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Online Vendors List
by Gerold 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Dear Board, hereby I claim that the pages with Online-Vendors like https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung/OnlineVendors will be closed down because - there is no verify, that the vendor is still alive - delivers what he promises - has a TLA in place - the link works - there is something "helpful" for Fedora in general Please have a look to your own country and decide by yourself. So I do! I checked the GERMAN links: 12 Links - the first german offers Fedora 9 with a sleeve of Fedora Core 6 - the second link is broken - Link 3 is a vendor for everything - Link 4 a debian specialist .. .... do we need such pages at all? Friendly yours Gerold

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report on BASIS SoftExpo 2010
by mak 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Dear All, We had a great event. We enjoyed a lot all through 5 days of the exhibition. We arranged FAD in that Expo and almost all Fedora Ambassador from Bangladesh met for the first time in a place. The first day expo had less visitors, it might happened due the extra security for the Finance minister who inaugurated the expo. Almost all visitor of that day were other booths/stalls attendees. Our Fedora DVD (locally produced) was very catchy and everybody was asking price of the medium and were excited to get one free. We distributed only DVD and kept the T-Shirts for the other crowded day. Earlier this month we received a OLPC XO laptop from George Hunt, which we kept in our booth for display, it fetched lot of kids to our booth. The second day plenty of Linux users flocked in front of our booth, informed via newspaper about our Fedora Both. They were telling about there problems and troubles, few brought their laptops and told they couldn't manage to connect mobile broadband, we tried to make them happy. In this day we distributed DVD and Fedora Stickers along with our Fedora handbills. We setup a PC to burn DVD for those who brought blank media. 3rd day was public holiday. The expo had the record number of visitors in it's history and we were exhausted. Fedora Ambassador Rejaul Islam<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rejaul>joined me and shared half of the pain :) He proved to be very good at preaching, and later I found he is a man of Marketing. This day we finished almost half of our DVD and other swags. We were happy to introduce Fedora to lot's of school boys, Rejaul informed them about the Fedora Scholarship and inspired to apply. 4th Day was public holiday too, but schools were open. Crowd was limited but everyone was stopping by our booth to get a free DVD, the word must have spread via various Bangladeshi mailing lists. we had adopt * prize-for-the-quiz* before giving a free DVD. We just inquired if they use any Linux distro or if they have heard about Fedora, even asked what are the 4 Fs and so on. But, the most important part of this day was the first ever real FAD for Bangladesh. We had already announced that long ago through mailing lists, and FB event page was there. Almost all Fedora Ambassador of Bangladesh showed up along with Fedora Users. Imtiaz Rahi<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Imtiaz>told us about fedoraproject and it's various sub projects and inspired us to join other sub projects as well. I told them about l10n subproject and found that everyone wanted to do some localization. We met Rana Khan, who planned a Fedora 12 Release party at his University, he was asked to make an entry in the event page. I decided to give 50 DVD for his party, all other ambassador agreed to attend his event. We agreed to arrange series of events through out 2010 and thought. Imtiaz Rahi also requested to step ahead for the Free Media project and asked to mail him if anyone is interested. Mizan<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Kingheart>agreed to that from his city Chittagong. At the end we distributed DVD, T-Shirts, Stickers, clicked group photos and had food. Here is a photo stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ankur_bangladesh/sets/72157623334524467/ 5th and last day was a less happening cause it is the starting day of the week in our country, though we finished all our DVD (except 50 for the release party). A group from workshop named WALCOM(!) held in an university came to our booth and discussed technical things. Later I became ill, standing throughout the 5 days of the expo and hence reporting lately. But I was excited to meet all the Ambassador of my country for the first time, this is the time I had the one of the F (friends); I want to do this again and again. regards Mahay Alam Khan (mak) Fedora Ambassador Bangladesh.

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How do I get off this list
by L. A. Weber 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

I have done all that the website requires to get off the ambassador list , but the email just keeps coming. How do I get off the list?

