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Formation of GNU/LUG of KGEC..
by Rohit Gupta 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

KGEC LUG Details: 1.The KGEC LUG will maintain college computers assigned to them. 2.There will be core committee of LUG whose members will be sound in Technical Skill. 3.The core committee will maintain all the college computers and all they will do their work after the college hour. (since it is branch and year independent) 4.The core committee will the soul of the LUG, will help the Linux users and carry on FOSS events. 5.The President will be the head of this core committee followed by a vice president. 6.The core committee is open to all and anyone can join it after completing a process. The participant will have to qualify the following criteria: i) He/She will have to register for membership in core committee. ii) He/She will have to actively participate and work under the guidance of the existing core committee. iii) After a month, the participant will be considered a member of the core committee if the core committee feels that the participant has acquired necessary skills iv) He/she will be given a membership certificate. iv) If the participant is still not well suited for the post, he/she will have to continue his activities with the core-committee for few more days as non core-committee member. Eventually the participation will be approved. 6.The membership of LUG is open to all, even from other colleges. 7.Every member of the LUG will have to join the mailing list. *8. The members of the LUG can request free media of any available Distribution to the core committee. (This is only possible if the FOSS Community helps by providing CD's and DVD's, else interested candidates will have to get blank CD's or DVD's) 9.The members of LUG can post all their Linux related problems in the Mailing List and can also help with the solution of others problem. The Mailing List will have even experts from the FOSS community to guide and help with the solution. What is there for a LUG Member? 1. Feedback from better people 2. Solutions to problems that he himself can not fix 3. Industry standard skills in documentation and planning 4. Online code portfolio for potential recruiters 5. Extending the skills acquired to grab fellowships/Summers of Code Work already Done: 1) Having Successfully conducting an installfest in KGEC. Details: http://kgeclug.blog.co.in/ Photo Gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/kgec/ http://picasaweb.google.co.in/kgeclug/KGECInstallfest09 http://www.flickr.com/photos/indradg/sets/72157614247371239/ 2) Setting up a computer in the college Library which has public access with a poster as "Maintained by GNU/LUG of KGEC". It is under our full control. Link for Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.co.in/lh/sredir?uname=rohit.kgec&target=ALBUM&id=53… 3) Getting the support of college and there will be no objections. (but with no funds. We may have to manage funds even for Workshops) 4) No. of Computers expected: a) 15-20 in CSE Lab. b) more than 5 in EE Lab. **** We will approach with this concepts to other departments also for their labs. (IT, MCA, ECE, ME) **** Each computer will have the label as "Maintained by GNU/LUG of KGEC". 5) Starting the Linux For You Magazine in college. starting next month. 6) We have the full fedora repo (25 GB) for Intel architecture. 7) We have loads of many other different distributions. 8) We already have few interested members for the core committee. (They are also Linux users but with not sufficient knowledge.) 9) I am a Fedora Ambassador and am trying to help them. 10) The Official Inauguration will be done in the 2nd week of April (date not yet Fixed, Proposals welcome) 11) To manage the required funds, there's a option to apply membership fees. Pros and Cons We think: Pro's: 1) The core-Committee members can have live experimentation on the college computers and get things working. 2) Students who don't have computers or is not willing to experiment, will also get the opportunity to gain the knowledge and necessary skills. 3) We can deploy industry standard mechanisms to help maintain machines easier. 4) The core-committee members become experts and there is a chain effect followed by them. 5) Free Publicity through Posters about KGEC LUG. Con's: 1) The LUG will be more like an organization and not a group. 2) If we lack response, it may be difficult. We are also thinking of organizing classes and workshops which depends on response and interest in core-committee. We have seen the enthusiasm in students during installfest and so, we are hoping for a Success.. The Official Inauguration will be done in the 2nd week of April (date not yet Fixed, Proposals welcome). We will also include FOSS events during this time and I also request the FOSS community to help me out with the events Suggestions are Welcome as reply..

