On 09/12/2013 06:25 AM, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
Hi guys,
I know there is a need to get cash down to Peru to do some advance purchases.
As you know this is kind of painful - we can't use paypal because it doesn't work there, and more importantly, sending money in advance (in other words, not as a reimbursement, because there is no receipt yet) to someone who isn't the actual vendor is pretty much entirely against all the rules of what I can do at Red Hat.
That said, I'm trying to come up with some solutions to address the needs; I had a chat with Jared about this on the phone earlier tonight, and so we're tryign to figure out what we might be able to do between the two of us, since his company is also helping to sponsor the event.
Jared looks to be arriving decently in advance of the event, on the 22nd, and we may be able to juggle some of the advance things between the two of us; but there are a few details needed.
The local budget needed is outlined here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Cusco_2013_budget#On_Site_Logistic_Bud...
What we don't know, however, is which exact items *absolutely* have to be paid in advance, vs. which ones might be able to be covered by Jared via credit card during the extra days beforehand that he is in town.
If there are items that need a wire transfer / western union prior to that time, it would also be helpful to know the exact dates the money is needed by, because it is entirely possible that we may be able to do this more easily if we do multiple transfers rather than just one.
Can anyone (Alex, or if anyone else has the details) add an additional area to that table that shows the absolute dates of when each item will need to be paid, so that Jared and I can figure out a plan of sorts?
Thanks, -Robyn
Try to be in other side for a little bit, organizing a fudcon is not a easy task, booking a hotel for 20-30+ persons, making t-shirts for 150+ persons, paying all in advance and waiting for a reimbursement that can take I don't know how long.