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Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Hello, the ECSL (Central American Free Software Summit) send me an
invitation to give a keynote at their event.
The organizers asked me if there is a way Apache can cover partially
the travel or boarding expenses.
We have talked about this before on the list, but it seems no straight
process is defined at the moment so I am also unsure about what
support is expected from the foundation. Or what is needed at the
moment.
Regards.
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 11:18:53PM +0200, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> >BTW here is a flyer that was forward to me by the event organizers:
> >http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3
>
> Note that the flyer must be corrected: there is no "Fundacion", it
> should simply read "Alexandro Colorado - Apache OpenOffice".
>
> Also a personal recommendation: we don't have a policy for it but
> usually on the first slide I clarify immediately that I am not
> speaking on behalf of the project (and the same holds for other
> committers who give presentations). It helps a lot in avoiding any
> confusion and being free to express personal opinions.
In the ASF jargon, "firmly believe in hats"
http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#hats
Regards
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>.
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>
wrote:
> On 17/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>
>> BTW here is a flyer that was forward to me by the event organizers:
>> http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3
>>
>
> Note that the flyer must be corrected: there is no "Fundacion", it should
> simply read "Alexandro Colorado - Apache OpenOffice".
>
> Also a personal recommendation: we don't have a policy for it but usually
> on the first slide I clarify immediately that I am not speaking on behalf
> of the project (and the same holds for other committers who give
> presentations). It helps a lot in avoiding any confusion and being free to
> express personal opinions.
>
> That said... do you need any giveaways? The last items we printed were
> button pins, and Kay took care of it. You can find all relevant messages on
> the list archives, but if a few hundred pins can help, make sure to ask for
> them in time.
>
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
Information about the pins can be found in the "logo" area of the marketing
site:
http://www.openoffice.org/marketing/art/galleries/logos/index.html
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> Can you give me the contact for the treasurer? I couldnt find it atht
> he galleries link. I am also on my mobile so is a bit harder to surf
> from here.
Details are listed here http://www.apache.org/foundation/ and the
address is simply treasurer at apache.org, but contacting the treasurer
is the very last step (1: design; 2: proposal here with amount; 3:
consensus on this list; 4: paying; 5: asking treasurer for
reimbursement) so there is no need to contact him at this stage yet.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
Can you give me the contact for the treasurer? I couldnt find it atht
he galleries link. I am also on my mobile so is a bit harder to surf
from here.
On Aug 24, 2014 4:16 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> On 24/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>>
>> The event could hold a couple of hundred people, I will need to ask
>> the managers about the volume of people attending but certainly having
>> some swag might help. I would say 100 pins might be enough.
>
>
> You can find all links here: http://www.openoffice.org/marketing/art/galleries/logos/index.html ; from a quick look, printing 100 buttons and shipping them to Mexico would be about 40 USD, or 60 USD for 200 buttons.
>
> Feel free to find a different provider or to propose a different design (for example, the current design could be completed by a white small "www.openoffice.org" near the border at the bottom).
>
> Process: finalize design, decide how many you need, ask here for budget allocation for that amount, wait for consensus, pay and contact the Treasurer for reimbursement (ask for further details when we come to this).
>
>> Going back to funding for traveling, I want to confirm there is none.
>
>
> Indeed. Not for this event.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 24/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> The event could hold a couple of hundred people, I will need to ask
> the managers about the volume of people attending but certainly having
> some swag might help. I would say 100 pins might be enough.
You can find all links here:
http://www.openoffice.org/marketing/art/galleries/logos/index.html ;
from a quick look, printing 100 buttons and shipping them to Mexico
would be about 40 USD, or 60 USD for 200 buttons.
Feel free to find a different provider or to propose a different design
(for example, the current design could be completed by a white small
"www.openoffice.org" near the border at the bottom).
Process: finalize design, decide how many you need, ask here for budget
allocation for that amount, wait for consensus, pay and contact the
Treasurer for reimbursement (ask for further details when we come to this).
