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=== FAmSCo meetings ===
=== FAmSCo meetings ===


FAmSCo held 1 meeting in July.  Attendance was as follows:
FAmSCo held 2 meetings in July.  Attendance was as follows:


* ''1 out of 1'' -- Max, Susmit, Joerg, María
* ''2 out of 2'' -- Joerg, Susmit, Maria
* ''1 out of 2'' -- Max, Luca, David


So far this year, FAmSCo has held 20 meetings. Overall attendance has been:
So far this year, FAmSCo has held 22 meetings. Overall attendance has been:


* ''20 out of 21'' -- Joerg, Susmit
* ''22 out of 22'' -- Joerg, Susmit
* ''17 out of 21'' -- David, María
* ''18 out of 22'' -- David, Maria
* ''16 out of 21'' -- Max
* ''16 out of 22'' -- Max
* ''12 out of 21'' -- Luca
* ''13 out of 22'' -- Luca


=== Regional meetings ===
=== Regional meetings ===
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One of FAmSCo's goals this year is to make sure that at least one FAmSCo member is at each regional meeting that is held.
One of FAmSCo's goals this year is to make sure that at least one FAmSCo member is at each regional meeting that is held.


As of the time this report was prepared, [[Ambassadors/Meetings#Meeting_Minutes|6 regional meetings]] held in July had been logged.
As of the time this report was prepared, [[Ambassadors/Meetings#Meeting_Minutes|7 regional meetings]] held in July had been logged, but only 2 meetings was also attended by FAmSCo members.  This is not acceptable, and we all need to improve.


=== FAmSCo mailing list ===
=== FAmSCo mailing list ===


[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/famsco FAmSco's mailing list] received X messages this month, which is not good.  We need to pick up the pace of the mailing list discussion.
[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/famsco FAmSco's mailing list] received 60 messages this month, coordinating on some swag-related questions, and filling in conversation when we didn't have a meeting.


== General accomplishments or decisions ==
== General accomplishments or decisions ==


{{admon/note | What is this section's purpose?| This section discusses the non-regional achievements within either FAmSCo or the larger [[Ambassadors]] project from this month.}}
{{admon/note | What is this section's purpose?| This section discusses the non-regional achievements within either FAmSCo or the larger [[Ambassadors]] project from this month.}}
* FAmSCo Trac Instance - After quite a long period and a bit of effort on a number of members of FAmSCo, we have come to the realization that exposing the trac instance to public view is essentially not possible. Each solution we arrived at placed us further away from transparency that the situation now is. The reasons for this are:
** A significant amount of information that contains personal data is contained in the tickets that currently exist. Those include addresses, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etc.
** Moving forward, additional tickets will be created that of a necessity will require submission of personal data for reimbursement. (FAmSCo considered having Max be emailed directly via an encrypted email, having encrypted data be submitted to the trac instance, and a number of other 'solutions' that proved in FAmSCo's opinion to be unworkable.)
** Fedorahosted.org's trac instance only allows for all tickets to be set as private or public.
* Fedora 13 Release Events Winners [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-July/002841.html announced]


== Budget ==
== Budget ==


{{admon/note | Where does FAmSCo's budget come from? | The FAmSCo budget rolls up into the larger [[Community Architecture expenses]].  On that page, FAmSCo's budget is represented by the "Regional support" line item.}}
{{admon/note | Where does FAmSCo's budget come from? | The FAmSCo budget rolls up into the larger [[Community Architecture expenses]].  On that page, FAmSCo's budget is represented by the "Regional support" line item.}}
=== FY11 ===
Total budget: $100,000
Total spend (through July 27): $32,720
We are currently on pace to finish under budget.  An on-target pace would be a total spend of about $42,000 at the end of July.
=== Regional support ===
'''[[Ambassadors/NA/Budget|NA]]''' -- $13,395
* $4,145 -- Fedora 13 media
* $1,800 -- Shipping
* $1,770 -- Shirts
* $1,350 -- Pens
* $1,230 -- [[Texas LinuxFest 2010]]
* $1,000 -- Support for [http://southeastlinuxfest.org SELF]
* $860 -- [[SCaLE 8x Event|SCALE]] leftovers
* $730 -- Stickers
* $325 -- Canada event box
* $185 -- [[LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW) 2010]]
'''EMEA''' -- $10,685
* $3,780 -- Fedora 13 media
* $2,030 -- Support for [[IDLELO 2010]]
* $1,225 -- [[Linuxwochen Wien 2010]]
* $1,030 -- [[Chemnitzer Linuxtage 2010]]
* $930 -- USB keys
* $680 -- [[Open Source Days]]
* $510 -- [[OpenExpo 2010 Berne]]
* $500 -- Support for [http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/ Libre Graphics Meeting]
'''LATAM''' -- $5,735
* $2,510 -- Support for [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_Latinoamericano_de_Instalaci%C3%B3n_de_Software_Libre FLISOL]
* $1,675 -- [[FPL]] to FISL
* $1,355 -- Fedora 13 media
* $195 -- Swag for Mexico
'''India/APAC''' -- $2,905
* $2,400 -- Support for swag creation by [http://identi.ca/harishpillay Harish]
* $480 -- Support for [http://www.softexpo.com.bd/ BASIS]
* $25 -- Fedora 13 release party


