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=== Welcome New Ambassadors ===
=== Welcome New Ambassadors ===


The Fedora Ambassadors Project saw a couple of new Ambassadors joining in after undergoing to mentoring process.
This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project did not have any new members joining.


[[User:Achrg|Aurelie Chreng]] joined <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015472.html </ref> The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Mathieu Bridon
=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===
 
Hans 'hanx' Cruz Buchelli wrote <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015502.html </ref> about being unable to give time to The Fedora Project due to family issues and hoped that the current situation would allow more time to the project. Hans also informed that it is almost certain that in 2011 the local municipality and schools will use Fedora
 
[Beat writer's note: I used available online translation tools to try and obtain a passable English translation for the actual mail]
 
Carlos Carreno posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015530.html </ref> about an event - Fedora Party 2010 at the University Ricardo Palma and requested ideas for topics that could be interesting to the audience.
 
[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015508.html </ref> about a Test Day for Systemd <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-09-07_Systemd </ref> on 2010-09-07
 
[[User:dmaxel|Danny Stieben]] ideated <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015509.html </ref> about a site similar to OMG ! Ubuntu <ref> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ </ref> with the notion that it would be of use to people who are not complete geeks. The subsequent thread had discussions on the hosting providers and need for designing the site etc
 
Truong Anh. Tuan informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015517.html </ref> about a short presentation at Software Freedom Day <ref> http://wiki.hanoilug.org/events:softwarefreedomday:2010:18sept2010 </ref> organized by the HanoiLUG


[[User:Linuxsamurai|Ahmed Abdo Mohamed]] joined <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015494.html </ref> The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Robert Scheck
[[User:Jbwillia|Ben Williams]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015516.html </ref> ambassadors attending the Ohio Linuxfest to sign up for booth time <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ohio_Linux_Fest_2010#Saturday_Booth_Schedule </ref>


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[[User:Threethirty|Justin O'Brien]] initiated <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015543.html </ref> a discussion about the #fedora IRC channel and registering the IRC nickname. Tristan Santore explained <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015548.html </ref> that the registration process followed by Freenode is independent of the Fedora Project or, any other FOSS project using their IRC servers. And, suggested that a wiki page with screenshot might help new users find their way around the process.


=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===
[[User:Geroldka|Gerold Kassube]] posted a question <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015528.html </ref> "Do you think, I'm a valuable, trustful Fedora Contributor / Ambassador;
also as Founder, Memeber and President of the association Fedora EMEA e.V.?" The subsequent thread had inputs from a few Fedora Ambassadors and a few queries about the context of the question


[[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 initial 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
Frank Murphy announced <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015518.html </ref> the intention of leaving the Ambassadors Group and desired guidance on the correct method for doing so. [[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015524.html </ref> with the appropriate URL <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/MembershipService#Removal_Process_for_Ambassador.27s_Membership </ref> which outlines the steps


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>
[[User:Geroldka|Gerold Kassube]] updated <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015531.html </ref> the FUDCon 2010 / Switzerland page with details.


[[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
[[User:Pfrields|Paul W Frields]] asked <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015532.html </ref> if any Ambassadors in the Los Angeles/Anaheim/CA area are considering attending 2010 Renesas DevCon conference <ref> http://renesasdevcon.com/ </ref>


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:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] reminded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015539.html </ref> about the meeting for APAC Ambassadors to be held on 2010-09-19 at 0300 UTC


[[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
John Poelstra posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015541.html </ref> about upcoming tasks around Fedora 14 release


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Revision as of 04:21, 14 September 2010

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

This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project did not have any new members joining.

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Hans 'hanx' Cruz Buchelli wrote [1] about being unable to give time to The Fedora Project due to family issues and hoped that the current situation would allow more time to the project. Hans also informed that it is almost certain that in 2011 the local municipality and schools will use Fedora

[Beat writer's note: I used available online translation tools to try and obtain a passable English translation for the actual mail]

Carlos Carreno posted [2] about an event - Fedora Party 2010 at the University Ricardo Palma and requested ideas for topics that could be interesting to the audience.

David Ramsey informed [3] about a Test Day for Systemd [4] on 2010-09-07

Danny Stieben ideated [5] about a site similar to OMG ! Ubuntu [6] with the notion that it would be of use to people who are not complete geeks. The subsequent thread had discussions on the hosting providers and need for designing the site etc

Truong Anh. Tuan informed [7] about a short presentation at Software Freedom Day [8] organized by the HanoiLUG

Ben Williams informed [9] ambassadors attending the Ohio Linuxfest to sign up for booth time [10]

Justin O'Brien initiated [11] a discussion about the #fedora IRC channel and registering the IRC nickname. Tristan Santore explained [12] that the registration process followed by Freenode is independent of the Fedora Project or, any other FOSS project using their IRC servers. And, suggested that a wiki page with screenshot might help new users find their way around the process.

Gerold Kassube posted a question [13] "Do you think, I'm a valuable, trustful Fedora Contributor / Ambassador; also as Founder, Memeber and President of the association Fedora EMEA e.V.?" The subsequent thread had inputs from a few Fedora Ambassadors and a few queries about the context of the question

Frank Murphy announced [14] the intention of leaving the Ambassadors Group and desired guidance on the correct method for doing so. Joerg Simon responded [15] with the appropriate URL [16] which outlines the steps

Gerold Kassube updated [17] the FUDCon 2010 / Switzerland page with details.

Paul W Frields asked [18] if any Ambassadors in the Los Angeles/Anaheim/CA area are considering attending 2010 Renesas DevCon conference [19]

David Ramsey reminded [20] about the meeting for APAC Ambassadors to be held on 2010-09-19 at 0300 UTC

John Poelstra posted [21] about upcoming tasks around Fedora 14 release

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015502.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015530.html
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015508.html
  4. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-09-07_Systemd
  5. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015509.html
  6. ↑ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/
  7. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015517.html
  8. ↑ http://wiki.hanoilug.org/events:softwarefreedomday:2010:18sept2010
  9. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015516.html
  10. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ohio_Linux_Fest_2010#Saturday_Booth_Schedule
  11. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015543.html
  12. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015548.html
  13. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015528.html
  14. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015518.html
  15. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015524.html
  16. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/MembershipService#Removal_Process_for_Ambassador.27s_Membership
  17. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015531.html
  18. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015532.html
  19. ↑ http://renesasdevcon.com/
  20. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015539.html
  21. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015541.html

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

Joerg Simon informed [1] that he would be traveling and was not sure about the data connectivity. He pointed out that the report for August [2] needs to be completed, preferably by 2010-09-18 1800 UTC

María Leandro added [3] that the section for LATAM was complete

Max Spevack sent out a reminder [4] for a meeting on 2010-09-20 and asked if everyone was agreeing to that date.

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000353.html
  2. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_report_2010-08
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000354.html
  4. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000355.html
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