marketing April 2008

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Release Overview
by Jonathan Roberts 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hey, We should probably start working on this soon to make sure it's in good shape for the final release? I think the work already done on the beta release notes is a great foundation, it probably just needs tidying up a bit and updating here and there. Is this going in the SSS? Best wishes, Jon

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Abiword team interview
by Rahul Sundaram 05 May '08

05 May '08

Hi, I am working on a set of interviews with different upstream projects that have some involvement with Fedora. I have a rough draft of the interview I am doing with the Abiword team at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RahulSundaram/Interviews/Abiword Editorial help, additional questions, suggestions and feedback is welcome. Rahul

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Fedora and "Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
by Mike McGrath 02 May '08

02 May '08

This guy claims to know a whole lot about what Fedora actually is.. http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb042908-story02.html -Mike

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Examples of what "fedora thing" can do :)
by Valent Turkovic 01 May '08

01 May '08

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315171 Hi, as suggested in the last comment I'm mailing here. So what do you believe is the best way to present the features of Fedora Desktop? What are they? How would you present them? Would you make a video or audio showing or explaining the use of some features and applications, or would you just put some files that are from that application so that users see for them self what can be done with different applications? Something completely different? Please share your ideas... Cheers, Valent. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic

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Fedora marketing meeting reminder: tomorrow at 3pm Eastern US time
by Greg DeKoenigsberg 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

So there have been a few items added concerning the Single Source Summary. Maybe they were actually there last week and I missed them, since they were at the bottom. If we are actually intending to focus on these items this week, then they will take up most of the agenda. Or are these items being covered by the docs group? I just want to be absolutely clear Paul, Max, since we are the 3 owners of these items, should we be getting together to discuss them? Or was this stuff that you and Paul worked on last week? --g -- Greg DeKoenigsberg Community Development Manager Red Hat, Inc. :: 1-919-754-4255 "To whomsoever much hath been given... ...from him much shall be asked"

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Board public meeting, 1800 UTC 2008-05-06
by Paul W. Frields 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

The Board is holding its monthly public meeting on Tuesday, 06 May 2008, at 1800 UTC on IRC Freenode. The public is invited to do the following: * Join #fedora-board-meeting to see the Board's conversation. This channel is read-only for non-Board members. * Join #fedora-board-public to discuss topics and post questions. This channel is read/write for everyone. The moderator will direct questions from the #fedora-board-public channel to the Board members at #fedora-board-meeting. This should limit confusion and make sure our logs are useful to everyone. Rather than set an agenda for the meeting, we would like to start with the topic of the upcoming Fedora 9 release. In particular, how has this release differed -- improved or regressed -- from previous releases? The meeting will be open, however, to any questions from the community. The Board has set aside the first meeting of each month as a public "town hall" style meeting. We are hoping to do an audio-based meeting at some point in the near future when resources allow. The Infrastructure team continues to make solid progress on this front. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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Fedora 9 marketing ideas
by brendon 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hey there guys, what is the update or ideas that people have for marketing the latest fedora version 9. by the looks of the screenshots it is going to be big but how big and how can we get it out there to the public? I am open to ideas -- Brendon Toogood Ambassador Of Fedora Project HTTP://www.fedoraproject.org Email:btoogood@fedoraproject.org for cd's and dvds

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naming discussion for Fedora community grid project (previously aka Fedora@Home)
by Bryan Che 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi, as a follow-up to my proposal to create a Fedora community grid project (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00022.ht…) and our discussion at fedora-advisory-board regarding naming (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00100.ht…) I asked John Adams and some of the creative people at Red Hat to help us brainstorm names for this project. They did a great job, and I've attached the output of their work. Note that these names are all just suggestions and starting points for conversation. Please provide input on names. I'll let the conversation go for a week and then put up a consensus vote on 4/4 as to what we will name this project. Thanks, Bryan

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IRC Log of FAmSCo Meeting - 28 Apr 2008
by John Babich 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

