[FAmSCo] Recommendation letter for Izhar

[Luis Enrique Bazán De León]

This letter is much better! thanks Robyn! +1

Regards!


2013/12/18 Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert at gmail.com>

> Am Mittwoch, den 18.12.2013, 11:36 +0100 schrieb Robert Mayr:
> > 2013/12/18 Robyn Bergeron <rbergero at redhat.com>:
> >
> > > Slightly revised version:
> > >
> > > Dear Red Hat Finance people,
> > >
> > > Please be so kind as to give Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail a Fedora
> community
> > > credit card, that he can use to make payments on behalf of Red Hat for
> the
> > > Fedora APAC community.
> > >
> > > Here is why:
> > >
> > > 1. Izhar is a long time member of the Fedora Project. He joined over
> 61⁄2 years
> > > ago and has been active as a translator, tester, packager and
> ambassador ever
> > > since. He is the driving force behind the Fedora Malaysia community.
> > >
> > > 2. As such, he was the lead organizer of FUDCon Kuala Lumpur 2012. He
> not
> > > only did the website and most planning, but also managed a budget of
> $15,000 (USD), which covered travel and hotel expenses for selected Fedora
> Project contributors, as well as costs associated with chartered
> transportation, venue costs, catering, and other typical event expenses. In
> doing this he proved his capabilities in managing money, even with large
> budgets, as well as spending responsibly and within the approved limits. He
> also fronted nearly a month's worth of his own salary to ensure the event
> occurred as planned, as during this time there were ongoing issues for
> contributors in receiving money in a timely fashion.
> > >
> > > 3. The problems of the Fedora Ambassadors in APAC in making purchases
> or receiving reimbursements continue to occur, and this is the primary
> reason we are requesting an additional community credit card. Having a
> person in APAC that is familiar with regional financial customs, and that
> is able to communicate with other APAC community members within the same
> "time zone" can help us to ensure that our contributors are receiving their
> reimbursements in a timely fashion. This ultimately helps the Fedora
> Project to continue to grow its worldwide community, and also helps us to
> retain existing community members, rather than lose them due to process
> issues.
> > >
> > > 4. FAmSCo continues to believe that the community credit card program
> is mutually beneficial for both contributors to the Fedora Project
> community and Red Hat. It prevents a single point of failure on the Red Hat
> side in processing purchases or reimbursements, and also helps to reduce
> the burden that a person would carry in being the only person available to
> make purchases.  FAmSCo, and the Fedora Project in general, is comprised of
> many community members who work tirelessly in their spare time to advocate
> on behalf of Fedora, as well as to manage the resources provided to Fedora
> in a responsible, detail-oriented fashion. The community credit card
> program has proven to be extremely helpful in our advocacy, and believe
> that extending this to the APAC region will help us to continue to grow the
> scope of our Ambassadors program in that part of the world.
> > >
> > > Therefore, I ask you to approve Izhar as a new credit card owner. We
> trust him to
> > > not abuse his powers but use the card in thh project's favor.
> > > Please enable us in supporting our contributors; this helps us to help
> you.
> > > Respectfully,
> > >
> > > (feel free to take whatever you want out of that, or none at all..
> just trying to apply a bit of sugar :D)
> > >
> >
> > I think this letter is even better and doesn't take out too much of
> > what Christoph (and FAmSCo) wanted to say. The facts are pretty clear
> > and everyone understand what is going on in APAC, now and in the past.
> > So I'm +1 for this version, thank you Robyn for your help.
>
> Hi,
>
> I agree with Robert and think that we should use Robyn's version.
> Thanks a lot for your help, Robyn. I attached your revised version to
> the ticket.
>
> Best regards,
> Christoph
>
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Luis Enrique Bazán De León
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