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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:Mba|Henry]] from Lithuania mentored by [[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]]
[[User:Byone|Everton Cardoso]] from Brazil mentored by Daniel Bruno


[[User:Yongyuan|Yong Yuan]] from China mentored by [[User:gbraad|Gerard Braad]]


=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===
=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===


Gianluca Sforna posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017150.html </ref> about EuroPython event <ref> http://ep2011.europython.eu/ </ref> and enquired if anyone was considering participating.  
[[User:Cwickert|Christoph Wickert]] raised <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017242.html </ref> some questions regarding the budget <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_report_2011-02 </ref> [[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]] provided <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017245.html </ref> actual figures from the expenses. [[User:ke4qqq|David Nalley]] mentioned <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017317.html </ref> that some of the issues raised in the mail were also part of the Board IRC meeting and, discussions were ongoing as the same was an agenda item in the upcoming Board meeting.


[[User:Igor|Igor Pires Soares]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017154.html </ref> FAmSCo Report for February 2011 <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_report_2011-02 </ref>
Onyeibo Oku asked <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017252.html </ref> if there was an existing print-ready, A5 sized booklet covering the basics of Fedora for handing out at events. Zoltan Hopper responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017253.html </ref> about a scratch document available at the Marketing Page. There was further discussion around the difference between a Quick-Start and a Handbook <ref> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Sankarshan/FedoraHandbook </ref> and the possibility of building a Quick Start Guide <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017261.html </ref> based upon the SXSW Materials <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design/SXSW_Materials </ref>


[[User:Cwickert|Christoph Wickert]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017157.html </ref> Meeting Minutes from the EMEA Ambassadors Meeting on 2011-03-09
[[User:Cwickert|Christoph Wickert]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017264.html </ref> Minutes of EMEA Ambassadors Meeting <ref> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-03-23/emea_ambassadors.2011-03-23-20.02.html </ref> The thread <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/thread.html#17264 </ref> had additional discussion around allocation of funds under budget line items and, expense planning based on projected needs. The decision making process within FAmSCo was also discussed.


[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] provided <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017162.html </ref> some 'Food for Thought URLs on Fedora 15' or, a set of talking points <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_talking_points </ref>
[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017265.html </ref> meeting notes <ref> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-03-19/apac.2011-03-19-04.09.html </ref> from the APAC Ambassadors meeting on 2011-03-19


Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017164.html </ref> about an upcoming Fedora Electronic Lab talk at the State Level Academician's Convention <ref> http://www.fsmk.org/node/66 </ref> organized at Bengaluru, India.
[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017267.html </ref> about an upcoming Power Management Test Day <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-03-24 </ref> and subsequently posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017312.html </ref> about the Printing and ABRT Retrace Server Test Days


Zied Fakhfakh announced <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017166.html </ref> the availability of the first Tunisian mirror for Fedora and EPEL <ref> http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist </ref>
[[User:Duffy|Máirín Duffy]] asked <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017282.html </ref> if there was a group photograph from a recent event with the aim of updating the FUDCon Zurich group phot that is on fedoraproject.org page


[[User:Ppapadeas|Pierros Papadeas]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017179.html </ref> Minutes of the FAmSCo meeting <ref> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-03-12/famsco.2011-03-12-13.11.html </ref> for 2011-03-12
[[User:Cwickert|Christoph Wickert]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017293.html </ref> a 'Last Call for Orders" for F14 media for any event at EMEA and added a link to the Inventory <ref> https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/wiki/Inventory </ref> for helping to search for the nearest anchor point


[[User:Cwickert|Christoph Wickert]] requested <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017181.html </ref> EMEA Ambassadors with swag to update the inventory <ref> https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/wiki/Inventory </ref>
[[User:Ppapadeas|Pierros Papadeas]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017296.html </ref> Meeting Minutes for FAmSCo meeting of 2011-03-26


[[User:Tatica|María Leandro]] expressed support and prayers for the people living in Japan <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017185.html </ref>. She was joined by others <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/thread.html#17185 </ref>
Buddhika Kurera requested help <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017299.html </ref> in finding a co-speaker for CLT2011


Francesco Crippa bid <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017193.html </ref> for Milan as a venue for FUDCon 2011 <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Milan_2011 </ref>. The thread <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/thread.html#17197 </ref> received support
Paul Mellors posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017314.html </ref> about an idea for a documentary <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Documentary </ref> similar to "Revolution OS"


[[User:Herlo|Clint Savage]] discussed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017204.html </ref> the idea of the 'PhotoBooth' and the future plans around it. [[User:Duffy|Máirín Duffy]] added <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017205.html </ref> some additional notes
Adam Miller put out a last call for funding for Texas Linux Fest 2011 <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017310.html </ref>
 
[[User:Yn1v|Neville A. Cross]] wrote <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017212.html </ref> about marketing and promotional efforts by Microsoft at Nicaragua involving funding events on condition of talking about/demonstrating inter-operability. Fedora Ambassadors contributed from their experience <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/thread.html#17212 </ref> in similar situations and provided guidance about how to deal with situations arising out of such partnership requests.
 