<fugolini> Please roll call <fugolini> FrancescoUgolini <AndreasR> AndreasRau <jmbuser> JohnBabich <MrTom> ThomasCanniot <iWolf> JeffreyTadlock <fugolini> ok, we can start <fugolini> today agenda is: <fugolini> 1. Ambassadors Budget <fugolini> 2. Wiki status <fugolini> 3. Local groups status <fugolini> First topic <fugolini> i think we can start with the rlease <fugolini> events discussion <fugolini> if you take a look at the event page <fugolini> at least 8 events (please count it on your own) <fugolini> actually in Italy there are 2 more events that are in the <fugolini> *in a pending status <fugolini> just wait april 30th <fugolini> Max, moreover said that the deadline is May 1st <fugolini> due to the beginning of the next fiscal quarter * knurd is now known as knurd_afk <fugolini> I invite who has a planned event to report it in the wiki <spevack> MaxSpevack is here <fugolini> and if he need help ask in the list <iWolf> ! <MrTom> ! <fugolini> We have planned a cost of 1000$ <fugolini> ok, i'll stop now <fugolini> iWolf: <iWolf> in regards to the release events, I would like to begin contacting the event owner for the release event to offer the $100USD that Max is ready to send them. <fugolini> ah, just a mistake, it's not the end of the quarter <iWolf> eof <fugolini> iWolf: yes, the main problem is that there are other events in pending status <fugolini> i think we could start asking for the payment method <spevack> fugolini: the Release Events and next quarter's budget are two different things <iWolf> i thought we were just taking the first 10? <fugolini> in fact <fugolini> i notice this <fugolini> i've done a mistake and i say this * stickster is now known as stickster_afk * stickster_afk is now known as stickster <fugolini> iWolf: we have 2 slots free <spevack> i see 8 release events <spevack> on the FedoraEvents page <spevack> The North American ones will be very easy to fund <spevack> we can probably use PayPal for everyone <spevack> or just send a check <iWolf> right, but I don't want to penalize the ones ready for money while we wait for the other 2 <fugolini> so, just wait two days, we are trying to organize two more events <spevack> The one in Greece will also be easy <spevack> because I can just pay Dimitris back when I see him at LinuxTag <spevack> my concern is getting money for the Italy release party and for the Bangladesh release party. $100 USD is a small amount, the fees to transfer that via a bank wire are almost as much as the money itself is... <iWolf> spevack: so do you want to handle sending the money? and skip the contact the event owner step to see things are still a go for them? <spevack> iWolf: well, I'm thinking that I can email the owners of the various events, ask them if it's still a go, and start by asking for a PayPal address. <spevack> iWolf: we'll see how far that gets us <spevack> iWolf: because we can handle that this week. <spevack> what do you think? <iWolf> spevack: sounds good, i wanted to clarify if you needed me to do that or if you were going to. <fugolini> spevack: i just reaplied to your mail <iWolf> spevack: sounds great to me. <spevack> iWolf: i can do it, and i'll cc you just so there's one other person in the loop <fugolini> have you seen it? <spevack> fugolini: looking now <iWolf> spevack: thanks! <MrTom> ! <fugolini> spevack: can you cc the famsco <fugolini> just because i think it has to be clear <fugolini> MrTom: <spevack> fugolini: sure * kital (n=Joerg_Si@fedora/kital) has joined #fedora-meeting <MrTom> we are in france doing our best to have a date before the 1st of May, but i'm not sure this is likely to happen (having the date before the deadline mean) <MrTom> we are likely to have the install party be runned the 21 of.. June, which is quite late <MrTom> but there are 3 organisations synching their agendas for the event to happen <MrTom> that's quite difficult to handle :p <MrTom> eof <fugolini> ok <fugolini> ok <fugolini> iWolf: you can just contact the event owner <fugolini> but we have to remember there are 2 open slots <iWolf> fugolini: spevack is going to handle that as a way of getting the ball rolling to send out the money. <fugolini> ok <fugolini> Have you other questions/concern <fugolini> ? <MrTom> ! <fugolini> MrTom: <spevack> MrTom: I'm not too worried about a Release Party for $100. The May 1 deadline is important for larger events that will want $500, $100, or more <MrTom> spevack well having already 100$ for this IP would be very well seen here <MrTom> moreover our organisation would be able to fullfil the lack of money we would need to create cd localy <MrTom> eof <fugolini> you can add it in the june event list <MrTom> thansk spevack fugolini <fugolini> and you will able to ask for the money you need for it <fugolini> the 100$ is for the Release Parties, but it's the propel to invite people to organize those ones <fugolini> for the next events there is the standard budget <fugolini> eof <fugolini> so, next issue? <fugolini> ok <fugolini> next