FAmNA Meeting Summary from 2009-07-21

[inode0]

* Announcements

   - sseiersen is looking someone to share a room at OLF, there is sign-up
     section on the wiki now

     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ohio_Linux_Fest_2009

* FAmNA Participation in the Campus Ambassadors Program

  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors

    - North American ambassadors are encouraged to start thinking about how
      FAmNA should support the campus ambassador program

    - inode0 proposed that FAmNA sponsor one campus ambassador from North
      America each year to attend FUDcon, some discussion of the current number
      of campus ambassadors and the methods that might be used to decide who
      would receive the sponsorship - proposal agreed to, details will follow

* Events [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents]

   - Red Hat Summit

     Plans are falling into place in preparation for the Summit, more details
     are available on the wiki now

     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Summit_2009

     Everyone attending the Summit is encouraged to think about preparing
     something for the campground

   - New Mexico GNU/LinuxFest

     dthomasdigital reports keynote speakers to be announced next week
     and that inode0 will be there giving a talk about something interesting

   - OSCON

     inode0 mentions that OSCON is in progress and some of our guys are busy
     at the event tonight

   - inode0 suggested that if we have some funds left this quarter we consider
     prepaying for things where possible later this year (OLF & NMGLF are two
     good targets)

* Budget Review [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Budget]

   - Lots of discussion about F11 media, where is it? When will we get it?
     (dthomasdigital will follow-up with Max about the status of media)

   - StabbyMc volunteers to investigate long sleeve twill shirts

   - VileGent reported on the state of Event Box banners, things are moving
     again and there is hope these retractable banners will be available in
     time for the Red Hat Summit

   - VileGent suggests making the four foundation posters for use in Event
     Boxes, great idea - any volunteers?

   - StabbyMc reports that the Fedora pens have been ordered and should arrive
     either this week or next - thanks StabbyMc

   - inode0 reports some issues with the fathead idea, complicated agreement
     required that inode0 wasn't comfortable with - if anyone else would like
     to tackle that inode0 will help them, all art is ready (thank you mizmo)

* Open Floor

   - Some discussion of the Campus Ambassador program

   - helofromseattle mentioned he is considering starting a new Fedora podcast,
     inode0 cheers

I would again like to thank all the participants, especially the new
ambassadors joining us for the first time tonight.

[Larry Cafiero]

Sorry I missed the meeting -- I was setting up for OSCON, which starts
today.

At some future meeting -- and possibly here on the list -- I would like to
discuss lanyards and different Fedora "wear" for the ambassadors, i.e.,
something different than polos for events, etc. I will agendize this for the
next meeting.

Larry Cafiero

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:39 PM, inode0 <inode0(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  * Announcements
>
>    - sseiersen is looking someone to share a room at OLF, there is sign-up
>      section on the wiki now
>
>      https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ohio_Linux_Fest_2009
>
>  * FAmNA Participation in the Campus Ambassadors Program
>
>   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors
>
>     - North American ambassadors are encouraged to start thinking about how
>       FAmNA should support the campus ambassador program
>
>     - inode0 proposed that FAmNA sponsor one campus ambassador from North
>       America each year to attend FUDcon, some discussion of the current
>  number
>       of campus ambassadors and the methods that might be used to decide who
>       would receive the sponsorship - proposal agreed to, details will
>  follow
>
>  * Events [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents]
>
>    - Red Hat Summit
>
>      Plans are falling into place in preparation for the Summit, more
>  details
>      are available on the wiki now
>
>      https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Summit_2009
>
>      Everyone attending the Summit is encouraged to think about preparing
>      something for the campground
>
>    - New Mexico GNU/LinuxFest
>
>      dthomasdigital reports keynote speakers to be announced next week
>      and that inode0 will be there giving a talk about something interesting
>
>    - OSCON
>
>      inode0 mentions that OSCON is in progress and some of our guys are busy
>      at the event tonight
>
>    - inode0 suggested that if we have some funds left this quarter we
>  consider
>      prepaying for things where possible later this year (OLF & NMGLF are
>  two
>      good targets)
>
>  * Budget Review [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Budget]
>
>    - Lots of discussion about F11 media, where is it? When will we get it?
>      (dthomasdigital will follow-up with Max about the status of media)
>
>    - StabbyMc volunteers to investigate long sleeve twill shirts
>
>    - VileGent reported on the state of Event Box banners, things are moving
>      again and there is hope these retractable banners will be available in
>      time for the Red Hat Summit
>
>    - VileGent suggests making the four foundation posters for use in Event
>      Boxes, great idea - any volunteers?
>
>    - StabbyMc reports that the Fedora pens have been ordered and should
>  arrive
>      either this week or next - thanks StabbyMc
>
>    - inode0 reports some issues with the fathead idea, complicated agreement
>      required that inode0 wasn't comfortable with - if anyone else would
>  like
>      to tackle that inode0 will help them, all art is ready (thank you
>  mizmo)
>
>  * Open Floor
>
>    - Some discussion of the Campus Ambassador program
>
>    - helofromseattle mentioned he is considering starting a new Fedora
>  podcast,
>      inode0 cheers
>
>  I would again like to thank all the participants, especially the new
>  ambassadors joining us for the first time tonight.
>
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>  Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
>  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>