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Call For Participation writer for the talking points
by bhutto aamir 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

TalkingPoints are key features of the new release that we want to point out they are meant to answer the question "so what cool stuff is in the latest release of Fedora?" So we are inviting *everyone* active/inactive to participate in writing the talking points of "Fedora 13" https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points Feel free to add-in features that you think should be a talking point and the reasons( if you see a feature and want it to be a talking point, put down the reasons why ) You can follow the Talking point SOP https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talking_Points_SOP if you want to know how we are making talking points for Fedora 13. Aamir A Bhutto https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Aab ========================================

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[Event report] 4. LIT-OL
by Christoph Wickert 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Last Saturday me and Michael Spahn attended the “4. Linuxinformationstag Oldenburg“. It was a really nice and successful event. Read the whole event report at http://www.christoph-wickert.de/blog/2010/02/17/4-linux-informationstag-old… Regards, Christoph

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Fedora talk at University of Macedonia, Greece - Event report
by Christos Bacharakis 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

This Sunday (14/2) I gave a talk/workshop about the Fedora project as an operating system and a community of contributors. In the first hour I described the Fedora as a leading community to the FOSS world and generally how many cool stuff are happening here. Later on I showed them how easy and meanfull it is to be a Fedora project contributors and I gave some examples about the Special Interest Groups. After that I presented them the new cool futures of the Fedora 12 release and how to create a Fedora 12 Live USB Stick. The last one and a half hour the talk turned into a workshop where everybody lived the Fedora 12 experience on their desktops. They had the opportunity to learn how to install Fedora 12 from a livecd to the hard drive, to explore the system and generally learn something new, simple and different from their orange funky operating system they use to work. The audience were actually 25 Ubuntu users and after the talk I received many positive comments about the Fedora Project. During the talk there were 2 GREAT (female) volunteers who were interpreting everything into Greek Sign Language. This is a new perspective which must be adopted by everyone. The whole presentation was recorded (+the girls) and it will be published soon. I really want to thank GreekLUG[1] who invited me and in that point I want to mention that the guys are making a really good work here in Thessaloniki. In the future we are planning at least 2 more talks, one of them regarding OLPC and Sugar. You can find my presentation’s slides here[2]. Some photos are from Fosdem and shotted by Luca Foppiano[3]. P.S.: I own you a Fosdem recap too. I’ll write/publish it soon [1] http://greeklug.gr/ [2] http://cmpahar.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/fedora-talk-greeklug.pdf [3] http://flickr.com/lfoppiano -- Christos Bacharakis christos(a)bacharakis.com http://bacharakis.com

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Fedora Ambassadors Welcome
by Joerg Simon 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Dear Ambassadors, let´s welcome our new sponsored Ambassador Group Members: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Markdude from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lbrower from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero Regards Joerg p.s. Please do not send private "Welcome" Messages to Ambassador List -- Joerg (kital) Simon jsimon(a)fedoraproject.org http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JoergSimon http://kitall.blogspot.com Key Fingerprint: 3691 0989 2DCA 58A2 8D1F 2CAC C823 558E 5B5B 5688

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Heads up students. Time for Fedora Scholarship.
