On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Matthias Kranz <matthiaskranz@xxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/11/2011 04:04 PM, Robyn Bergeron wrote: >> We still use the regional money for the 2012-2013 fiscal year by >> region, ie: 20k for bringing in folks from Europe, etc. I think we >> could bring in a BOATLOAD (or airplane-load, I suppose) of regional >> folks for that money. > > 20k $US is *NOT* much money if you want to cover costs for traveling > back and forth from EMEA to NA. > > A regular flight starts at 500 $US but only if your stay includes the > night from Sat/Sun. > > For 20k $US you might be able to cover for 10 people, maybe 12. The amount depends a lot on whether its hosted at a major NA hub or not. Tempe was closer to 1K from London and that was coming from a major EU hub. I had to connect taking nearly 24 hours each way. For 3 days it was hellish. It also doesn't take into account APAC or other regions where you'd likely need 3 flights. I would say 20K would be 12 max. Where as in europe you can often get return flights to other places in europe for a couple of 100 euros. Less depending on timing and if its a larger hub that has more competition in flights. I've enjoyed the two NA FUDCon's I've gone too but I'm enjoyed the two EU one's just as much! I wouldn't like to see them disappear. Fedora is very multi cultural/national and I don't like the idea of it becoming more US centric. Peter _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
