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This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a couple of new members joining.
This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a couple of new members joining.


[[User:Gfidente|Giulio]] from Italy mentored by [[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]]
[[User:Thiagopeixoto|Thiago Peixoto]] from Brazil mentored by [[User:Tatica|María Leandro]]


[[User:Thereaper|Christian Jantz]] from Germany mentored by [[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]]
[[User:Gent|Gent Thaçi]] Kosovo mentored by Bert Desmet supported by  [[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]]


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=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===
 
A Mani posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015667.html </ref> about a magazine <ref> http://pclosmag.com/ </ref> and suggested that the milestones of Fedora Print Magazine <ref> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_print_magazine </ref> be an online edition first and a print edition later.
 
Neville A Cross posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015677.html </ref> about the Fedora 14 Countdown banner for blogs and requested all to spread the word
 
Jon Stanley informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015680.html </ref> that CPOSC <ref> http://cposc.org/ </ref> and he would be manning the booth
 
John Poelstra posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015681.html </ref> about upcoming Fedora 14 tasks pertaining to Release Parties and Regional IRC sessions
 
[[User:Geroldka|Gerold Kassube]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015691.html </ref> about the FAD at Rheinfelden and followed it up <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015763.html </ref> with a link for registration <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_EMEA_2010 </ref>
 
[[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015695.html </ref> his round-up of budget updates and, planning for rest-of-2010


=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===
Sascha Thomas Spreitzer posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015701.html </ref> on the outcome of checking the feasibility of putting more than one live-cd on one disc and provided a proof of concept <ref>http://sspreitzer.fedorapeople.org/torrents/ </ref>  The resulting thread <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/thread.html#15701 </ref> has extensive discussions about doing the media production at EMEA


Christoph Wikcert posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015636.html </ref> initial thoughts around media production for Fedora 14 release in the EMEA region
[[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015717.html </ref> a review of the Szabad Szoftver Konferencia 2010 in Szeged, Hungary


Rejaul Islam posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015632.html </ref> about the features that have been accepted by FESCo as part of Fedora 14 release <ref> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/FeatureList </ref>
Pascal Calarco put out <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015734.html </ref> a Call for Participation on Fedora Insight by calling upon those who have intermediate to advanced Drupal 6 skills and some time at hand.


Sascha Thomas Spreitzer announced <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015642.html </ref> the availability via torrent <ref> http://sspreitzer.fedorapeople.org/torrents/ </ref> of the i686 F13 Live with GNOME, KDE, LXDE and XFCE on one disk. This was in context of the thread <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015639.html </ref> from the previous month
Ahmed M Araby wrote about <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015737.html </ref> Software Freedom Day <ref> http://sfd.mufix.org/site/ </ref> at Menoufya University, Egypt


Saadeddine AlSaidi posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015643.html </ref> an off topic mail about Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) introduced in the US
David Ramsey posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015741.html </ref> meeting notes for APAC meeting on 2010-10-17


Sascha Thomas Spreitzer wondered <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015645.html </ref> if it would be a good idea to replace the current 4 CDs of Desktop Spin with a single DVD that contains all the spins. Sascha cited possible savings due to mass production. There was further discussion on the thread <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/thread.html#15645 </ref> about this idea along side discussion on re-spins.
[[User:Gent|Gent Thaçi]] asked <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015746.html </ref> about existing communities for the Balkans. The thread <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/thread.html#15746 </ref> has inputs from others on the need to form such communities


David Ramsey posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015651.html </ref> meeting notes from the APAC meeting on 2010-10-03
Christoph Wickert asked <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015748.html </ref> about legal requirements for the Multi-Desktop Live media which is being proposed to be produced by ambassadors at EMEA. Later, Christoph also followed up <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015751.html </ref> with the Board meeting recap, 2010-10-18 which had the disc-of-spins as an agenda item. [[User:Duffy|Máirín Duffy]] had a few additional questions and suggestion <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015754.html </ref> on the disc-of-spins item


John Poelstra posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015658.html </ref> about upcoming tasks around Fedora 14
[[User:Gent|Gent Thaçi]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015762.html </ref> about an article on The Fedora Project in PCWorld Albanian


Scott McBrien reminded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015662.html </ref> the NA Ambassadors about the meeting on 2010-10-06. David Ramsey provided information <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015663.html </ref> about updates to the agenda
Carlos Carreno informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015764.html </ref> about Fedora Party 2010 at Lima, Peru to be held on 2010-11-06 at Ricardo Palma University


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Revision as of 07:24, 20 October 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 had a couple of new members joining.