== Mentoring ==
== Mentoring ==
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| '''New tickets''' || '''Still under mentoring''' || '''Sponsored ''' || '''Rejected''' || '''Month'''
| '''New tickets''' || '''Still under mentoring''' || '''Sponsored ''' || '''Rejected''' || '''Month'''
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| 50 || 31 || 7 || 22 || July 2010 --[[User:Jsimon|Jsimon]] 19:35, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
|-
|-
| 54 || 20 || 13 || 58 || June 2010 --[[User:Jsimon|Jsimon]] 22:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
| 54 || 20 || 13 || 58 || June 2010 --[[User:Jsimon|Jsimon]] 22:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
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=== Mentoring Survey ===
To improve the Ambassadors Mentoring Initiative, we sent a [[Ambassadors/Mentors_Survey | Survey]] to all Mentors and will use the feedback received to improve the mentoring process.
Mentors expected that they would:
* give guidance and help
* teach people on our tools
* improve the quality performance of new Ambassadors
* find and encourage the future leaders
These expectations were mostly met - some mentors were not so happy because some Candidate did not match expectations and valuable time was invested on non-responsive candidates. However, overall, the Mentoring process has brought quality improvement to the Ambassador Group.
Regarding the tracking of where Candidates are in their Mentoring process: FAmA provides enough feedback on the accountability and transparency for the Process. The process itself is clear enough, and there is no need for additional technical tools to support it.
Some Mentors have a wish for more common requirements for when a Mentor should approve a Candidate; others love to have the freedom to judge by human contact and instinct if the Candidate can become a good Contributor to Fedora.
The question of requiring more specific things of Candidates before they're approved (like CLA+1) was raised. It brought up some pro and con along with the idea that a better workflow can help to pre-filter unresponsive Candidates.
The Process might be improved by a more streamlined workflow and a extended "find a mentor" period from 14 days to 21 days.
There was a range of answers what criteria should be considered for a new Mentor:
* no, only trust and judgement is needed
* no, because knowledged and experienced is stated already and therefore the requirement
* minimum time requirement in the group should be a "must"
* events experience is a "must"
NA and EMEA are Regions who are well covered with mentors - but APAC and LATAM need improvement!
Mentors meeting once a month was considered a good idea from most Mentors!


== Regional reports ==
== Regional reports ==
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|- style=" color: #fff; background-color: #3074c2;"
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
|-
| CLS || [[User:Lcafiero | lcafiero]] || [http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/ Community Leadership Summit ] || [http://spevack.livejournal.com/107398.html Max Spevack] [http://ianweller.org/2010/07/17/hello-from-cls/ Ian Weller] [http://blog.melchua.com/2010/07/19/putting-in-a-dollar/ Mel Chua] [http://iquaid.org/2010/07/31/oscon-and-cls-2010-highlights/ Karsten Wade] ||
|-
| OSCON || [[User:Lcafiero | lcafiero]] et al || [http://oscon.com OSCON] || [http://iquaid.org/2010/07/31/oscon-and-cls-2010-highlights/ Karsten Wade] [http://spot.livejournal.com/314645.html Tom Callaway] [http://sites.google.com/a/crossbytes.org/crossbytes/computer-recycling-center/hot-news/python3atfedoraboothatoscon2010 Kevin Higgins] [http://sites.google.com/a/crossbytes.org/crossbytes/computer-recycling-center/hot-news/olpcsatoscon2010inportlandoregon Kevin Higgins] ||
|-
|-
| || || || ||
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==== News ====
==== News ====
Swag production is ramping up. Orders for tshirts have been placed. Research underway on balloons and lanyards.


