Ambassadors
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
Welcome New Ambassadors
The Fedora Ambassadors Project saw a couple of new Ambassadors joining in after undergoing to mentoring process.
Aurelie Chreng joined [1] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Mathieu Bridon
Ahmed Abdo Mohamed joined [2] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Robert Scheck
Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
Bert Desmet informed [1] about the dates for Fosdem [2] and hoped to see a large Fedora group again. Gerard Braad expressed hope [3] that he may be able to arrange a trip for the event. Paul W Frields informed [4] that the budget exists to enable The Fedora Project Leader to make the trip.
John wanted to know [5] the status of Fedora Swag for Software Freedom Day celebrations in Dallas. David Duncan stated [6] that since the wiki did not indicate an owner, he would go ahead and take ownership to do the necessary coordination.
Manuel Escudero shared news [7] about an appliance for musicians and music production called Synthelos Linux [8]. Frank Murphy provided the URL to the page about Audion Creation Spin Development [9]. Kris Thomsen volunteered [10] to help.
Manuel Escudero posted [11] about a project called 'Hermes' [12] which relates to the building of a feed parser customizable by the user that notifies when there is important news.
Paul W Frields replied [13] to the discussion about Fedora in stores [14] by pointing to the Trademark Guidelines [15]
Daniel VanStone informed [16] about an event [17] in Arlington, Texas and requested [18] those in or, near the area to join. David Duncan responded [19] stating that he would be at the Python Convention in Waco with Fedora goodies.
Manuel Escudero posted [20] about being unable to run the latest Skype release because if requires the "1:4.6" Qt libraries and asked whether that meant not having Skype in Fedora 14 KDE Spin. Scott Dowdle pointed out [21] that Skype does work with Fedora 13 and KDE available from the official repositories. Mathieu Bridon responded [22] that the issue was more appropriate for the Fedora users mailing list [23] Ryan Rix explained [24] the Skype issue in a bit more detail
Continuing on the fedoracommunity.org portal design, Gianluca Sforna compared [25] about finding Regional Team resources via ubuntu.com and, the current Fedora infrastructure. Máirín Duffy joined [26] the discussion asking as to whether there are more websites that would require linking to.
Max Spevack informed [27] that the event organizers should check the availability of power for the Fedora table at the Ohio Linux Fest. Ben Williams confirmed [28] about such a check and stated that the Red Hat and Fedora exhibits are side-by-side.
John Poelstra posted [29] about upcoming Fedora 14 Schedule Tasks. Schedule retrospective page captures all the important details [30]
Bert Desment wondered [31] if, looking at past attendee trends, Fosdem could have a structure like FUDCon thus making it easier for people to request sponsorship.
Sascha Thomas Spreitzer announced [32] the FUDCon Zurich media exchange which would enable attendees to carry media [33] for event owners at other places
Nilesh Vaghela reported [34] about Fedora 13 workshop at GLS, MCA Department, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Photographs have been uploaded [35] as well
Gianluca Sforna posted [36] an EMEA only notice about orders [37] for Polo Shirts [38] being collected
David Duncan reported [39] [40] about the participation at the PyTexas event
Joerg Simon posted [41] FAmSCo Meeting Minutes for 2010-08-30
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015408.html
- ↑ http://www.fosdem.org/
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015419.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015420.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015411.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015412.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015400.html
- ↑ http://susegallery.com/a/GKa8xP/synthelos-linux
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AudioCreationSpinDevelopment
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015402.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015428.html
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Hermes
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015404.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015374.html
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015414.html
- ↑ http://geeknic.org/?p=122/
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015415.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015445.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015446.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015447.html
- ↑ https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015448.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015429.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015433.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015421.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015425.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015444.html
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Schedule_Retrospective
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015431.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015432.html
- ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/wiki/Inventory#F13
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015435.html
- ↑ http://www.electromech.info/component/option,com_phocagallery/Itemid,66/id,5/view,category/
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015449.html
- ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/PoloShirt
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015442.html
- ↑ http://davdunc.livejournal.com/5830.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015443.html
Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list
Sankarshan posted [1] to the list asking whether FAmSCo and other Steering Committees introspect and discuss about the positive changes that they bring about.
David Nalley responded [2] with his view on the question. He also copied the Ambassadors list as the discussion would be of interes
Joerg Simon mentioned [3] that he had responded [4] on the advisory board list
Joerg Simon posted [5] about a violation of the Ambassadors Conduct by Luke Slater with specific mention of the content of the blog post.
Luke apologized [6] about his post which he said that he had removed from the blog.
Joerg Simon informed [7] that FAmSCo meeting 2010-09-06 was adjourned due to holidays in the US
Joerg Simon posted [8] the minutes from the Fedora Ambassadors Mentors Meeting held on 2010-09-06
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000343.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000344.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000350.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-September/009196.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000345.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000347.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000351.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000352.html