Ambassadors
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
Welcome New Ambassadors
This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had no new member joining.
Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
Tristan Santore responded [1] to a thread about a single DVD of Desktop Spins vs 4 CDs of Desktop Spins expressing a personal wish to see dual layer media in line with the availability and affordability of DVD drives with dual layer write capabilities.
Christoph Wickert explained [2] the long delay in obtaining approval for the multi-desktop DVD and informed about the current efforts with the media production company to enable availability in around 3 weeks. In response to questions raised further in the thread [3], Christoph provided an URL [4] containing details about this effort
Vinzenz Vietzke informed [5] about the availability of OLPC hardware in connection with a Linux event in Souther Germany. Christoph Wickert provided [6] details about those who have an OLPC with them.
Gerold Kassube posted [7] a link to fosdem 2k11 - A film about FOSDEM 2011
Larry Cafiero posted [8] about a 2XL Fedora Ambassadors Polo Shirt being available to Ambassadors in NA in return for a compelling reason as to why the specific Ambassador would receive the shirt
David Ramsey informed [9] about the 2011 RHCP of the Year Awards [10] and, the FreeIPA v2 [11] and XFCE 4.8 [12] test days
Joerg Simon wrote [13] about the role of the Ambassador Group and FAmSCo especially as seen within The Fedora Project. The thread [14] has feedback and suggestions from Ambassadors around the ideas expressed by him.
Harpreet Singh provided an introduction [15] to the Fedora Ambassadors. Danishka Navin pointed [16] to the India list [17] as a place to receive further guidance and help.
Caius Chance posted [18] Minutes of FAmSCo meeting on 2011-02-12 [19]
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016939.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016945.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/thread.html#16939
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Cwickert/MultiDesktopDVD
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016941.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016944.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016950.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016953.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016954.html
- ↑ http://www.redhat.com/summit/awards/rhcp/
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-02-15_FreeIPAv2
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-02-17_Xfce
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016962.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/thread.html#16962
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016964.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016965.html
- ↑ https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/india
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016981.html
- ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-02-12/famsco.2011-02-12-13.22.html
Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list
Angel reported [1] on the Linux Boot Campaign 1.0 and, the Fedora 14 Release Party [2]
Nilesh Vaghela reported [3] on the Open Source | Linux | Fedora Installation Workshop at SAL Engineering College, Ahmedabad
Shakthi Kannan reported [4] on the GNUnify 2011 event at Pune, India
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016988.html
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/ReleaseParty/F14/2010_BLUA_Grand_Release_Party
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016989.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-February/016991.html
Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list
Pierros Papadeas posted [1] Agenda for 2011-02-20 meeting of FAmSCo [2]
Robyn Bergeron requested [3] FAmSCo representation at the Alpha Readiness meeting on 2011-02-24 at 1900 UTC. Pierros Papadeas confirmed [4] about joining in.
Max Spevack asked for help [5] from someone familiar with LATAM Fedora Ambassadors to understand the context of an expenses ticket [6]. Igor Pires Soares followed up [7] providing the information needed.
Joerg Simon forwarded [8] a mail from Mahay Alam Khan adding himself as a Regional Mentor for APAC and added his observations. Susmit Shannigrahi answered [9] a question from Larry Cafiero about who Mahay Alam Khan was. He further suggested [10] asking on the fedora-bd list about the need for a Mentor for Bangladesh.
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000672.html
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_agenda
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000673.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000674.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000675.html
- ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/80
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000686.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000676.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000678.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-February/000683.html