FAmSCo report 2010-12

= Basic FAmSCo activity =

FAmSCo meetings
FAmSCo held 2 meetings in December. Attendance was as follows:


 * 2 out of 2 -- Gerard, Igor, Kaio, Larry, Pierros
 * 1 out of 2 -- Rahul
 * 0 out of 2 -- Neville

Regional meetings
8 regional meetings were held and logged in December.

FAmSCo mailing list
FAmSco's mailing list received 79 messages this month, specially regarding the new meeting time and the assignment of tasks for new members.

= General accomplishments or decisions =


 * Pierros Papadeas elected as FAmSCo's new chairman.
 * Caius Chance nominated as FAmSCo's vice-chairman.
 * Larry Cafiero nominated as FAmSCo's Budget Manager.
 * Assignment of FAmSCo tasks to new members.

= Budget =

FY11
Total budget: $100,000

Total spend (through November 28): $54,335

We are currently on pace to finish under budget.

However, there are expenses from India/APAC from earlier in the year that still need to be found and accounted for, which will increase our total spend once they are accounted for.

Regional support
NA -- $31,730
 * $5,500 -- Fedora 14 media
 * $4,145 -- Fedora 13 media
 * $3,765 -- Shirts
 * $3,260 -- Shipping
 * $2,830 -- Utah Open Source Conference 2010
 * $2,675 -- Pens
 * $2,280 -- Stickers
 * $1,705 -- Ohio Linux Fest 2010
 * $1,230 -- Texas LinuxFest 2010
 * $1,000 -- Support for SELF
 * $860 -- SCALE leftovers
 * $800 -- SXSW 2011
 * $685 -- LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW) 2010
 * $585 -- OSCON 2010
 * $325 -- Canada event box
 * $85 -- Fedora 13 release parties

EMEA -- $13,765
 * $3,780 -- Fedora 13 media
 * $3,415 -- Support for IDLELO 2010
 * $1,225 -- Linuxwochen Wien 2010
 * $1,045 -- Support for Libre Graphics Meeting
 * $1,030 -- Chemnitzer Linuxtage 2010
 * $930 -- USB keys
 * $680 -- Open Source Days
 * $600 -- Shipping
 * $510 -- OpenExpo 2010 Berne
 * $425 -- Szabad Szoftver Konferencia
 * $125 -- LinuxDay Italy

LATAM -- $5,735
 * $2,510 -- Support for FLISOL
 * $1,675 -- FPL to FISL
 * $1,355 -- Fedora 13 media
 * $195 -- Swag for Mexico

India/APAC -- $3,105
 * $2,400 -- Support for swag creation by Harish
 * $480 -- Support for BASIS
 * $225 -- Fedora 13 release parties

= Mentoring =



= Regional reports =

News

 * No significant update

News

 * New ambassador: Mauricio Moreno from Chile
 * New mentor: Daniel Bruno
 * Taca defined as a sponsor for FUDCon Panama
 * Classroom session hosted by Jesús Franco about Redmine

Events
No events reported in December

News

 * New mentors Pierros Papadeas and Bert Desmet

News

 * No significant update