Thiago Peixoto from Brazil mentored by María Leandro

Gent Thaçi Kosovo mentored by Bert Desmet supported by Robert Scheck

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

A Mani posted [1] about a magazine [2] and suggested that the milestones of Fedora Print Magazine [3] be an online edition first and a print edition later.

Neville A Cross posted [4] about the Fedora 14 Countdown banner for blogs and requested all to spread the word

Jon Stanley informed [5] that CPOSC [6] and he would be manning the booth

John Poelstra posted [7] about upcoming Fedora 14 tasks pertaining to Release Parties and Regional IRC sessions

Gerold Kassube posted [8] about the FAD at Rheinfelden and followed it up [9] with a link for registration [10]

Max Spevack posted [11] his round-up of budget updates and, planning for rest-of-2010

Sascha Thomas Spreitzer posted [12] on the outcome of checking the feasibility of putting more than one live-cd on one disc and provided a proof of concept [13] The resulting thread [14] has extensive discussions about doing the media production at EMEA

Robert Scheck posted [15] a review of the Szabad Szoftver Konferencia 2010 in Szeged, Hungary

Pascal Calarco put out [16] a Call for Participation on Fedora Insight by calling upon those who have intermediate to advanced Drupal 6 skills and some time at hand.

Ahmed M Araby wrote about [17] Software Freedom Day [18] at Menoufya University, Egypt

David Ramsey posted [19] meeting notes for APAC meeting on 2010-10-17

Gent Thaçi asked [20] about existing communities for the Balkans. The thread [21] has inputs from others on the need to form such communities

Christoph Wickert asked [22] about legal requirements for the Multi-Desktop Live media which is being proposed to be produced by ambassadors at EMEA. Later, Christoph also followed up [23] with the Board meeting recap, 2010-10-18 which had the disc-of-spins as an agenda item. Máirín Duffy had a few additional questions and suggestion [24] on the disc-of-spins item

Gent Thaçi posted [25] about an article on The Fedora Project in PCWorld Albanian

Carlos Carreno informed [26] about Fedora Party 2010 at Lima, Peru to be held on 2010-11-06 at Ricardo Palma University

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015667.html
  2. ↑ http://pclosmag.com/
  3. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_print_magazine
  4. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015677.html
  5. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015680.html
  6. ↑ http://cposc.org/
  7. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015681.html
  8. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015691.html
  9. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015763.html
  10. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_EMEA_2010
  11. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015695.html
  12. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015701.html
  13. ↑ http://sspreitzer.fedorapeople.org/torrents/
  14. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/thread.html#15701
  15. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015717.html
  16. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015734.html
  17. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015737.html
  18. ↑ http://sfd.mufix.org/site/
  19. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015741.html
  20. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015746.html
  21. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/thread.html#15746
  22. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015748.html
  23. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015751.html
  24. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015754.html
  25. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015762.html
  26. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-October/015764.html

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

Christoph Wickert posted [1] the FAmSCo Meeting Minutes [2] of 2010-09-27 and asked [3] the the FAmSCo meeting for 2010-10-04 was indeed adjourned

Christoph Wickert also pointed out [4] the need to discuss the EMEA media production budget [5] Sascha Thomas Spreitzer mentioned [6] that the cost/budget for F14 would remain the same as F13 [7] Max Spevack responded [8] to Christoph's mail stating that it was "very easily within budget"

Joerg Simon posted [9] FAmSCo Meeting Minutes 2010-10-11 [10]

Joerg Simon informed [11] that he would not be able to attend the FAmSCo Meeting on 2010-10-18 and requested that the FAmSCo Report [12] be completed


  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-October/000370.html
  2. ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-09-27/fedora-meeting-1.2010-09-27-18.05.html
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-October/000371.html
  4. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-October/000372.html
  5. ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/91
  6. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-October/000373.html
  7. ↑ http://sspreitzer.fedorapeople.org/mediaquotes/F14/
  8. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-October/000375.html
  9. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-October/000376.html
  10. ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-10-11/fedora-meeting-1.2010-10-11-18.01.html
  11. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-October/000379.html
  12. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_report_2010-09
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