> Going back to funding for traveling, I want to confirm there is none.
Indeed. Not for this event.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
On 8/23/14, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 17/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>> BTW here is a flyer that was forward to me by the event organizers:
>> http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3
>
> Note that the flyer must be corrected: there is no "Fundacion", it
> should simply read "Alexandro Colorado - Apache OpenOffice".
>
> Also a personal recommendation: we don't have a policy for it but
> usually on the first slide I clarify immediately that I am not speaking
> on behalf of the project (and the same holds for other committers who
> give presentations). It helps a lot in avoiding any confusion and being
> free to express personal opinions.
>
> That said... do you need any giveaways? The last items we printed were
> button pins, and Kay took care of it. You can find all relevant messages
> on the list archives, but if a few hundred pins can help, make sure to
> ask for them in time.
The event could hold a couple of hundred people, I will need to ask
the managers about the volume of people attending but certainly having
some swag might help. I would say 100 pins might be enough.
Going back to funding for traveling, I want to confirm there is none. Regards.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 17/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> BTW here is a flyer that was forward to me by the event organizers:
> http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3
Note that the flyer must be corrected: there is no "Fundacion", it
should simply read "Alexandro Colorado - Apache OpenOffice".
Also a personal recommendation: we don't have a policy for it but
usually on the first slide I clarify immediately that I am not speaking
on behalf of the project (and the same holds for other committers who
give presentations). It helps a lot in avoiding any confusion and being
free to express personal opinions.
That said... do you need any giveaways? The last items we printed were
button pins, and Kay took care of it. You can find all relevant messages
on the list archives, but if a few hundred pins can help, make sure to
ask for them in time.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
BTW here is a flyer that was forward to me by the event organizers:
*http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3 <http://tinyurl.com/lbnd7s3>*
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:25 AM, jan i <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> On 10 August 2014 13:00, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On 10/08/2014 jan i wrote:
>> >
>> >> It would be nice if at least the PMC group got knowledge about the
>> size of
>> >> this fund.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Of course it does. See http://s.apache.org/Vcg and
>> > http://s.apache.org/YqfA (links only accessible to members). Despite
>> many
>> > discussions, we never managed to reimburse anything so far except
>> > merchandising for FOSDEM 2013 (about 145 EUR).the
>> >
>>
>> Thanks for a swift reaction !
>>
>> Just to sure nobody misunderstand it, the "never managed" part is not due
>> to lack for will ! We are very open to any proposals, that benefits our
>> community but there has not been so many request (and some of them ended
>> up
>> by people not asking for funding).
>>
>> rgds
>> jan I
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Andrea.
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>>
>
> In the past there were some events that speakers and others received
> funding. The policy change depending of relevance and opportunity. Most of
> the funding was shared with the event organizers (split the bill between
> airfare or hotel bill).
>
> A similar form-driven process was handed by KDE EV for their activities.
>
> This time around the event is somewhat relevant to the area since is the
> largest and better organized event for the past 5 years. There seems to
> have gain some popularity in the area and even thought I have never
> attended to it before. I have got good reviews from ECSL.
>
> Unfortunately there hasn't been a relevant amount of contributions for
> that part of the world, and there has always been the intention but not
> always the right time to do it.
> The average number of participants is around 300 people, from 4 countries
> and with good potential to contribute to the project specially on l10n, but
> also extension development and such.
>
> I am in touch with the organizers so I could get more specific information
> on request. Will give a look at Jan's links and see what else is there to
> be done.
>
>
> --
> Alexandro Colorado
> Apache OpenOffice Contributor
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>
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:25 AM, jan i <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 10 August 2014 13:00, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > On 10/08/2014 jan i wrote:
> >
> >> It would be nice if at least the PMC group got knowledge about the size
> of
> >> this fund.
