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Today's Topics:
1. Re: couple of questions (Heherson Pagcaliwagan)
2. Re: couple of questions (Ian MacGregor)
3. Re: couple of questions (inode0)
4. REMINDER: Upcoming NA meeting 5/5/2010 (scott mcbrien)
5. Re: couple of questions (Ian MacGregor)
6. Re: couple of questions (David Nalley)
7. FOSSCon (Rochester, NY, USA 2010-06-19) looking for event
owners (Mel Chua)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 07:16:58 +0800
From: Heherson Pagcaliwagan <herson(a)azneita.org>
Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] couple of questions
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2010/5/3 Ben Williams <jbwillia(a)math.vt.edu>:
> "I got started with Fedora, and I would love to become an
> ambassador. I completely understand the process of becoming an
> ambassador, so around 6 months ago or so I attempted to start the
> process by getting a mentor. I was very upset in that I found it
> impossible to find one. I could understand that if I was new and
> excited about Linux I might be underqualified and trying to get
> involved in everything before understanding the work involved, and
> therefore no mentors would want to mentor me, however I feel I have
> made a clear contribution to both Ubuntu and Fedora among others, and
> have for over a year. I'm not saying, either, that I would make the
> cut and become an ambassador, but I wish it was easier to find a
> mentor so I could start the process. With all of this being said, I
> can sum it up in one request:
I think kital can weigh in on this better but I think the present
process "requires" the applicant to make the first move on their
application process. This serves as a concrete demonstration of
interest. I'm sure we can tweak the process here and there.
> I would like to become an ambassador for the Fedora linux
> distribution. If anyone would be willing to mentor me, I would very
> much appreciate it. :-)
>
> Thanks, guys, for everything that you do.
> Bryan"
>
> As a Mentor for North America I will gladly mentor you please see the
> following urls:
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
>
> now i had several people contact me about being a mentor then I would
email
> and I would never hear from them again
> please contact me through the email on the mentor page.
Same case with me. After giving them a list of required tasks, they
drop like flies.
--
Heherson Pagcaliwagan
http://project.azneita.org
+63.908.885.5428
I am really sorry Heherson..
I hope you still want to be my mentor. I will recheck the list you have
given and try to give the best from me to spread the Fedora..
=)
--
Arieon Maison
Tel:088-438890
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 16:30:28 -0700
> From: Ian MacGregor <ardchoille42(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] couple of questions
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
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> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Heherson Pagcaliwagan <herson(a)azneita.org
> >wrote:
>
> > 2010/5/3 Ben Williams <jbwillia(a)math.vt.edu>:
> > > "I got started with Fedora, and I would love to become an
> > > ambassador. I completely understand the process of becoming an
> > > ambassador, so around 6 months ago or so I attempted to start the
> > > process by getting a mentor. I was very upset in that I found it
> > > impossible to find one. I could understand that if I was new and
> > > excited about Linux I might be underqualified and trying to get
> > > involved in everything before understanding the work involved, and
> > > therefore no mentors would want to mentor me, however I feel I have
> > > made a clear contribution to both Ubuntu and Fedora among others, and
> > > have for over a year. I'm not saying, either, that I would make the
> > > cut and become an ambassador, but I wish it was easier to find a
> > > mentor so I could start the process. With all of this being said, I
> > > can sum it up in one request:
> >
> > I think kital can weigh in on this better but I think the present
> > process "requires" the applicant to make the first move on their
> > application process. This serves as a concrete demonstration of
> > interest. I'm sure we can tweak the process here and there.
> >
>
> Correct. I'm chiming in because I just went through the process of becoming
> a Fedora Ambassador. I have completed all of the steps listed here and am
> waiting for my mentor to contact me:
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
>
>
> >
> > > I would like to become an ambassador for the Fedora linux
> > > distribution. If anyone would be willing to mentor me, I would very
> > > much appreciate it. :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks, guys, for everything that you do.
> > > Bryan"
> > >
> > > As a Mentor for North America I will gladly mentor you please see the
> > > following urls:
> > >
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
> > >
> > > now i had several people contact me about being a mentor then I would
> > email
> > > and I would never hear from them again
> > > please contact me through the email on the mentor page.
