04:01:10 <tuanta_> #startmeeting "APAC 20150228" 04:01:10 <zodbot> Meeting started Sat Feb 28 04:01:10 2015 UTC. The chair is tuanta_. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 04:01:10 <zodbot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 04:01:27 <tuanta_> #topic Roll call 04:01:36 <tuanta_> hi siddhesh 04:01:36 <siddhesh> .hellomynameis siddhesh 04:01:37 <zodbot> siddhesh: siddhesh 'Siddhesh Poyarekar' <spoyarek@redhat.com> 04:01:44 <tuanta_> .hello tuanta 04:01:45 <zodbot> tuanta_: tuanta 'Truong Anh Tuan' <tuanta@iwayvietnam.com> 04:02:03 <praveenkumar> .hellomynameis kumarpraveen 04:02:04 <zodbot> praveenkumar: kumarpraveen 'None' <kumarpraveen.nitdgp@gmail.com> 04:02:31 <tuanta_> #info Topic: Announcements 04:02:46 <tuanta_> #info Topic: Reimbursements 04:03:00 <tuanta_> #info Topic: Media/Swag distribution 04:03:08 <tuanta_> any more topics? 04:03:21 <zerng07> .hello zerng07 04:03:22 <zodbot> zerng07: zerng07 'Cheng-Chia Tseng' <pswo10680@gmail.com> 04:03:23 <siddhesh> #info Topic FUDCon 04:03:34 <tuanta_> yes, thanks siddhesh 04:04:27 <tuanta_> #info Topic: Budgets 04:05:21 <tuanta_> ok, lets start the meeting 04:05:33 <siddhesh> yes 04:05:37 <tuanta_> #topic Announcements 04:05:57 <tuanta_> today is the last day of FY2015 04:06:14 <tuanta_> the FY2016 is starting tomorrow 04:06:52 <tuanta_> it effects on every money-depend things (almost everything :) 04:07:53 <tuanta_> that's all from me (and that's why I would like to bring up a lot of related stuffs during today meeting) 04:08:00 <siddhesh> tuanta_, does the reimbursement have to complete before today or just expense filing? 04:08:54 <tuanta_> yes, it should be done 04:09:19 <siddhesh> ahh, ok. so KageSenshi needs to finish all payments today 04:09:21 <tuanta_> #chair siddhesh praveenkumar zerng07 04:09:21 <zodbot> Current chairs: praveenkumar siddhesh tuanta_ zerng07 04:09:57 <tuanta_> I told him before and in fact, he got it done 04:09:58 <tuanta_> https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/report/13 04:10:23 <siddhesh> tuanta_, the DVD expenses have not been marked ready-for-reimbursement yet 04:10:29 <siddhesh> https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/172 04:10:33 <siddhesh> https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/165 04:10:48 <tuanta_> ok, we will review them today 04:10:56 <tuanta_> next? 04:11:11 <siddhesh> ok 04:11:24 <praveenkumar> tuanta_: and https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/179 also 04:11:35 <tuanta_> #topic Reimbursements 04:11:44 <zerng07> There is one reimbursement not yet discussed .https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/177 04:13:23 <tuanta_> one by one: 04:13:30 <tuanta_> #165 is fine, I think 04:13:46 <tuanta_> #172 is fine too 04:14:15 <tuanta_> #179 is fine too 04:14:42 <tuanta_> and I have no issues with #177 04:14:47 <tuanta_> any objections? 04:14:52 <tuanta_> or questions 04:15:28 <siddhesh> praveenkumar, rupali had told me offline that the release party overshot the budget by approx 400 Rs. 04:16:11 <siddhesh> 400 Rs == $6.5 04:16:40 <siddhesh> it's a small amount IMO and it still keeps us within the 100$ cap, but if that actually happened, it should be mentioned 04:17:01 <tuanta_> yes, thanks siddhesh 04:17:46 <tuanta_> praveenkumar, just one thing for #179. You should add Event reports and photos to the Event wiki page 04:18:08 <praveenkumar> siddhesh: I got bit only bill for 3950 /- from her 04:18:14 <praveenkumar> tuanta_: alright will add 04:18:36 <praveenkumar> s/bit only/only/ 04:18:38 <tuanta_> I will mark them all to "ready-for-reimbursement" now 04:18:42 <siddhesh> praveenkumar, oh ok, and it is within the 4000 budget 04:18:49 <praveenkumar> yes 04:19:00 <siddhesh> praveenkumar, ok, then we're good. 04:19:15 <zerng07> Yeah 04:19:40 <tuanta_> done. 04:20:21 <tuanta_> anyone should try to get in touch with KageSenshi to get them reimbursed all asap 04:20:46 <tuanta_> in Fedora, they are marked as