FUDCon APAC Bid - Beijing, China

[Alick Zhao]

Hi all,

We would like to announce our FUDCon bid for Beijing, China.
Our team and page can be found on the wiki page:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_2014

Regards,

[Uditha Bandara Wijerathna]

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Alick Zhao  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We would like to announce our FUDCon bid for Beijing, China.
> Our team and page can be found on the wiki page:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_2014
>
> Regards,

Hi Alick,

Nice to hear that. This topic can be further discussed in next APAC
Ambassadors meeting.

BR.

[mak]

Ah, at last. FUDCon getting the life back.
On Jan 12, 2014 8:35 PM, "Uditha Bandara Wijerathna" <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Alick Zhao  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We would like to announce our FUDCon bid for Beijing, China.
> > Our team and page can be found on the wiki page:
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_2014
> >
> > Regards,
>
> Hi Alick,
>
> Nice to hear that. This topic can be further discussed in next APAC
> Ambassadors meeting.
> BR.
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[Zamir Sun]

> > Nice to hear that. This topic can be further discussed in next APAC

Ambassadors meeting.

As one of the coordinators for our bid, I'll try to join you in the meeting
if I am available.

[Christopher Meng]

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Alick Zhao  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We would like to announce our FUDCon bid for Beijing, China.
> Our team and page can be found on the wiki page:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_2014
> Regards,
>
> Alick

I will follow up also if possible, but it depends on my spare time. ;)

Thank you guys!

--

Yours sincerely,
Christopher Meng

Noob here.

http://cicku.me

[Ankur Sinha]

On Sun, 2014-01-12 at 22:19 +0800, Alick Zhao wrote:
> Hi all,

Hi Alick,
> We would like to announce our FUDCon bid for Beijing, China.
> Our team and page can be found on the wiki page:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_2014

This is really great to hear. I'm most grateful to the Fedora China team
for taking the trouble to put together a bid.

I see the wiki page mentions May 23-25, 2014 as proposed dates which is
~4 months away. I see that you've already had quite a few meetings to
plan it out, and are quite on top of the research bit, but are you
confident you'll be able to set it all up in this time frame?

The FUDCon organization process suggests bidding *12* months before the
actual event date. Bid acceptance takes time too. Of course, these are
only guidelines, not rules, but I assume that they've been documented
after analysing past organizational experiences.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_organization_process

If you're ready, can we hold a special APAC meeting this Saturday so
that regional ambassadors can review the bid and provide you any
feedback they think of? The decision process requires approval from the
FPL, Budget Manager and FAmSCo too. I think you should also get in touch
with Robyn and file a ticket with FAmSCo in the mean time.

I think if you do plan to host it in May, we're on quite a tight
schedule. (I'd suggest thinking of a back up date too, just in case,
because things don't always go according to plan :) )

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_bid_process#Initial_RFP

[Zamir Sun]

> I see the wiki page mentions May 23-25, 2014 as proposed dates which is
> ~4 months away. I see that you've already had quite a few meetings to
> plan it out, and are quite on top of the research bit, but are you
> confident you'll be able to set it all up in this time frame?

Hi Ankur,

As one of the participants of the bidding, I think we can deal with this 
by the proposed time.

[Ankur Sinha]

On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 11:23 +0800, Zamir SUN wrote:
> Hi Ankur,

Hi Zamir,
> As one of the participants of the bidding, I think we can deal with
> this 
> by the proposed time.

That's good to hear.

[Alick Zhao]

On 01/13/2014 10:09 AM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-01-12 at 22:19 +0800, Alick Zhao wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> Hi Alick,
> > We would like to announce our FUDCon bid for Beijing, China. Our
> > team and page can be found on the wiki page:
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Beijing_2014
>
> This is really great to hear. I'm most grateful to the Fedora China
> team for taking the trouble to put together a bid.
>
> I see the wiki page mentions May 23-25, 2014 as proposed dates
> which is ~4 months away. I see that you've already had quite a few
> meetings to plan it out, and are quite on top of the research bit,
> but are you confident you'll be able to set it all up in this time
> frame?

It is also the date of GNOME.Asia 2014, which has been decided to be
held in Beijing. [1] Actually we are considering to have co-located
events as an option. That is, we might share partially the venue and
talk program. I think co-location can share resources, and make it
easier to let both events happen, although it might add coordination
cost.

We have FUDCon organizers who are in both local communities. According
to the message I got from GNOME side, they are OK with the co-location
idea. I want to hear the thoughts of Fedora people.

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-asia-list/2013-December/msg00000.html
> If you're ready, can we hold a special APAC meeting this Saturday
> so that regional ambassadors can review the bid and provide you
> any feedback they think of? The decision process requires approval
> from the FPL, Budget Manager and FAmSCo too. I think you should
> also get in touch with Robyn and file a ticket with FAmSCo in the
> mean time.

I would like a meeting, but sadly I won't be available this Saturday
because I will be taking TOEFL exam then. (So this week will be really
busy for me.) I will ask other organizers to attend the meeting.

I will find time to file a ticket with FAmSCo. How should I get in touch
with Robyn? Direct email or else?
> I think if you do plan to host it in May, we're on quite a tight 
> schedule. (I'd suggest thinking of a back up date too, just in
> case, because things don't always go according to plan :) )

Personally I do have some back up ideas that have not been dicussed with
other organizers. I think summer vacation (July or August) is OK, but it
might conflict with Flock, which date has not been decided though.
October is also OK (and the best season of Beijing). But no later to
avoid conflict with FUDCon LATAM.

