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Hi Ian,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/04/14 22:22, Ian wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Could I please have some clarification on this
motion of the Face-To-Face Meeting 2014 and how this might work
as it leaves me a bit more confused than usual:<br>
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<span>MOTION</span><span> by Christopher Neugebauer that
financial assistance programs such as the Regional delegates
Programme for LCA be moved to the budget of the relevant
conference to administer</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>SECONDED
</span><span>Hugh Blemings</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>CARRIED
</span><span>unanimously<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Does
this mean the LA will decide on a figure which will then be
transferred as a budget item for that Year's LCA Committee
to </span><span>then run it as a part of their planning and
management of the event?</span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>OR<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Does
the Year's LCA Committee decide how much of their Budget
will be spent on the program and then run it as a part of
their planning and management?<br>
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It mostly means this one. In reality it'll mean balancing how much
of the budget can be put towards programmes such as the RDP vs
returning profit to the administration and activities of LA. For the
last few years it has come out of LA's budget because the
conferences have returned a profit, so moving it into the conference
budget and returning less makes sense. In terms of who decides its
level it'll be done in collaboration between the LCA and LA teams
most likely looking at the large budget of LA.<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>OR
is it something other than what I might be understanding it
to be?<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>In
recent years there has been talk about seeking extra funding
to ensure more people can attend as costs of travel and
accommodation have jumped considerably especially when
travel to/from countries overseas from the candidates are
considered. Would this aspect of budget amounts be better
kept within the capacity of LA to decide on a budgetary
basis as well as candidate criteria and then when the
outlines are agreed pass that onto the Year LCA Committee to
manage?<br>
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Having it in the LCA budget doesn't mean it's a requirement for the
LCA to manage the programme. Hopefully the volunteers who have been
involved in the past are happy to continue helping out. The idea is
for LA and LCA to work together to see what kind of programme is
feasible/achievable and then handing that budget to other volunteers
who are able to help run the logistics.<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Separate
from the above questions but still within the gamut of this
post is the question of the day-to-day management of the
travel grants program. Generally previous members tasked with
management of the selection and evaluation of candidates then
the management of the travel and accommodation and all the
other little tasks have found it to be a very full on and
complex role and one that has burned out a number of people
over the years. </p>
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Could there be a group of non-Council/non-LCA Committee
members set up to fulfil these roles as an ongoing
sub-Committee of either LA or the relevant LCA? Thus expertise
and skills would not be learned and lost from one year to the
next and there would always be a group of people with relevant
skills able to assist from year to year. Overall management
and responsibility would always be at the top level but with
appropriate direction and reporting the sub-Committee could
carry on with the task set out for them.<br>
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This is actually more or less what has been happening for the last
few years, albeit not as a formal committee. There is usually an
overlap of expertise from each year or the people involved in
running it reach out to the relative people for advice.<br>
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<span>Note: Having been a recipient of this Program in the
past I have a vested interest in seeing it not only continue
but develop to fulfil what I believe to be a real need
amongst the Linux/OpenSource community of this region.<br>
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Excellent stuff, we're always looking for feedback+input.<br>
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I hope this helps!<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Josh<br>
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-- <br>
-- Ian<br>
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