On Mon 2020-02-10, Thorsten Bro | openSUSE Member wrote:
And yes, this includes treating every country/continent with the same respect
Yes, totally agreed.
and give them the same amount of budget to support local events. Maybe this is something the board could put on it's agenda. How money is spent? Which continent gets how much support per fiscal year? Make this transparent please :).
This is definitely something we (both SUSE and openSUSE from a board, marketing,... perspective) are aiming for -- directionally. I'm saying directionally since I don't think that Austria (9 million people) and Australia (26 million people) should necessarily get exactly the same, or looking at continents, Asia and Australia. And maybe there's more need in some parts of the world than others, where there's also other parties sponsoring, plus the cost to support an event can vary widely. And in some countries we have stronger communities already (which we want to support), in some it may be budding communities (which we also want to support). So, I think this is a complex set of questions that needs to be looked at individually. But "yes!" to striving for balance and "yes!" to working towards increased transparency. I hope this makes sense?
keep in mind, that you need local enthusiast willing to organize or go to a local event representing openSUSE.
openSUSE.Asia Summit last fall was my first event in my new role, and the energy and enthusiasm I felt among people from different countries and what they were driving at home was amazing. It really motivated me, and I hope we can keep supporting and growing such initiatives.
Maybe communication can be improved, like summaries about local conferences where we sponsored some money or materials, but this needs some volunteers willing to write a few lines as well.
Sharing positive news and successes (even) more would be nice, and could inspire others in our communities (and outside, to possibly join or do similarly in theirs). Gerald -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org