=== LATAM ===
=== LATAM ===
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|- style=" color: #fff; background-color: #3074c2;"
|- style=" color: #fff; background-color: #3074c2;"
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
|-
| FUDcon Santiago 2010 || [[user:RodrigoPadula]] [[user:AntonioSalles]]|| [[FUDCON:Santiago_2010|FUDCON Santiago]] ||  ||
|-
| FISL || [[user:RodrigoPadula]] ||  ||  ||
|}
|}


==== News ====
==== News ====
* 4 meetings where held this month with Brazilian Ambassadors, Argentina, Peru and a general LATAM users/Ambassadors/Contributors
* Fedora-LATAM Magazine is almost done for its first release
* Revista Fedora-BR change his leader, who is now a new ambassador (Rafael Conrado)
* Nicaragua has set a 5 sunday workshops. Planing Stage
* #fedora-ve and #fedora-pa make a foward to their IRC channels linking #fedora-latam. Other countries may follow this iniciative
* [[FAD_Argentina_2010|FAD Argentina 2010]] and [[FUDEXP_Peru_2010|FUDexp Peru 2010]] start their organization.
* FISL and [[FUDCON:Santiago_2010|FUDCON Santiago]] where held this month


=== EMEA ===
=== EMEA ===
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|- style=" color: #fff; background-color: #3074c2;"
|- style=" color: #fff; background-color: #3074c2;"
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
|-
| [[FedoraEvents/OssCONF2010|OssConf 2010]] || [[MarekMahut]] || 1. - 4. July 2010 ||  || Conference about Open Source in Industry, Education and Government in Slovak Republic
|-
| [[Rencontres_Mondiales_du_Logiciel_Libre_2010]] || [[User:Bertux|Bertrand Juglas]] || 6th to 11th of July || || International meetings about Free Software, with conferences and workshops Bordeaux, France
|}
|}


==== News ====
==== News ====
* EMEA meetings on hiatus during August
* Distribution among all EMEA Countries is organized and distributed [https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/wiki/Inventory]
** Contributors from EMEA feel free to request F13 Media with a ticket to the [https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/newticket EMEA SWAG Tracking]


=== India/APAC ===
=== India/APAC ===
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|- style=" color: #fff; background-color: #3074c2;"
|- style=" color: #fff; background-color: #3074c2;"
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
| '''Name''' || '''Owner''' || '''Link''' || '''Event report(s)''' || '''Comments'''
|-
| MOSC 2010 || [[User:Wariola]], [[User:Izhar]] || [http://conf.oss.my/ MOSC 2010] || ||
|-
| Linux InstallFest || [[User:Suchakra]] || [[InstallFest@COEP|InstallFest@COEP]] || [http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/report-on-installfest-at-coep-31st-july-2010-pune-india/ Event Report]||
|}
|}


==== News ====


* [[User:Shakthimaan|Shakthi Kannan]] is now a mentor for India.


==== News ====


* No notable update.
[[Category:FAmSCo]]

Latest revision as of 15:38, 3 September 2010

Basic FAmSCo activity

What is this section's purpose?
This section gives some quick health indicators about how much FAmSCo is communicating. Sometimes FAmSCo members can't make a meeting due to travel or conflicts with their $DAYJOB, but the combination of meeting attendance plus email is a nice metric.

FAmSCo meetings

FAmSCo held 2 meetings in July. Attendance was as follows:

  • 2 out of 2 -- Joerg, Susmit, Maria
  • 1 out of 2 -- Max, Luca, David

So far this year, FAmSCo has held 22 meetings. Overall attendance has been:

  • 22 out of 22 -- Joerg, Susmit
  • 18 out of 22 -- David, Maria
  • 16 out of 22 -- Max
  • 13 out of 22 -- Luca

Regional meetings

One of FAmSCo's goals this year is to make sure that at least one FAmSCo member is at each regional meeting that is held.

As of the time this report was prepared, 7 regional meetings held in July had been logged, but only 2 meetings was also attended by FAmSCo members. This is not acceptable, and we all need to improve.

FAmSCo mailing list

FAmSco's mailing list received 60 messages this month, coordinating on some swag-related questions, and filling in conversation when we didn't have a meeting.

General accomplishments or decisions

What is this section's purpose?
This section discusses the non-regional achievements within either FAmSCo or the larger Ambassadors project from this month.
  • FAmSCo Trac Instance - After quite a long period and a bit of effort on a number of members of FAmSCo, we have come to the realization that exposing the trac instance to public view is essentially not possible. Each solution we arrived at placed us further away from transparency that the situation now is. The reasons for this are:
    • A significant amount of information that contains personal data is contained in the tickets that currently exist. Those include addresses, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etc.
    • Moving forward, additional tickets will be created that of a necessity will require submission of personal data for reimbursement. (FAmSCo considered having Max be emailed directly via an encrypted email, having encrypted data be submitted to the trac instance, and a number of other 'solutions' that proved in FAmSCo's opinion to be unworkable.)
    • Fedorahosted.org's trac instance only allows for all tickets to be set as private or public.
  • Fedora 13 Release Events Winners announced

Budget

Where does FAmSCo's budget come from?
The FAmSCo budget rolls up into the larger Community Architecture expenses. On that page, FAmSCo's budget is represented by the "Regional support" line item.

FY11

Total budget: $100,000

Total spend (through July 27): $32,720

We are currently on pace to finish under budget. An on-target pace would be a total spend of about $42,000 at the end of July.

