On 09/12/2013 06:25 AM, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > Hi guys, > > I know there is a need to get cash down to Peru to do some advance > purchases. > > As you know this is kind of painful - we can't use paypal because it > doesn't work there, and more importantly, sending money in advance (in > other words, not as a reimbursement, because there is no receipt yet) to > someone who isn't the actual vendor is pretty much entirely against all the > rules of what I can do at Red Hat. > > That said, I'm trying to come up with some solutions to address the needs; > I had a chat with Jared about this on the phone earlier tonight, and so > we're tryign to figure out what we might be able to do between the two of > us, since his company is also helping to sponsor the event. > > Jared looks to be arriving decently in advance of the event, on the 22nd, > and we may be able to juggle some of the advance things between the two of > us; but there are a few details needed. > > The local budget needed is outlined here: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Cusco_2013_budget#On_Site_Logistic_Budget > > What we don't know, however, is which exact items *absolutely* have to be > paid in advance, vs. which ones might be able to be covered by Jared via > credit card during the extra days beforehand that he is in town. > > If there are items that need a wire transfer / western union prior to that > time, it would also be helpful to know the exact dates the money is needed > by, because it is entirely possible that we may be able to do this more > easily if we do multiple transfers rather than just one. > > Can anyone (Alex, or if anyone else has the details) add an additional area > to that table that shows the absolute dates of when each item will need to > be paid, so that Jared and I can figure out a plan of sorts? > > Thanks, > -Robyn >
Try to be in other side for a little bit, organizing a fudcon is not a easy task, booking a hotel for 20-30+ persons, making t-shirts for 150+ persons, paying all in advance and waiting for a reimbursement that can take I don't know how long. _______________________________________________ fudcon-planning mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning
