----- "Max Spevack" <mspevack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As I write this email, the only thing remaining for our community > credit > card initial trial in EMEA (Joerg), LATAM (Neville), and NA (John) is > > their signatures on a couple of documents, and then processing by our > > finance department. > > For folks who don't remember earlier discussions, the purpose of these > > credit cards is to allow a community member in each region to be able > to > be a point of contact for whatever expenses come up that we *can* put > on > credit cards, and a receipt-wrangler. Red Hat will pay the monthly > bills, which will cut down on out of pocket expenses, and will also > cut > down on paypal transactions. > > We'll still have to watch our overall budget and monthly limits, but > this will eliminate a huge amount of overhead. > > After a 3-card trial period, we'll probably expand the program with a > > couple of others, and additional global coverage. > > I know that this only addresses a portion of Christoph's email, but > this > has been something that is long overdue, that I deserve the blame for > in > terms of it being stalled, but that I am happy to report should now be > > able to proceed very quickly. > > I will work with all of these community volunteers to make sure that > once they get their cards, the process of using them and reporting > receipts back goes smoothly for everyone. > Max, This is great news for the communities, and shows a great example of how Red Hat supports us and speaks volumes about the trust they have in the community. -- Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Robert 'Bob' Jensen || Fedora Unity Founder | | bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || http://fedoraunity.org/ | | http://bjensen.fedorapeople.org/ | | http://blogs.fedoraunity.org/bobjensen | | http://www.facebook.com/rpjensen | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