Regional support

NA -- $13,395

EMEA -- $10,685

LATAM -- $5,735

  • $2,510 -- Support for FLISOL
  • $1,675 -- FPL to FISL
  • $1,355 -- Fedora 13 media
  • $195 -- Swag for Mexico

India/APAC -- $2,905

  • $2,400 -- Support for swag creation by Harish
  • $480 -- Support for BASIS
  • $25 -- Fedora 13 release party

Mentoring

New tickets Still under mentoring Sponsored Rejected Month
50 31 7 22 July 2010 --Jsimon 19:35, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
54 20 13 58 June 2010 --Jsimon 22:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
68 48 6 69 May 2010 --Jsimon 12:41, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
80 48 11 54 April 2010 --Jsimon 20:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
75 32 7 84 March 2010 --Jsimon 10:00, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
66 10 10 75 February 2010 --Jsimon 14:32, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
50 28 9 57 January 2010 -- Joerg 15:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
63 5 10 56 December 2009 -- Joerg 11:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Mentoring Survey

To improve the Ambassadors Mentoring Initiative, we sent a Survey to all Mentors and will use the feedback received to improve the mentoring process.

Mentors expected that they would:

  • give guidance and help
  • teach people on our tools
  • improve the quality performance of new Ambassadors
  • find and encourage the future leaders

These expectations were mostly met - some mentors were not so happy because some Candidate did not match expectations and valuable time was invested on non-responsive candidates. However, overall, the Mentoring process has brought quality improvement to the Ambassador Group.

Regarding the tracking of where Candidates are in their Mentoring process: FAmA provides enough feedback on the accountability and transparency for the Process. The process itself is clear enough, and there is no need for additional technical tools to support it.

Some Mentors have a wish for more common requirements for when a Mentor should approve a Candidate; others love to have the freedom to judge by human contact and instinct if the Candidate can become a good Contributor to Fedora.

The question of requiring more specific things of Candidates before they're approved (like CLA+1) was raised. It brought up some pro and con along with the idea that a better workflow can help to pre-filter unresponsive Candidates.

The Process might be improved by a more streamlined workflow and a extended "find a mentor" period from 14 days to 21 days.

There was a range of answers what criteria should be considered for a new Mentor:

  • no, only trust and judgement is needed
  • no, because knowledged and experienced is stated already and therefore the requirement
  • minimum time requirement in the group should be a "must"
  • events experience is a "must"

NA and EMEA are Regions who are well covered with mentors - but APAC and LATAM need improvement!

Mentors meeting once a month was considered a good idea from most Mentors!

Regional reports

What is this section's purpose?
This section lists the events that were on the global events page as happening in each region, during this month. This section examines the end-result of each of these events, and also reports any general news for the region.

NA

Events

Name Owner Link Event report(s) Comments
CLS lcafiero Community Leadership Summit Max Spevack Ian Weller Mel Chua Karsten Wade
OSCON lcafiero et al OSCON Karsten Wade Tom Callaway Kevin Higgins Kevin Higgins

News

Swag production is ramping up. Orders for tshirts have been placed. Research underway on balloons and lanyards.

LATAM

Events

Name Owner Link Event report(s) Comments
FUDcon Santiago 2010 user:RodrigoPadula user:AntonioSalles FUDCON Santiago
FISL user:RodrigoPadula

News

  • 4 meetings where held this month with Brazilian Ambassadors, Argentina, Peru and a general LATAM users/Ambassadors/Contributors
  • Fedora-LATAM Magazine is almost done for its first release
  • Revista Fedora-BR change his leader, who is now a new ambassador (Rafael Conrado)
  • Nicaragua has set a 5 sunday workshops. Planing Stage
  • #fedora-ve and #fedora-pa make a foward to their IRC channels linking #fedora-latam. Other countries may follow this iniciative
  • FAD Argentina 2010 and FUDexp Peru 2010 start their organization.
  • FISL and FUDCON Santiago where held this month

EMEA

Events

Name Owner Link Event report(s) Comments
OssConf 2010 MarekMahut 1. - 4. July 2010 Conference about Open Source in Industry, Education and Government in Slovak Republic
Rencontres_Mondiales_du_Logiciel_Libre_2010 Bertrand Juglas 6th to 11th of July International meetings about Free Software, with conferences and workshops Bordeaux, France

News

  • EMEA meetings on hiatus during August
  • Distribution among all EMEA Countries is organized and distributed [1]
    • Contributors from EMEA feel free to request F13 Media with a ticket to the EMEA SWAG Tracking

India/APAC

Events

Name Owner Link Event report(s) Comments
MOSC 2010 User:Wariola, User:Izhar MOSC 2010
Linux InstallFest User:Suchakra InstallFest@COEP Event Report

News

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