On Saturday 11 May 2013 17:53:05 Peter Czanik wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 05/11/2013 04:15 PM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 May 2013 14:20:01 Peter Czanik wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> On 05/11/2013 01:55 PM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> >>> For example, the boothbox contents are being developed here:
> >>> https://board.opensuse.org/projects/travel-support-program-management/
> >>> wi
> >>> ki/Booth_box Input welcome, of course.
> >> 
> >> OK. Just read it (well, most of it :-) ). So, I have a couple of
> >> questions:
> >> 
> >> - Here in Hungary I'm aware of four larger events for this year, and by
> >> local measures "larger" means 100+ visitors :-) Neither of them reach
> >> the magic 1k visitor number mentioned on the page, but the combined
> >> number is expected to be over 2k. What to do in this case?
> > 
> > For the first year, that means there won't be any materials from
> > Nuremberg. However, you can use the travel program which has a Eur 100
> > budget per event to create things locally.
> 
> Good news, but where is it documented? I could not find it in the wiki...

I noticed it got removed from the wiki. I suggest you ask the travel support 
team.

> > Moreover, once the list I've created is more public we can discuss
> > things
> > like this. It might indeed make sense to send one box to Hungary, but
> > then we have to ensure that the materials actually make it to these
> > events.
> I'm at all the major (and minor) Hungarian events, as I'm the community
> guy of syslog-ng. And I maintain close contact with the Hungarian
> openSUSE / LibreOffice developers and a few more "core" Hungarian
> openSUSE users, so I can find backups if I can't participate an event.
> 
> > I doubt it, I'm sorry. We will hopefully begin ordering materials by the
> > end of this month but I don't expect anything to be send out before the
> > end of June...
> 
> OK, even with slowest shipment it would arrive on time for Software
> Freedom Day, the first event in the Autumn.
> 
> >   Also, we'll use the slowest shipment options to limit the costs so I
> > 
> > don't think any event will have a box until after the openSUSE
> > Conference. This all just takes a LOT of time and work.
> > 
> > Also, the question is if the events in Hungary are on the list of events
> > we will support the coming 12 months. This list contains the events
> > from our ambassador event wiki [1] as well as the events I was told
> > about when I asked (several times) on the ambassador and marketing
> > lists for help with making the list.
> 
> By the time you asked, I did not know exact dates or which conferences
> will be held this year. Now I talked with organizers, so even if the
> websites are not yet updated and final dates published I know that they
> will be there. I added them to the wiki page with as much details as
> currently available.

Once our plans are more concrete I'll see if I can add it to the list of our 
events.

> > So again, travel committee has budget. Use it, please.
> 
> OK, just please point me to a "howto"!

See above - pls ask the travel support team. I'm not sure what the situation 
is with this. I can point to my blog announcing it:
http://blog.jospoortvliet.com/2012/06/improved-support-for-events.html

I hope it helps.

Hugs,
J

> Thanks for your help
> Bye,
> CzP

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