[Ambassadors] Meeting Minute: FAmSCo Town Hall 2010-02-08

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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Christoph Wickert
<christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Third: My question was not, what we or FAmSCo can do to support the
> spins but if the FAmSCo members think there is enough commitment from
> Red Hat.  Let me give you a few examples:
>      * OpenSUSE had nice 24" touch screen computers at FOSDEM while
>        Fedora usually has the laptops of the ambassadors or laptops
>        that were sponsored by Dell for one particular event only.
>      * Every OpenSUSE ambassador gets an ambassadors starter kit with a
>        bag, a jacket, a shirt, a printed handbook, media and some more
>        goodies.  Fedora ambassadors on the other hand have to pay for
>        their polos them selves (at least in EMEA).

Ok, I have been thinking about this some. I belong in the fat and
happy camp at the moment. When I want something for ambassadors I
don't seem to have very much trouble getting it if it has value. I've
never considered asking for fancy computers for the booth or for
ambassador starter kits that we don't make ourselves.

So my initial reaction to this is that a nice professional starter kit
would be good. Can ambassadors produce one that would fit our needs?
Bags and jackets and things don't fall out of trees and we'll get
nicer stuff if the people who care most about it produce it.

How much impact did you perceive from the 24" touch screen computers?
In NA we worked with HP to get a set of netbooks donated by HP for
ambassadors to use at booths. We haven't tried to get anything else
donated as far as I know but we could inquire into something more
eye-catching. This is one area where computer vendors can contribute
to Fedora and it really doesn't need to involve Red Hat doing
anything.

John