FYI, next weekly APAC meeting = Saturday, August 18th, 2012 at 04:00 UTC. :)
by David Ramsey
Hello Everyone,
FYI, a friendly reminder, the next weekly APAC meeting = Saturday, August 18th, 2012 at 04:00 UTC. :)
* Please be prompt and we will address priority issues first in order to save time.
* We will review our what SWAG for example, such as F17 media and others that you need for the future and plan for future F18 media needs. :)
* We are using a new agenda format "so" update the agenda with your relevant information. ;)
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Our APAC Team as always fully supports you and I hope that your schedule permits attending our APAC meeting. :)
If you are not able to attend the meeting, then please, update the meeting wiki and let the wiki "speak" of updates on your behalf. That is what I do and I strongly suggest this as an option for you. :)
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Day : Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Time : 04:00 UTC
See the following URL to check and verify your own timing based on your location -
* http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2012&month=08&d...
For any proposed changes to the agenda, then please update -
* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:APAC_Ambassadors_2012-08-18#Agenda
If you are not able to join us, then please update the agenda, in order to show your updates. :)
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On Freenode IRC Channel : #fedora-meeting
Help on IRC -
* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRCHowTo
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We hope that you may be able to attend and join us. :)
Sending positive Fedora 16 & 17 energy to your computers now!!! :v)
Please have a Great Fedora day and/or evening! :~)
Thank You
Sincerely
=-=-=-=-=
- David -
=-=-=-=-=
David Ramsey
=
一石二鳥
いっせきにちょう
One stone; two birds.
To kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
=
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* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dramsey
With sixteen (16) x86_64 computing cores, 80 GB of RAM and eight SATA Seagate 7200.12 - 500 GB harddisks.
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11 years, 8 months
FAmNA Meeting (15 August 2012)
by inode0
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#fedora-meeting: FAmNA
======================
Meeting started by inode0 at 01:00:04 UTC. The full logs are available
at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2012-08-15/famna.2012-08-...
.
Meeting summary
---------------
* Roll Call (inode0, 01:00:23)
* The streets of Blacksburg, VA are no longer safe. SGS has his
license. (nb, 01:03:20)
* Announcements (inode0, 01:03:49)
* inode0 will be doing something cool next Tuesday but don't worry
because graphite6 will be here to entertain you (inode0, 01:03:50)
* FUDCOn Venezuela is next week - your support / retweeting /
encouragement are totally welcome :) (rbergeron, 01:07:29)
* Orientation Topic: Ambassador related tracs (inode0, 01:08:38)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/fama/ (inode0, 01:09:51)
* FAS = fedora account system (rbergeron, 01:11:41)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ (inode0, 01:17:03)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ (inode0, 01:17:10)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/famna/report (inode0, 01:19:59)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/famnarequests/ (inode0, 01:27:48)
* Tickets (inode0, 01:45:28)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/famna/report/9 (inode0, 01:46:22)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ohio_Linux_Fest_2012
(graphite6, 01:48:23)
* LINK: http://ohiolinux.org/bofs (graphite6, 01:50:19)
* AGREED: budget of $1400 approved for OLF (graphite6, 01:57:01)
* ACTION: budget of 1400 approved for OLF (kk4ewt, 01:57:12)
* open floor (kk4ewt, 01:59:59)
Meeting ended at 02:17:26 UTC.
Action Items
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* budget of 1400 approved for OLF
Action Items, by person
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* **UNASSIGNED**
* budget of 1400 approved for OLF
People Present (lines said)
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* inode0 (119)
* lh (71)
* dan408- (64)
* nb (51)
* graphite6 (34)
* herlo (33)
* kk4ewt (30)
* masta (25)
* rbergeron (22)
* award3535 (18)
* farmerrob (17)
* SGS (12)
* nirik (10)
* Sonar_Gal (9)
* zodbot (6)
* dramsey (6)
* kaptk2 (3)
* wrnash (2)
* DiscordianUK (1)
* CubedRoot (1)
John
11 years, 8 months
FAmNA Meeting Announcement (14 August 2012)
by inode0
Please join us for our weekly FAmNA meeting this Tuesday at 9:00pm
Eastern in #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net.
I'd like to remind everyone that it is important for us to get some work
accomplished at these meetings and staying on the topic is important
to that end. All comments are welcome from ambassadors during the
meetings but please wait until the Open Floor to add any subject matter
not included in the meeting agenda via a ticket.
