UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting 2024-07-28 12:00 UTC

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

Meeting chair:
@sukso96100

Action item follow up from last meeting

  • @bhavi to follow up with C-DAC Sponsorship - In progress
  • @aryan to get pricing and quotes on Merch, Booth, Banners (and other venue decorations), All Food expenses - Done
    1. Local team to provide updates on visa approval from the ministry once got notified - No notification yet
  • @jipangmenjerit Publish meeting note on discourse - Syazwan - done

Financing

Payable plans

  • Hotels - looking for other hotels currently
  • Hired Video team expense details will be submitted soon
    • Bank account info issue? any updates? - Done (Payment received by them)
  • Merchandise - Quote ready
  • Sponsor booth - Need to check pricing
  • Banners and Flex, Decoration, etc… - Need to check pricing
    • Booth, Banners need some rough design and spec discussion with design team for better expense estimation
  • Food
    • Lunch & Snacks - Quote ready (Pricing per person and per day info available)
    • Conference dinner - need to check

Registration

  • Total 190 registration by now
  • Gave some JECRC students basic tickets
  • Some volunteers and venue contact person also got some free tickets
  • Screenly talk speaker participation not confirmed yet

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
  • Hotels: Staff acked they got money but didn’t got receipt yet
  • Indian Visa - UbuCon Asia 2024
  • Youngbin, Fenris - Will need to inform Canonical EA that already booked flight and hotel.
  • Visa: MHA Approval status? - Still waiting for update. Bhavi will try to call them.

Ubuntu Summit 2024?

AOB

  • Complimentary ticket for Akash Santhosh? - Flying from UK travel will be self-funded.
    • All meeting participants agreed to provide free complimentary ticket.

Action items

  • @bhavi : Follow up with CDAC
  • @aryan - Discuss with design team and get quote for banners and booth
  • Local team: Update payable sheet
  • @sukso96100 @fenris - Make sure to inform Canonical EA that we already make payment for the trip.
  • Meeting will be weekly meeting from next meeting.
  • Next meeting Aug 4 12:00 UTC
  • @sukso96100 to publish meeting note on discourse.