On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:05:04AM -0500, Max Spevack wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > > >I know there is probably (a) a budget of sorts, and (b) budgets > >for a lot of us who wouldn't have "corporate sponsorship" from our > >employer (ie - students and such) - so while Hawaii does sound > >absolutely fabulous, a ticket from Phoenix to Hawaii during that > >time (which is spring break here in the US for a lot of folks, > >meaning travel prices are higher) is in the $650 range, and from > >Boston to Hawaii is even uglier (think more like 800). > > We'll certainly set aside budget for this event from our "Premier > Fedora Events" bucket, and given the nature of the event, most of > that budget will probably be spent on travel/lodging sponsorships. > > I'm pretty sure that Henrik was joking with his suggestion of > Hawaii. :) > > I think the best way to start thinking about a location is to first > build up an idea of who *wants* to attend, and then figure out a few > different date options for the event, and see which one is best. > > Given what we've done at FUDCon, we know that it's possible for > remotees to participate fairly extensively in the event as well, > with gobby, streaming, or Fedora Talk. > > It looks like we're already starting to build up a roster on the > wiki page. Right now it's only 4, though. When the wiki comes back > up, I'll add myself. I was thinking about adding myself but was worried about swelling the ranks and budget. If I came I'd keep my FPL hat on for purposes of doing "Great Karnac" impressions, but would mostly be there in the same "Get Stuff Done" mode as everyone else. -- 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/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