by susmit shannigrahi 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Pretty well described. http://blog.melchua.com/2009/12/22/going-to-college-next-year-time-to-apply… -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit =============================================

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REMINDER: EMEA Ambassador Meeting today!
by Pierros Papadeas 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Dear fellow ambassadors, Today is the day for our EMEA Ambassador meeting (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) on #fedora-meeting ! Day : Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Time : 20:00 UTC (check http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=17&month=02&year=2… to know your own time depending on your countries) Channel : #fedora-meeting Meeting agenda (add your topic before the meeting please) : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Ambassadors_2010-2-17 Update your agendas, and don't forget to join us. As always, we welcome ambassadors from any region to join us :) See ya in the meeting, Pierros -- Pierros Papadeas PGP key: 0x6130DBF8 http://pierros.papadeas.gr pierros(a)papadeas.gr liknus @ GRnet , Freenode

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Fedora Ambassadors North America 20100216 Meeting Report
by Ivan Makfinsky 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-02-17/famna_feb_16,_20… Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-02-17/famna_feb_16,_20… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-02-17/famna_feb_16,_20… The complete log for those of that enjoy spending the extra bits: (09:00:38 PM) makfinsky: #startmeeting FAmNA 20100216 (09:00:42 PM) zodbot: Meeting started Wed Feb 17 02:00:38 2010 UTC. The chair is makfinsky. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. (09:00:43 PM) makfinsky: #meetingname FAmNA Feb 16, 2010 (09:00:43 PM) zodbot: Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. (09:00:45 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:00:47 PM) zodbot: The meeting name has been set to 'famna_feb_16,_2010' (09:00:47 PM) dramsey: .fas dramsey (09:00:49 PM) zodbot: dramsey: dramsey 'David Ramsey' <diamond_ramsey(a)hotmail.com> (09:00:52 PM) makfinsky: Welcome all to the Feb 16, 2010 FAmNA meeting (09:00:53 PM) Ac-town: .fas Ac-town (09:00:56 PM) smooge left the room ("-ENOCAFFEINE"). (09:00:57 PM) zodbot: Ac-town: actown 'Derrick Dymock' <actown(a)gmail.com> (09:00:59 PM) makfinsky: .fas makfinsky (09:00:59 PM) VileGent: no need to fas (09:00:59 PM) etank: .fasinfo etank (09:01:01 PM) zodbot: etank: User: etank, Name: Eric Lake, email: ericlake(a)gmail.com, Creation: 2009-11-22, IRC Nick: etank, Timezone: America/New_York, Locale: en, Extension: 5140933, GPG key ID: 5A5151D6, Status: active (09:01:02 PM) jetrigger: .fas jetrigger (09:01:04 PM) zodbot: etank: Approved Groups: ambassadors cla_done cla_fedora (09:01:08 PM) crossbytes: .fas crossbytes (09:01:09 PM) zodbot: makfinsky: makfinsky '' <ivan.makfinsky(a)endosys.com> (09:01:09 PM) jds2001: .fasinfo jstanley (09:01:13 PM) zodbot: jetrigger: jetrigger 'Chris W Tucker' <jetrigger(a)gmail.com> (09:01:17 PM) zodbot: crossbytes: crossbytes 'Kevin Higgins' <Kevin(a)crossbytes.org> (09:01:20 PM) zodbot: jds2001: User: jstanley, Name: Jon Stanley, email: jonstanley(a)gmail.com, Creation: 2007-12-16, IRC Nick: jds2001, Timezone: US/Eastern, Locale: en, Extension: 5102788, GPG key ID: 1F85118D, Status: active (09:01:22 PM) rrix: .fas rrix (09:01:24 PM) zodbot: jds2001: Approved Groups: sysadmin-main altvideos web +sysadmin-tools @gitkeychecker +sysadmin-web cla_fedora cla_done sysadmin-test triagers ambassadors +fedorabugs marketing @gittriage sysadmin sysadmin-noc bzrpackagedb sysadmin-devel gitpython-bugzilla @packager gitsupybot-fedora sysadmin-hosted @provenpackager (09:01:28 PM) zodbot: rrix: rrix 'Ryan Rix' <ry(a)n.rix.si> (09:01:29 PM) threethirty: .fas threethirty (09:01:32 PM) makfinsky: #topic-Agenda (09:01:33 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: -Agenda (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:01:36 PM) zodbot: threethirty: threethirty 'Justin O'Brien' <three(a)threethirty.us> (09:01:37 PM) makfinsky: Thx VileGent (09:01:48 PM) ke4qqq: .fas ke4qqq (09:01:50 PM) zodbot: ke4qqq: ke4qqq 'David