issue: 2. Wiki status <fugolini> I had problems with the wiki (pages are really slow to see) <fugolini> and it created a lot of problem for my work on some wiki pages <fugolini> i don't know if is my Service provider or just the server <fugolini> but i think the work is near to be completed <fugolini> have you qestions/concerns? <fugolini> ok, we can skip this issue <fugolini> 3. Local groups status <fugolini> The aim of this section is to get updates from the local groups <fugolini> I don't want to list all the events, because i know i could annoy you <fugolini> so i prefer to have a open discussion <fugolini> EMEA <fugolini> Updates? <fugolini> North America <fugolini> Updates? <fugolini> South America <fugolini> Updates? <iWolf> For North America it looks like we have several release parties, so that's good. <iWolf> We've also has some more activity on the AMbassadors list from N.A. as well. <fugolini> News from weekly meetings? <spevack> Jesse Keating was at LinuxFest northwest this past weekend. His event report will be coming soon. <iWolf> I would like to get a more organized North America meeting established . <iWolf> I've been waiting on some of the release party activity to slow down so I can dedicate some cycles to that. <fugolini> great! <fugolini> Have you special requests from NA? <iWolf> no special requests that I am aware of. <fugolini> ok <fugolini> Asia, India, Australia <fugolini> Updates? <fugolini> i've heard about an irc meeting <fugolini> have you news about it? <iWolf> APAC had a weekly meeting a little over a week ago. <iWolf> I attended and it seemed to go well. <fugolini> Special requests? <fugolini> or better, something that FAmSCo need to know? <spevack> I don't have much insight into APAC right now. HarishPillay is a Red Hatter who is working to bring some community work together there. Our biggest plan for APAC is to have a FUDCon there at the same time as Linux Conf australia next year in January <iWolf> mainly just getting organized and I reviewed the process of making sure to add their events to the Fedora Event page in order to get access to budgeted money. <spevack> In India, we are working on getting them stronger community support <fugolini> that's important <spevack> internally to Red Hat, my boss -- Michael Chen -- is trying to find extra money in the budget that can be used by Red Hat India to support Fedora and community * petreu has quit ("( www.nnscript.de :: NoNameScript 4.02 :: www.XLhost.de )") <spevack> So I'll let you guys know how that goes -- that's a little bit separate from FAMSCo, but it's money that might end up being used by guys like Kuahal Das, Rahul Sundaram, Sankarshan, etc. <fugolini> great <iWolf> good! I am sure they will appreciate that. <jmbuser> +1 <AndreasR> +1 <spevack> As far as South America goes, FAMSco will continue to fund them. Rodrigo Padul has asked for $700 for another show in Brazil. I believe that we should give him that, and also I have asked him what he anticipates the next few months looking like <spevack> there are 3 events listed on the Fedora Events page between now and the end of August. <spevack> So if Rodrigo needs somewhere around $700 for each, I think that is very much within our budget, as Brazil is where most of our support for South America is seen. <spevack> in short... I think that we are doing a pretty good job of giving opportunity and funding to folks globally, so I think we just need to keep paying attention to what is going on <spevack> EOF <fugolini> actually the reports we received were great <fugolini> you can saw those in the list and in Fedora Planet <fugolini> i think we have a big amount of datas for the events sposored <fugolini> Any other questions? <fugolini> Just another word <fugolini> If all agree i think Monday could be a good day for weekly meetings <fugolini> isn't it? <AndreasR> ! <iWolf> Monday is fine with me. <fugolini> AndreasR: <AndreasR> yep.. much more better <AndreasR> eof <spevack> I am fine with either, but I do prefer Monday! <jmbuser> Monday is good, but perhaps we can meet 1 hour earlier <jmbuser> eof <AndreasR> +1 <fugolini> jmbuser: +1 <spevack> +1 also. <fugolini> so <fugolini> with a great majority Monday is the new meeting date <fugolini> *day <spevack> Monday 15:00 UTC <spevack> er, sorry... <spevack> Monday 19:00 UTC <jmbuser> +1 and thanks <spevack> is that right, francesco? 19:00 UTC <fugolini> yes <AndreasR> +1 ; I agree <spevack> great <fugolini> ok, i think we can adjourn the meeting <fugolini> 3 <fugolini> 2 <fugolini> 1 <fugolini> == meeting adjourned ==

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Fedora 9 Tagline
by Ricky Zhou 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Every release, we have have a tagline/slogan-y phrase on the Fedora website - for example, "Fedora 8. Infinite Possibilities." Do we currently have anything similar for Fedora 9 (ideally, something that's translatable)? Thanks, Ricky

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