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