Feel free to add to the agenda. The easy way to add an agenda item is
described at the bottom of this announcement. Especially if you have an
event coming up that needs some attention.
== Meeting Agenda ==
=== Announcements ===
Time for brief announcements.
=== Orientation Topics ===
After giving this some thought I have concluded there is way too much
material for one meeting so we'll add one or two topics each week
until we have everything covered. Please add topics or suggest future
topics for us to cover.
* Ambassador related trac instances: fama, famna, famnarequests
=== Tickets ===
Tickets scheduled for discussion at this meeting can be found at
https://fedorahosted.org/famna/report/9
Please read through each ticket in advance so you can be prepared to
discuss them at the meeting.
=== Open Floor ===
Unscheduled topics can be raised during the open floor if time
permits. Discussion of any topic will generally be more productive if
participants know about the topics in advance and have some time to
think about them, so please add your topics to the meeting agenda in
the ticket system when possible.
If you would like to add a topic for discussion at our meetings please
open a ticket at
https://fedorahosted.org/famna/
and set its milestone to meeting.
Thanks,
John
11 years, 8 months
2012 Texas Linux Fest
by inode0
I flew into San Antonio on the afternoon of August 3rd. Due the late
scheduling of some of the activities on Friday I was too late to
organize a Fedora BoF which I would really have enjoyed doing. I also
unfortunately arrived in town just a little too late to attend the
speaker's dinner. So I got checked into the hotel, touched base with
Andrew Ward to make sure he made it to town and everything was in good
shape for the booth the next day, worked a bit on my talk, then headed
to the hotel lobby in the hope of bumping into someone I knew.
And in walks Adam Miller (maxamillion), a friend of several years. We
met in #rhel what seems a long time ago now, roomed together at the
Toronto FUDCon, and generally bump into each other online. After a
short dinner break we sat and talked about a variety of current issues
well past my bedtime. Time well spent. Headed back to my room for a
bit more preparation and then to bed.
Morning came early but mercifully the event did not begin at the crack
of dawn. The expo was supposed to open around 10:00 so I found my way
to the venue, got registered, and headed to the expo hall in time for
the opening. Or so I thought. When I arrived Andrew already had the
booth completely set up and it was humming with activity well before
10:00. Since my talk wasn't until mid-afternoon I spent most of the
morning hanging around the expo hall.
It was nice to run into old friends like Carl Thompson from Rackspace
(thanks Carl for the Rackspace swag), David Nalley from Citrix (thanks
David for the tasty Angus beef and cheddar sandwich), and Thomas
Cameron from Red Hat.
The Fedora booth was absolutely insane all morning. I believe the
official attendance at the event was a bit under 500 people but the
Fedora booth was hopping most of the day. There were lots of questions
about new features in Fedora 17, about what the heck is this Beefy
Miracle name, about how to get involved with Fedora (we have several
new contributors already doing things who got started at the event),
and a lot of positive feedback along with a little negative.
I wandered off to lunch with David Nalley where we chatted mostly
about Fedora related things, then a little more preparation for my
afternoon talk about demoggification. My talk was a slightly reworked
version of the talk I gave at the Southeast LinuxFest earlier this
summer in Charlotte, NC. The room was much larger and so was the
audience. Had the chance to briefly meet Nate Willis from LWN right
before the talk. The talk went really well and again I got a lot of
feedback from people who attended it throughout the rest of the event.
After handing the reins of the projector over to Thomas Cameron I
headed back to the booth. In the afternoon things slowed down a bit
during talks but that gave us a chance to speak more in depth to those
who stopped by. I want to give a quick shout out to Aaron Marshall,
Chris Caillouet, and Stuart Yarus. It was really great talking to each
of you and the others who I sadly can't remember by name since I'm an
old guy with questionable ability to recall names. The expo closed
down around 6:00 and Andrew did all the work cleaning up after the
event. Fedora is lucky to have had two superstars spending most of the
day at the Fedora booth. A big thank you to both Andrew and Adam for
all their help.
If you get the chance next year go to the Texas Linux Fest. It is a
growing young event with really great people. Tons of positive energy
and enthusiasm everywhere. I hope I am lucky enough to get invited
again because I had a great time this year and this appears to be a
very receptive crowd for Fedora to draw new contributors from in the
future.
John
11 years, 8 months
Re: [Ambassadors] volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in Barcelona
by Adrian
Hi.
I will try to attend, but it will be difficult.
