We Need Change

[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

[Leonardo Menezes Vaz]

>  guys please feel free to comment.share your thoughts. 
Sure. Well, I "strongly recommend you" using appropriate punctuation,
spaces and capital letters on the begin of sentences because was
really hard to understand what you meant on your message. Remember
this is not MSN/Orkut. :)

-- 
Leonardo Menezes Vaz
++55 51 91568225

Sent from Meridiani Planum, Mars.

[Ambassadors] We Need Change

[susmit shannigrahi]

First, stop cross posting.



>  the things i noted where
>                                   1.Being a fedora ambassador means just you
>  have to spread the Foss culture in around your city. 
Definitely a wrong
assumption.
We do not limit the ambassadors about what they are going to do.
If you are comfortable within the campus, we have no problem as long
as you are doing it well.

>  But campus ambassador
>  program is different, we spread the Foss ideas to students who in turn
>  return back by contributing to them(Foss). 
Another wrong assumption is people other
than students does not
contribute back. They indeed do.

> 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  . 
Why indeed? Who in the world has told you that you can not have  one/a
couple of Fedora Activity Days / semester?

>                                  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. 

You can always request stuff at https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-india/
as long as you are clear about why you need that and you submit the
bills.


>                                3.we can have yearly meet for the
> ambassadors
>  of the same country where in they can discuss the future planning etc.. 
This is a costly idea. :)
However, in case there be FUDCon, the above requirement will certainly
be satisfied.


>                                4.the campus-ambassadors(students)  who
> prove
>  their worth  in general can get some internship in Redhat or say even
>  Discounts for Redhat GLS. 
That is not something we can comment on.
But just to clarify, here in India, we don't want a repeatation of sun
campuss ambassadors.


>  5.we need more often to discuss these sort of
>  ideas in the mailing lists  and IRC. 
Sure, but have a look at the
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Thanks.




-- 
Regards,
Susmit.

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