[Ambassadors] FUDCon APAC bids

[Gerard Braad]

Hi Rahul,

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:
> My impression is
> that China could use a few more FAD's and build a bigger local community
> first by leveraging the existing contributors and leaning more heavily
> on Red Hat China and Community Architecture team to support such
> activities

I think they have started to realize the options of hosting a FAD. At
least this FUDCon bidding has fueled a lot of opportunities, although
the involvement of Red Hat China has always been minimal until the
FUDCon. Hope this has changed in a permanent way.

> 15000 dollars isn't going to be enough to bring more than a very limited
> number of international participants

About the travel costs... yes... But I also wonder why this budget for
APAC is smaller than EMEA or NA for instance. The costs for travel to
APAC is generally more expensive, while service costs (food, hotel,
venue) is usually less. At least for China it is.

Gerard

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