Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-01-17

Fedora Ambassadors Meeting Minutes 2008-01-17

Meeting Time

• 2008-01-17 19:00 UTC
• #fedora-meeting on freenode

Participants

This week's Ambassadors Meeting will be lead by JuanCarlosLin.

• a list of participants will posted after the meeting

Meeting Protocol

• Please follow Meeting Protocol

Agenda

Ambassadors, update this agenda with your latest items before the meeting has started.

1. Report current status of upcoming Fedora Events in North & South America. See Fedora Events page. 2. Report current status of Ambassadors Materials. See Tracker page. 3. Report current status of Ambassadors Membership. See Verification page. 4. 2008 Meeting Schedule for North & South America.

Transcript

*14:03 < pcalarco> PascalCalarco
*14:03 < rMenezes> RodrigoMenezes
*14:03 -!- snecklifter
*[n=snecklif@cpc1-hudd1-0-0-cust526.hudd.cable.ntl.com]  has left
*#fedora-meeting ["Leaving"] 
*14:03 < jds2001> JonStanley
*14:03  * jds2001 will be in and out
*14:04 -!- roccofrank|w [n=farnold@165.204.76.244]  has left
14:04 < JuanCarlosLin> Ok.. only have 4 of us, can we waite 5 minutes?
14:04 < rMenezes> +1
14:04 < pcalarco> +1
14:04 < inode0> greetings from the midwest US
14:04 -!- notting [n=notting@redhat/notting]  has left #fedora-meeting
["Ex-Chat"] 
14:05 < JuanCarlosLin> hi inode0, please state your name
14:05 < inode0> JohnRose
14:05 < JuanCarlosLin> we will wait 5 minutes to start..
14:07 < pcalarco> we need a minimum of 7 to hold a meeting?
14:08 < pcalarco> PascalCalarco
14:08 < JuanCarlosLin> yes
14:09 -!- JSchmitt [n=s4504kr@fedora/JSchmitt]  has quit ["Konversation
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14:09 < JuanCarlosLin> but any way, will try to set meeting schedule
14:09 < jds2001> where is the agenda, BTW?
14:09 < JuanCarlosLin>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-01-17
14:10 < JuanCarlosLin> Ok... please state your names again
14:10 < jds2001> JonStanley
14:10 < rMenezes> RodrigoMenezes
14:10 < inode0> JohnRose
14:10 < pcalarco> PascalCalarco
14:11 < JuanCarlosLin> well we are 5, but let start any way.
14:11 < JuanCarlosLin> first item, fedora events...
14:11 < JuanCarlosLin> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
14:12 < JuanCarlosLin> there is someone with new in events?
14:12 < pcalarco> !
14:12 < JuanCarlosLin> pcalarco
14:12 < juank_prada> hi, im new fedora ambassador i just knew about
today meeting
14:13 < pcalarco> I have a barcamp in Indianapolis, IN in a few weeks
14:13 < pcalarco> not sure if ppl will want to talk about Fedora, but
I will suggest it as a topic
14:13 < rMenezes> !
14:13 < pcalarco> I can take care of media, as there is only 20 of us
14:13 < JuanCarlosLin> rMenezes
14:14 < jds2001> JuanCarlosLin: there is a barcamp in NYC in march
14:14 < jds2001> i will cover that.
14:14 < pcalarco> eof
14:14 < inode0> I'm giving a presentation in two weeks on the OLPC
project at a large university ... will be plugging Fedora while I do
that
14:14 < rMenezes> ok, Brazil, the newest big event here will be FISL in april
14:15 < rMenezes> we produced the live CDs and DVDs locally
14:15 < rMenezes> and requested 5 lectures, a both and a comunity event
14:15 < rMenezes> waiting approvals from the event
14:15 < JuanCarlosLin> rmenezes eof?
14:15 < rMenezes> this mounth is vacation in local Colleges, so
everyone is waiting to restart the meetings with students
14:15 < rMenezes> eof
14:16 < rMenezes> *month
14:16 < rMenezes> sorry
14:16 < JuanCarlosLin> ok., jds2001, please update your event
information on site
14:17 < jds2001> sure thing.
14:17 < JuanCarlosLin> rmenezes, I have planning produce 3000 CD/DVD
for Rodrigo Padula BRazil, I can send to you also a few ones
14:17 < rMenezes> ok, thanks
14:18 < rMenezes> I'll send you my address through e-mail, ok?
14:18 < JuanCarlosLin> I offer this to all of you, just ask and wait
for programation amiling
14:18 < JuanCarlosLin> yes, please
14:18 < JuanCarlosLin> well, this poit is covered.
14:18 < JuanCarlosLin> let go to the second item
14:19 < JuanCarlosLin>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/GetStuff/Tracker
14:19 < juank_prada> ?
14:19 < JuanCarlosLin> I see there is no pending material asking for  america
14:19 < JuanCarlosLin> juank_prada, please state your name
14:19 < juank_prada> JuanCamiloPrada
14:20 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, can speak
14:20 < juank_prada> im new as an ambassador, and im planning on an
event on my university
14:20 < juank_prada> but im not sure what kind of material should i
take to that activity
14:21 < jds2001> what sort of activity?
14:21 < juank_prada> the event is suppose to be about FOSS in genera,
and i want to talk about fedora promting the project
14:21 < JuanCarlosLin> well, there is presentations on site, and also
is a good idea distribute copies of CD/DVD
