Help for Organizing Workshop (WWFS-FWD'2016 )

[Aaron Honeycutt]

I would like to do something similar at a local university as well Michael. 
Perhaps we can co-op something together. 

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 2:21:30 PM EDT A. Mani wrote:
> Hello,
>              I am also one of the Ubuntu Women (UW) leaders and
> recently a joint effort (involving Fedora Women (FW) and Arch Women)
> for more activity was discussed in the arch women IRC list in
> March-April'2016.
> 
> One of the things that came out of this was the proposal to celebrate
> Fedora Women's Day on 15th July.
> 
> I decided to go ahead with a workshop idea that would really help in
> improving the activity level of UW and FW
> 
> You can find some details here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WWFS-FWD'2016
> 
> Speaker response has been excellent
> 
> Participation would be no problem (most of them are expected to be
> undergraduate students and for many this would be a first exposure to
> FLOSS ).
> 
> Since it is a dedicated workshop, we can expect a lot.
> 
> One of the issues that we are facing is that event budgets for Fedora
> APAC should be submitted in previous financial year (am a Fedora
> Ambassador, so I can apply) . This is likely to affect the workshop
> (if we decide to over charge participants then participation may fall
> a bit).
> 
> So basically I want some sponsorship for the workshop  and of course
> DVDs, stickers etc.
> 
> PS. navigating the Ubuntu infrastructure is not straight forward/
> 
> Thanks and Best
> 
> A. Mani
> 
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