Event Budget September 1 - November 30

[Max Spevack]

Hi Ambassadors,

SHORT VERSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT:

If you are organizing an event that takes place in September, October, 
or November, and you want budget from FAMSCo, make sure your event is on 
the FedoraEvents page by August 1.

LONG VERSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT:

We've had a great first half of 2008, and it's time for us to all start 
thinking about the events that are coming up during Q3, which in Red 
Hat's timeframe is September 1 - November 30.

As you recall, the process that FAMSCo uses for allocating budget for 
events is as follows:

One month before the start of the quarter, all events that are (a) 
listed on the FedoraEvents page and (b) have a specific owner on the 
FedoraEvents page are allocated budget based on the funds available for 
that quarter.  Anything not on the FedoraEvents page in time will have 
to be considered separately by FAMSCo for budget.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents

So, that means anyone who is planning an event for September, October, 
or November needs to get their event on the FedoraEvents page, and have 
a sub-page for organization (if necessary) set up by August 1, which is 
about 3 weeks from now.  My thanks to everyone who already has their 
events on there.

We're going to start the Events budget for next quarter at $12,000 USD, 
but past experience has shown us that the number will creep up over 
time.  Therefore, starting at $12,000 USD gives FAMSCo some "buffer 
space" for unexpected things that come up.

Please note that FUDCon Brno 2008 has its own separate budget, and 
funding that event will not come out of FAMSCo's budget.

In addition to thoe events that FAMSCo funds, FAMSCo also will continue 
to set aside money to specifically support local regions in things like 
creating swag and producing media.

Thanks for your time and attention.  Keep up the great job representing 
Fedora!

--Max

[María Leandro]

2008/7/11 Max Spevack :
> Hi Ambassadors,
>
> SHORT VERSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT:
>
> If you are organizing an event that takes place in September, October, or
> November, and you want budget from FAMSCo, make sure your event is on the
> FedoraEvents page by August 1.
>
> LONG VERSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT:
>
> We've had a great first half of 2008, and it's time for us to all start
> thinking about the events that are coming up during Q3, which in Red Hat's
> timeframe is September 1 - November 30.
>
> As you recall, the process that FAMSCo uses for allocating budget for
> events is as follows:
>
> One month before the start of the quarter, all events that are (a) listed
> on the FedoraEvents page and (b) have a specific owner on the FedoraEvents
> page are allocated budget based on the funds available for that quarter.
>  Anything not on the FedoraEvents page in time will have to be considered
> separately by FAMSCo for budget.
>    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
>
> So, that means anyone who is planning an event for September, October, or
> November needs to get their event on the FedoraEvents page, and have a
> sub-page for organization (if necessary) set up by August 1, which is about
> 3 weeks from now.  My thanks to everyone who already has their events on
> there.
>
> We're going to start the Events budget for next quarter at $12,000 USD, but
> past experience has shown us that the number will creep up over time.
>  Therefore, starting at $12,000 USD gives FAMSCo some "buffer space" for
> unexpected things that come up.
>
> Please note that FUDCon Brno 2008 has its own separate budget, and funding
> that event will not come out of FAMSCo's budget.
>
> In addition to thoe events that FAMSCo funds, FAMSCo also will continue to
> set aside money to specifically support local regions in things like
> creating swag and producing media.
>
> Thanks for your time and attention.  Keep up the great job representing
> Fedora!
>
> --Max
>
> --
> Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list

hi!

I've add a new event. Everyone can follow it trough here

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LatinuxExpo/LatinuxExpo2008

go go, fedora go

[Max Spevack]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, María Leandro wrote:
> I've add a new event. Everyone can follow it trough here
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LatinuxExpo/LatinuxExpo2008

Awesome!  What kind of resources do you think you'll need to be 
successful?

--Max

[María Leandro]

I can talk as a Fedora ambassador and also as an organization member:

As an Ambassador

I'm trying to accept 4 local ambassadors as Conferencist, but I'll like to
bring some international ambassador as well.

It could be great to have some T-shirts (we have some that we made by our
own; but they have more than 2 years old now.. and only have 5 of them; now
we are more than 15 members).

Aditional, I don't really know if this could be possible; but can be a cool
thing that our conferencist could give some gifts at the end of their
conferences (I'll be one of them)... something like a T-shirt, cd's,
stickers... a penguin... lol; really don't know; but "something" could be
great.