> >>
> >
> > Of course it does. See http://s.apache.org/Vcg and
> > http://s.apache.org/YqfA (links only accessible to members). Despite
> many
> > discussions, we never managed to reimburse anything so far except
> > merchandising for FOSDEM 2013 (about 145 EUR).the
> >
>
> Thanks for a swift reaction !
>
> Just to sure nobody misunderstand it, the "never managed" part is not due
> to lack for will ! We are very open to any proposals, that benefits our
> community but there has not been so many request (and some of them ended up
> by people not asking for funding).
>
> rgds
> jan I
>
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrea.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@openoffice.apache.org
> >
> >
>
In the past there were some events that speakers and others received
funding. The policy change depending of relevance and opportunity. Most of
the funding was shared with the event organizers (split the bill between
airfare or hotel bill).
A similar form-driven process was handed by KDE EV for their activities.
This time around the event is somewhat relevant to the area since is the
largest and better organized event for the past 5 years. There seems to
have gain some popularity in the area and even thought I have never
attended to it before. I have got good reviews from ECSL.
Unfortunately there hasn't been a relevant amount of contributions for that
part of the world, and there has always been the intention but not always
the right time to do it.
The average number of participants is around 300 people, from 4 countries
and with good potential to contribute to the project specially on l10n, but
also extension development and such.
I am in touch with the organizers so I could get more specific information
on request. Will give a look at Jan's links and see what else is there to
be done.
--
Alexandro Colorado
Apache OpenOffice Contributor
882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614
Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by jan i <ja...@apache.org>.
On 10 August 2014 13:00, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 10/08/2014 jan i wrote:
>
>> It would be nice if at least the PMC group got knowledge about the size of
>> this fund.
>>
>
> Of course it does. See http://s.apache.org/Vcg and
> http://s.apache.org/YqfA (links only accessible to members). Despite many
> discussions, we never managed to reimburse anything so far except
> merchandising for FOSDEM 2013 (about 145 EUR).the
>
Thanks for a swift reaction !
Just to sure nobody misunderstand it, the "never managed" part is not due
to lack for will ! We are very open to any proposals, that benefits our
community but there has not been so many request (and some of them ended up
by people not asking for funding).
rgds
jan I
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 10/08/2014 jan i wrote:
> It would be nice if at least the PMC group got knowledge about the size of
> this fund.
Of course it does. See http://s.apache.org/Vcg and
http://s.apache.org/YqfA (links only accessible to members). Despite
many discussions, we never managed to reimburse anything so far except
merchandising for FOSDEM 2013 (about 145 EUR).
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by jan i <ja...@apache.org>.
On 9 August 2014 22:36, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 02/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>
>> Hello, the ECSL (Central American Free Software Summit) send me an
>> invitation to give a keynote at their event.
>>
>
> Do you have any additional information about the event? Search engines led
> me to http://ecsl2013.softwarelibre.ca/ so I tried manually changing it
> to 2014 but it's clearly not a final website, like
> http://ecsl2014.softwarelibre.ca/noticias/ contains only Lorem Ipsum and
> broken blocks.
>
> It would also be very important to see:
> 1) How the event would benefit the Apache Software Foundation
> 2) How the event would benefit Apache OpenOffice
>
>
> The organizers asked me if there is a way Apache can cover partially
>> the travel or boarding expenses.
>> We have talked about this before on the list, but it seems no straight
>> process is defined at the moment so I am also unsure about what
>> support is expected from the foundation. Or what is needed at the
>> moment.
>>
>
> We have a fund for OpenOffice events, normally reserved for events where
> OpenOffice has a high visibility (such as: a day-long devroom at FOSDEM,
> even though none of us ever received reimbursement for it) or where a
> presence of OpenOffice can be useful (in this case, we normally finance
> merchandising: this happened for OSCON recently... well, Kay did not ask
> for reimbursement yet, but this would be reimbursed!).
>
It would be nice if at least the PMC group got knowledge about the size of
this fund. I got asked the other day by the EVP and found it a bit
embarrassing that I did not have a clue.