In Spain there is a lack of knowledge in English, but is not that usual in
IT. So I think English and maybe some Spanish for clarifications are
enough.
As for other countries, as far as I know, is common to have a decent level
of English, so at first there would be no problems.
Adrián Espinosa Moreno.
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> 1. Re: volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in Barcelona
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> 2. Re: volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in Barcelona
> (Jiri Eischmann)
> 3. Re: volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in Barcelona
> (Jukka Palander)
> 4. Re: volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in Barcelona
> (Bertrand Juglas)
> 5. Re: Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun Sweepstakes
> (Arnold Laurinaria)
> 6. Re: Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun Sweepstakes
> (Christopher Meng)
> 7. Re: Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun Sweepstakes
> (Dan Mashal)
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:14:51 +0200
> From: Bertrand Juglas <b(a)juglas.name>
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in
> Barcelona
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> Do we need to speak very well spanish to go to it ?
> As it was in Prague last year and from its name i can imagine speaking
> french, english and a bit spanish should be enough ?
> Do you think I'm wrong ?
> I will look to see if I could be there too because I already want to
> discover Barcelona.
> >From Paris it's also a long trip but if i manage to get holidays
> during these dates it will be a pleasure.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:26:14 +0200
> From: Jiri Eischmann <eischmann(a)redhat.com>
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in
> Barcelona
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> I don't think so. Spanish is a plus, but the main language is English.
> In Prague, 90% of all attendees were foreigners. It's an international
> event.
>
> Jiri
>
> Bertrand Juglas píše v Po 13. 08. 2012 v 15:14 +0200:
> > Do we need to speak very well spanish to go to it ?
> > As it was in Prague last year and from its name i can imagine speaking
> > french, english and a bit spanish should be enough ?
> > Do you think I'm wrong ?
> > I will look to see if I could be there too because I already want to
> > discover Barcelona.
> > From Paris it's also a long trip but if i manage to get holidays
> > during these dates it will be a pleasure.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:23:43 +0200
> From: Jukka Palander <jukka(a)devspain.com>
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in
> Barcelona
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> On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 15:14 +0200, Bertrand Juglas wrote:
> > Do we need to speak very well spanish to go to it ?
> > As it was in Prague last year and from its name i can imagine speaking
> > french, english and a bit spanish should be enough ?
> > Do you think I'm wrong ?
> > I will look to see if I could be there too because I already want to
> > discover Barcelona.
> > From Paris it's also a long trip but if i manage to get holidays
> > during these dates it will be a pleasure.
> > --
> > ambassadors mailing list
> > ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors
>
>
> Spanish is a "MUST" in Spain, but when in Catalonia, it may not be.. ;-)
>
> So my opinion is that:
>
> 1) English (and/or Spanglish)
> 2) Spanish
> 3) French (due it is so close to France there will be participants)
> 4) German (and/or Dutch) very welcome
> 5) All the other languages welcome
> 6) Catalan (sorry guys -do we need?)
>
>
> If I am attending I can do:
>
> 1) Finnish (native)
> 2) English (fluent)
> 3) Spanish (fluentish)
> 4) -can understand some Swedish-
>
> --
> Jukka
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:34:45 +0200
> From: Bertrand Juglas <b(a)juglas.name>
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] volunteers for LinuxCon Europe 2012 in
> Barcelona
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> 2012/8/13 Jukka Palander <jukka(a)devspain.com>:
> > So my opinion is that:
> >
> > 1) English (and/or Spanglish)
> > 2) Spanish
> > 3) French (due it is so close to France there will be participants)
> > 4) German (and/or Dutch) very welcome
> > 5) All the other languages welcome
> > 6) Catalan (sorry guys -do we need?)
>
>
> If I am attending I can do:
>
> 1) French (native)
> 2) English (fluent)
> 3) Spanish (basic)
>
> So it confirms me I should look how i can plan holidays in Barcelona
> during this time frame to help managing this booth.
> It shouldn't be a problem for my planning so count on me if there is
> still enough place when everybody is decided.
> But i don't want to be the event leader, so we still need an event leader
> ;)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:34:14 +0800
> From: Arnold Laurinaria <alaurinaria(a)gmail.com>
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun
> Sweepstakes
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>
> Hello Guys!
> Just want to ask if Philippines is also included in the Sweepstakes?
