Ambassadors/EMEA/DraftEurope

= Fedora European Infrastructure (FEI) =

'This idea has been in the back of my mind since FOSDEM 2007, and we are working on making it a reality right now. Have a look here -- http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack/FY09'

This is the draft for Fedora European Infrastructure for the upcoming european budget, initially started at  Fosdem 2007.

Aim
Establish a proper European Infrastructure which will coordinate FedoraEvents in Europe through one person ("Executive").

Role of Executive

 * coordinate efforts among European countries
 * encourage local communities to strengthen their efforts
 * help ambassadors organizing events among Europe
 * help ambassadors financing their events in Europe
 * interaction between different European event-teams
 * work together with other Fedora Projects (than Ambassador) in the future
 * define with the Ambassadors which events (per year) should be covered (directly during a ["FAD"] )
 * hold strength communication with FAMSCo and the Fedora Board

Requirements to be the Executive

 * speak both a local language and English
 * be a known active former local ambassador
 * constant investment of time and work is needed
 * strength diplomatic skills
 * willing to travel
 * willing to coordinate Ambassadors (locally and)
 * business economist

Name proposals for the Executives

 * Fedora European Architect


 * Fedora European Coordinator


 * Fedora European Supervisor

Constructive Comments since first draft
Discussed on 08 Mar 07 Meeting:


 * a swiss bank account (proposed by JoergSimon)
 * before or after  LinuxTag2007  ? - not yet decided
 * Austria is also nice with tax! - ClausReheis
 * 214€ from CLT by ChitleshGoorah and JoergSimon - first deposit as an example to follow
 * Executive will possess accountdata and id in shops which will be useful to produce swags or dvds (proposed by JoergSimon)
 * a non profit organisation, and sell things through a shop, there are no tax at all normally (or at least in france)- ThomasCanniot
 * bank account managed by a legal entity (not by an individual) - ThomasCanniot