>
> There is also the Apache-wide TAC http://www.apache.org/travel/ but
> honestly I cannot recommend it in this case, it is a complex application
> procedure and only for a few selected events, usually official Apache
> events.
With my TAC-PMC hat on, I can confirm that we do not have budget for
non-essential apache events. The application procedure is only complex if
you make it so, we ask you to fill in a form of 15 questions (like what do
you want funding for) see tac-apply.apache.org, this is done for all events
we fund.
rgds
jan I.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
>
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
On 8/9/14, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 02/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>> Hello, the ECSL (Central American Free Software Summit) send me an
>> invitation to give a keynote at their event.
>
> Do you have any additional information about the event? Search engines
> led me to http://ecsl2013.softwarelibre.ca/ so I tried manually changing
> it to 2014 but it's clearly not a final website, like
> http://ecsl2014.softwarelibre.ca/noticias/ contains only Lorem Ipsum and
> broken blocks.
This is the url to get the event information I am seen the information
of most of what they are about here: http://ecsl2014.softwarelibre.ca/
>
> It would also be very important to see:
> 1) How the event would benefit the Apache Software Foundation
> 2) How the event would benefit Apache OpenOffice
>
>> The organizers asked me if there is a way Apache can cover partially
>> the travel or boarding expenses.
>> We have talked about this before on the list, but it seems no straight
>> process is defined at the moment so I am also unsure about what
>> support is expected from the foundation. Or what is needed at the
>> moment.
>
> We have a fund for OpenOffice events, normally reserved for events where
> OpenOffice has a high visibility (such as: a day-long devroom at FOSDEM,
> even though none of us ever received reimbursement for it) or where a
> presence of OpenOffice can be useful (in this case, we normally finance
> merchandising: this happened for OSCON recently... well, Kay did not ask
> for reimbursement yet, but this would be reimbursed!).
>
> There is also the Apache-wide TAC http://www.apache.org/travel/ but
> honestly I cannot recommend it in this case, it is a complex application
> procedure and only for a few selected events, usually official Apache
> events.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
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Re: Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 02/08/2014 Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> Hello, the ECSL (Central American Free Software Summit) send me an
> invitation to give a keynote at their event.
Do you have any additional information about the event? Search engines
led me to http://ecsl2013.softwarelibre.ca/ so I tried manually changing
it to 2014 but it's clearly not a final website, like
http://ecsl2014.softwarelibre.ca/noticias/ contains only Lorem Ipsum and
broken blocks.
It would also be very important to see:
1) How the event would benefit the Apache Software Foundation
2) How the event would benefit Apache OpenOffice
> The organizers asked me if there is a way Apache can cover partially
> the travel or boarding expenses.
> We have talked about this before on the list, but it seems no straight
> process is defined at the moment so I am also unsure about what
> support is expected from the foundation. Or what is needed at the
> moment.
We have a fund for OpenOffice events, normally reserved for events where
OpenOffice has a high visibility (such as: a day-long devroom at FOSDEM,
even though none of us ever received reimbursement for it) or where a
presence of OpenOffice can be useful (in this case, we normally finance
merchandising: this happened for OSCON recently... well, Kay did not ask
for reimbursement yet, but this would be reimbursed!).
There is also the Apache-wide TAC http://www.apache.org/travel/ but
honestly I cannot recommend it in this case, it is a complex application
procedure and only for a few selected events, usually official Apache
events.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Fwd: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
Fwd from the marketing list.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:03:24 -0500
Subject: Funds for speaker to Central America Free Software event
To: marketing@openoffice.apache.org
Hello, the ECSL (Central American Free Software Summit) send me an
invitation to give a keynote at their event.
The organizers asked me if there is a way Apache can cover partially
the travel or boarding expenses.
We have talked about this before on the list, but it seems no straight
process is defined at the moment so I am also unsure about what
support is expected from the foundation. Or what is needed at the
moment.
Regards.
--
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Apache OpenOffice Contributor
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