Punting on Sunday/Monday lunches
by Chris Tyler
In the IRC meeting yesterday, we discussed the idea of having people do
their own lunch on Sunday-Monday, and decided to discuss this on-list.
Pros:
- Saves money, which could be used for more travel sponsorships.
- Lets people eat when/what they want.
Cons:
- People will have to wander off in search of food.
- Loss of focus/energy on hackfests.
To consider:
- The SEQ and TEL buildings each have decent food available *in the
building*, i.e., fresh pizza (Pizza Pizza); made-to-order Asian stirfry,
burgers, and pitas; salads, fruit, cold drinks, and Tim Horton's. (I'm
checking that this is open on Sunday).
- There's a food court an easy 5-10 minute walk away (including Subway,
Wendy's, KFC/Taco Bell, and Greek/Italian/Chinese).
So, are we good to drop Sunday/Monday lunches?
-Chris
14 years, 7 months
IRC meeting 2009-10-01 UTC 2000
by Paul W. Frields
Minutes:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fudcon-planning/2009-10-01/fudcon-planni...
Minutes (text):
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fudcon-planning/2009-10-01/fudcon-planni...
Log:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fudcon-planning/2009-10-01/fudcon-planni...
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#fudcon-planning Meeting
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Meeting started by stickster at 20:01:06 UTC. The full logs are
available at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fudcon-planning/2009-10-01/fudcon-planni...
.
Meeting summary
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* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/report/9 (stickster,
20:01:24)
* Roll call! (stickster, 20:01:32)
* LUG proposals - https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/18
(stickster, 20:07:12)
* ACTION: mchua to report status of spreading information to LUGs
about FUDCon (stickster, 20:08:32)
* Daily schedule - https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/71
(stickster, 20:09:04)
* stickster finalized schedule on wiki, based on messages to list and
no negative responses (stickster, 20:09:22)
* LINK: http://mchua.fedorapeople.org/sketches/ (stickster,
20:10:19)
* ACTION: mchua to correct ad copy (stickster, 20:12:55)
* ACTION: stickster to correct ad copy if mchua is not available today
(stickster, 20:13:10)
* ctyler has confirmed 8 rooms -- 160-seat theater, 128-seat theater,
2 x 40-60-seat glassed rooms, 4 x 35+-seat classrooms (stickster,
20:14:12)
* LINK: http://mchua.fedorapeople.org/sketches/ look good (ctyler,
20:14:56)
* general FUDCon schedule: Sat is 9:30-6:00, FUDPub 7:00-11:00, then
Sun/Mon 10-6 as shown (stickster, 20:16:26)
* Budget and attendee funding --
https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/69 and
https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/64 (stickster,
20:17:35)
* ACTION: stickster to work with mchua on list to fix budget
allocations properly (stickster, 20:24:32)
* ke4qqq is still talking with sponsors (stickster, 20:31:36)
* ACTION: stickster to push for final word by Monday (stickster,
20:31:51)
* ACTION: stickster to push for final word by Monday on sponsorship of
FUDPub (stickster, 20:31:59)
* Money that is freed up by a sponsorship or cost-cutting will be put
into subsidizing people on the pre-reg list who've asked.
(stickster, 20:33:02)
* Bus -- https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/68 (stickster,
20:34:05)
* stickster is working on bus contract, hoping to finalize by the week
of 2009-10-05 (stickster, 20:35:35)
* LINK:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:FUDCon_Toronto_2009_logistics
(stickster, 20:35:55)
* other tickets (stickster, 20:38:06)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/70
(stickster, 20:38:28)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/76
(stickster, 20:38:30)
* ACTION: mchua to report status on ticket #76, hackfest planning
(stickster, 20:39:14)
* ACTION: ctyler to confirm satisfactory vegetarian options, and cost,
on the list. (stickster, 20:43:30)
* ACTION: Planning group will decide issue of punting on Sunday +
Monday lunch, to free up funding now for other purposes (stickster,
20:48:12)
* AOB (stickster, 20:49:23)
Meeting ended at 20:50:15 UTC.
Action Items
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* mchua to report status of spreading information to LUGs about FUDCon
* mchua to correct ad copy
* stickster to correct ad copy if mchua is not available today
* stickster to work with mchua on list to fix budget allocations
properly
* stickster to push for final word by Monday
* stickster to push for final word by Monday on sponsorship of FUDPub
* mchua to report status on ticket #76, hackfest planning
* ctyler to confirm satisfactory vegetarian options, and cost, on the
list.
* Planning group will decide issue of punting on Sunday + Monday lunch,
to free up funding now for other purposes
Action Items, by person
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* ctyler
* ctyler to confirm satisfactory vegetarian options, and cost, on the
list.
* stickster
* stickster to correct ad copy if mchua is not available today
* stickster to work with mchua on list to fix budget allocations
properly
* stickster to push for final word by Monday
* stickster to push for final word by Monday on sponsorship of FUDPub
* **UNASSIGNED**
* mchua to report status of spreading information to LUGs about FUDCon
* mchua to correct ad copy
* mchua to report status on ticket #76, hackfest planning
* Planning group will decide issue of punting on Sunday + Monday
lunch, to free up funding now for other purposes
People Present (lines said)
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* stickster (148)
* ctyler (21)
* SMParrish_mobile (9)
* zodbot (2)
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14 years, 7 months
Budget note
by Paul W. Frields
Thanks to a stupid mistake by Yours Truly, and a keen eye by John
Rose, rumours of being over budget are somewhat (but not wholly)
exaggerated.
John realized that I had listed people as needing $300 for lodging
when in fact they are staying for 3 nights *at double occupancy* in
~$100/night rooms. Thus the true cost is more like $150.
Balancing this out, though, it turns out that the Local Motion quote
over the phone may not have been correct. The bus will be more
expensive than we thought, but *not* so much more that it's worth
reconsidering the vendor. In other words, it should still be
a reasonable cost, just not so jaw-droppingly low. And it will still
be a very significant cost savings for the number of people we're
planning to transport.
So the long and short is, we *still* need sponsorships if we want to
subsidize more people's travel, but we're not so overboard as to be
doomed from the start. And we still have room to tighten the belt on
things like lunch on hackfest days, which we will resort to if the
sponsorships we're currently pursuing fall through in the next week or
so.
Paul
14 years, 7 months