FY2015 budget 04:21:08 <siddhesh> I'll drop him an email 04:21:12 <tuanta_> however, if they are processed in March, Red Hat will make them as FY2016 budget 04:21:28 <siddhesh> #177 is OK for me too, so I'll mention all 4 tickets to him 04:21:46 <tuanta_> that is not a big problem, but it is better if it can be done today :) 04:21:56 * siddhesh nods 04:22:19 <tuanta_> it is really closed, so I am not sure he can do it. Hope he will respond your email, siddhesh :) 04:23:16 <tuanta_> #action siddhesh to contact to KageSenshi to ask him to process pending "ready-for-reimbursement" tickets asap 04:23:48 <tuanta_> anything else? or next topic? 04:24:25 <siddhesh> tuanta_, I've sent the email. You're in cc 04:24:36 <tuanta_> great works. thanks :) 04:24:55 <siddhesh> tuanta_, you just need to mark them ready-for-reimbursement 04:25:12 <siddhesh> praveenkumar, you need to post blog post links to #179 04:25:15 <tuanta_> try to hunt him "down" on IRC as well :) 04:25:32 <siddhesh> yes 04:25:48 <praveenkumar> siddhesh: yes I will do 04:25:58 <tuanta_> #action praveenkumar to add event report and photo URLs to the ticket #179 04:27:17 <tuanta_> #topic Media/Swag distribution 04:28:17 <tuanta_> now media is at Red Hat Singapore office, 04:28:53 <tuanta_> we need to distribute them to other countries, at least ASEAN ones 04:29:11 <siddhesh> yes 04:29:12 <tuanta_> India and China has their own media, already 04:29:19 <tuanta_> s/has/have 04:29:39 <siddhesh> tuanta_, do we know the total cost of making + shipping dvds from emea? 04:29:57 <siddhesh> if it is cheaper from india then I can make a larger amount for f22 04:30:06 <siddhesh> and ship it to singapore 04:30:19 * tuanta_ is looking for Daniska initiative to collect information for distribution 04:30:22 <siddhesh> that will make production also cheaper 04:31:21 <tuanta_> siddhesh: yes I have all information. just need to calculated them all and compare to 04:32:16 <siddhesh> the wiki page for requests: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/APAC/Media:F21 04:32:21 <siddhesh> tuanta_, thanks 04:33:48 <tuanta_> ah, yes, thanks siddhesh 04:34:09 <siddhesh> we need to distribute the dvds quickly. f21 will become obsolete in 3 months 04:34:18 <tuanta_> yes, siddhesh 04:34:52 <tuanta_> btw, EMEA use Trac to request for media. I think it's easier to track them all 04:35:11 <tuanta_> we can see their statuses 04:35:15 <siddhesh> yes, that is a better idea 04:35:32 <siddhesh> we can cc harish on requests 04:35:57 <tuanta_> yes 04:36:36 <tuanta_> then he can mark them as something like "shipping out"; then recipients can mark them as "arrived", etc. 04:36:45 <siddhesh> yes 04:37:02 <tuanta_> #link https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/newticket 04:37:18 <tuanta_> they have a type for Media Request tickets 04:37:38 <tuanta_> I will see if we can setup a similar thing on APAC trac 04:37:49 <siddhesh> agreed 04:38:18 <siddhesh> tuanta_, we already have a 'Media' component 04:38:41 <tuanta_> #agreed Using APAC Trac for requests for media in APAC 04:38:45 <siddhesh> we could just ask ambassadors to file a ticket of type 'Other' and component 'Media' 04:39:15 <siddhesh> for stickers, etc. there is a component 'Swags' 04:39:30 <tuanta_> siddhesh, it is fine too but it is better if we can have a clearer type 04:39:56 <siddhesh> tuanta_, sure, agreed. 04:40:06 <tuanta_> #action tuanta to see how to setup APAC Trac for making requests easier 04:40:30 <tuanta_> ok, let me follow it up then have more announcements onto the mailing list 04:40:38 <tuanta_> I will do it during this weekend 04:40:47 <siddhesh> cool 04:41:14 <tuanta_> #topic FUDCon Pune 2015 04:41:26 <tuanta_> yes, siddhesh your topic 04:41:32 <siddhesh> #info FUDCon CfP is open 04:42:00 <siddhesh> #info submit your papers at http://fudcon.in/call-paper 04:42:20 <tuanta_> yes, I see. And I submitted two topics :) 04:42:21 <siddhesh> we're also planning to have an APAC ambassadors group discussion/panel 04:42:27 <siddhesh> tuanta_, yes, thank you for that :) 04:42:33 <tuanta_> cool 04:43:06 <siddhesh> so we would like to invite ambassadors to propose themselves for attendance. 