UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting 2024-07-16 12:00 UTC

Meeting participants:
@sukso96100 @rjhsiao @aryan @jipangmenjerit @fenris @bhavi @srijancodes

Meeting chair:
@sukso96100

Action item follow up from last meeting

  1. @aryan - To arrange hotel booking / Done
  2. @fenris - To submit CDA / Done
  3. @sukso96100 - To prepare Call for bid announcement - Not yet
  4. @sukso96100 to publish a meeting note. - Done
  5. Next meeting July 14

Sponsorship

  • Bugs : UbuCon Asia
  • Confirmed: Canonical, Onlyoffice, FOSSUnited
  • 1 Interested Sponsor - Silver or Gold
    • Sponsorship type (Cash or In-kind) will be discussed in further meeting - PIC @bhavi
    • @rjhsiao will seek affiliated company for some contact info to propose
  • Need to check: Ubuntu Korea - Busy with UbuCon Korea 1 month

Financing

  • Expected income - same
  • Payable plans
    • Hotels - looking for other hotels currently
    • Video team expense details will be submitted soon - @aryan
      • Bank account info issue? any updates?
    • Merchandise - Quote ready
    • Sponsor booth - Need to check pricing
    • Banners and Flex, Decoration, etc. - Need to check pricing
    • Food - Lunch, Conf dinner, Snacks, etc. - Need to check pricing
  • CDA funding - @fenris - submitted, need follow up with Mauro

Registration

  • Total 160 registration by now

Promotion campaign

  • Featured speakers promotion - in progress through social media
  • Sponsor promotions social media posting
  • Other speaker promotion

Travel grant & Visa

  • Hotels, Transit cost application review - already done
  • Visa Proccess - Indian Visa - UbuCon Asia 2024
  • We have already got all info for invitation
    • Currently submitted list of participants to the ministry and waiting for approval.
    • Once approved, local team can provide visa letter. Will take around 1~2 weeks.

Ubuntu Summit 2024

UbuCon Asia 2025 Call for bids announcement preparation

  • Timeline
    • Open Call for bid
      • As soon as we ready to announce
    • Close Call for bid & start review
      • Deadline around late September or early October
    • Announce next location + promotion + sponsor reachout:
      • Deadline would be late October or early November
      • Maybe during Ubuntu Summit 2024? Oct 25-27

Action items

  • @bhavi to follow up with sponsor
  • @aryan to get pricing and quotes on merch, booth, banners (and other venue decorations), all food expenses
  • Local team to provide updates on visa approval from the ministry once got notified
  • Publish meeting note on discourse - @jipangmenjerit
  • Next meeting: July 28
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