New Member
by siddharth srivastava
Hello Everyone
I am a new member. Kindly guide me through
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Siddharth Srivastava
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
(Rich Kulawiec)
14 years, 1 month
next meeting
by Bert Desmet
Hi,
We are kick starting the campus ambassadors program again.
Next meeting will be on Saturday at 7pm UTC. The meeting will take place
in #fedora-campusamb .
These points are on the agenda already:
* designing the board: who needs to be in it, and what functions do we
add
* discuss the exact use cases for the campus ambassadors program
* discussing the mentoring process
I hope to see a lot of people so we can discuss these important topics!
kind regards,
Bert Desmet
14 years, 2 months
next meeting
by Bert Desmet
Hi,
We are kick starting the campus ambassadors program again.
Next meeting will be on Saturday at 7pm UTC. The meeting will take place
in #fedora-campusamb .
These points are on the agenda already:
* designing the board: who needs to be in it, and what functions do we
add
* discuss the exact use cases for the campus ambassadors program
* discussing the mentoring process
I hope to see a lot of people so we can discuss these important topics!
kind regards,
Bert Desmet
14 years, 2 months
Re-thinking Campus Ambassadors and Fedora Ambassadors [was:Re: We Need Change]
by sankarshan
Prelude: This mail was cross-posted without it being explicitly
mentioned. So I took the following liberties : [1] restricted my
response to the Campus Ambassadors list (which seems a more apt place
for it and, [2] gave it a reasonably coherent subject line as opposed
to the somewhat generic one it originated with.
2010/2/12 sai ganesh <ganesai(a)fedoraproject.org>:
> just a formal introduction .i became an ambassador just a month
> ago.My name is saiganesh a.k.a sai from India.i have been seeing how things
> are working around in fedora.i would like to suggest a few ideas for the
> campus ambassador program.unlike the fedora ambassador program ,the
> campus-ambassador program must be unique because we spread the Foss culture
> among the future generations of the world.also i want a clear distinction
> between fedora ambassador and fedora campus ambassador program.
The dictionary defines an Ambassador as "An official messenger and
representative." (Webster), so being purely pedantic, there isn't much
of a difference between a Campus Ambassador and, a Fedora Ambassador
except perhaps that the former is a bonafide resident/student on the
campus of an educational institution. This is what I interpret it as,
and, I could be way off-target here.
An interesting point here is the mention of the need to spread "FOSS
culture" which, by its very nature, should elevate the discussion to
things over and beyond just software. A culture encompasses a lot of
artifacts and constructs and, being able to absorb, adapt and adopt
pieces of it in one's life and society is sometimes a life-long quest.
> the things i noted where
> 1.Being a fedora ambassador means just you
> have to spread the Foss culture in around your city.But campus ambassador
> program is different, we spread the Foss ideas to students who in turn
> return back by contributing to them(Foss).so what i essentially say is that
> the idea of having a tech talk per semester will workout.but that is not
> enough.Clearly introducing the students to these Foss culture say For just
> one time per semester alone is not enough.what happens when they are stuck
> in a problem . These things are new to them.you may say mailing lists are
> there .But it takes time for new users to adapt themselves to Foss kind of
> environment.so why cant we have a Fedora Activity day one per semester
> consisting of tech talks and introduction to Foss . Followed by ,say 4
> weeks of discussions on Sundays, we have our own LUG's.If someone is
> inspired on the fedora activity day .He or she tries the Foss technologies
> that week if he faces problems that week ,then the discussions group on
> Sunday can clear them out.
I would like to know if there are any impediments to doing what you
have written above. An audience relates to stories and, the more
engaging stories an Ambassador has, the better (s)he is as a role
model. A good role model is always vital to the success of an effort
and, is a bed-rock upon which future Ambassadors and contributors can
build their success.
> 2.The discussion groups is not only for
> problem solving.it also essentially consist of discussion of fedora
> activities,new Foss technology, etc.i strongly recommend these groups also
> be funded.Because if someone is facing a problem and someone from the same
> college/university is there who can help out ,then it is going to help a lot
> in spreading Fedora and Foss.
