20:00:14 <sesivany> #startmeeting EMEA ambassadors 2014-04-30
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20:00:16 <sesivany> #meetingname emea ambassadors
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20:00:21 <sesivany> #topic Roll Call
20:00:29 <sesivany> .fas eischmann
20:00:30 <zodbot> sesivany: eischmann 'Jiri Eischmann' <eischmann@redhat.com>
20:00:31 <mhroncok> .fas churchyard
20:00:34 <zodbot> mhroncok: churchyard 'Miro Hrončok' <mhroncok@redhat.com>
20:00:42 <mrunge> .fas mrunge
20:00:43 <zodbot> mrunge: mrunge 'Matthias Runge' <mrunge@redhat.com>
20:00:54 <gnokii> .fas gnokii
20:00:56 <zodbot> gnokii: gnokii 'Sirko Kemter' <buergermeister@karl-tux-stadt.de>
20:02:23 <sesivany> as always let's wait a few more minutes for others to show up.
20:03:53 <Mitzie> hello everyone
20:03:57 <Mitzie> .fas mitzie
20:03:58 <zodbot> Mitzie: mitzie 'Zacharias Mitzelos' <zacharias.mitzelos@gmail.com>
20:04:39 <sesivany> ok, let's start.
20:04:44 <sesivany> #topic Announcements
20:04:59 <sesivany> any announcements?
20:05:28 <sesivany> I'v got one...
20:06:00 <sesivany> we finally know the amount we're getting from Red Hat this year.
20:06:30 <sesivany> it's higher than the last year. $32,000 in total.
20:06:42 <mhroncok> ?
20:06:46 <sesivany> mhroncok: yes?
20:06:53 <mhroncok> how much did we ask for?
20:07:15 <sesivany> mhroncok: 40k, but we knew we would get less.
20:07:36 <sesivany> mhroncok: last year, we got 22k, so it's actually a big improvement.
20:08:00 <robyduck> .fas robyduck
20:08:01 <zodbot> robyduck: robyduck 'Robert Mayr' <robyduck@gmail.com>
20:08:23 <sesivany> speaking of the budget, I finally closed the last year.
20:08:29 <gnokii> sesivany: but it contains flock or not?
20:09:40 <sesivany> gnokii: as Ruth proposed it, the EMEA budget for Q2 is $80k including Flock, she later clarified that the budget for Flock is $70k, so $10k is for us.
20:10:48 <sesivany> #info in FY2014, we spent $21,940 out of $22,100, so we were very precise in spending.
20:11:07 <sesivany> I've already adjusted the budget.
20:11:19 <sesivany> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/EMEA/Budget:2015
20:11:52 <sesivany> #info The EMEA budget for FY2015 is $32,000.
20:11:53 <RGeri77> .fas rgeri77
20:11:54 <zodbot> RGeri77: rgeri77 'Rákosi Gergely' <rakosi.gergely@gmail.com>
20:12:04 <sesivany> #link http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/EMEA/Budget:2015
20:12:12 <RGeri77> hello.sry I'm late....
20:12:58 <sesivany> RGeri77: no prob.
20:13:28 <sesivany> btw today is supposed to be the last day to vote for Flock proposed talks.
20:13:40 <sesivany> so don't hesitate and vote!
20:15:36 <sesivany> #info Today is supposed to be the last day to vote for Flock proposed talks. Don't hesitate and vote!
20:15:42 <sesivany> anything else?
20:16:24 <sesivany> I'd like to congratule RGeri77 for a great event!
20:16:34 <RGeri77> we had some swags left from PlayIT
20:16:45 <sesivany> They represented Fedora at PlayIT in front of over 13k people!
20:16:47 <RGeri77> so, we can share the swags
20:17:34 <mhroncok> RGeri77: you can bring it to vienna
20:17:36 <RGeri77> I put the pictures to ticket 361, dont hasitate to write me,
20:17:43 <RGeri77> mhroncok: yup, will be
20:17:46 <sesivany> RGeri77: yes, bring some of it to Vienna.
20:18:06 <sesivany> RGeri77: and update our inventory list.
20:18:28 <RGeri77> sesivany: wow, ok I will ask Zoltan how can I do that.
20:19:20 <RGeri77> anyway, Onuralp took some of them
20:19:21 <sesivany> RGeri77: https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/wiki/Inventory
20:20:09 <RGeri77> sesivany: thanks
20:20:35 <sesivany> ok, let's move on to the next topic.
20:20:45 <sesivany> #topic Requests
20:21:00 <sesivany> it's been quiet two weeks in terms of requests.
20:21:34 <mhroncok> !
20:21:38 <sesivany> mhroncok: go ahead
20:22:03 <mhroncok> still waiting for my gasoline money from CLT
20:22:34 <mhroncok> https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ticket/357
20:22:46 <sesivany> mhroncok: you have to nag kital, no one else can reimburse you.
20:23:01 <mhroncok> ok
20:23:36 <sesivany> there are more tickets waiting for reimbursement, maybe he's out of credit again.
