Paul, Can this be done by people outside Ambassadors? Let's say that if I wanted to organize a FUDcon for 2011... would I need to be an Ambassador? That's the only question I have. nelson On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 17:31 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The Fedora Project holds a number of global FUDCon events each > year. Typically the Community Architecture team's budget supports one > of these large events each Red Hat fiscal quarter (with the fiscal > year starting on March 1). This year we have the Latin American event, > FUDCon Santiago[1] in Chile, in Q2; the event for EMEA, FUDCon Zurich > in Switzerland, in Q3; and a North American FUDCon event in Q4. > > In each case, typically the event will happen sometime in the first > two months of the quarter, so that we can ensure all bills are paid by > Red Hat's financial deadlines. That deadline usually comes a couple > weeks before the end of quarter, so the first two months are the ideal > time to actually stage an event. So the North American FUDCon event > will happen in either December 2010 or January 2011. The bidders will > work with the Community Architecture team to resolve the exact timing. > > In the past we've often heard from community members that they'd love > to have an event in a warmer clime during the chilly winter months. We > couldn't agree more, and now we have a way to empower our community to > make that happen. FUDCon Honolulu? Maybe not, but we're open to other > possibilities! We want to find a place for the next North American > event that includes: > > * Reasonable travel, room and board costs > > * Availability of inexpensive or free event space > > * A little warmer than Boston (we hope!) > > * Active FOSS/other interested communities that might like to attend > > * Consideration of academic schedules for students who want to attend > > * Consideration of holidays for people in North America > > * One or more organizing Fedora community members with the time and > energy to help prepare > > We now have a bid process[3] that lets interested community members > propose FUDCon in their region, or even backyard. Nothing Olympic > style -- simply a way for excited Fedora folks in the locale to help > secure event space, lodging, and other logistical details. We've > already kicked this process off for FUDCon Zurich 2010, and are > looking to start this cycle for North America as well. In the summer, > after FUDCon Santiago concludes, we will kick the same process off for > Latin America again for a 2011 conference. > > So here's what you need to do to get the ball rolling: > > * Join the fudcon-planning list[4] and let us know you want to bid. > > * Make a wiki page called [[FUDCon:Bid_for_<Your_Town>_2011]], with > the information outlined on the bid process[3] page. > > The bid process will be open for a period of approximately 3 weeks. At > that point the FPL and Community Architecture teams, as major > stakeholders in the event, will go through the bids and make a > decision on where we'll locate FUDCon North America. > > * * * > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Santiago_2010 > [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Zurich_2010 > [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_bid_process > [4] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning > > > - -- > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFLulbCrNvJN70RNxcRAiC/AKCmdh7kpohjQcIHHp9AsHVmD/E4QACgsH/r > NAh1llrQ4eK4FqxJhwLEP4k= > =dLt+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Nelson Marques PGP Fingerprint: 53E1 731B 85A4 A098 8382 8CFF 1AC7 AF01 7717 8063 -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
