ambassadors February 2006

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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] First day at Solutions Linux
by Aurelien Bompard 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi all, Today I spent my first day presenting Fedora at Solutions Linux in Paris. This is a primary report. * About Fedora : - Most people have already heard of Fedora - Usually people know that Fedora is the successor of Red Hat Linux - They don't usually know that there Red Hat is still working on it - They don't usually know that there is also a community behind it now - They don't usually know about other sub-projects, not even Fedora Extras. * Technically : - People have a worse hardware detection experience with Fedora than with Ubuntu or Mandriva (very popular in France), usually as regards to Wi-Fi cards. This is (IMHO) because non-official drivers (as in "not in upstream's kernel) are not included in Fedora, and most WiFi drivers are still young, thus not included upstream. Hardware detection is still very important when choosing a distribution - Most people don't know about SELinux - Some people are interested in Xen and virtualization (it seems in the current hype) - I've had a very interesting argument with a python developer about the fact that there is only one version of python in Fedora, what to do to make multiple versions installable, and what would the advantages be (mainly two words : Zope & Plone). I currently maintain Zope and Plone in Extras, and I confirm its a mess with the very up-to-date version of python that Fedora ships. I'll post on fedora-devel-list about that, and see if something can be done. * Logistics - DVDs where distributed very fast, I had to ration visitors - T-shirts are slower, people don't expect them to be free so they don't ask for it. I'm confident I'll give them all away before tomorrow evening though. A small "Free T-Shirts" sign should do the trick :) - Beeing on another association's booth is ok, but it's much much better to have a Fedora booth. - The Fedora Ambassadors Project should recruit as much as possible to be able to correctly man the boothes. Having several ambassadors in the same zone is not a problem. - People like the business cards :) We should add the URL on the template. What is the font used for the logo by the way ? I'll post my modified template for the only business card paper I could find (Canson) after the event. I'll post the slides I've made for the event when it's over (I make small fixes from time to time). They're in french, and it's a general Fedora presentation. If you have questions or things you think I should do tomorrow (last day), feel free to ask. Cheers, Aurélien -- http://aurelien.bompard.org ~~~~ Jabber : abompard(a)jabber.fr "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -- Albert Einstein

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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Ambassadors meeting notes February 2, 14-15 UTC
by Alex 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

