next EMEA Ambassadors IRC meeting

[Max Spevack]

Hi all,

I've been organizing the EMEA Ambassadors IRC meetings for a while now, 
and while I am certainly going to continue to attend them, I wonder if 
perhaps someone else within our EMEA community would like to take a turn 
at putting together the agendas and leading the meetings.

We're due to have our next one pretty soon (probably should be next 
Wednesday) but I will be in the USA all next week and unable to attend 
that meeting.

Seems like it might be a good time to let a volunteer in the community 
step up and take charge.

These meetings represent an opportunity to have our Ambassadors across 
the region stay in communication with each other, discuss budget issues 
and resource issues, and also coordinate their efforts, so that we can 
feel like a larger team and not a few pockets of people in different 
countries.

Anyone want to step up and make next week's meeting happen?

There have also been a few requests to hold EMEA meetings 
every-other-week -- one meeting per month focusing on events and 
logistics, and the other focusing on one specific question or project 
that is important to the region.

It's obvious that I haven't had the time to make that happen, but with 
some community leadership from Ambassadors who have things they would 
like to discuss, it easily could.

It's important to me to make sure that we continue to keep our core 
group of EMEA ambassadors strong, while also growing new leadership and 
contributions throughout this very large region.

In Egypt, for example, we've got a growing team of Ambassadors who are 
doing fantastic work, and I hope we can include them in our EMEA 
meetings and discussions more than we have in the past (which has just 
been me sending them resources).  I'd like to cut myself out as the 
middle man and continue to grow a team of volunteers in the region who 
are all helping each other out.

Thanks,
Max

[Pierros Papadeas]

I could handle the next EMEA meeting. I am saying it, because no one
volunteered :) and I think it is quite important to be done.

Is there already an agenda? Shall we keep up with the every-other-week
schedule and make this an thematic one?

Pierros

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Max Spevack<mspevack(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
>  I've been organizing the EMEA Ambassadors IRC meetings for a while now, and
>  while I am certainly going to continue to attend them, I wonder if perhaps
>  someone else within our EMEA community would like to take a turn at putting
>  together the agendas and leading the meetings.
>
>  We're due to have our next one pretty soon (probably should be next
>  Wednesday) but I will be in the USA all next week and unable to attend that
>  meeting.
>
>  Seems like it might be a good time to let a volunteer in the community step
>  up and take charge.
>
>  These meetings represent an opportunity to have our Ambassadors across the
>  region stay in communication with each other, discuss budget issues and
>  resource issues, and also coordinate their efforts, so that we can feel like
>  a larger team and not a few pockets of people in different countries.
>
>  Anyone want to step up and make next week's meeting happen?
>
>  There have also been a few requests to hold EMEA meetings every-other-week
>  -- one meeting per month focusing on events and logistics, and the other
>  focusing on one specific question or project that is important to the
>  region.
>
>  It's obvious that I haven't had the time to make that happen, but with some
>  community leadership from Ambassadors who have things they would like to
>  discuss, it easily could.
>
>  It's important to me to make sure that we continue to keep our core group of
>  EMEA ambassadors strong, while also growing new leadership and contributions
>  throughout this very large region.
>
>  In Egypt, for example, we've got a growing team of Ambassadors who are doing
>  fantastic work, and I hope we can include them in our EMEA meetings and
>  discussions more than we have in the past (which has just been me sending
>  them resources).  I'd like to cut myself out as the middle man and continue
>  to grow a team of volunteers in the region who are all helping each other
>  out.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Max
>
>  --
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>  Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
>  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>

[Pierros Papadeas]

Sorry for the follow-up :)

I created the next meeting's page [1]
and updated the generic meeting page [2]
just to have something for starters :)

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2009-07-22
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings#Next_Meeting

Pierros

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Pierros Papadeas<ppapadeas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>  I could handle the next EMEA meeting. I am saying it, because no one
>  volunteered :) and I think it is quite important to be done.
>
>  Is there already an agenda? Shall we keep up with the every-other-week
>  schedule and make this an thematic one?
>
>  Pierros
>
>  On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Max Spevack<mspevack(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been organizing the EMEA Ambassadors IRC meetings for a while now, and
> > while I am certainly going to continue to attend them, I wonder if perhaps
> > someone else within our EMEA community would like to take a turn at putting
> > together the agendas and leading the meetings.
> >
> > We're due to have our next one pretty soon (probably should be next
> > Wednesday) but I will be in the USA all next week and unable to attend that
> > meeting.
> >
> > Seems like it might be a good time to let a volunteer in the community step
> > up and take charge.
> >
> > These meetings represent an opportunity to have our Ambassadors across the
> > region stay in communication with each other, discuss budget issues and
> > resource issues, and also coordinate their efforts, so that we can feel like
> > a larger team and not a few pockets of people in different countries.
> >
> > Anyone want to step up and make next week's meeting happen?
> >
> > There have also been a few requests to hold EMEA meetings every-other-week
> > -- one meeting per month focusing on events and logistics, and the other
> > focusing on one specific question or project that is important to the
> > region.
> >
> > It's obvious that I haven't had the time to make that happen, but with some
> > community leadership from Ambassadors who have things they would like to
> > discuss, it easily could.
> >
> > It's important to me to make sure that we continue to keep our core group of
> > EMEA ambassadors strong, while also growing new leadership and contributions
> > throughout this very large region.
> >
> > In Egypt, for example, we've got a growing team of Ambassadors who are doing
> > fantastic work, and I hope we can include them in our EMEA meetings and
> > discussions more than we have in the past (which has just been me sending
> > them resources).  I'd like to cut myself out as the middle man and continue
> > to grow a team of volunteers in the region who are all helping each other
> > out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Max
> >
> > --
> > Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
> > Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
> >
>