Nalley' <david(a)gnsa.us> (09:02:19 PM) makfinsky: #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Ambassadors_2010-2-16#Agenda (09:02:19 PM) makfinsky: (09:02:25 PM) makfinsky: #topic Announcements (09:02:26 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Announcements (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:03:21 PM) makfinsky: Bueller? (09:03:38 PM) ***inode0 has an announcement (09:03:45 PM) inode0: there appear to be no announcements (09:03:53 PM) makfinsky: Excellent! (09:04:03 PM) londo left the room (quit: Remote host closed the connection). (09:04:14 PM) makfinsky: Moving on then. (09:04:16 PM) makfinsky: #topic Events (09:04:18 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Events (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:04:28 PM) makfinsky: #topic Events - TLF (09:04:29 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Events - TLF (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:04:36 PM) makfinsky: #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Texas:LinuxFest_2010 (09:05:01 PM) inode0: we had a shipping mishap - I assume it is either straightened out or will be soon (09:05:36 PM) inode0: I sent stuff, it was refused, then returned to ke4qqq (09:05:48 PM) makfinsky: Refused by...? That sounds odd. (09:05:53 PM) inode0: dell (09:05:59 PM) makfinsky: Heh! (09:06:04 PM) inode0: just a goof up (09:06:05 PM) jetrigger: sent to david at work? (09:06:12 PM) makfinsky: Ok, it happens. (09:06:17 PM) inode0: scott (09:06:20 PM) jetrigger: k (09:06:33 PM) makfinsky: Ok, next. (09:06:37 PM) inode0: CFP was also extended to 3/1 (09:06:54 PM) inode0: submit papers! (09:06:56 PM) makfinsky: We do have several folks heading there, correct? (09:07:17 PM) ke4qqq: jetrigger: it's leaving me tomorrow (09:07:22 PM) inode0: spevack and I have submitted talks and plan to go if they are accepted (09:07:24 PM) jetrigger: good deal (09:07:43 PM) makfinsky: Excellent. (09:07:51 PM) inode0: there are several Texas people going for sure (09:07:53 PM) makfinsky: inode0: You seem to be a font of paper ideas. (09:08:34 PM) inode0: that is all I have on TLF unless collier_s has something to add (09:08:41 PM) makfinsky: Ok, any other events not on the agenda? (09:08:56 PM) threethirty: My buddy Murph and The New Jersey Linux User’s group are doing a showing of the film “Revolution OS” at the Darress Theatre in Boonton NJ on Wednesday, March 31st 2010. (09:08:56 PM) inode0: there is another one on the agenda (09:09:08 PM) dramsey: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCaLE_8x_Event (09:09:27 PM) collier_s: inode0, just to let you know the packages still are not here (09:09:31 PM) makfinsky: Ah, yes, getting ahead of myself. (09:09:56 PM) makfinsky: #topic Events - SCALE -- final check-in before event (09:09:56 PM) makfinsky: #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCaLE_8x_Event (09:09:57 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Events - SCALE -- final check-in before event (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:10:00 PM) jds2001: threethirty: where in the world in Boonton? (09:10:00 PM) inode0: collier_s: ke4qqq just mentioned he will be shipping them tomorrow if I understood him (09:10:16 PM) collier_s: ah, ok, i just joined, thanks (09:10:36 PM) threethirty: jds2001: beats me, i think they have a map on their site NJlinux.org (09:10:47 PM) ***jds2001 shipped the vertical banners awhile back. (09:10:52 PM) jds2001: scott should have them now. (09:11:04 PM) jds2001: but he is unhere. (09:12:01 PM) ***nb (09:12:06 PM) makfinsky: Ok, what's the update with ScaLe? Lots of folks heading there. (09:12:29 PM) ***inode0 just tried to poke lcafiero (09:12:52 PM) inode0: he likes making a fashionably late entrance for effect (09:12:56 PM) ke4qqq: makfinsky: there will be a fedora presance (09:12:58 PM) VileGent: several of us anyways, quaid is keynoteing, and we are have a FAD working on the Summer of Code stuff (09:12:59 PM) ke4qqq: presence even (09:13:06 PM) jnettlet left the room (quit: Remote host closed the connection). (09:13:30 PM) makfinsky: Excellent, any challenges, difficulties? (09:13:32 PM) VileGent: herlo, i think is giving a talk as well (09:13:43 PM) VileGent: we will see about the weather (09:13:58 PM) VileGent: eof (09:14:03 PM) makfinsky: stpierre is as well. Not sure if it's in FAM capacity though. (09:14:06 PM) ***quaid pokes his head in (09:14:21 PM) lcafiero5 [~lcafiero(a)adsl-99-50-124-227.