Re: [gentoo-nfp] Events Kit!

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 19:34 -0500, Michael Cummings wrote:
> While I think we all expect to hear more from Christel on the details, she posed
> a good question - while I detest paperwork on general principle of rebellion
> from the day job, do we have standard purchase request/funding request forms?

http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/requesting-funds.xml (again)

Yes, there are forms.

> On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 01:15:19PM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 17:25 +0000, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote:
> > > How does one go about writing a proposal for funding? Is there a form
> > > somewhere or do I just e-mail trustees@?
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/requesting-funds.xml
> >
> > > To give you a quick rundown of what I am after, having had the pleasure
> > > of diving into the Events kits for Joomla and GNOME I really want us to
> > > have similar, they have a large metal box that is shipped to various
> > > conferences (when they're not at an event it lives in the garage of one
> > > of their developers and it's contents are replenished and checked prior
> > > to each event), the box contains T-shirts in various sizes for people to
> > > wear at the event (so, they do it fairly cheap and wash and reuse, I see
> > > no problem with that if kept in good condition), leaflets, two TFTs, two
> > > small machines (I'll ask around and see if we can score a couple of free
> > > machines, I'm thinking one X86 or AMD64 box and one PPC (or other
> > > arch)), some cables, some swag as give-aways (KDE does some nifty pin
> > > badges, others do funky case badges, we could also look at pens, or
> > > branded mints or whatever), a small projector, posters, a sign, t-shirts
> > > etc for sale and a small cashbox.
> >
> > I like the shirt idea.  We could get a few more of the nice polo shirts
> > from Land's End that we've been using at LWE in the US.  I'm not sure
> > about the hardware, as it seems to be fairly easy to get hardware
> > to/from the shows.  I could see including a cheap switch of some sort,
> > since that seems to be always needed.  We have a nice poster, which is
> > currently in Kurt Lieber's possession, which we should use for this.
> > Also, remember that we can't sell anything at US shows, but we can give
> > stuff away and ask for donations.  All in all, I definitely like the
> > idea.
> >
> > > I have some better notes on paper, which actually gives a greater idea
> > > and I am waiting to get a few quotes back for various things before I
> > > propose that you give us (PR) the cash to do it. If we do T-shirt and CD
> > > sale fex. then the initial outlay should be covered fairly fast, and the
> > > kit would become selfsufficient for re-stocking swag and leaflets.
> >
> > I can't wait to hear the details.
> >
> > > On a different note, I was saddened to see that LWE UK has had a 'Gentoo
> > > not welcome' rule for a while now, after our developers kept booking
> > > booths and not turning up.. I believe that is now rectified and we are
> > > more than welcome in the future, even if it did cost me a hangover and
> > > endless hours of talk with the guys that sponsor the .org pavillion! ;)
> >
> > Do you think it would be helpful to have all of this sort of
> > communications filtered through the trustees?  We definitely don't want
> > any sort of bad reputation, so I know that I'm willing to do whatever is
> > requested of me to assist in this matter.
> >
> > > I'd also like to ask what sort of time frame we look at for having a
> > > funding proposal approved, as it would be nice to get a kit ready by
> > > early 2007 as there's a few conferences happening. I know off-hand that
> > > we'll have a official presence at SCALE, FOSSDEM, Linuxforum and
> > > possibly LISA. All of which take place in February and March, which
> > > would mean it'd be nice to be able to send a kit across to the
> > > developers present at these and replenish as needed inbetween.
> >
> > It would be nice.  I know that I'll be bringing some of my own equipment
> > for FOSDEM.  It would be very nice to have T-shirts there, as it was a
> > heavily-requested item at the show.
> >
> > One thing to consider is we need to come up with some sort of guidelines
> > on what to do with the monies gathered at the shows, if any.
> >
> > --
> > Chris Gianelloni
> > Release Engineering Strategic Lead
> > Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams
> > Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee
> > Gentoo Foundation
>
>
>
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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering Strategic Lead
Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams
Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee
Gentoo Foundation