Let's avoid the McDonaldization of FUDCons
by Yaakov Nemoy
Hey List,
As you can probably tell, i'm not actually being that serious here. I
was talking to Max briefly about how we try to provide the same
t-shirt design each year at FUDCons in order to deliver consistency,
and to make sure that people feel like they are working on a global
scale. The downside is that we essentially are 'McDonaldizing'
FUDCon.
Here's an idea. At each FUDCon we do something that's part of the
local tradition. Max pointed out that last year at Brno, there was a
Czech language lesson. I'm trying to think of something we can do for
this year's FUDCon, aside from giving presentations in German.
Any thoughts? Any crazy German or Berliner traditions we should do?
-Yaakov
14 years, 10 months
From the desk of Jim Whitehurst...
by Paul W. Frields
http://press.redhat.com/2009/06/11/fedora-11-%e2%80%93-wow/
The URL above links to a wonderful note from Jim Whitehurst, President
and CEO of Red Hat, congratulating the community on the release of
Fedora 11. I think it's fantastic that Fedora gets such solid support
from the very top ranks at Red Hat, directly on the company's press
site. One thing that is always in the back of my head, as we work
through all the various release bits, is that I know on release day
Red Hat's CEO -- just like thousands of other people -- is going to
download Fedora and take it for a ride.
Although Jim singled out some specific areas in his blog that
immediately impressed him about Fedora 11, from our phone
conversations I know that he's very proud of the work every team in
Fedora does. He is genuinely passionate about Fedora, and that's due
to *your* superb efforts as part of our large extended family of
contributors.
Thanks to all of you for making this release such an incredible
experience. I hope you enjoy Fedora 11 too, and I'm very excited
about working with all of you on Fedora 12!
--
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14 years, 10 months
EMEA Ambassadors meeting on June 10
by Max Spevack
Hi EMEA ambassadors,
We'll be holding our more-or-less-every-other-week meeting this coming
Wednesday at 2000 UTC (2200 CEST).
We're pretty early in the quarter, so I'd like to cover the status of
upcoming events (including FUDCon & LinuxTag), and figure out what kind
of swag needs exist in the region.
In some cases, we might have some extra swag at the end of FUDCon that
we can get to folks, and in other cases I'd like to make some decisions
thta enable local Ambassadors to make some of the things that they need,
and then get reimbursed.
So come to the meeting, and let's get a sense of the things that
consider important as we get into the summer, and make sure everyone has
what they need.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2009-06-10
Feel free to add anything you like to the agenda.
--Max
14 years, 10 months
NA Eastern Event Box is a go
by Ben Williams
I am proud to announce the Eastern-NA event is up and running and will
make its first appearance at the Southeast LinuxFest this weekend.
--
Ben Williams
Windows-Linux Specialist
460 McBryde Hall
Blacksburg VA 24061-0123
540 231-2739
14 years, 10 months
