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.
Jason Wickard joined the Ambassador Project [1] from the USA, mentored by Ben Williams
José Eduardo Rodríguez Esquivel joined the Ambassador Project [2] from Costa Rica mentored by Neville A. Cross
Joshua Livesay joined the Ambassador Project [3] from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero
Robert Beatty joined the Ambassador Project [4] from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015364.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015358.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015358.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015358.html
Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
Daniel VanStone posted to the list [1] about looking for a mentor. Joerg Simon responded [2] pointing out the steps that needed to be undertaken while selecting a mentor.
Joerg Simon posted [3] a Call for Papers for the 2011 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Technology hoping to catch the eye of Ambassadors from Egypt. Ahmed M Araby looked into the CfP and wondered [4] about the steps to ensure a presence. The participation fees were unusually high [5] as pointed out by Joerg Simon
Marcus Moeller informed [6] that this year FUDCon EMEA will be hosted by FrOSCamp and solicited feedback about a Fedora booth. Gerold concurred [7] pointing out that being at employed at ETH Zuerich makes Marcus the best choice of being an event owner. Marcus pointed out [8] that being responsible for FUDCon and FrOSCamp makes it difficult for him to be at a both.
John Poelstra posted a list of upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks [9] which included call from FAmSCo and regional teams for preparation of Media/Swag, Ambassador wide meetings preparing for Fedora 14, regional team meetings and select POC for Swag/Media production and submission of funding request for Swag/Media production
Ahmed El Gamil posted more [10] about an idea from http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015398.htmlAhmed M Araby around a website in Arabic for Fedora Users. A bit later in the thread Ahmed M Araby pointed out that [11] approval for arabic.fedoracommunity.org is still pending.
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015370.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015371.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015373.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015385.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015389.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015328.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015330.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015332.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015391.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015392.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015398.html
Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list
This week we take a break from reporting on FAmSCo meetings and instead, post a summary of the traffic on the mailing list.
Andrew Overholt posted to the FAmSCo list [1] pointing out that he does not have the time to be an official Fedora Ambassador but expressed hope that he would have the time to re-join the group in the future