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net] entered the room. (09:14:38 PM) quaid: makfinsky: stpierre is who? (09:15:38 PM) ke4qqq: quaid: chris stpierre (09:15:47 PM) ***ke4qqq thought he was listed under lopsa (09:15:52 PM) ke4qqq: this year anyway (09:16:06 PM) jds2001: yeah, he is lopsa (09:16:22 PM) ke4qqq: a lot of LOPSA presence this year (09:16:26 PM) makfinsky: quaid: stpierre is giving an ldap talk, not sure if he's an ambassador. smart guy, is #rhel often. (09:16:33 PM) jnettlet [~jnettlet(a)S010600240142f8d3.vc.shawcable.net] entered the room. (09:16:57 PM) quaid: ok, I'm wondering because we're planning a flyer with Fedora/Red Hat talks (09:17:00 PM) makfinsky: Sounds like ScaLE is the place to be. (09:17:00 PM) inode0: he is a lopsa instructor and pal (09:17:15 PM) jds2001: and an all around good guy (09:17:31 PM) inode0: not an ambassador but helped at the Fedora booth at the summit (09:17:37 PM) jds2001: if you really want to be cool, get buttons printed that say 'poor stpierre' (09:17:41 PM) jds2001: :D (09:18:15 PM) ke4qqq: quaid: what night is thai? (09:18:15 PM) quaid: I don't see it on the schedule (09:18:19 PM) lcafiero5: lopsa hosts SCALE U at SCALE (09:18:20 PM) ke4qqq: and when are you guys getting in (09:18:25 PM) quaid: ke4qqq: thai? (09:18:29 PM) quaid: we're getting in Thu. night (09:18:32 PM) ***ke4qqq just found out I am arriving really late on Wednesday night (09:18:39 PM) ke4qqq: quaid: food (09:18:45 PM) VileGent: ke4qqq, 11AM thursday (09:18:49 PM) quaid: ke4qqq: oh! (09:18:53 PM) quaid: I had no idea ke4qqq was going to be there (09:19:08 PM) ke4qqq: quaid: attending on someone elses dime, but yes will be there (09:19:25 PM) quaid: ke4qqq: FAD dinner is planned Santa Monica (09:20:26 PM) makfinsky: Anything else for SCaLE? (09:20:33 PM) lcafiero5: Yes (09:20:37 PM) herlo [~clints@fedora/herlo] entered the room. (09:20:40 PM) herlo: oh, hai (09:20:58 PM) jds2001: the fashionably late herlo, as always :) (09:21:08 PM) lcafiero5: I agendized this to put out a call at the 11th hour for any swag folks might want to send (09:21:15 PM) herlo: well, you couldn't call me that if I wasn't fashionably late :) (09:21:20 PM) lcafiero5: folks = reg ambassadors (09:21:29 PM) ke4qqq: lcafiero5: I'll be bringing case badges (09:21:31 PM) jds2001: lcafiero5: i have stuffs I could send. (09:21:32 PM) mock [~mock@fedora/mock] entered the room. (09:21:40 PM) lcafiero5: We're set with media, case badges (09:21:45 PM) ke4qqq: ahhhh cool (09:21:47 PM) quaid: lcafiero5: I have a small stack of t-shirts (09:21:50 PM) ke4qqq: then I won't (09:21:52 PM) herlo: ke4qqq: you going to be at SCaLE? :) (09:21:52 PM) lcafiero5: and tattoos (09:21:56 PM) ke4qqq: herlo: yep (09:21:58 PM) herlo: w00t! (09:22:02 PM) jds2001: lcafiero5: i have stickers, tattoos, and pens (09:22:18 PM) lcafiero5: Need pens and stickers (09:22:30 PM) herlo: lcafiero5: I've got pens, if you want 'em (09:22:32 PM) lcafiero5: If we don't get 'em, we don't get 'em, but I thought I'd ask. (09:22:34 PM) jds2001: will send, wont last for all of scale though. (09:22:35 PM) herlo: buttons somewhat too (09:22:45 PM) ***ke4qqq has no buttons (09:22:50 PM) lcafiero5: Also, I'd like to see how the cheat cubes turn out and maybe run off a bunch to hand out. lcafiero5 lcameron_ (09:23:04 PM) jds2001: do that at kinkos out there. (09:23:06 PM) makfinsky: lcafiero5: Cheat cubes? (09:23:13 PM) lcafiero5: Right. (09:23:14 PM) threethirty: i just made a cheat cube they are awesome (09:23:14 PM) jds2001: thats what we did last year iirc for the media holders. (09:23:25 PM) lcafiero5: I remember jds2001 (09:23:56 PM) jds2001: and herlo was making a fool of himself, but when does he not? :D (09:23:59 PM) lcafiero5: But that's all I had to say, other than plans have worked out well so far and we're looking forward to quaid wowing the masses on Saturday (09:24:26 PM) lcafiero5: Thanks to vwbusguy for doing all the legwork on location. (09:24:27 PM) makfinsky: Is the con being recorded? (09:24:35 PM) herlo: makfinsky: yup (09:24:40 PM) lcafiero5: I think so, yeah. (09:24:43 PM) makfinsky: Excellent. (09:24:47 PM) ke4qqq: makfinsky: yes - but