<b id="internal-source-marker_0.6912099616602063" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At tonight's FAmNA meeting[1] the NA Ambassadors will be discussing next year's event schedule and the possibility of expanding outreach activities to conferences/events where the audience may not be familiar with Fedora's capabilities in their area of interest.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are there conferences or events in any of following categories that you think Fedora should consider attending, sending swag to, sponsoring, holding activities at, just keeping on our radar, etc.?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DIY, Makers, Robotics</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ARM, alternative devices, multitouch surfaces</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DevOps</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SysAdmins</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cloud</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UX, UI</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Developer platforms (Python, Ruby, JVM, Clojure, Web, etc)</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Example: JavaOne </span><a href="http://www.oracle.com/javaone/index.html"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.oracle.com/javaone/index.html</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data and Data Distribution</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Virtualization</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Methodologies (Agile, TDD)</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Example: Agile2013 </span><a href="http://agile2013.agilealliance.org/"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://agile2013.agilealliance.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community Organization, Processes, and Management</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Government</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Enterprise</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Education</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Documentation</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Example: Open Help Conf </span><a href="http://openhelpconference.com/"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://openhelpconference.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Project Management</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Security</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Game Development, Culture</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Other</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">During 2012, NA Events included regional LinuxFests (SELF, SCALE), open source conferences (Oscon), and a few subject-specific events such as PuppetConf and the World Maker Faire. To see all of the conferences NA Fedora Ambassadors attended this year, review </span><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events?rd=FedoraEvents"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events?rd=FedoraEvents</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Corresponding ticket: </span><a href="https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/47"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/47</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[1] Next FAmNA meeting: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 9:00 pm EST in #fedora-meeting</span></b><br>
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</span></b></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">Sarah White</span></font></div>