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Translation for News Bits?
by Jack Aboutboul 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hey All, At the beta readiness meeting today we spoke briefly about the news distribution network. One of the points that was brought up was whether or not we could work together with the Fedora L10N team to translate some of the stories from english to other languages or vice-versa and how we could work together in the future. What do people think about this? Also, for people involved in the News Distribution Network, would you be interested in having things translated to your language or for your language? Diego do you want to add anything? Jack

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Picture book + Lightning Source
by Ian Weller 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

(First off I want to thank everybody for helping the process to opening up image submissions go smoothly :) We have a couple of entries on the submission talk page that people would like to see if there is interest for those photos in the book. Go make comments on the talk page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Submitting_images_for_the_picture_book ) I've started the account registration process with Lightning Source (LSI). They sent along this file that will be necessary to read for information regarding our book. http://ianweller.fedorapeople.org/lsi-docs/LSI_FileCreationGuide_v5.pdf If you'll be helping with the design or layout of the book please give that a read. We don't need to worry about it too much now but it's a good idea to keep it in the back of your mind when doing mockups or looking at photos. -- Ian Weller <ianweller(a)gmail.com> GnuPG fingerprint: E51E 0517 7A92 70A2 4226 B050 87ED 7C97 EFA8 4A36

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Mostafa Daneshvar
by Mohsen Mostafa Jokar 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

با عرض سلام و خسته نباشید خدمت آقای دانشور سال نو شما مبارک. ببخشید لطفا در مورد فعالیت های خود بیشتر توضیح دهید؟شما در مورد چه زمینه ای در حال تدریس هستید؟هدفتان چیست؟ با تشکر موفق باشید On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Mostafa Daneshvar <lashar(a)fedoraproject.org > wrote: > * Full name : Mostafa Daneshvar > * Country : Iran > * Profession : I am a teacher > * goals : making fedora available around the country. More goals on my > wiki page > * I'm a member of L10n and Ambassador(Iran) project in FP > * I think I'm doing some sort of marketing jobs right now like : > spreading news, taking part in different LUGs, soliciting a lot of > Persian users to take part in different projects in FP. > > > Mostafa Daneshvar > Fedora Ambassador, Iran > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mostafadaneshvar > http://mostafadaneshvar.com > > > > -- > Fedora-marketing-list mailing list > Fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list >

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Self-Introduction: Mostafa Daneshvar
by Mostafa Daneshvar 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

* Full name : Mostafa Daneshvar * Country : Iran * Profession : I am a teacher * goals : making fedora available around the country. More goals on my wiki page * I'm a member of L10n and Ambassador(Iran) project in FP * I think I'm doing some sort of marketing jobs right now like : spreading news, taking part in different LUGs, soliciting a lot of Persian users to take part in different projects in FP. Mostafa Daneshvar Fedora Ambassador, Iran https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mostafadaneshvar http://mostafadaneshvar.com

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Marketing Meeting 2009-03-17 IRC Log
by Steven Moix 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Here it is: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Marketing_meeting_2009-03-17 themayor showed us the talking points [1] ianweller told everyone that picture submissions to the picture book are open ianweller asked everyone to blog about the picture book [2] moixs is taking ownership of the user testimonials page moixs is going to write a beta release news for F11 spevack talked about the F11 in depth features we want to focus on. An e-mail will be sent to the mailinglist [3] themayor told everyone that on 2009-03-18 there will be a beta readiness meeting, he wants to talk to docs and art during this meeting 1: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F11_Talking_Points 2: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Picture_book 3: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F11_in-depth_features Steven

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Meeting TODAY 17.03 @ 21.00 UTC
by Jack Aboutboul 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hello All, Our meeting will take place today as scheduled, 21.00UTC, 5 EDT, 2 PDT in #fedora-mktg. On the agenda are the following items: - Schedule tasks - Talking points are completed, review them and get feedback - In-depth feature focus - Picture Book - New Business and a Surprise!! Thanks and see you all there, Jack

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Picture book submissions now open
by Ian Weller 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Submissions for the Fedora Picture Book are now open! You can look at the instructions for submitting photos here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Submitting_images_for_the_picture_book Thanks to everyone who has made this possible so far! -- Ian Weller <ianweller(a)gmail.com> http://ianweller.org GnuPG fingerprint: E51E 0517 7A92 70A2 4226 B050 87ED 7C97 EFA8 4A36 "Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet." ~ Douglas Adams

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Open source is a company; social media is a country
by Rahul Sundaram 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi, Another post reninforcing the idea of meritocracy over democracy in Fedora http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2009/03/open-source-is-a-company-soci… "Many people mistakenly think that open source projects are emergent, self-organized and democratic. The truth is just the opposite: most are run by a benevolent dictator or two. What makes successful open source projects is leadership, plain and simple. One or two people articulate a vision, start building towards it and bring others on board with specific tasks and permissions. The best projects are the ones with the best leaders." Rahul

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REMINDER: MEETING TOMORROW 2009.17.03 @ 21.00 UTC
by Jack Aboutboul 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Hello All, Sorry I forgot to send this sooner. Our meeting will take place as regular scheduled tomorrow, 21.00UTC, 5PM Eastern, 2 Pacific, in #fedora-mktg. Can we get a preview roll call again? Thanks, Jack

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