will be weeks if not months after the fact before they are releasesd (09:24:48 PM) etank: lcafiero5: have you printed an of the cubes yet? (09:24:50 PM) ke4qqq: released (09:24:54 PM) lcafiero5: Not yet. (09:25:08 PM) etank: threethirty: what size paper did you use for them (09:25:10 PM) lcafiero5: Will probably go to Kinko's tomorrow (09:25:20 PM) threethirty: etank: a4 (09:25:25 PM) lcafiero5: a4 got it. (09:25:37 PM) etank: ok. i was thinking 11x17 card stock (09:25:38 PM) ke4qqq: threethirty: why a4? (09:25:55 PM) threethirty: ke4qqq: im poor and thats all i have (09:26:04 PM) ***lcafiero5 is poor too. (09:26:05 PM) dramsey: Got to love the cube! :) (09:26:11 PM) dramsey: #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_collateral#Fedora_Cheat_Cubes (09:26:17 PM) makfinsky: Ok, anything else for SCaLE? If not, inode has a couple items to mention. (09:26:20 PM) etank: the cube is awesome (09:26:22 PM) makfinsky: Thanks dramsey. (09:26:22 PM) ***ke4qqq didn't know that a4 was very common in the us (09:26:30 PM) lcafiero5: I don't have anything else. (09:27:00 PM) makfinsky: #topic Events - TLF revisited (09:27:01 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Events - TLF revisited (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:27:07 PM) VileGent: i printed some on letter but i forgot to pick them up out of the printer i will check in the morning (09:27:28 PM) inode0: I just forgot to mention that TLF requested that we provide some literature for inclusion in the conference bag (09:27:50 PM) inode0: so if any marketing/art/ambassador types would like to help with that it would be greatly appreciated (09:28:04 PM) jds2001: inode0: make a design-team ticket? (09:28:19 PM) inode0: I'm not taking it, I'm asking for help :) (09:28:43 PM) ke4qqq: inode0: really? who from TLF? (09:29:09 PM) inode0: probably nate but I don't know since the request came to me second hand (09:29:23 PM) jds2001: when is this literature required? (09:29:40 PM) inode0: probably late March/early April (09:29:51 PM) lcafiero5 left the room (quit: Quit: Java user signed off). (09:30:01 PM) jds2001: what kind of literatrue are they looking for? (09:30:23 PM) inode0: something about Fedora to put in the bag, beyond that I don't know anything (09:30:23 PM) dychen_ left the room (quit: Ping timeout: 256 seconds). (09:30:38 PM) tatica left the room (quit: Remote host closed the connection). (09:30:51 PM) ***ke4qqq assumed TLF == The Linux Fund (09:30:51 PM) inode0: I expect one of the tri-fold stock things would work well, maybe updated (09:30:55 PM) ke4qqq: not Texas LF (09:31:20 PM) inode0: ok, one other thing so we can leave events (09:31:30 PM) inode0: #link http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/ (09:31:33 PM) makfinsky: #topic Events - PyCon (09:31:34 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Events - PyCon (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:32:06 PM) inode0: Several Fedora developers are attending PyCon again this year from the 17th to 25th of this month (09:32:29 PM) makfinsky: Wow, that's a long conference. (09:32:43 PM) inode0: I shipped an emergency supply of Fedora goodness to Atlanta for them to lure people into our lair with (09:32:52 PM) cmpahar left the room (quit: Read error: Operation timed out). (09:33:11 PM) makfinsky: Excellent. McStabby volunteered to deliver, correct? (09:33:32 PM) inode0: yes, but I shipped to the conference hotel so he is off the hook (09:33:50 PM) makfinsky: Ah, good. (09:34:02 PM) inode0: that is all (09:34:06 PM) makfinsky: #topic Budget Review (09:34:06 PM) makfinsky: #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Budget (09:34:07 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Budget Review (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:34:19 PM) makfinsky: #topic Budget Review - Fedora Branded USB Key Price Quote (09:34:20 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Budget Review - Fedora Branded USB Key Price Quote (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:34:36 PM) inode0: ok, just for the record (09:34:58 PM) inode0: I requested a quote from Red Hat's source of USB sticks used at the past couple of summits (09:35:20 PM) jds2001: those sucked last year, btw. (09:35:34 PM) jds2001: or rather the year before (09:35:38 