[FAmSCo] FY14 Budget update

[Truong Anh. Tuan]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jiří Eischmann" <eischmann at redhat.com>
> To: "Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee" <famsco at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:59:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [FAmSCo] FY14 Budget update
> 
> Hmm... I can't speak for other regions, but for us, EMEA, it's going to
> be drastic.
> I don't want to start a fight between regions because we're on the same
> boat after all, but I don't think that cutting all regional budgets by
> the same percentage is fair because while EMEA, APAC, and LATAM provided
> budgets with no reserves. NA went bold and asked for much more than
> anyone else which now looks like the best chosen strategy, I admit.
> In our case, 30k was realistic estimation. We assumed that not
> everything we planned would happen, but there have already been events
> and expenses we didn't plan, so I was hoping we'd balance it around the
> budget amount.
> Giving up 10-15 % of the budget would still be somehow doable, but
> cutting it down to 22k from 30k means we'll have to reduce our planned
> activities significantly.

We (APAC) got similar problem with this. So I suggest we discuss this in
the next FAmSCo meeting.

Kind regards,
Tuan