[Ahmed El Gamil]

Thanks Max for your efforts ..

I am AhmedElGamil from Egypt, just got my ambassador membership, so i will
be attending next meeting, so if you think there are some documentation to
help me explore how meetings and topics discussed go on, i will be glad.
and sorry for the no one stepping up for the meeting coordination thing !


On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Pierros Papadeas <ppapadeas(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote:

>  Sorry for the follow-up :)
>
>  I created the next meeting's page [1]
>  and updated the generic meeting page [2]
>  just to have something for starters :)
>
>  [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2009-07-22
>  [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings#Next_Meeting
>
>  Pierros
>
>  On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Pierros Papadeas&lt;ppapadeas(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>  > I could handle the next EMEA meeting. I am saying it, because no one
>  > volunteered :) and I think it is quite important to be done.
>  >
>  > Is there already an agenda? Shall we keep up with the every-other-week
>  > schedule and make this an thematic one?
>  >
>  > Pierros
>  >
>  > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Max Spevack&lt;mspevack(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  >> Hi all,
>  >>
>  >> I've been organizing the EMEA Ambassadors IRC meetings for a while now,
>  and
>  >> while I am certainly going to continue to attend them, I wonder if
>  perhaps
>  >> someone else within our EMEA community would like to take a turn at
>  putting
>  >> together the agendas and leading the meetings.
>  >>
>  >> We're due to have our next one pretty soon (probably should be next
>  >> Wednesday) but I will be in the USA all next week and unable to attend
>  that
>  >> meeting.
>  >>
>  >> Seems like it might be a good time to let a volunteer in the community
>  step
>  >> up and take charge.
>  >>
>  >> These meetings represent an opportunity to have our Ambassadors across
>  the
>  >> region stay in communication with each other, discuss budget issues and
>  >> resource issues, and also coordinate their efforts, so that we can feel
>  like
>  >> a larger team and not a few pockets of people in different countries.
>  >>
>  >> Anyone want to step up and make next week's meeting happen?
>  >>
>  >> There have also been a few requests to hold EMEA meetings
>  every-other-week
>  >> -- one meeting per month focusing on events and logistics, and the other
>  >> focusing on one specific question or project that is important to the
>  >> region.
>  >>
>  >> It's obvious that I haven't had the time to make that happen, but with
>  some
>  >> community leadership from Ambassadors who have things they would like to
>  >> discuss, it easily could.
>  >>
>  >> It's important to me to make sure that we continue to keep our core
>  group of
>  >> EMEA ambassadors strong, while also growing new leadership and
>  contributions
>  >> throughout this very large region.
>  >>
>  >> In Egypt, for example, we've got a growing team of Ambassadors who are
>  doing
>  >> fantastic work, and I hope we can include them in our EMEA meetings and
>  >> discussions more than we have in the past (which has just been me
>  sending
>  >> them resources).  I'd like to cut myself out as the middle man and
>  continue
>  >> to grow a team of volunteers in the region who are all helping each
>  other
>  >> out.
>  >>
>  >> Thanks,
>  >> Max
>  >>
>  >> --
>  >> Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
>  >> Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
>  >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>  >>
>  >
>
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>

[Max Spevack]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Pierros Papadeas wrote:

>  I could handle the next EMEA meeting. I am saying it, because no one
>
>  volunteered :) and I think it is quite important to be done. 
Thank you, Pierros.

>  Is there already an agenda? Shall we keep up with the
> every-other-week 
>  schedule and make this an thematic one? 
I would use the meeting on the 22nd to go over the events that are 
happening between now through September, and to understand what people 
need, what they already have, and what is missing.

> From there, I would try to figure out what swag is needed overall in
> the  
region, and then we put together a plan to get it created, possibly 
using the non-profit to help us, or simply using my Red Hat credit card 
and/or PayPal account.

===

At the next meeting -- August 5 -- I think it would be smart to have a 
pre-discussion about some of the topics that are on the schedule for FAD 
EMEA 2009.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_EMEA_2009

--Max