[TOS] POSSE NG

[Mel Chua]

> <http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_Nigeria>I haven't seen an
> approval email for this POSSE yet and according to [1], instructors need
> to be confirmed before opening registration. I'm just not sure about the
> state of this POSSE and would like to make sure we're following the
> process before jumping the gun. Can you fill me in? :)

This POSSE hasn't been formally approved yet, in part because we don't 
have instructors lined up. The instructors listed on the wiki page are 
Michael, Jan, Pierros, and myself - but I know I've said earlier that I 
*can't* make it to South Africa to teach on those dates, and haven't 
seen confirmation from Pierros or Jan that they're willing and able to 
instruct. What we have, I think, is a list of instructors that the 
organizers would *like* to have in Nigeria - which isn't sufficient. We 
also don't have a budget proposal, etc. which means a budget hasn't been 
approved either.

I do want to see POSSE Nigeria happen, and am extremely grateful for all 
the work that Michael's been putting in - however, we're not ready to 
pull the "go" switch on this yet - which is in large part my fault for 
not being clear about requirements and due dates - and I personally 
don't have any bandwidth before the New Year to help get it in shape for 
March.

Trying to brainstorm about how to unblock this: Michael, would it be 
possible to move the POSSE to a later date - perhaps in June or July, so 
it can be planned in parallel with the North American summer 2011 events?

Alternatively, if I'm given something very concrete (instructor 
confirmations, exact budgets, attendee applications, etc - I don't have 
time to specify the format of this right now) to say yes to in terms of 
approving use of the POSSE brand and unlocking some Red Hat budget, 
either Max or I can say yes - but I don't want to make you pour more 
work into something that we may look at and say "eh, we didn't tell you 
what we were looking for, but that wasn't what we were looking for, so 
we still can't approve it."

--Mel