[Ankur Sinha]

On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 12:15 +0800, Alick Zhao wrote:
> On 01/13/2014 10:09 AM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> > On Sun, 2014-01-12 at 22:19 +0800, Alick Zhao wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> >
> > Hi Alick,
> > > <snip>
> >
> > I see the wiki page mentions May 23-25, 2014 as proposed dates
> > which is ~4 months away. I see that you've already had quite a few
> > meetings to plan it out, and are quite on top of the research bit,
> > but are you confident you'll be able to set it all up in this time
> > frame?
>
> It is also the date of GNOME.Asia 2014, which has been decided to be
> held in Beijing. [1] Actually we are considering to have co-located
> events as an option. That is, we might share partially the venue and
> talk program. I think co-location can share resources, and make it
> easier to let both events happen, although it might add coordination
> cost.
>
> We have FUDCon organizers who are in both local communities. According
> to the message I got from GNOME side, they are OK with the co-location
> idea. I want to hear the thoughts of Fedora people.
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-asia-list/2013-December/msg00000.html

Ah. Right. I think it's OK personally, but you really need to start a
dialogue with both Robyn and FAmSCo to see if there's an official policy
or something about this.
> > If you're ready, can we hold a special APAC meeting this Saturday
> > so that regional ambassadors can review the bid and provide you
> > any feedback they think of? The decision process requires approval
> > from the FPL, Budget Manager and FAmSCo too. I think you should
> > also get in touch with Robyn and file a ticket with FAmSCo in the
> > mean time.
>
> I would like a meeting, but sadly I won't be available this Saturday
> because I will be taking TOEFL exam then. (So this week will be really
> busy for me.) I will ask other organizers to attend the meeting.

As long as it's one of the organizers, it should be fine. I'll send out
a reminder to the Ambassadors mailing list by tomorrow night.
> I will find time to file a ticket with FAmSCo. How should I get in touch
> with Robyn? Direct email or else?

I think it'll be better if you folks can decide on a single "event
owner" who could get in touch with Robyn and FAmSCo. For FUDCon KL, for
example, Izhar was the event owner[1]. Similarly, Rahul was the owner at
FUDCon Pune[2]. It isn't an official post or anything, it's just easier
to steadily communicate with one person than different people at
different times :)

I think dropping her a direct e-mail will be fine. Once you start
talking to FAmSCo, they will get in touch with her too, I'd think.
> > I think if you do plan to host it in May, we're on quite a tight 
> > schedule. (I'd suggest thinking of a back up date too, just in
> > case, because things don't always go according to plan :) )
>
> Personally I do have some back up ideas that have not been dicussed with
> other organizers. I think summer vacation (July or August) is OK, but it
> might conflict with Flock, which date has not been decided though.
> October is also OK (and the best season of Beijing). But no later to
> avoid conflict with FUDCon LATAM.

Ah yes. All of this will be sorted out when you speak to Robyn and
FAmSCo.

I wish the team the best of luck. Please do not hesitate to ask the
regional ambassadors for any help that you'd need. I'll hopefully speak
to you folks again this Saturday during the IRC meeting. Please do keep
an eye out on the ambassadors list for a reminder.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Archive:FUDCon:KualaLumpur_2012
[2]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Archive:FUDCon:India_2011?rd=FUDCon:India_201...

[Zamir Sun]

> > I would like a meeting, but sadly I won't be available this Saturday
> > because I will be taking TOEFL exam then. (So this week will be really
> > busy for me.) I will ask other organizers to attend the meeting.
>
> As long as it's one of the organizers, it should be fine. I'll send out
> a reminder to the Ambassadors mailing list by tomorrow night.

Since I maybe free that day, I'll try to attend the meeting if I do have 
Internet access that day. Will it still be  at 04:00 UTC?
> > I will find time to file a ticket with FAmSCo. How should I get in touch
> > with Robyn? Direct email or else?
>
> I think it'll be better if you folks can decide on a single "event
> owner" who could get in touch with Robyn and FAmSCo. For FUDCon KL, for
> example, Izhar was the event owner[1]. Similarly, Rahul was the owner at
> FUDCon Pune[2]. It isn't an official post or anything, it's just easier
> to steadily communicate with one person than different people at
> different times :)

I think we should talk about this point with our folks on this point.

[Gerard Braad]

Great to see this bid.

If any additional help is needed, please let me know.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Zamir SUN  wrote:
> I would like a meeting, but sadly I won't be available this Saturday
> > > because I will be taking TOEFL exam then. (So this week will be really
> > > busy for me.) I will ask other organizers to attend the meeting.
> >
> > As long as it's one of the organizers, it should be fine. I'll send out
> > a reminder to the Ambassadors mailing list by tomorrow night.
>
> Since I maybe free that day, I'll try to attend the meeting if I do have
> Internet access that day. Will it still be  at 04:00 UTC?
>
> I will find time to file a ticket with FAmSCo. How should I get in touch
> > > with Robyn? Direct email or else?
> >
> > I think it'll be better if you folks can decide on a single "event
> > owner" who could get in touch with Robyn and FAmSCo. For FUDCon KL, for
> > example, Izhar was the event owner[1]. Similarly, Rahul was the owner at
> > FUDCon Pune[2]. It isn't an official post or anything, it's just easier
> > to steadily communicate with one person than different people at
> > different times :)
>
> I think we should talk about this point with our folks on this point.
>
> --
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