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Bert Desmet informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015408.html </ref> about the dates for Fosdem <ref> http://www.fosdem.org/ </ref> and hoped to see a large Fedora group again. Gerard Braad expressed hope <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015419.html </ref> that he may be able to arrange a trip for the event. [[User:Pfrields|Paul W Frields]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015420.html </ref> that the budget exists to enable The Fedora Project Leader to make the trip.
[[User:Ankursinha|Ankur Sinha]] asked <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015462.html </ref> about the need for the drop-down on the Ambassadors Map <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/membership-map/ </ref> page. [[User:Susmit|Susmit Shannigrahi]] replied <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015463.html </ref> explaining his usual goal and also provided <ref> https://fedorahosted.org/fama/browser/membership-map.py.erb </ref> link to the source requesting anyone to extend it. [[User:Duffy|Máirín Duffy]] suggested <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015466.html </ref> the possibility of showing the full page by default and pointed out <ref> http://stg.fedoracommunity.org/ </ref> an example. Susmit responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015468.html </ref> saying that he would get to it if time permits


John wanted to know <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015411.html </ref> the status of Fedora Swag for Software Freedom Day celebrations in Dallas. David Duncan stated <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015412.html </ref> that since the wiki did not indicate an owner, he would go ahead and take ownership to do the necessary coordination.
Jukka Palander reminded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015469.html </ref> Ambassadors about the need for more votes to be able to obtain a Fedora Workshop at the Open Source World Conference <ref> http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/malaga10/?q=node/297 </ref>


Manuel Escudero shared news <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015400.html </ref> about an appliance for musicians and music production called Synthelos Linux <ref> http://susegallery.com/a/GKa8xP/synthelos-linux </ref>. Frank Murphy provided the URL to the page about Audion Creation Spin Development <ref> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AudioCreationSpinDevelopment </ref>. Kris Thomsen volunteered <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015402.html </ref> to help.
[[User:Ankursinha|Ankur Sinha]] reported <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015471.html </ref> that Planet Fedora on identi.ca <ref> http://identi.ca/planetfedora </ref> was not displaying updates and was possibly broken. [[User:Susmit|Susmit Shannigrahi]] confirmed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015481.html </ref> the fact and fixed it and requested that it be observed for any such incidents in the future


Manuel Escudero posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015428.html </ref> about a project called 'Hermes' <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Hermes </ref> which relates to the building of a feed parser customizable by the user that notifies when there is important news.
Edgar Rodolfo provided an update <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015475.html </ref> about the Fedora Community in Peru mentioning that Henry Anchante had decided to leave the Fedora Community. The update however did bring forward the issue of writing mails to the Ambassador list in English <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015497.html </ref>
 
[[User:Pfrields|Paul W Frields]] replied <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015404.html </ref> to the discussion about Fedora in stores <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015374.html </ref>  by pointing to the Trademark Guidelines <ref> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines </ref>
 
Daniel VanStone informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015414.html </ref> about an event <ref> http://geeknic.org/?p=122/ </ref> in Arlington, Texas and requested <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29 </ref> those in or, near the area to join. David Duncan responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015415.html </ref> stating that he would be at the Python Convention in Waco with Fedora goodies.
 
Manuel Escudero posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015445.html </ref> about being unable to run the latest Skype release because if requires the "1:4.6" Qt libraries and asked whether that meant not having Skype in Fedora 14 KDE Spin. Scott Dowdle pointed out <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015446.html </ref> that Skype does work with Fedora 13 and KDE available from the official repositories. Mathieu Bridon responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015447.html </ref> that the issue was more appropriate for the Fedora users mailing list <ref> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users </ref> Ryan Rix explained <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015448.html </ref> the Skype issue in a bit more detail
 
Continuing on the fedoracommunity.org portal design, Gianluca Sforna compared <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015429.html </ref> about finding Regional Team resources via ubuntu.com and, the current Fedora infrastructure. [[User:Duffy|Máirín Duffy]] joined <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015433.html </ref> the discussion asking as to whether there are more websites that would require linking to.
 
