#452: Funding request for Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD) ----------------------------------+------------------- Reporter: ankursinha | Owner: cicku Type: Funding request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: FUDCon Beijing 2014 | Keywords: Blocked By: | Blocking: ----------------------------------+------------------- Tell us the following:
* What do you need covered? (Please estimate the costs in USD: hotel $X, travel $Y.) Travel and hotel
Travel: I've checked a couple of flights from Sydney to Beijing. They all appear to be in the 1200$ range for a round trip. Departing May 22, return May 26:
Singapore Airlines: 1194AUD [[BR]] Quantas: 1247AUD [[BR]] Air china: 1179 [[BR]] Air asia: limited flights on May 22 for 300$, but no returns for May 26, 27, 28
Hotel: I'm OK with whatever the organizers set up. I'll share a room with another attendee, probably Suchakra if he makes it.
* If we cannot provide a full subsidy, will a partial subsidy be helpful? (Yes/No?) Yes.
* If Yes, specify the minimum amount you need covered to facilitate your attendance. I'd prefer to take either quantus or singapore airlines even if they're slightly expensive. I can manage about 400$ from my pocket, so a partial subsidy of around 700-800$ would be OK too.
* What will you accomplish by being at FUDCon? (Please be as specific as possible, since this is the most important factor in granting requests.) The accepted talks haven't exactly been announced, but from the logs, I appear to have 2 sessions accepted. Both of them are more hands on work than just presentations. I intend to help Suchakra with his rpm packaging workshop and then get volunteers to package up software for the ROS platform. The robotics SIG is trying to complete an SCL and host it on COPR. I'm going to begin taking IRC classrooms to prepare people for these sessions. The other is a GPG signing party aimed at increasing the web of trust and adding. I'll use it as a community building exercise. The organizers have requested that I modify the other two sessions into lightening talks: starting QA in 5 minutes, a quick Fedora.next update. I also intend to discuss other teams that I'm a part of: marketing and the "fedora join" SIG to help new candidates join the community.
* If you are requesting airfare, include complete flight information such as flight numbers, desired departure and arrival airports, and times. Also let us know if you have specific time restrictions.
I've attached search results for Singapore Airlines, Quantas and Air china. I'd prefer Singapore airlines or Quantas.
* Do you need a visa or other official processing before you can attend FUDCon? If so, approximately how long does that processing take? Yes. Not quite sure how long it takes. Maybe a month?
* Include any additional, relevant information. N/A