14:21 < JuanCarlosLin> jds2001, can you help?
14:22 < rMenezes> where can I find presentations for Fedora 8
14:22 < rMenezes> ?
14:22  * jds2001 is busy with other projects in fedora, stretched
kinda thin right now
14:23 < inode0> rMenezes: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Presentations
is a place to start
14:23 < juank_prada> inode0: thanks it helps me too
14:23 < rMenezes> there is nothing directly about version 8
14:23 < jds2001> although if any of you wanna help me out, we'll be
launching within a month hopefully :)
14:24 < JuanCarlosLin> ok... juank_prada, when define the date, can
ask any of us to help
14:24 < inode0> an opportunity then to prepare one and share it with
the community
14:24 < JuanCarlosLin> ok... lets go to the secondo point
14:24 < juank_prada> JuanCarlosLin: thanks, the date will be defined
hopefully next week
14:24 < jds2001> i may be able to help some there.  emphasize how we
contirbute upstream
14:24 < JuanCarlosLin> any one have pending materialr orders?
14:24 < jds2001> and maybe features that made it to F8
14:25 < jds2001> yeah, i'll need some for the nyc barcamp.  not sure
exactly what/how much.
14:25 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, i see no pending order for america.
14:25 < JuanCarlosLin> lets go to the nex item
14:26 < JuanCarlosLin> ther is some amabassador need verification yet?
14:27 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, no abassador to verify?
14:27 < pcalarco> I do not think so
14:27 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, let go to the last item, meeting schedule
14:27 < JuanCarlosLin> I will like to hear form youthe best day, and
time to meeting
14:27 < jds2001> evenings EST are better for me.
14:28 < JuanCarlosLin> UTC time?
14:28 < jds2001> 23:00?
14:28 < pcalarco> 01:00 UTC maybe?
14:29 < jds2001> that's good too.
14:29 < rMenezes> for me is any work day at 20:00 UTC
14:29 < JuanCarlosLin> any one more?
14:29 < inode0> I can be flexible but evenings preferred
14:29 < juank_prada> any time is ok by me as i spent all day in front of a pc
14:30 < pcalarco> I can do 20:00 UTC too on Mondays or Fridays is best
14:30 < pcalarco> or evenings of course
14:30 < pcalarco> eof
14:30 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, the time I set was 19:00 UTC, how about
change it to 20:00 UTC to aproch
14:31 < pcalarco> +1
14:31 < juank_prada> +1
14:31 < rMenezes> +1
14:31 < jds2001> +1
14:31 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, it will be 20:00 UTC
14:32 < JuanCarlosLin> and the day? wich better
14:32 < inode0> not tuesday
14:32 < juank_prada> monday?
14:32 < pcalarco> Monday +1
14:32 < rMenezes> Monday +1
14:33 < JuanCarlosLin> jsd2001?
14:33 < jds2001> +1
14:33 < inode0> we'll have one thing to look forward to on Monday!
14:33 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, on monday
14:33 < rMenezes> !
14:33 < JuanCarlosLin> rmenezes
14:33 < rMenezes> the meetings will be every week?
14:34 < JuanCarlosLin> that the next point
14:34 < JuanCarlosLin> about the frecuency, is good 15 or 30 days,
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14:34 < JuanCarlosLin> how about you?
14:34 < inode0> etiher fine with me
14:35 < jds2001> 30 days +1
14:35 < pcalarco> if we have enough to work on, biweekly but otherwise monthly
14:35 < rMenezes> for me 30 days is fine
14:35 < juank_prada> 30 days is ok
14:35 < pcalarco> monthly +1
14:35 < JuanCarlosLin> lets vote monthly
14:36 < jds2001> well i agree with pcalarco too - if monthly gets us
to too much of a backlog, then let's go biweekly
14:36 < jds2001> but start with monthly
14:36 < jds2001> so +1
14:36 < inode0> so something like the 1st Monday each month?
14:36 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, the the future meeting is: monday, 20:00
UTC, 2008-02-18
14:37 < JuanCarlosLin> can be considered the 1st monday, wil be easier to remind
14:37 < rMenezes> 1st monday, +1
14:37 < inode0> that is what I was thinking
14:37 < JuanCarlosLin> how about inode0 idea?
14:37 < pcalarco> +1
14:37 < jds2001> +1 for first monday
14:37 < juank_prada> +1 first monday
14:38 < JuanCarlosLin> ok, next meeting, monday 2008-02-04, 20:00 UTC
14:38 < rMenezes> In Brazil, 04 feb will be carnival, :)
14:38 < rMenezes> I'll be here
14:38 < rMenezes> I promisse, lol
14:38 < JuanCarlosLin> Ok, anyway, the e-mail can keep us in touch
14:39 < JuanCarlosLin> please add your topic to discuse for next
meeting when the page is created.
14:39 < jds2001> heh i could be in class 04-feb (RH401) if everything goes well.
14:39 < JuanCarlosLin> so, no more points to discuse, and the meeting is end.
14:40 < pcalarco> I have a conflict 2/4 but this is okay generally
14:40 < JuanCarlosLin> thanks your everyone...
14:40 < inode0> nice to meet everyone

Summary

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