20:24:39 <sesivany> gnokii, mhroncok: is it possible that we only spent $651 on CLT? We planned $3k.
20:24:53 <mhroncok> i have no idea
20:25:00 <gnokii> as I told you dont forget the sponsoring
20:26:05 <sesivany> gnokii: so it happened this year again?
20:26:21 <gnokii> I dont know, you have to ask kital
20:26:33 <sesivany> gnokii: because kital said he wanted to sponsor a Hungarian event instead.
20:28:36 <sesivany> ok, there was just one request from Greece that I approved on peer review basis.
20:28:40 <sesivany> nothing else.
20:29:09 <sesivany> generally, we have a problem to spend what we planned this quarter.
20:29:51 <mhroncok> cannot we use newt quarter then?
20:29:51 <sesivany> Open Source Days in Copenhagen have been moved to summer/autumn, we canceled IDLELO.
20:30:16 <mhroncok> *use the money in the next quarter
20:31:03 <sesivany> mhroncok: the problem is that if OSAS don't spend it in this quarter they will lose it and they won't have any additional money for us in following quarters.
20:31:29 <sesivany> I've already written Ruth if they can spend some money now to save them in the next quarter.
20:31:51 <mhroncok> or can we produce swag to use later?
20:31:54 <sesivany> I might also get presupplied with swag for the rest of the year.
20:32:32 <gnokii> no problem, can attend some events abroad ;)
20:32:35 <sesivany> but again: I can't spend $5k on swag, that's not even our annual budget for that :)
20:33:06 <sesivany> let's see what Ruth will reply.
20:33:40 <sesivany> that's all for requests.
20:33:59 <gnokii> we might consider instead of idlelo the new event in africa
20:35:22 <sesivany> gnokii: yes, I'm counting on it. But it's in a different quarter and I and Ruth will have to figure out how to make expenses that were planned for the following quarters, so that we have the money for the event in the next quarter.
20:36:16 <gnokii> at least for nigeria we might consider producing swag there for it
20:37:01 <sesivany> budgeting in Red Hat is on quarterly basis, in this quarter we have $12k, if we spend, say, $5k, $7k is lost unless OSAS balances it for us somehow.
20:38:06 <sesivany> gnokii: the expense would have to arrive to Red Hat finance by May 20 which is already too late for the community credit card.
20:38:17 <gnokii> sesivany: i am sure we can produce the swag for the event now and also book now the travel and hotel
20:38:20 <sesivany> as I said, we'll see.
20:40:14 <sesivany> gnokii: ask them if they can plan it ahead. But I'm afraid it's really too late for the community credit card and all expenses made now will fall into the next quarter.
20:40:46 <sesivany> moreover kital still has several tickets due to reimburse, mhroncok is an example.
20:41:18 <gnokii> that are peanuts
20:41:58 <sesivany> anyway, let's move to the next topic.
20:42:43 <sesivany> I'll skip the ambassador's schedule topic because there are really no updates.
20:42:54 <sesivany> #topic Events
20:43:10 <sesivany> we have two bigger events coming.
20:43:21 <sesivany> gnokii: LinuxWochen is on track?
20:43:53 <gnokii> except that I dont know if you have spoken with Francesco if he brings the swag
20:45:25 <sesivany> gnokii: no, I haven't, actually he's moving from Brno to Milan and I haven't seen him for a while. But I think he's still in Brno.
20:46:19 <gnokii> otherwise you have to stand up very early bringing it to the train when he passes Brno
20:46:57 <gnokii> or RGeri77 has enough left and we dont need a supply for Vienna
20:47:24 <sesivany> gnokii: I won't be in Brno, so the only way is shipping. If the organizers are able to give us an address where we can ship it.
20:47:44 <sesivany> gnokii: supplies from Hungary would be the easiest option.
20:49:11 <sesivany> RGeri77: do you still have enough swag to cover LinuxWochen?
20:49:58 * mhroncok has to go now, maybe will return in few minutes
20:51:03 <sesivany> the next big event is LinuxTag.
20:51:18 <sesivany> as I understood it very much changed this year.
20:51:39 <sesivany> cwickert is already taking care of organization.
20:51:50 <sesivany> and we'll have a booth there again.
20:53:33 <sesivany> we should also have a strong presence at Fosscomm in Greece.
20:54:15 <sesivany> as I've already said Open Source Days in Copenhagen have been postponed.
20:54:33 <sesivany> #info Open Source Days in Copenhagen have been postponed this year.
20:54:58 <sesivany> #action RGeri77 to bring swag to LinuxWochen Vienna.
20:57:16 <sesivany> anything else to events?
20:58:46 <sesivany> apparently not
20:58:56 <sesivany> #topic Openfloor
20:59:03 <sesivany> now you can bring any topic.
21:02:09 <sesivany> if there is nothing else to discuss I'll end the meeting.
21:03:56 <sesivany> thank you for attending today and meet you in 2 weeks!
21:04:00 <sesivany> #endmeeting