[Ambassadors] Travel Sponsorships for Flock in EMEA

[Alejandro Perez]

Hi,

I agreed with Christoph and Jiri, on this matter. However if latam want
to sponsor some one to Flock it will cost us over 2000 dls or more so it
will be a great cut out of our budget. So while in EMEA you can spend
that amount of money to sponsor 4 people we could only do one, I think
it will be the same for APAC. 

However if we FamsCo approve it and there is a candidate we will discuss
it on Latam meeting.  

El vie, 06-06-2014 a las 17:26 +0200, Christoph Wickert escribió:
> Am Freitag, den 06.06.2014, 16:31 +0200 schrieb Jiri Eischmann:
> > Hi,
> > I've received several requests for travel subsidies to go to Flock from
> > EMEA ambassadors.
> 
> Hi Jiri,
> 
> thanks for bringing this up. I just responded to one of these requests
> and I really think this is something we should discuss. I wanted to
> write a blog post about it, but given the timing, discussing this here
> is probably quicker.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I think whatever we come up with, it MUST not be limited to ambassadors,
> even if the regional budget is managed by FAmSCo and therefor –
> indirectly – by the ambassadors.
> 
> > 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).
> 
> +1
> I think this is outlined very well in the current wiki page
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees
> 
> > 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.
> 
> +1. I think every region should give say 5-10 wildcards to people who
> have not been sponsored from the FLOCK budget and have achieved
> something in their community throughout the last year(s).
> 
> > I'd love to hear your opinions. We will certainly discuss it at the next
> > regional meeting on Wed.
> 
> I agree to everything you wrote. And I want to add something: Frankly
> speaking I consider the current FLOCK sponsorship model broken. We
> currently sponsor speakers and if money is left, we sponsor people from
> regions that have no FUDCon and who's budget has become part of the
> FLOCK budget.
> 
> I see no reason to sponsor somebody because he happens to live in this
> or that part of the world. I'm not even sure I want people sponsored for
> giving a talk. (I am giving two talks and did not ask for sponsoring
> this year).
> 
> What I really want us to do is to enable people to get shit done. When
> Robyn first brought up the idea of a global conference, she didn't call
> it FUDCon but "DoCon". Let's all take a moment and read her proposal at
> http://robyn.io/2012/07/24/the-future-of-fudcons/ again, it explains
> many things a lot better than I possibly could.
> 
> If you want a hackfest one some crucial Fedora infrastructure, we should
> definitely sponsor you. If you want to meet with team mates to do
> planning for your awesome Fedora 22 feature, we should sponsor you, too.
> If you want to attend a workshop to learn skills that will help you to
> get more productive as contributor, you should probably apply for
> sponsorship as well. But if you 'just' want to attend some talks and
> hang out with the community, you are of course welcome at FLOCK, but
> frankly speaking I see not much reason to sponsor you.
> 
> For a more elaborate list, please refer to 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees#Criteria
> 
> > I'd love to hear your opinions. We will certainly discuss it at the next
> > regional meeting on Wed.
> 
> I think we should discuss this in FAmSCo, too. If we 
> 
> Short proposal:
>       * Every region should give away a number of wildcards, depending
>         on their budget.
>       * FAmSCo sets a deadline for requests.
>       * Candidates should apply (through trac? by mail?) and apply why
>         their request is relevant. 
>       * Local communities and FAmSCo review the requests and make a
>         decision.
> 
> I know this is just a sketch, but it's basically the same process we
> have successfully been doing for FUDCons for years. (I really don't see
> why we didn't to this for FLOCK, too).
> 
> Best regards,
> Christoph
> 
> 
> 
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