and typically a number of our infra 
> folks attend. The early registration deadline is in January, which 
> might be difficult for a new famsco to tackle.
>
> I propose that we find some Fedora -infra and -devel contributors who 
> would benefit from attending PyCon and from whom Fedora would benefit 
> from their having attended. I'd propose we start working towards the 
> same thing for EuroPython for people in EMEA.
>
> As a matter of fact this was just the first idea that hit me - we 
> should be seeking out these opportunities all over Fedora, and not 
> just for conferences. If buying $fooequipment helps $contributor 
> accomplish something we should consider it (even if Max doesn't let us 
> have the other 1/2 of his budget, we are always under budget and could 
> spend the balance of the regional money at our disposal, and money 
> that disappears is an opportunity lost)
>
> Thoughts, comments, flames??

I agree 100%.  Is the best (meaning most transparent) way to proceed 
simply an email to both -infra and -devel as well as a blog post that 
kicks this off, so to speak?

If so, would you like to do it, or would you like me to do it?

--Max