[inode0]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Larry Cafiero<larry.cafiero(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>  Sorry I missed the meeting -- I was setting up for OSCON, which
> starts
>  today.
>
>  At some future meeting -- and possibly here on the list -- I would like to
>  discuss lanyards and different Fedora "wear" for the ambassadors, i.e.,
>  something different than polos for events, etc. I will agendize this for the
>  next meeting. 
I just mentioned in IRC that I thought we might consider doing a run
of lanyards for the upcoming shows in Atlanta and Albuquerque. If
anyone wants to find a vendor and get a quote that would be great. I
expect 1000 would cover both of those shows easily.

StabbyMc volunteered to look into alternate ambassador shirts so how
about working with him on that front?

John

[Max Spevack]

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, inode0 wrote:

>  * Budget Review
> [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Budget]
>
>    - Lots of discussion about F11 media, where is it? When will we get it?
>      (dthomasdigital will follow-up with Max about the status of media) 
Payment is all going out to Advanced Media at the end of this week.

I'll be catching up on all other FAMNA budget stuff by the end of this 
week as well.

--Max

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 01:28:51PM -0400, Max Spevack wrote:
>  On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, inode0 wrote:
>
> > * Budget Review [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Budget]
> >
> >   - Lots of discussion about F11 media, where is it? When will we get it?
> >     (dthomasdigital will follow-up with Max about the status of media)
>
>  Payment is all going out to Advanced Media at the end of this week.
>
>  I'll be catching up on all other FAMNA budget stuff by the end of this  
>  week as well. 
I want to say thank you to Max for his continued attention and hard
work on all things financial.  However much work people believe this
is, I have the feeling it's twice that much!

-- 
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[inode0]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Paul W. Frields<stickster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>  On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 01:28:51PM -0400, Max Spevack wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, inode0 wrote:
> >
> >> * Budget Review [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Budget]
> >>
> >>   - Lots of discussion about F11 media, where is it? When will we get it?
> >>     (dthomasdigital will follow-up with Max about the status of media)
> >
> > Payment is all going out to Advanced Media at the end of this week.
> >
> > I'll be catching up on all other FAMNA budget stuff by the end of this
> > week as well.
>
>  I want to say thank you to Max for his continued attention and hard
>  work on all things financial.  However much work people believe this
>  is, I have the feeling it's twice that much! 
I think it is twice as much as Paul thinks after he doubles what
everyone else thinks!

Taking this part of things for granted still leaves us with the rest
of what Max does for us, which is probably twice what we think it is
too.

Dear Red Hat,

Give Max a big raise since our thanks aren't enough.

John

[Adam Miller]

If I can ever make it out to a Con, I owe Max a $beverage as I think
many others do as well ;)

-Adam

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