> it is not going to be the heavy budget though. say $5 or $4 at the maximum
> that is going to cost for the purpose of printing posters , banners etc.this
> way we can easily spread the word in our colleges.
We can come to the part of funding in a while, but meanwhile let's
just focus on the activities. If the campus(es) already has/have
UserGroups, what are the steps needed for folks versed in the ways of
The Fedora Project to step up and do show-n-tell ?
> 3.we can have yearly meet for the ambassadors
> of the same country where in they can discuss the future planning etc..
Indeed. There are a number of events through the year which can serve
as a basis for such meetings. However, meetings are successful if
there are decisions to be taken and, metrics to be worked on. So,
before a meeting is thought of, there needs to be grounds prepared for
ensuring results from meetings.
> 4.the campus-ambassadors(students) who prove
> their worth in general can get some internship in Redhat or say even
> Discounts for Redhat GLS.
Which brings about an interesting point though. How do you measure the
"worth in general" ?
> 5.we need more often to discuss these sort of
> ideas in the mailing lists and IRC.
Indeed.
--
sankarshan mukhopadhyay
<http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog>
Sent from Brisbane, Qld, Australia
14 years, 2 months
We Need Change
by sai ganesh
hi guys,
just a formal introduction .i became an ambassador just a month
ago.My name is saiganesh <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ganesai> a.k.a
sai from India.i have been seeing how things are working around in fedora.i
would like to suggest a few ideas for the campus ambassador program.unlike
the fedora ambassador program ,the campus-ambassador program must be unique
because we spread the Foss culture among the future generations of the
world.also i want a clear distinction between fedora ambassador and fedora
campus ambassador program.
the things i noted where
1.Being a fedora ambassador means just you
have to spread the Foss culture in around your city.But campus ambassador
program is different, we spread the Foss ideas to students who in turn
return back by contributing to them(Foss).so what i essentially say is that
the idea of having a tech talk per semester will workout.but that is not
enough.Clearly introducing the students to these Foss culture say For just
one time per semester alone is not enough.what happens when they are stuck
in a problem . These things are new to them.you may say mailing lists are
there .But it takes time for new users to adapt themselves to Foss kind of
environment.so why cant we have a Fedora Activity day one per semester
consisting of tech talks and introduction to Foss . Followed by ,say 4
weeks of discussions on Sundays, we have our own LUG's.If someone is
inspired on the fedora activity day .He or she tries the Foss technologies
that week if he faces problems that week ,then the discussions group on
Sunday can clear them out.
2.The discussion groups is not only for
problem solving.it also essentially consist of discussion of fedora
activities,new Foss technology, etc.i strongly recommend these groups also
be funded.Because if someone is facing a problem and someone from the same
college/university is there who can help out ,then it is going to help a lot
in spreading Fedora and Foss.
it is not going to be the heavy budget though. say $5 or $4 at the maximum
that is going to cost for the purpose of printing posters , banners etc.this
way we can easily spread the word in our colleges.
3.we can have yearly meet for the ambassadors
of the same country where in they can discuss the future planning etc..
4.the campus-ambassadors(students) who prove
their worth in general can get some internship in Redhat or say even
Discounts for Redhat GLS.
5.we need more often to discuss these sort of
ideas in the mailing lists and IRC.
guys please feel free to comment.share your thoughts.
--
s.saiganesh
“The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do
it yourself'. Yes, that's it
14 years, 2 months
Campus Ambassadors Organizational Meeting February 13 at 1800UTC
by inode0
I'd like to invite everyone interested in the Campus Ambassador
program to an organizational meeting on February 13 at 1800UTC. The
meeting will be held in #fedora-campusamb on freenode. Information
about the vision of the Campus Ambassador program can be found at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors
I'd like to discuss this vision with you and Fedora's commitment to
the success of this program. The goal of the meeting will be to
identify any deficiencies in this vision, any omissions that would
hinder its success, and come up with a strategy to enable us to make
this happen now.
The price of admission is free, so please come and join us in making
this program a success.
John
14 years, 2 months