This Expo & Conferes is International; people from Puerto Rico, República
Dominicana, Panamá, Colombia, Brasil, Mexico and others are going to attend
as conferencist and as general public. I have to be honest with one thing...
Venezuela is going trough an Ubuntu/Debian Colapse, and people is starting
to use more fedora in pro of the new AND stable software that our distro can
offer... I'll like to help that with some "high level" conferencist from
fedora. Do you know who can come?... maybe yourself Mr. Spevack... we could
enjoy your presence here :D. but I'll vote also for Rodrigo Padula... he has
been a mayor help specially for me.

/me :$

Well... I'll keep in touch; this is the first big event at Venezuela; it
would be something speciall for us.

Thanks for all this kind of help :$

2008/7/11 Max Spevack :
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, María Leandro wrote:
>
> I've add a new event. Everyone can follow it trough here
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LatinuxExpo/LatinuxExpo2008
>
> Awesome!  What kind of resources do you think you'll need to be successful?
> --Max
>
> Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list

REMINDER: Q3 Event Budget Deadline is Aug 1

[Max Spevack]

If you are organizing an event that takes place in September, October, 
or November, and you want budget from FAMSCo, make sure your event is on 
the FedoraEvents page by August 1.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents

As you recall, the process that FAMSCo uses for allocating budget for 
events is as follows:

One month before the start of the quarter, all events that are (a) 
listed on the FedoraEvents page and (b) have a specific owner on the 
FedoraEvents page are allocated budget based on the funds available for 
that quarter.  Anything not on the FedoraEvents page in time will have 
to be considered separately by FAMSCo for budget.

So, that means anyone who is planning an event for September, October, 
or November needs to get their event on the FedoraEvents page, and have 
a sub-page for organization (if necessary) set up by August 1, which is 
about 3 weeks from now.  My thanks to everyone who already has their 
events on there.

We're going to start the Events budget for next quarter at $12,000 USD, 
but past experience has shown us that the number will creep up over 
time. Therefore, starting at $12,000 USD gives FAMSCo some "buffer 
space" for unexpected things that come up.

--Max

REMINDER: Q3 Event Budget Deadline is Aug 1

[Lucas - Linux Sys. Admin (CEFETCE/UAB)]

what about the events that already where on the events wiki ? like CESoL, @
Brazil how do I check for the budget and stuff ?

--
Lucas do Amaral,
Tranee de Gestor de TI do Projeto UAB/CEFETCE
Tranee de Administrador de Redes do CEFETCE
Embaixador do Projeto Fedora no Ceará

2008/7/23 Max Spevack :
> If you are organizing an event that takes place in September, October, or
> November, and you want budget from FAMSCo, make sure your event is on the
> FedoraEvents page by August 1.
>    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
>
> As you recall, the process that FAMSCo uses for allocating budget for
> events is as follows:
>
> One month before the start of the quarter, all events that are (a) listed
> on the FedoraEvents page and (b) have a specific owner on the FedoraEvents
> page are allocated budget based on the funds available for that quarter.
>  Anything not on the FedoraEvents page in time will have to be considered
> separately by FAMSCo for budget.
>
> So, that means anyone who is planning an event for September, October, or
> November needs to get their event on the FedoraEvents page, and have a
> sub-page for organization (if necessary) set up by August 1, which is about
> 3 weeks from now.  My thanks to everyone who already has their events on
> there.
>
> We're going to start the Events budget for next quarter at $12,000 USD, but
> past experience has shown us that the number will creep up over time.
> Therefore, starting at $12,000 USD gives FAMSCo some "buffer space" for
> unexpected things that come up.
>
> --Max
>
> --
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> [e-mail]
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>
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REMINDER: Q3 Event Budget Deadline is Aug 1

[Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira]

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Lucas Saboya escreveu:
| what about the events that already where on the events wiki ? like
| CESoL, @ Brazil how do I check for the budget and stuff ?

