[council] #45: Sponsorship/Funding for FAD EMEA BUDAPEST 2015

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#45: Sponsorship/Funding for FAD EMEA BUDAPEST 2015
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 Reporter:  rgeri77  |       Owner:  decause
   Status:  new      |    Priority:  normal
Component:  General  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by pfrields):

 Replying to [comment:12 mattdm]:
 > I agree with Josh; a FAD isn't meant to be a mini-conference — we have
 Flock and FUDCon for that. It's to help people to get people together to
 hack on things. A small social event (dinner, usually) is totally
 reasonable, as is lunch during the day.

 Agreed -- the concept of the FAD has always been to concentrate on
 concrete work.  It's different from a wide-ranging conference.  A FAD
 focuses on project work involving people who, for the most part, regularly
 collaborate together.  Originally they were designed to bring people
 together within a close geographic area, to keep costs down.  Nowadays we
 have quite a lot of collaborators from different regions so that's harder
 to do.  But we should always be looking to keep costs reasonable.

 It's quite reasonable to have the project foot the bill for some cheap
 group lunches (pizza, sandwiches, whatever is customary in the region), as
 well as a social dinner.  Entertainment should be at the travelers'
 discretion and cost.  That's not unreasonable considering how much is
 being spent to bring people together and keep them fed and lodged.

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