[TOS] Public request for funds

[Jeff Osier-Mixon]

Excellent, thanks Mel!  I'll get in touch in a few minutes.

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Mel Chua <mel at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 05/26/2010 01:45 PM, Mel Chua wrote:
> >> My situation:  I speak at several conferences each year, and I have two
> >> talks confirmed at LinuxCon aside from the mini-summit.  My company
> >> usually pays travel expenses for my conference attendance.  However, we
> >> were just acquired by a different company a few months ago.  Financial
> >> issues are still shaking out, and my travel budget has disappeared
> >> completely.  I would not expect a TOS organization to pay my entire
> >> travel agenda to LinuxCon, but would be very pleased if I could get the
> >> plane fare (~$500) and possibly one hotel night (~$180) covered.
> >
> > I'll check with my team's budget and see if we can find $680 somewhere
> > in the "discretionary education-related stuff" bucket or otherwise. Will
> > keep the list posted. This seems like a great example of the sort of
> > thing that should be funded anyhow.
>
> Hey, Jeff - Red Hat has set aside some budget for TOS-related stuff, and
> this sounds like a good use of this budget to us. :) If you'll write a
> trip report to Planet TOS, Red Hat will gladly cover your plane flight
> and one night of hotel.
>
> If this sounds agreeable, find me on IRC and we'll get the details taken
> care of (mostly "I should put your plane ticket on my Red Hat credit
> card").
>
> So I suppose this works as an informal budget request protocol, and we
> can try to figure out ways to make it more useful/transparent. :)
>
> --Mel
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