Bertrand Juglas informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017224.html </ref> about the acceptance of the virtualization workshop at LOAD
 
Buddhika Kurera informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017230.html </ref> about Fedora Project being accepted at the GSoC2011.
 
[[User:Igor|Igor Pires Soares]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017231.html </ref> Minutes of Meeting from FAmSCo meeting of 2011-03-19 <ref> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-03-19/famsco.2011-03-19-14.10.html </ref>
 
Adam Miller informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017235.html </ref> about the plans for the Texas Linux Fest 2011 <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Texas:LinuxFest_2011 </ref>


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=== Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list ===
=== Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list ===


Nilesh Vaghela reported <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017152.html </ref> on a Open Source/Linux seminar organized at the SAL Engineering College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
[[User:Cwickert|Christoph Wickert]] reported <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017241.html </ref> on the Chemnitzer Linuxtage event with more details about undertaking similar tasks using different distributions.


Heherson Pagcaliwagan reported <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017178.html </ref> on the SGC2011 event <ref> http://testmsg.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/sgc-2011-event-report/ </ref>
[[User:Fab|Fabian Affolter]] summarized <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017284.html </ref> all the CLT2011 reports


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Revision as of 06:26, 30 March 2011

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.

Everton Cardoso from Brazil mentored by Daniel Bruno


Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Christoph Wickert raised [1] some questions regarding the budget [2] Max Spevack provided [3] actual figures from the expenses. David Nalley mentioned [4] that some of the issues raised in the mail were also part of the Board IRC meeting and, discussions were ongoing as the same was an agenda item in the upcoming Board meeting.

Onyeibo Oku asked [5] if there was an existing print-ready, A5 sized booklet covering the basics of Fedora for handing out at events. Zoltan Hopper responded [6] about a scratch document available at the Marketing Page. There was further discussion around the difference between a Quick-Start and a Handbook [7] and the possibility of building a Quick Start Guide [8] based upon the SXSW Materials [9]

Christoph Wickert posted [10] Minutes of EMEA Ambassadors Meeting [11] The thread [12] had additional discussion around allocation of funds under budget line items and, expense planning based on projected needs. The decision making process within FAmSCo was also discussed.

David Ramsey posted [13] meeting notes [14] from the APAC Ambassadors meeting on 2011-03-19

David Ramsey informed [15] about an upcoming Power Management Test Day [16] and subsequently posted [17] about the Printing and ABRT Retrace Server Test Days

Máirín Duffy asked [18] if there was a group photograph from a recent event with the aim of updating the FUDCon Zurich group phot that is on fedoraproject.org page

Christoph Wickert posted [19] a 'Last Call for Orders" for F14 media for any event at EMEA and added a link to the Inventory [20] for helping to search for the nearest anchor point

Pierros Papadeas posted [21] Meeting Minutes for FAmSCo meeting of 2011-03-26

Buddhika Kurera requested help [22] in finding a co-speaker for CLT2011

Paul Mellors posted [23] about an idea for a documentary [24] similar to "Revolution OS"

Adam Miller put out a last call for funding for Texas Linux Fest 2011 [25]

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017242.html
  2. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_report_2011-02
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017245.html
  4. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017317.html
  5. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017252.html
  6. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017253.html
  7. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Sankarshan/FedoraHandbook
  8. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017261.html
  9. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design/SXSW_Materials
  10. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017264.html
  11. ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-03-23/emea_ambassadors.2011-03-23-20.02.html
  12. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/thread.html#17264
  13. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017265.html
  14. ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-03-19/apac.2011-03-19-04.09.html
  15. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017267.html
  16. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-03-24
  17. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017312.html
  18. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017282.html
  19. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017293.html
  20. ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/wiki/Inventory
  21. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017296.html
  22. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017299.html
  23. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017314.html
  24. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Documentary
  25. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017310.html

Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list

Christoph Wickert reported [1] on the Chemnitzer Linuxtage event with more details about undertaking similar tasks using different distributions.

Fabian Affolter summarized [2] all the CLT2011 reports

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017241.html
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-March/017284.html

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

Pierros Papadeas posted [1] the Agenda for the FAmSCo meeting of 2011-03-26 [2]

Joerg Simon, as the Fedora Ambassador Membership Administrator, informed FAmSCo [3] about existing continuous violations of Fedora Ambassador Conduct [4] Follow-up discussions happened on the ticket and the thread [5]

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-March/000736.html
  2. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_agenda#2011-3-26_agenda
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-March/000737.html
  4. ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/156
  5. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-March/thread.html#737
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