PM) inode0: The quote I got for Fedora branded 2GB swivel sticks came in around $13.50 - $15.00 (09:35:42 PM) jds2001: the last summit i was it :) (09:36:03 PM) inode0: which is a bit pricy for us I think - but there it is (09:36:11 PM) makfinsky: inode0: Wow, that seems pricey. (09:36:21 PM) ke4qqq: hmmmm think we can get it in before budget cutoff? (09:36:22 PM) inode0: the branding on them is nice (09:36:43 PM) inode0: can anyone reach spevack? (09:36:45 PM) ***ke4qqq notes there's 16,000 in ambassador budget that will disappear in just a few days (09:36:46 PM) jds2001: yeah, when you charge $900 for a conference, $15 isnt that much - but for swag, it is :( (09:36:48 PM) ke4qqq: inode0: no (09:36:50 PM) ke4qqq: inode0: not really (09:37:09 PM) inode0: well, let me say something about these (09:37:09 PM) VileGent: ke4qqq, i think we can do alot cheaper to be truthful (09:37:24 PM) inode0: I wasn't thinking about getting them to drop on a table as swag (09:37:30 PM) ke4qqq: but I am sure quaid or mchua, or gdk could hook us up with a PO (09:37:55 PM) inode0: quaid mentioned giving them to people who asked good questions at a talk and that got me thinking (09:38:09 PM) quaid: "Ever filed a bug report?" (09:38:11 PM) dramsey: +1 great thoughts and ideas. (09:38:13 PM) inode0: that it would be nice to just have some around for special uses like that (09:38:22 PM) ke4qqq: I agree (09:38:23 PM) warren left the room (quit: Quit: Leaving). (09:38:32 PM) makfinsky: inode0: +1 (09:38:41 PM) ***ke4qqq liked the $nextrelease's idea as well (09:39:16 PM) inode0: ke4qqq: well, I have a quote in hand, just need money :) (09:39:39 PM) ke4qqq: quaid: ?? (09:40:20 PM) quaid: wow, that's a toughie potentially (09:40:39 PM) quaid: I'm fairly sure we need spevack for this, and he is deeply out of pocket (09:40:49 PM) inode0: at a minimum it would run around $2500 I think (09:40:53 PM) quaid: however, if you bounce me the quote I can get it in to his queue, top-center (09:40:59 PM) ke4qqq: yeah I know about that - but can gdk help us? (09:41:02 PM) ke4qqq: or sometihng (09:41:09 PM) quaid: well, I'll do a full-team alert, yes (09:41:09 PM) ke4qqq: if not we'll just miss it (09:41:11 PM) inode0: quaid: I'll forward it to you (09:41:15 PM) quaid: and greg is last seen in RDU (09:41:46 PM) ke4qqq: yeah i figure greg is at least in proximity to finance types (09:42:13 PM) ldimaggi_ left the room (quit: Quit: Leaving). (09:42:22 PM) makfinsky: #action Need P.O. for USB sticks, inode0 to forward quote to quaid. (09:42:58 PM) makfinsky: USB sticks would be nice for demo'ing spins. (09:43:16 PM) makfinsky: Ok, 5. (09:43:21 PM) makfinsky: 4. (09:43:24 PM) makfinsky: 3. (09:43:27 PM) makfinsky: 2. (09:43:27 PM) makfinsky: 1. (09:43:29 PM) makfinsky: #topic Budget Review - Event box for Canada (09:43:30 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Budget Review - Event box for Canada (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:43:55 PM) ke4qqq: did we not get that bought? (09:45:00 PM) ***ke4qqq sees that my email is still in draft (09:45:21 PM) VileGent: i thought so but we need the have the people for Canada to respond for certain (09:45:27 PM) makfinsky: Ah, the oft overlooked maintenance. (09:45:54 PM) ke4qqq: I'll follow up on the list? (09:46:31 PM) makfinsky: #action ke4qqq will follow up on Event box for Canada. (09:46:34 PM) inode0: I think it hasn't been taken care of but isn't really that urgent ... (09:46:55 PM) VileGent: Unfinished Business Event Box for CA (VileGent, 03:05:21) (09:46:55 PM) VileGent: 1. ACTION: Arsenick arrange with Max to order Pelican 1610 box (VileGent, 03:07:25) (09:46:58 PM) inode0: I mean $200 now or later isn't really critical (09:47:28 PM) ke4qqq: ok , that will move til March then (09:47:44 PM) makfinsky: Anything else? (09:47:48 PM) makfinsky: 5. (09:47:51 PM) makfinsky: 4,3,2,1. (09:47:54 PM) makfinsky: #topic Budget Review - T-Shirt order (09:47:56 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Budget Review - T-Shirt order (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:48:26 PM) inode0: we have a quote for those also sitting on spevack's desk (09:48:48 PM) makfinsky: Sounds like we are on hold until max returns. (09:48:49 PM) inode0: 270 shirts came in at $1,783.00 (09:48:59 PM) ke4qqq: inode0: just order