[fudcon-planning] #452: Funding request for Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD)

[fudcon-planning]

#452: Funding request for Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD)
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  Reporter:  ankursinha           |      Owner:  cicku
      Type:  Funding request      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:
 Component:  FUDCon Beijing 2014  |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                       |   Blocking:
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 Tell us the following:

 * What do you need covered? (Please estimate the costs in USD: hotel $X,
 travel $Y.)
 Travel and hotel

 Travel: I've checked a couple of flights from Sydney to Beijing. They all
 appear to be in the 1200$ range for a round trip. Departing May 22, return
 May 26:

 Singapore Airlines: 1194AUD [[BR]]
 Quantas: 1247AUD [[BR]]
 Air china: 1179 [[BR]]
 Air asia: limited flights on May 22 for 300$, but no returns for May 26,
 27, 28

 Hotel: I'm OK with whatever the organizers set up. I'll share a room with
 another attendee, probably Suchakra if he makes it.


 * If we cannot provide a full subsidy, will a partial subsidy be helpful?
 (Yes/No?)
 Yes.


 * If Yes, specify the minimum amount you need covered to facilitate your
 attendance.
 I'd prefer to take either quantus or singapore airlines even if they're
 slightly expensive. I can manage about 400$ from my pocket, so a partial
 subsidy of around 700-800$ would be OK too.

 * What will you accomplish by being at FUDCon? (Please be as specific as
 possible, since this is the most important factor in granting requests.)
 The accepted talks haven't exactly been announced, but from the logs, I
 appear to have 2 sessions accepted. Both of them are more hands on work
 than just presentations. I intend to help Suchakra with his rpm packaging
 workshop and then get volunteers to package up software for the ROS
 platform. The robotics SIG is trying to complete an SCL and host it on
 COPR. I'm going to begin taking IRC classrooms to prepare people for these
 sessions. The other is a GPG signing party aimed at increasing the web of
 trust and adding. I'll use it as a community building exercise. The
 organizers have requested that I modify the other two sessions into
 lightening talks: starting QA in 5 minutes, a quick Fedora.next update. I
 also intend to discuss other teams that I'm a part of: marketing and the
 "fedora join" SIG to help new candidates join the community.

 * If you are requesting airfare, include complete flight information such
 as flight numbers, desired departure and arrival airports, and times. Also
 let us know if you have specific time restrictions.

 I've attached search results for Singapore Airlines, Quantas and Air
 china. I'd prefer Singapore airlines or Quantas.

 * Do you need a visa or other official processing before you can attend
 FUDCon? If so, approximately how long does that processing take?
 Yes. Not quite sure how long it takes. Maybe a month?

 * Include any additional, relevant information.
 N/A

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