Hi Robyn,<div><br></div><div>AFAIK, APAC community had been discussed about the FUDCon APAC will be scheduled in May 2012 (likely the last weekend of May). This is acknowledged by FAmSCo and Harish. The info about date of Mar 2012 should be outdated.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you need meeting logs for reference. I will collect it with APAC community and forward to you timely.</div><div><br></div><div>PS: Would you mind I CC your email to APAC community?</div><div><br></div>
<div>Regards,</div><div>kaio</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 February 2012 23:14, Robyn Bergeron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbergero@redhat.com">rbergero@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi folks,<br>
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I just wanted to raise a flag here.<br>
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In the FAmSCo meeting earlier this week it looks like there are a few action items for people to forward information or share information about the APAC bid recommendation. I have not yet seen any of that information come forward.<br>
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The ticket is here:<br>
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/258" target="_blank">https://fedorahosted.org/<u></u>famsco/ticket/258</a><br>
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The known bids are here:<br>
<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Philippines_2012" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/<u></u>wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_<u></u>Philippines_2012</a><br>
<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:APAC_2012_Bid_Malaysia" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/<u></u>wiki/FUDCon:APAC_2012_Bid_<u></u>Malaysia</a><br>
<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_2012" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/<u></u>wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_<u></u>2012</a><br>
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The period tentatively scheduled for the APAC FUDcon is March 1 - May 31. I have *incredibly huge* concerns at this point about the ability to successfully pull together planning details for a FUDCon in such a short time frame, particularly with details like international travel, visas and passports, etc., not to mention simply being able to arrange hosting space, hotel blocks, etc. There are also the additional efforts of going through the FUDCon subsidy process, purchasing airfare (which tends to be cheaper the further in advance it is purchased), etc.<br>
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I think we all realize that FUDCons require a large amount of effort; additionally, they get a large amount of funding, and I know that we would all like to ensure that that money is well-used. If we can't come to a decision on the location within the next week, we may need to take under consideration the option of deferring the APAC FUDCon until Mar-May of 2013. I don't think this would be a huge loss, considering that we just had a FUDCon in Pune a few months ago. And while I don't want to disappoint the people who have been working on bids, I don't want us to wind up in a position where we are disappointing a large number of people who are investing their time in attending a FUDCon by putting on an event that we simply didn't have enough time to organize well, or disappoint the Fedora community by not wisely spending money.<br>
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So, please: If there is information, or a recommendation, that needs to be passed to FAmSCo, please pass it along including any supporting logs, etc. *as soon as possible*, so that people can familiarize themselves with the details and be prepared to make a recommendation or decision. I'll be attending the FAmSCo meeting to get as much information as I can as well to make the final call.<br>
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-Robyn<br>
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