> because when i select the region Philippines is not included but Singapore
> Australia are included in Asia Pacific.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:20 PM, David Ramsey <diamond_ramsey(a)hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Greetings. :)
> >
> > Friendly reminder "all entries must be received by August 15, 2012 at
> > 12:00 PM (noon) EDT (the “Promotional Period”)."
> >
> > ===============================
> > > We're giving away 220 total hardware units, including:
> > > * [50] OLPC XO 1.75 units
> > > * [150] Raspberry Pi (B) units
> > > * [20] Arduino Uno R3 (assembled) units + choice of shield (8 different
> > shields to choose from)
> >
> > A most worthy and excellent opportunity for people to participate. Thank
> > you. ;)
> > ===============================
> > Sending positive Fedora 16 and Fedora 17 energy to your computers now.
> :v)
> >
> > Please have a Great Fedora day and evening! :~)
> >
> >
> > Thank You
> > Sincerely
> > =-=-=-=-=
> > - David -
> > =-=-=-=-=
> > David Ramsey
> > ---------------------------------
> > 一石二鳥
> > いっせきにちょう
> > One stone; two birds.
> > To kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
> >
> > =
> > Fedora Project's Japan & Maryland Ambassador dramsey(a)fedoraproject.org
> > * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dramsey
> > With sixteen (16) x86_64 computing cores, 80 GB of RAM and eight SATA
> > Seagate 7200.12 - 500 GB harddisks.
> > The system definitions are at the following URL:
> > *
> >
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dramsey#Using_embedded_code_have_upda...
> > =
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> From: Christopher Meng <cickumqt(a)gmail.com>
> To: "ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org"
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> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun
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> I also want to know if China is available.
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> *Yours sincerely,*
> *Christopher Meng*
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> Ambassador/Contributor of Fedora Project and many others.
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> From: Dan Mashal <dan.mashal(a)gmail.com>
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun
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> https://fedoraproject.org/openhw2012/details
> *
>
> Eligibility*. To be eligible to enter the 2012 Fedora Summer of Open
> Hardware Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”), Participant must be:
>
> 1. A legal resident of Australia (excluding the states of New South
> Wales and the Australian Capital Territory), Belgium, Canada (excluding
> Quebec), Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore,
> South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, or the United States
> (excluding
> New York and Florida);
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Christopher Meng <cickumqt(a)gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I also want to know if China is available.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > *Yours sincerely,*
> > *Christopher Meng*
> >
> > Ambassador/Contributor of Fedora Project and many others.
> > http://cicku.me
> >
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>
11 years, 8 months
Fedora Summer of Open Hardware and Fun Sweepstakes
by Tom Callaway
Today (at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time), we're launching a sweepstakes
for our Fedora Contributors called the Fedora Summer of Open Hardware
and Fun! We wanted to do something nice to thank our Fedora community
for all that they do for Free Software and Content, and we thought that
giving away a lot of Open Hardware would be a great way to do that.
We're giving away 220 total hardware units, including:
* [50] OLPC XO 1.75 units
* [150] Raspberry Pi (B) units
* [20] Arduino Uno R3 (assembled) units + choice of shield (8 different
shields to choose from)
Unfortunately, we don't have enough hardware to give something to every
Fedora Contributor, so this is a sweepstakes, and sweepstakes come with
all sorts of rules and restrictions.
This sweepstakes is for Fedora Contributors (defined as users in the
Fedora Account System who have signed the FPCA and are in one additional
group). There are some geographic and age restrictions, the reason for
this is that it is extremely costly and time-consuming to determine
whether or not it is possible to run a sweepstakes in a given country.
Sweepstakes laws and regulations vary considerably from country to
country, and many countries have strict registration requirements and
fees associated with running sweepstakes. Other countries simply
prohibit sweepstakes entirely. As a result, we are only offering this
sweepstakes in countries where we know that the sweepstakes is lawful.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Also, please note that Red Hat employees are not allowed to enter the
sweepstakes.
To learn more, read the full sweepstakes rules, and to enter, please go to:
https://fedoraproject.org/openhw2012
(You can jump straight to the complete legal sweepstakes rules here:
https://fedoraproject.org/openhw2012/details )
*****
And now, a quick FAQ:
Q. Hey, it's not summer where I am!
A. That's not a question.
Q. Why does it say Summer when it isn't Summer where I am?
A. Just close your eyes and pretend it is Summer. Think of the warm
fuzzy feeling you'll get from winning one of these sweet prizes.