[[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015421.html </ref> that the event organizers should check the availability of power for the Fedora table at the Ohio Linux Fest. Ben Williams confirmed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015425.html </ref> about such a check and stated that the Red Hat and Fedora exhibits are side-by-side.
 
John Poelstra posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015444.html </ref> about upcoming Fedora 14 Schedule Tasks. Schedule retrospective page captures all the important details <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Schedule_Retrospective </ref>
 
Bert Desment wondered <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015431.html </ref> if, looking at past attendee trends, Fosdem could have a structure like FUDCon thus making it easier for people to request sponsorship.
 
Sascha Thomas Spreitzer announced <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015432.html </ref> the FUDCon Zurich media exchange which would enable attendees to carry media <ref> https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/wiki/Inventory#F13 </ref> for event owners at other places
 
Nilesh Vaghela reported <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015435.html </ref> about Fedora 13 workshop at GLS, MCA Department, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Photographs have been uploaded <ref> http://www.electromech.info/component/option,com_phocagallery/Itemid,66/id,5/view,category/ </ref> as well
 
Gianluca Sforna posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015449.html </ref> an EMEA only notice about orders <ref> https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ </ref> for Polo Shirts <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/PoloShirt </ref> being collected
 
David Duncan reported <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015442.html </ref> <ref> http://davdunc.livejournal.com/5830.html </ref> about the participation at the PyTexas event
 
[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015443.html </ref> FAmSCo Meeting Minutes for 2010-08-30


[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015485.html </ref> meeting notes and side notes from the APAC meeting on 2010-09-05


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Ambassadors

This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].

Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

  1. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors

Welcome New Ambassadors

The Fedora Ambassadors Project saw a couple of new Ambassadors joining in after undergoing to mentoring process.

Aurelie Chreng joined [1] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Mathieu Bridon

Ahmed Abdo Mohamed joined [2] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Robert Scheck

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015472.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015494.html

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Ankur Sinha asked [1] about the need for the drop-down on the Ambassadors Map [2] page. Susmit Shannigrahi replied [3] explaining his usual goal and also provided [4] link to the source requesting anyone to extend it. Máirín Duffy suggested [5] the possibility of showing the full page by default and pointed out [6] an example. Susmit responded [7] saying that he would get to it if time permits

Jukka Palander reminded [8] Ambassadors about the need for more votes to be able to obtain a Fedora Workshop at the Open Source World Conference [9]

Ankur Sinha reported [10] that Planet Fedora on identi.ca [11] was not displaying updates and was possibly broken. Susmit Shannigrahi confirmed [12] the fact and fixed it and requested that it be observed for any such incidents in the future

Edgar Rodolfo provided an update [13] about the Fedora Community in Peru mentioning that Henry Anchante had decided to leave the Fedora Community. The update however did bring forward the issue of writing mails to the Ambassador list in English [14]

David Ramsey posted [15] meeting notes and side notes from the APAC meeting on 2010-09-05

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015462.html
  2. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/membership-map/
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015463.html
  4. ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/fama/browser/membership-map.py.erb
  5. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015466.html
  6. ↑ http://stg.fedoracommunity.org/
  7. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015468.html
  8. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015469.html
  9. ↑ http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/malaga10/?q=node/297
  10. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015471.html
  11. ↑ http://identi.ca/planetfedora
  12. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015481.html
  13. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015475.html
  14. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015497.html
  15. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015485.html

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

Sankarshan posted [1] to the list asking whether FAmSCo and other Steering Committees introspect and discuss about the positive changes that they bring about.

David Nalley responded [2] with his view on the question. He also copied the Ambassadors list as the discussion would be of interes

Joerg Simon mentioned [3] that he had responded [4] on the advisory board list

Joerg Simon posted [5] about a violation of the Ambassadors Conduct by Luke Slater with specific mention of the content of the blog post.

Luke apologized [6] about his post which he said that he had removed from the blog.

Joerg Simon informed [7] that FAmSCo meeting 2010-09-06 was adjourned due to holidays in the US

Joerg Simon posted [8] the minutes from the Fedora Ambassadors Mentors Meeting held on 2010-09-06

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000343.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000344.html
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000350.html
  4. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-September/009196.html
  5. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000345.html
  6. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000347.html
  7. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000351.html
  8. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000352.html
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