next meeting will be at 22 UTC next Thursday February 9, 2006. (09:02:58) lxmaier has changed the topic to: Fedora Ambassadors meet here to discuss expanding the Fedora user base | Meeting in Progress http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule Participants: lxmaier JeffreyTadlock sankarshan sm|CPU quaid smohan FrancescoUgolini BobJensen gregdek [sasquatch] JoseTarazona Prudhvi kevinverma 1 Review upcoming events http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2006 Solutions Linux 2006 Paris, France – Aurelien Bompard Aurelien is at the show and not here in the meeting; he has coordinated with one of the Fedora developers who will be at the Red Hat booth to help him distribute DVDs, so we have all three days covered as it looks Feb 4-5, 2006 GNUify Pune, India . http://gnunify.sicsr.ac.in/index.php – Rahul Sundaram mether: rejected at the last minute for unknown reasons! I am attending the meet anyway Feb 8-10, 2006 LinuxAsia/FUDCon Delhi 2006 New Delhi India – Rahul Sundaram, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConDelhi2006 Sankarshan: Things are under control Rahul: I have to prepare my presentations. that would happen in the weekend The DVDs have arrived, and the t-shirts too Feb 11-12, 2006 SCALE 4X Los Angeles, California, USA – Thomas Chung tchung was not here to report Feb 14-17, 2006 LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Mexico Mexico City, Mexico has no owner BobJensen: Mexico City, I talked to a buddy in MC about it and he expressed interest. We are going to talk about him becoming an ambassador tomorrow night. I will have him email you and/or the list if he has any questions Feb 14-16, 2006 Embedded World Nürnberg, Germany no owner Nürnberg is quite far from here, but che is in Munich. maybe he is interested. he registered as Amabassador some weeks ago. thl will ping him. Feb 15-17, 2006 Open Source World Conference II Málaga, Spain we have no ambassador in spain so far. does anyone know someone in spain to recruit them as ambassadors? [sasquatch] will be pinging the Red Hat folks in Spain, then he will report to the list when he's heard back from the spanish red hatters. Feb 24-26, 2006 PyCon 2006 Addison, TX, USA no owner Feb 25, 2006 Fedora Day The first day in The Netherlands to promote Fedora and to support new users. Hengelo (GLD), The Netherlands ThijsHulshof Thijs not present Feb 25-26, 2006 FOSDEM The sixth Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting in Brussel -Belgium- http://www.fosdem.org/2006 FredericHornain fred is not present Mar 16-18, 2006 Free Desktop Event http://www.desktoplivre.org.br MauricioPretto (?) mauricio pretto is not present Mar 28-30, 2006 LWCE Australia Sydney: http://www.linuxworldexpo.com.au/ DavidBarzilay barz is not present as well Apr 3-6, 2006 LWCE Boston Boston, MA, USA: http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12BOS06A -- will be right before FUDCon Boston 2006 MatthewMiller Matthew not present Apr 7, 2006 FUDCon Boston 2006 Boston, MA, USA: Sequel to the first FUDCon gregdek has a meeting with Jack today. Jack's working on a call for presentations and so forth. We've got space set aside at BU; that part is all set. So we're moving forward there. Apr 19-22, 2006 FISL 7.0 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 7th International Free Software Forum. RodrigoPadula MauricioPretto Rodrigo and Mauricio both not present Prudhvi: Hi, we have a FOSS meeting here in Vijaywada in June, the Date is Tentative and I will represent Fedora. Will post the event to the Events page Linuxtag at Wiesbaden, Germany GeroldKassube neither chitlesh nor gerold are present Schwag pipeline gregdek: Completed designs are due by tomorrow. The US coolstuff store will be no problem. Still working with EMEA and AP coolstuff stores. The Ambassador request form needs to be altered so they are requesting kits. Not a la carte items. What's in the kit: A few shirts, a bunch of hats, a bunch of stickers, pens, as much as $100 will buy. Posters aren't working out for this timeframe. Funding for attendance lxmaier: FAMSCO is discussing the basic requirements for ambassadors to fulfill to be considered eligible for reimbursement. we have been talking about this on the famsco list and will post our draft to the ambassadors list when it's ready. Standard Presentation for Fedora Ambassadors mether: I will own a standard presentation then. delivered in two weeks . I already spend hours on creating the GNUNify presentation which can work out as a standard one. -- Check out the new content on Fedora Project page! http://fedoraproject.org

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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Ambassadors Meeting in progress 14:00 UTC
by Alex 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Please join -- Check out the new content on Fedora Project page! http://fedoraproject.org

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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Introduction
by Prudhvi Krishna Surapaneni 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hi all, My Name is Prudhvi Krishna Surapaneni,19 from Vijayawada / AndhraPradesh India. I am a Core member of AndhraPradesh LUG ( aplug ). I started off using Linux from Redhat 7.3 I work for a local ISP here in Vijayawada. Mostly maintaining Servers. Goals: To Promote Fedora in Vijayawada Skills: Server Administration, GNOME Programming Yours -- Prudhvi Krishna Surapaneni prudhvikrishna(a)gmail.com C.S.E K.L.C.E My Box said: "Install Win XP or better ..." So I installed Linux

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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Steering Committee: Mission and Goals
by David Barzilay 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

Hello Ambassadors from all over this wicked World! Ever wondered what the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee (FAMSCO) does? We have been thinking on the matters discussed in this list and also on the efforts placed so far, then decided defining the basics to better set our goals and focus our actions worldwide. Please feel free to check the FAMSCO Mission and Goals at any of these pages: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/CountryList http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee Got a great idea for spreading the Fedora word in your region? Cool! Check if the idea is aligned with one or more of the outlined FAMSCO goals and bring it on ;) We are doing our best to plan things ahead and to serve you better, and we can only do it with your continuous passionate contributions and moderate patience. Yours, -- David Barzilay Fedora Global Ambassador Remote Ambassador for Brazil

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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Schwag plan currently
by Greg DeKoenigsberg 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

As of right now, here's the simplified plan: We're working to get ambassador kits produced in 3 geos: North America, Europe, and Asia. The kits will contain: * A few shirts. Probably four shirts -- 1 M, 2 L, 1 XL. * A few caps. * Pens and stickers. No poster, because we didn't have time to design a good one. In the first go-round, all of the graphics will be *very* simple -- probably just the logo and/or wordmark. Why? Because we don't have much time, and coordinating translation and the like will take too long for this go-round. We're still on track to be able to take kit requests by March 15th. Note: this is INDEPENDENT of the DVD production plan, which we're still working on. --g --------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Foundation || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ---------------------------------------------------------------

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