On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:35:55PM -0400, Max Spevack wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, David Nalley wrote: > > >> Riffing on that a bit, I think there's an equal amount of optimizing > >> and perhaps consolidating of roles when you think about some of the > >> fuzzier parts of Fedora. > >> > >> For instance, why can't there be one group of people that > >> collectively figures out a globally consistent way to handle budget > >> requests -- whether that is for a FUDCon, a FAD, a booth at a local > >> event, media, swag, travel funding, etc. > >> > >> Streamline a lot of stuff, and do a better job of making sure that > >> people know the discretionary/day-to-day budget that Red Hat > >> allocates to the Fedora Project can be used by *anyone* or *any > >> group* within our community that needs a monetary investment to > >> support or help turn ideas into reality. > > > > Why would we create yet another group to do this? FAmSCo already > > manages around $100k worth of budget (though it's been heavily > > delegated for the past few years, with FAmSCo retaining responsibility > > but largely pushing decision making down) Tacking on Premier Fedora > > events and discretionary funds roughly doubles that, but I can't > > imagine that the structure already in place wouldn't scale to meet > > that. Moreover, that group tends to be more involved in the > > organization of premier Fedora events than any other sub-group within > > Fedora. > > > > <disclaimer> I am on FAmSCo for a few more months, and have proposed > > this idea before </disclaimer> > > Actually, I think we agree with each other here, David. We do have the > organization in place. I think that the suggestion isn't a > revolutionary change, but rather an acknowledged increase in scope, and > perhaps a name change to indicate that the funding pool is not only for > Ambassadors, but for all contributors. I would think FAmSCo is also in a great position to help promote the transparency of FUDCon events -- for example, ensuring that the planners are keeping the whole Fedora community apprised of progress, and that every premier event Fedora holds brings in a diverse population of contributors. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
