Thx! How can I kick in for the person traveling to EMEA? I would like make a contribution ASAP! On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:47 PM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:50 PM, mario juliano grande balletta > <mario.balletta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Drawing on experience from other areas of my background, I would say >> if a project member is scheduled to deliver a presentation, teaching a >> class, fulfilling a specific duty, like camera work, etc >> >> Then sponsoring an individual needing some assistance to attend an >> event so they can fulfill their obligations is useful to fedora and >> the community. Now, granted I am not saying all requests for >> assistance must meet the criteria above, but, isn't that why the >> videos are posted to youtube? > > Hey Mario, > > Getting the perspective on things from folks with different > backgrounds is always helpful and I'm happy to hear from you in > particular. > > What you have described here is pretty much what we try to do. Help > people get places where they bring value to the project and its > mission when they need some help. There are lots of trade-offs and a > fair amount of subjectivity involved in that process and we agree > there always will be. My main concern about this "process" is maybe > characterized as community relations. We all just want the Fedora > community to have confidence in it. Well, we want it to also > accomplish its goals while being good stewards of Fedora's resources > too! > >> Businesses try to reduce travel overhead by using video conferencing >> and posting video sessions. Maria and her team are working on similar >> technology that will be useful in making more of that available, >> besides youtube. > > Our community almost entirely functions and communicates remotely. > Pretty much the nature of our project. But there are times when > getting people in one place to focus on particular tasks is important > enough to our mission that we can help facilitate some face to face > work opportunities. If you look at our past Fedora Activity Days > (FADs) you'll see a number of them were devoted to improving tools for > remote collaboration. > >> So, I feel the funds for travel assistance should be used for actual >> specific fedora business needs. If individuals who are challenged >> cannot arrange travel to a fedora event, then perhaps reaching out to >> the group might help, voluntary contributions, donations, etc > > Excellent suggestions. There is a voluntary collection going on now to > help a contributor get from LATAM to EMEA for an important event. I > think there is an important difference here between a business and the > Fedora community though. In a business the boss can just make this > decision. We don't have a boss to decide which ambassadors and other > contributors can be funded to represent Fedora at SELF or FOSDEM. So > our community, having resources entrusted to it to promote Fedora at > such events must find agreeable ways to make those decisions > ourselves. > >> Sharing rides, sharing travel points from airline or hotel programs. >> There are alternative methods, we have to be creative and think >> outside the box. I don't think a written policy with conditions can >> be drafted to cover every situation, so common sense, the global >> picture, fedora objectives, individual status all need to be factored >> in when evaluating travel requests. > > Yeah, I agree with everything there. > >> I apologize if any of that seems negative or offensive, just trying to >> take a sterile clinical approach. :-) > > Thanks Mario. > > John > _______________________________________________ > advisory-board mailing list > advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
