FAD EMEA 2008

Fedora Ambassador Day EMEA 2008

The goal of FAD EMEA 2008 is to establish Fedora's EMEA leadership team for 2009 and to plan the upcoming year's events and priorities.

Date

State your preference:

October --

November -- MSpevack, GeroldKa (mid), red (mid/end), Giangy, CWickert, wonderer, fab

December -- red (early)

Unknown --

Location

Basel -- red, GeroldKa, Robert, wonderer, fab

Amsterdam -- FCrippa, Giangy, MSpevack, CWickert, romal

Accomodations

• TBD after we choose a location

Responsible Ambassadors

• SandroMathys
• MaxSpevack

Attendees

1. SandroMathys
2. GeroldKassube sorry, but depends on the location and my personal money situation
3. FabianAffolter
4. AntonArapov
5. MaxSpevack
6. JoergSimon
7. Robert M. Albrecht (only in Amsterdam, traveling to Basel is too expensive)
8. GianlucaVarisco
9. FrancescoCrippa
10. FrancescoUgolini
11. RobertScheck
12. Christoph Wickert (if possible, depends on time and location)
13. Henrik Heigl (if possible, depends on money situation)

Business Agenda

• Status update for FOSDEM 2009.
• Planning the Fedora EMEA priorities for March 2009 - February 2010, to coincide with Red Hat's budget year.
  • Two major events
    • FUDCon EMEA 2009
    • One other (maybe LinuxTag)
  • Various mid-level events
    • CLT 2008, OpenExpo, Cebit 2009, FOSDEM 2010, FrOSCon 2009, etc.
  • Make it easy for ambassadors to organize small events in their countries
• What do we want to focus on in addition to events?
• What do we need from Red Hat?
• What are the biggest problems Fedora faces in EMEA?
• How are our smaller communities doing?

Fun Agenda

Feel free to add your own ideas. Please note, that we most probably won't make this decision public before the FAD has begun - see it as a little surprise. We might or might not take anything that was suggested here. But your ideas are a great help for brainstorming, anyway.

Depending on the location:

• Amsterdam:
  • Football Game --MSpevack
  • Heineken Brewery -- MSpevack
• Basel:
  • Augusta Raurica (old Roman city) --red
  • Feldschloesschen Brewery, which is inside a very nice castle --red

Independant of the location:

• Eat some local food speciality --GeroldKa/red

Budget

• MaxSpevack has indicated that he can provide at least 500 EUR budget for this event. As we get closer, the number may go up. Budget will be used for travel subsidies, lodging subsidies, food, and some fun event.