> >
> > Same case with me. After giving them a list of required tasks, they
> > drop like flies.
> >
> > --
> > Heherson Pagcaliwagan
> >
http://project.azneita.org
> > +63.908.885.5428
> > --
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> >
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Rev. Ian MacGregor
>
http://sites.google.com/site/ardchoille42
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 19:09:38 -0500
> From: inode0 <inode0(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] couple of questions
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> 2010/5/3 Ian MacGregor <ardchoille42(a)gmail.com>:
> > Correct. I'm chiming in because I just went through the process of
> becoming
> > a Fedora Ambassador. I have completed all of the steps listed here and am
> > waiting for my mentor to contact me:
> >
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
>
> Who is your mentor?
>
> Please as a reminder to all folks joining the ambassador group,
> mentors often have very busy lives that sometimes get overwhelmingly
> busy. Do not get discouraged or upset if this process takes a little
> time. We are all volunteers trying to help each other.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 20:16:53 -0400
> From: scott mcbrien <smcbrien(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [Ambassadors] REMINDER: Upcoming NA meeting 5/5/2010
> To: fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
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> Hi everyone, just a friendly reminder about tomorrow's NA Ambassador
> meeting. Sorry, I was a bad moderator and didn't update the wiki
> until tonight, so please add any agenda items on the wiki:
>
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Ambassadors_2010-5-05
>
> See you tomorrow evening!
>
> -Scott
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 17:27:47 -0700
> From: Ian MacGregor <ardchoille42(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] couple of questions
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> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:09 PM, inode0 <inode0(a)gmail.com
wrote:
>
> > 2010/5/3 Ian MacGregor <ardchoille42(a)gmail.com>:
> > > Correct. I'm chiming in because I just went through the process of
> > becoming
> > > a Fedora Ambassador. I have completed all of the steps listed here and
> am
> > > waiting for my mentor to contact me:
> > >
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
> >
> > Who is your mentor?
> >
> > Please as a reminder to all folks joining the ambassador group,
> > mentors often have very busy lives that sometimes get overwhelmingly
> > busy. Do not get discouraged or upset if this process takes a little
> > time. We are all volunteers trying to help each other.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> > --
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> >
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> >
>
> I chose Brian Powell as my mentor. I'm sure he is busy and will contact me
> when he can.
> --
> Regards,
> Rev. Ian MacGregor
>
http://sites.google.com/site/ardchoille42
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 21:26:37 -0400
> From: David Nalley <david(a)gnsa.us>
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] couple of questions
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> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:09 PM, inode0 <inode0(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> > 2010/5/3 Ian MacGregor
<ardchoille42(a)gmail.com>:
> >> Correct. I'm chiming in because I just went through the process of
> becoming
> >> a Fedora Ambassador. I have completed all of the steps listed here and
> am
> >> waiting for my mentor to contact me:
> >>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
> >
> > Who is your mentor?
> >
> > Please as a reminder to all folks joining the ambassador group,
> > mentors often have very busy lives that sometimes get overwhelmingly
> > busy. Do not get discouraged or upset if this process takes a little
> > time. We are all volunteers trying to help each other.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> > --
> > ambassadors mailing list
> > ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> >
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> >
>
>
> I added some admon/notes to the Join page to hopefully properly set
> expectations.
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
>
>
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>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 00:16:00 -0400
> From: Mel Chua <mel(a)redhat.com>
> Subject: [Ambassadors] FOSSCon (Rochester, NY, USA 2010-06-19) looking
> for event owners
> To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
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> The FOSSCon folks have asked if Fedora can come and do a table at their
> event,
http://fosscon.org, in Rochester NY (on the RIT campus) on June
> 19th, which is a Saturday. The table for Fedora would be free, and all
> tables come with 2 tickets (usually $30 each) for those responsible for
> said table.
>
> I'll be there and would be more than happy to take a shift (and help
> haul swag from Boston - I'm driving over and back), but can't be the
> event owner because I'll have a bunch of profs from
>
http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_RIT to gear up for a panel
> in the afternoon.
>
> Halp? Interest from anyone stepping up to do
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/Organization?
>
> --Mel
>
>
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