I requested and received support from max to cover this event

| --
| Lucas do Amaral,
| Tranee de Gestor de TI do Projeto UAB/CEFETCE
| Tranee de Administrador de Redes do CEFETCE
| Embaixador do Projeto Fedora no Ceará
|
|
| 2008/7/23 Max Spevack <[e-mail] >:
|
|     If you are organizing an event that takes place in September,
|     October, or November, and you want budget from FAMSCo, make sure
|     your event is on the FedoraEvents page by August 1.
|
|            https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
|
|     As you recall, the process that FAMSCo uses for allocating budget
|     for events is as follows:
|
|     One month before the start of the quarter, all events that are (a)
|     listed on the FedoraEvents page and (b) have a specific owner on the
|     FedoraEvents page are allocated budget based on the funds available
|     for that quarter.  Anything not on the FedoraEvents page in time
|     will have to be considered separately by FAMSCo for budget.
|
|     So, that means anyone who is planning an event for September,
|     October, or November needs to get their event on the FedoraEvents
|     page, and have a sub-page for organization (if necessary) set up by
|     August 1, which is about 3 weeks from now.  My thanks to everyone
|     who already has their events on there.
|
|     We're going to start the Events budget for next quarter at $12,000
|     USD, but past experience has shown us that the number will creep up
|     over time. Therefore, starting at $12,000 USD gives FAMSCo some
|     "buffer space" for unexpected things that come up.
|
|     --Max
|
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|     [e-mail]
|     
|     https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
|
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M.Sc. Student - COPPE/UFRJ
Fedora Community Manager - Latin America
http://www.proyectofedora.org
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REMINDER: Q3 Event Budget Deadline is Aug 1

[Max Spevack]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira wrote:
> | what about the events that already where on the events wiki ? like
> | CESoL, @ Brazil how do I check for the budget and stuff ?
>
> I requested and received support from max to cover this event

In the general case, however, FAMSCo makes all these decisions, and if 
there are any questions or concerns, this list is exactly the place to 
ask!

--Max

REMINDER: Q3 Event Budget Deadline is Aug 1

[Lucas - Linux Sys. Admin (CEFETCE/UAB)]

So I was wondering, how did it go ? :D

I need to know to make my mover around here :)

--
Lucas do Amaral,
Tranee de Gestor de TI do Projeto UAB/CEFETCE
Tranee de Administrador de Redes do CEFETCE
Embaixador do Projeto Fedora no Ceará

2008/7/23 Max Spevack :
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira wrote:
>
> | what about the events that already where on the events wiki ? like
> > | CESoL, @ Brazil how do I check for the budget and stuff ?
> >
> > I requested and received support from max to cover this event
>
> In the general case, however, FAMSCo makes all these decisions, and if
> there are any questions or concerns, this list is exactly the place to ask!
>
> --Max
>
> --
> Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
>
> :::: CONTRIBUA COM O MEIO AMBIENTE. NÃO IMPRIMA ESTA MENSAGEM :::::

REMINDER: Q3 Event Budget Deadline is Aug 1

[Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira]

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Lucas Saboya escreveu:
| So I was wondering, how did it go ? :D
|
| I need to know to make my mover around here :)

I'm talking with the event organizer to get our space!

Until this moment we have
- - 2 lectures
- - Group user participation
- - install fest
- - 1 lab for training ???

| --
| Lucas do Amaral,
| Tranee de Gestor de TI do Projeto UAB/CEFETCE
| Tranee de Administrador de Redes do CEFETCE
| Embaixador do Projeto Fedora no Ceará
|
|
| 2008/7/23 Max Spevack <[e-mail] >:
|
|     On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira wrote:
|
|         | what about the events that already where on the events wiki
? like
|         | CESoL, @ Brazil how do I check for the budget and stuff ?
|
|         I requested and received support from max to cover this event
|
|
|     In the general case, however, FAMSCo makes all these decisions, and
|     if there are any questions or concerns, this list is exactly the
|     place to ask!
|
|
|     --Max
|
|     --
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|     [e-mail]
|     
|     https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
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Fedora Community Manager - Latin America
http://www.proyectofedora.org
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REMINDER: Q3 Event Budget Deadline is Aug 1

[susmit shannigrahi]

Listed one today. Scheduled at Sept.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/Axis08

And how can I get few DVD and LiveCD for this event?
The form for requesting material is closed.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/GetStuff#Material_Request_Policie...

Axis08 in India

[Max Spevack]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, susmit shannigrahi wrote:
> And how can I get few DVD and LiveCD for this event?
> The form for requesting material is closed.
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/GetStuff#Material_Request_Policie...

Right, that page needs to be removed as soon as possible, because it is 
totally old and outdated from a process point of view.

