[Ambassadors] FAD APAC 2013

[Danishka Navin]

What if we work remotely and give the travel and accommodation budget to
respective countries to run local events?
I hope at least South Asian countries can get more than 1000USD (cost of
two person to travel and stay in Philippines).



On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Magie Antonio <magie at bluepoint.com.ph>wrote:

> Thanks for the details Tuan. I will now start sourcing out possible venues
> for FAD APAC and prepare logistics for evaluation purposes.
>
> Regards,
> Magie
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> On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:25 PM, "Truong Anh. Tuan" <tuanta at iwayvietnam.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Magie Antonio" <magie at bluepoint.com.ph>
> >> To: "Truong Anh. Tuan" <tuanta at iwayvietnam.com>
> >> Cc: "Fedora Ambassadors" <ambassadors at lists.fedoraproject.org>, "Ankur
> Sinha" <ankursinha at fedoraproject.org>, "David
> >> Ramsey" <dramsey at fedoraproject.org>, "Heherson Pagcaliwagan" <
> herson at azneita.org>, magie at fedoraproject.org
> >> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 3:45:06 PM
> >> Subject: Re: FAD APAC 2013
> >>
> >> Hi Tuan,
> >>
> >> The Philippine Team is interested in hosting the FAD APAC.
> >
> > Great. Thanks PH team for stepping up.
> >
> >> May we know more details about this please?
> >>
> >> 1. How may participants will be coming to the Philippines?
> >
> > I hope we can join 1-2 ambassadors from each APAC country.
> >
> > There are 9 countries made plans this year [1]; plus some other new ones,
> > there would be about 15-20 participants, I think.
> >
> >> 2. How long will the FAD APAC be?
> >
> > It should be held at the weekend. People arrive on Friday and depart on
> > Sunday, for instance.
> >
> >> 3. Is there a budget that we should work around with?
> >
> > Honestly, I have no idea since this is the first time we organize this
> kind
> > of events. However, I believe that it would be quite helpful for us to
> make
> > much better plans for APAC so we can request for enough funds.
> >
> > At this time, we need to make the event schedule + budget estimation
> first.
> > Then I will advice more with FAmSCo and budget owner to check for the
> final
> > budget.
> >
> >> 4. What are the requirements or expectations from us as the host?
> >
> > We will start clarifying this.
> >
> >> We look forward to making the FAD APAC 2013 happen in the Philippines.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > To other ambassadors, especially ones in APAC. Please get involved to
> this
> > discussion to have more ideas.
> >
> > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/APAC/Budget#References
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Tuan
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