#91: Funding request for Remy DeCausemaker -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: decause | Owner: jsmith Type: Funding request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: FUDCon Tempe 2011 | Keywords: -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Tell us the following:

* What do you need covered?

Purely for pricing purposes, the BUF to PHX for round trip is $351 on Southwest.com, and whatever the standard rate is for the FUDCon primary Hotel, I think nights would be 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st at 229.00/night, or $916 for hotel (maybe I'm missing a FUDCon promo reservation link though...?) I could discreetly room with Lmacken for much less than that though ;)

* If we cannot provide a full subsidy, will a partial subsidy be helpful? (No) * What will you accomplish by being at FUDCon?

I will be representing the work and efforts of the FOSS@RIT Campaign (http://foss.rit.edu), and providing storyteller coverage (Text, Interviews, Video, and some pics) for our university blog (http://innovation.rit.edu & http://foss.rit.edu/blog/decause) and possibly http://Opensource.com. I will also make the media available to mizmo again this year, for the use of Fedora Comm Arch and Marketing. Hopefully I can contribute some useful code written in a hackfest or two as well, and maybe wrangle some remote cycles from my student hackers to lend a hand too.

Campaigns included are: - HFOSS Course at RIT (OLPC Educational Game Development - http://teachingopensource.org Math4 project) - CIVX.us (A Moksha App), CapitolCamp'10, http://foss.rit.edu/election and other OpenGov and Transparency in NYS - Any other Moksha Related Hackfesting - If there is an OpenGov/Transparency BOF Session, I will attend it, if not, I will lead it and/or any other OpenGov sessions at FUDCon :) - Promoting POSSE RIT and FOSSCon 2011.

* If you are requesting airfare, include complete flight information such as flight numbers, desired departure and arrival airports, and times. Also let us know if you have specific time restrictions. My time restrictions are Jan 28th to Feb 1st, and I will take the cheapest flight out of Rochester NY we can find that leaves after 12pm Noon. I will take a flight back from PHX to ROC that leaves anytime after 6pm, including the Red-Eye flights.

* Do you need a visa or other official processing before you can attend FUDCon? NO

* Include any additional, relevant information.

I'm really excited to tell the story of FOSS@RIT, and Fedora/Red Hat's empowerment of an academic center of gravity for FOSS in NY. We host our projects almost entirely on Fedorahosted.org, and many of our students were mentored this past year by folks like Luke Macken and Mel Chua, who will have lots of good things to say about what FOSS@RIT would bring to the table for FUDCon. I'm stoked, and I hope you all are too.