We are trying to follow this model:

FAMSCo allocates budget, and the event organizer takes care of the rest. 
In some cases, we have local leaders in place who help with efficiency 
by generating a bunch of swag locally and then redistributing it later 
on.

The best thing that you can do is think about how many Live CDs or DVDs 
you would like, and contact one or two local production companies to you 
for quotes, and then let us know what you hear back, so we can factor 
that into the budget request.

For India, I would highly recommend contacting Sankarshan and Rahul for 
local help in mass-producing CDs and DVDs.  There is a fund of money set 
aside specifically for that purpose in India, and they might be able to 
make it trivially easy for you to get stuff.

I've cc'd them.

--Max

Axis08 in India

["G"]

Hi
> FAMSCo allocates budget, and the event organizer takes care of the rest. In
> some cases, we have local leaders in place who help with efficiency by
> generating a bunch of swag locally and then redistributing it later on.

I ve got some suggestions on this front.I have satisfied most of the
DVD requests that i get. As an ambassador, i burn the images on to the
DVD and give it to people requested. I get personal emails and i reply
to them and i help them to get the DVDs. My suggestion is that if we
can collect some metrics on how many DVD requests are from India or
APAC it would be helpful for FAMSCO to take decisions on budgeting etc
or could also be used for some reference. I also understand that the
Fedora Free Media request is available but the Media requests that
ambassadors get personally could also be tracked in the Wiki page. I
feel this metrics would help us.

These are just my suggestions. Hope you don't mind :)

Cheers,
Balaji

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Max Spevack  wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, susmit shannigrahi wrote:
> > And how can I get few DVD and LiveCD for this event?
> > The form for requesting material is closed.
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/GetStuff#Material_Request_Policie...
>
> Right, that page needs to be removed as soon as possible, because it is
> totally old and outdated from a process point of view.
>
> We are trying to follow this model:
>
> FAMSCo allocates budget, and the event organizer takes care of the rest. In
> some cases, we have local leaders in place who help with efficiency by
> generating a bunch of swag locally and then redistributing it later on.
>
> The best thing that you can do is think about how many Live CDs or DVDs you
> would like, and contact one or two local production companies to you for
> quotes, and then let us know what you hear back, so we can factor that into
> the budget request.
>
> For India, I would highly recommend contacting Sankarshan and Rahul for
> local help in mass-producing CDs and DVDs.  There is a fund of money set
> aside specifically for that purpose in India, and they might be able to make
> it trivially easy for you to get stuff.
>
> I've cc'd them.
>
> --Max
>
> --
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> [e-mail]
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list

Axis08 in India

[susmit shannigrahi]

. I also understand that the
> Fedora Free Media request is available but the Media requests that
> ambassadors get personally could also be tracked in the Wiki page. I
> feel this metrics would help us.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/India/LocalContacts/Loc...

Axis08 in India

[susmit shannigrahi]

> We are trying to follow this model:
>
> FAMSCo allocates budget, and the event organizer takes care of the rest. In
> some cases, we have local leaders in place who help with efficiency by
> generating a bunch of swag locally and then redistributing it later on.
> The best thing that you can do is think about how many Live CDs or DVDs you
> would like, and contact one or two local production companies to you for
> quotes, and then let us know what you hear back, so we can factor that into
> the budget request.

Thanks.. :)
> For India, I would highly recommend contacting Sankarshan and Rahul for
> local help in mass-producing CDs and DVDs.  There is a fund of money set
> aside specifically for that purpose in India, and they might be able to make
> it trivially easy for you to get stuff.

Judging from the correspondence with the organisers, 40 Live cd and 40
DVD will do.
And will need a few posters and (if possible) a few stickers.

Axis08 in India

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 18:10 +0200, Max Spevack wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, susmit shannigrahi wrote:
> > And how can I get few DVD and LiveCD for this event?
> > The form for requesting material is closed.
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/GetStuff#Material_Request_Policie...
>
> Right, that page needs to be removed as soon as possible, because it is 
> totally old and outdated from a process point of view.

Just to attack this one area -- because there's currently not a good
user-accessible delete function (for many good reasons), here's how to
do this:

1.  Use the "What links here" link on the navigation menu to find an
correct any links.
2.  Put the following wiki template code at the top of the outdated
page:
       {{old}}