Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2006-05-01
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FAmSCo Meeting Minutes: 2006-05-01
Attending
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mspevack: MaxSpevack -
tchung: ThomasChung -
rwhetsel: RobertWhetsel
Regrets
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lxmaier: AlexMaier
Meeting Summary
- See Meetings page for current agenda
Schwag
- mspevack reports
- so we've been shipping DVDs all over the world the last month or two
- and it's *incredibly* expensive and not a very good method of spending our money
- an idea that has been kicking around:
- FAMSCO continues to subsidize events with money, but we allow the local organizers of events to be more self-sufficient by permitting them (at their discretion) to sell things like tshirts, DVDs, etc at their events
- what FAMSCO provides is:
- the resources necessary for people to get DVDs, tshirts, banners, etc made locally to their show
- and a "MSRP" so to speak, that we insist product be sold at or below
- let me lay out a scenario:
- LinuxTag is a great example
- we started off by approving a budget of $300 or something like that
- and then they keep coming back to us with "but what about DVDs", and we need this, and we need that
- and so all of a sudden, we're stuck spending a *huge* amount of money to ship DVDs to europe.
- instead, imagine this scenario:
- Some people in Italy come to us and say "there's a big show, we want to organize Fedora presence there, it'll cost about $3000 US"
- we say "ok, well FAMSCO is able to provide you with $1000, and also with the resources needed for you to create DVDs, shirts, banners, etc. all in Italy"
- you can resell the DVDs for anywhere beteween 0-2 Euro, and shirts for X euro, etc
- and recoup costs that way
- so we help out, and we give them the resources/blessings to make even more happen themselves
- *THEN* you can get a situation where people could put on a self-sufficient Fedora event without needing to come to FAMSCO at all
- The costs of Global Distribution of Physical Items is just so high, it destroys our budget
- rwhetsel comments
- This gives a local lug the ability to take control
- and be self sufficient with the blessing of Fedora
- I like
- mspevack continues
- and it still allows us to increase the budget that we give to any event
- but it just lets the event in general do more than they could otherwise
- and everything is up to the organizers
- they don't have to do anything differently than they do today
- but they can if they want to
- as long as they don't exceed the "allowed price"
- which is basically whatever it costs to produce the item
- tchung asks
- Have you considered using local Red Hat offices for Fedora Stuff?
- *producing* and distributing Fedora Stuff to local Ambassadors.
- mspevack comments
- well, i think that's definitely an option depending on where the events are and what kind of offices we have
- I like the idea -- basically it just lets Red Hat folks be the point of contact in certain areas where it's possible
- probably makes transfer of funds easier, etc.
- we should always harness local Red Hat folks when we can
- tchung suggests
- I would suggest you (mspevack) put together a proposal for FAMSCO to read. :)
- rwhetsel: +1
- mspevack: alrighty, that's what i'll do
- rwhetsel comments
- I think that this will prevent problems like we had with Brazil - FISL
- mspevack: yeah, it would definitely prevent those kinds of logistics problems any out of country
- rwhetsel: big up on that idea
- mspevack: ok, so I'll write up a proposal
Task Group Reports
Budget
- mspevack reports
- Budget group -- we're spending too much money and not getting enough for it. See above discussion (in Schwag) for a solution :-)
Member Services
- tchung reports
- Since last report, we have 6 more new members
- See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/WeeklyReports/2006-04-24
- As of 2006-04-30, we have 65 approved members now
- See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/MembershipService/Approved
Schwag/Events
- GregDeKoenigsberg not present
LinuxEvents Reports
LinuxTag
- GregDeKoenigsberg not present
OSCON
- BobJensen not present
Next Meeting
- 2006-05-09 03:00 UTC (Monday in US)
- channel: #fedora-famsco (this is an invitation-only private channel)