these (09:49:05 PM) ke4qqq: it will come out whenever it comes out (09:49:07 PM) makfinsky: inode0: Those are the splatter shirts, yes? (09:49:14 PM) inode0: no (09:49:15 PM) VileGent: no (09:49:18 PM) ke4qqq: tshirt people don't demand payment up front (09:49:37 PM) inode0: ke4qqq: brian will order them however he and max always do it (09:49:59 PM) ke4qqq: ahhh didn't realize it was waiting on demonjester (09:50:13 PM) VileGent: $7 each seems steep for the white shirts (09:50:26 PM) inode0: these as I understand it are blue shirts with I (f) Fedora on the front and the logo on the back (09:50:57 PM) inode0: ke4qqq: I think Brian is waiting on Max to say do it (09:51:07 PM) inode0: but he just got the quote today I think (09:51:36 PM) ke4qqq: ok, but as quaid noted, max is out of pocket for a bit (09:52:16 PM) inode0: doesn't know what that means (09:53:03 PM) makfinsky: Ok, anything more? (09:53:06 PM) inode0: StabbyMc is also waiting I think on a quote for stickers, or on art or something (09:53:24 PM) inode0: unless someone wants to tell me what being out of pocket means (09:53:41 PM) etank: inode0: i think it means unavailable (09:53:47 PM) ke4qqq: clings gone out? (09:53:49 PM) thewonderer57 left the room (quit: Remote host closed the connection). (09:53:57 PM) makfinsky: inode0: I think it's a military surveillance reference. Means un-reachable. (09:53:59 PM) inode0: StabbyMc has them is all I know (09:54:46 PM) makfinsky: #action StabbyMc to send out clings. (09:54:50 PM) inode0: should we set StabbyMc up with UPS ... I think so (09:55:02 PM) ke4qqq: inode0: I sdent him details already (09:55:11 PM) inode0: ok, good (09:55:12 PM) ke4qqq: for that very purpose when he was in clemson (09:55:39 PM) makfinsky: #topic Unfinished Business (09:55:39 PM) makfinsky: #topic Unfinished Business - Campus Ambassador Program (09:55:41 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Unfinished Business (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:55:42 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Unfinished Business - Campus Ambassador Program (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:56:10 PM) inode0: just a quick comment that we had a meeting last saturday, biertie is the new sheriff in town (09:56:35 PM) inode0: he sent out mail to the list about the next meeting, which is really the first meeting (09:56:54 PM) inode0: it would be great if some NA campus ambassadors would attend (09:56:57 PM) ke4qqq: awesome! (09:57:16 PM) makfinsky: Ah, if only I could easily get back to campus... (09:58:41 PM) inode0: biertie will need help from people in all regions, including NA (09:58:45 PM) inode0: I'm done (09:58:54 PM) dramsey: +1 for help (09:59:11 PM) makfinsky: #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors (09:59:17 PM) makfinsky: Thanks inode0 (09:59:26 PM) makfinsky: Ok, last but not least. (09:59:27 PM) makfinsky: #topic Open floor (09:59:29 PM) zodbot has changed the topic to: Open floor (Meeting topic: FAmNA 20100216) (09:59:45 PM) dramsey: Thinks Scholarship program is way excellent for people... (09:59:47 PM) dramsey: #link http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scholarship (10:00:08 PM) dramsey: eof (10:00:45 PM) makfinsky: dramsey: Where are you now? (10:00:46 PM) dramsey: Sends power Fedora 12 energy for Scale event... (10:01:03 PM) dramsey: Coming to U.S. next week...downtown Tokyo now. (10:01:05 PM) makfinsky: Are you still heading up the UMD events on the calendar? (10:01:18 PM) dramsey: Yup! (10:01:58 PM) dramsey: Going to visit old coworkers at Nasa Goddard and HQ as well as try to get Campus people to network...sort of two birds with one stone concept... (10:02:05 PM) makfinsky: Excellent, I'll have to hit that up the next time it's not snowing here. (10:02:39 PM) dramsey: yup, I am sensitive to weather white-out indeed... (10:03:01 PM) dramsey: +1 (10:03:21 PM) makfinsky: Ok, anything else? (10:03:50 PM) dramsey: Tnak (10:03:53 PM) dramsey: hank y (10:03:58 PM) makfinsky: Closing meeting in 5. (10:04:00 PM) makfinsky: 4. (10:04:01 PM) makfinsky: 3. (10:04:02 PM) makfinsky: 2. (10:04:03 PM) makfinsky: 1. (10:04:05 PM) makfinsky: #endmeeting -- Ivan Makfinsky Chief Systems Architect Endosys, Inc. ivan.makfinsky(a)endosys.com

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