<html><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY > <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 05:17:46PM +0100, Max Spevack wrote: </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>> Our budget is a zero-sum game, after all. I'd think that we could </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>> decide, regionally, on a list of events that we'd like to sponsor, and </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>> then stagger those sponsorships into various quarters, and/or spread </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>> them over a year or two. That way we're paying our respect, but not </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>> doing so at the cost of other budgetary needs. </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>Doing this, we might be able to sponsor something later in the year </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>by providing the sponsorship money up front a few quarters in </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>advance. With a year-long schedule worked out, you can take extra </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>money at the end of a Q and send it along to a predetermined list of </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>sponsored events. </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">I know this is way out but is anybody planning on going to the Florida Linux Show - Orlando in October? I'm spoken for as a volunteer of the overall event but would be happy to help if anything needs to be set up, etc?<BR></P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>What we're finding challenging IMO in North America is that we don't </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>yet know what our important events are. And there are so many of </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>them! </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>- Karsten </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>-- </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Community Gardener </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>http://quaid.fedorapeople.org </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>AD0E0C41 </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>-- </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>Fedora-ambassadors-list@redhat.com </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px"> </P></BODY></html>