04:43:26 <siddhesh> we could do it similar to the PP FAD, i.e. ~1 person per country 04:43:49 <tuanta_> note that FUDCon is not only for ambassadors but also (more important) for all Fedora contributors and users 04:44:33 <siddhesh> absolutely. if any contributors want to attend the FUDCon and need travel support, they just have to file a ticket for it 04:44:37 <siddhesh> on that note: 04:44:38 <tuanta_> siddhesh, so we will reserve about 8-10 seat for only ambassadors? 04:45:11 <siddhesh> #info sponsorship requests are also open: http://fedoramagazine.org/fudcon-pune-2015-open-for-sponsorship-requests/ 04:45:20 <tuanta_> siddhesh, when is the deadline for filing tickets? 04:45:38 <tuanta_> ah, let me see 04:45:43 <siddhesh> tuanta_, yes, specifically, ambassadors from APAC 04:45:53 <tuanta_> 4/30/2015 04:45:57 <siddhesh> tuanta_, we have set the deadline at 30-April 04:45:59 <siddhesh> yes 04:46:36 <tuanta_> +1 for ambassadors panel 04:46:47 <siddhesh> thanks 04:47:14 <siddhesh> I also want to call out prima yogi for his awesome work on the FUDCon Pune logo along with suchakra 04:47:39 <tuanta_> is it necessary to send a separated announcement for this idea? 04:48:05 <siddhesh> tuanta_, yes, I will send out an email to ambassadors this weekend 04:49:22 <tuanta_> #action siddhesh to send out an announcement to ambassadors list to invite people to Ambassadors panel during FUDCon Pune 2015 04:49:29 <siddhesh> thanks 04:49:36 <tuanta_> anything else in this topic? 04:49:55 <siddhesh> no that's it, everyone just hurry and submit your talks soon! :) 04:51:25 <tuanta_> #topic Budgets 04:51:35 <tuanta_> I would like to update status here 04:51:58 <tuanta_> FY2015 would end today 04:52:19 <tuanta_> I will check and update all expenses to FY2015 budget wiki 04:52:47 <tuanta_> #action tuanta_ to update FY2015 APAC budget wiki page for all actual expenses 04:52:53 <siddhesh> tuanta_, any news on when the allocation for FY16 will happen? 04:53:07 <tuanta_> FY2016 budget has been proposed to OSAS 04:53:16 <pravins> any quick commney on does things went well with fy15 budget? 04:53:34 <pravins> comment 04:54:03 <tuanta_> usually, OSAS will make decision in March 04:54:29 <siddhesh> ok 04:54:53 <tuanta_> however, we can do everything normally, especially urgent things 04:55:30 <tuanta_> when the final allocated budget is announced, we will need to adjust our budget plan to fit to 04:55:40 <siddhesh> understood 04:56:06 <tuanta_> normally, it will be cut (lower than your proposal) 04:56:13 <tuanta_> s/your/our 04:56:17 <pravins> looks good. 04:57:22 <tuanta_> but if we need more, we will simply ask OSAS for additional budget. All we need is spending them wisely 04:57:59 <tuanta_> for the right activities, in the right time 04:58:01 <siddhesh> that's good 04:58:27 <tuanta_> any more questions? 04:58:57 <siddhesh> none from me 04:59:04 <tuanta_> #action tuanta_ to track budget proposal status and announce to the list once it approved 04:59:20 <tuanta_> #topic Open floor 04:59:27 <siddhesh> KageSenshi, just responded. he won't be able to do the reimbursement today 04:59:39 <siddhesh> so those tickets will probably go in FY16 05:00:00 <tuanta_> at least, he responded it :) 05:00:16 <tuanta_> I just read the email. tonight is ok, I think 05:00:25 <tuanta_> it is still in Feb in the US :) 05:00:38 <siddhesh> :) 05:01:00 <siddhesh> next time we need to do this closing activity earlier 05:01:11 <tuanta_> yes :) 05:01:14 <siddhesh> maybe start it in Feb first week 05:02:31 <praveenkumar> +! 05:02:34 <praveenkumar> +1 05:02:36 <tuanta_> +1 05:02:40 <tuanta_> that's all from me today 05:02:46 <tuanta_> anything else? 05:03:06 <siddhesh> none from me, thanks! 05:03:37 <tuanta_> thanks everyone to attend today meeting 05:03:43 <tuanta_> #endmeeting