Q. Where did the money come from for this?
A. I'm going to assume you mean that in a specific way, not in the
"Daddy, where does money come from way". If you are really asking the
more generic question, just watch this video
(http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/cartoons-tv-movies-kids/ch...).
For everyone else, the money for this sweepstakes came from a special
allocation from the Open Source and Standards group at Red Hat, and did
not take away from the normal Fedora community budget in any way.
Q. Why can't Red Hat employees enter? We contribute a lot to Fedora!
A. Because in the eyes of the law, it seems shady when a company runs a
sweepstakes and their employees end up winning.
Q. Why is there an age restriction on this?
A. Because it is a sweepstakes, and that's the law. It varies by region,
but our app is clever enough to adjust it accordingly.
Q. I am sad that my state/country/unincorporated region prevents me from
entering this sweepstakes. Is there anything you can do for me?
A. We feel sad that we have to exclude you. Much sadder than the time
that Tasha Yar got eaten by that sentient oil spill. Short of sending
you hardware, money, or other legal impossibilities, feel free to leave
a comment on this post with a suggestion on how we can make it up to
you. Also, feel free to mention your country. If there are hundreds of
people left out in the cold in Luxembourg, we might be able to do a
legal review and have it added for future sweepstakes eligibility (no
promises though).
Q. What about Fedora users?
A. We love you too, but we really wanted to give an extra-special thank
you to those Fedora Contributors who take that next step and help us
make Fedora better. You can become a contributor and be eligible when we
do something like this again, see: http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora
Q. If I win, how will I get my hardware?
A. We'll ship it to you, on our dime. We'll ask the winners for that
information later.
Q. I can't decide which hardware I want, can I pick them all?
A. No. You need to pick one. Just one.
Q. Can I enter multiple times?
A. No. (Actually, I think the app will let you re-enter if you change
your mind, but only the latest entry will stick.)
Q. How do you choose the winners?
A. Completely at random from all valid entries.
Q. How did you get so many OLPC XO units?
A. The wonderful folks at laptop.org donated them for us to give away.
Q. How did you get so many Raspberry Pi units?
A. Black magic. Deep black magic.
Q. Why Arduino? It doesn't run Fedora Linux!
A. So what? It's open, its fun, and you can do all sorts of Open Source
geekery with it.
Q. Why didn't you choose to give away instead?
A. Our crack team of Fedora experts (okay, me, Robyn, and Ruth)
generated a list of hardware, then ranked them by coolness, cost, and
availability. Except for the awesome and well dressed folks at
Laptop.org, no one had any cool free hardware lying around (although, I
offered to put some old SPARC systems in the mix, which was vetoed), so
we ended up spending our money on the coolest things we could get the
most of at the least cost. We'd love to do this again, so feel free to
leave a comment here with your suggestions.
Q. Hey, I'm a hardware vendor and I want to work with you to give away
more awesome Open Hardware to Fedora people in the future, who do I
contact to help out?
A. Tom Callaway <spot(a)redhat.com>
Q. Anyone else you'd like to thank?
A. Why, how nice of you to ask. I'd also like to thank Ruth Suehle &
Robyn Bergeron for brainstorming, researching, and generally being
awesome to make this a reality. Luke Macken for writing the app code
(and making changes at the last possible minute). Mo Duffy for making it
simple, clean and beautiful to enter. The wonderful folks at Farnell,
Adafruit, Sparkfun, and Laptop.org for all of my export and ordering
related questions. Pam Chestek and Erin Dutton, for helping this
sweepstakes be fully blessed and legally awesome. Amy Ross, for
addressing our many export needs. Kevin Fenzi and the folks on the
Fedora Admin team for making sure we had this webapp running, and
sitting in the proper location (except for that brief minute where all
mainpage traffic was pointing at the webapp, whoopsy!). And of course,
Red Hat and OSAS for paying for it all.
~tom
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Fedora Project
11 years, 8 months
REMINDER French Fedora Meeting Today #fedora-meeting-1
by Reminder
This mail is a reminder for today's meeting for the French speaking community.
2012-08-13 / 20:30 (hour of Paris)
IRC: freenode
#fedora-meeting-1
Ce mail est un rappel pour la réunion de la communauté francophone, qui aura lieu ce lundi (13 août) à 20h30 heure de Paris sur IRC (freenode) #fedora-meeting-1 .
L'ordre du jour est disponible depuis cette page :
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Réunions_hebdomadaires_de_la_French_team
N'hésitez pas à le modifier pour rajouter des sujets qui vous semblent intéressants.
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