[Ambassadors] Travel Sponsorships for Flock in EMEA

[Gerold]

just as an easy idea, ....
... if we know (and we do) that there will raise up requests for FLOCK 
accomodation; we should plan it in the budget and let Red Hat decide if 
it's cut or not.

Just my five cents

All the best

Gerold (who cannot attand FLOCK)



Am 06.06.2014 16:31, schrieb Jiri Eischmann:
> Hi,
> I've received several requests for travel subsidies to go to Flock from
> EMEA ambassadors.
>
> Let me start a discussion about it:
>
> Our regional budget is not intended to sponsor people to attend premium
> events. Those events have their own separate budget and we don't have
> any money allocated to this purpose in our budget. On the other hand, we
> have some reserves in the budget and we could sponsor several
> contributors (it's definitely not limited to ambassadors) if we decided
> so.
> But if we decide to do such a thing I'm proposing to stick with our
> principals: the applicant needs to have a very strong reason to go to
> Flock. Every time we sponsor someone to go to an event it's not because
> they want to attend the conference, but because they have a talk, run a
> workshop, staff a booth, meet team members to get things done. Because
> all speakers are covered by the Flock budget, what is left is
> participating in "get things done" sessions and organization (if someone
> is actively involved in the Flock organization and want to help on site,
> too).
> As much as I'd love to see every Fedora contributor at Flock we have to
> reflect the reality that our resources are limited. So this sponsorship
> should be an exceptional thing.
>
> I'd love to hear your opinions. We will certainly discuss it at the next
> regional meeting on Wed.
>
> Jiri
>
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