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Ambassadors

This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project.

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 from the USA, mentored by Ben Williams

José Eduardo Rodríguez Esquivel joined the Ambassador Project from Costa Rica mentored by Neville A. Cross

Joshua Livesay joined the Ambassador Project from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero

Robert Beatty joined the Ambassador Project from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Based on a suggestion from Felix Kaechele, Máirín Duffy created a static HTML mock-up and asked for feedback

Wolnei Junior provided information about proyectofedora.org being the Latin America website

Ivan Pacheco pointed out that Mexico appears under North America for the Fedora Ambassadors Membership Verification and that requires a correction.

In response, Neville A. Cross suggested that the issue be put forward before the FAmSCo.

Joerg Simon explained that the Membership Page is built using a script that uses GeoIP Plugin data and that such data is provided as per continent. He asked for improvements to the script and enhance FAmA's work.

Igor Pires Soares suggested including Mexico in the description as " The Latin America region, including Mexico, Centra & South America, is served by the Fedora Ambassadors LATAM group". Máirín Duffy checked it into the repository

Zoltan Hoppar pointed out that the Hungarian Fedora Community would require guidance on setting up the hu.fedoracommunity.org domain.

Máirín Duffy provided a link to the instructions for requesting a fedoracommunity.org domain and suggested mailing the advisory board mailing list

Paul Frields suggested that having a mock-up of a design of the site that requires to be created before contacting the Board is good way to engage in a conversation as it provides a visual representation of what is being proposed to be built.

Daniel VanStone posted to the list about looking for a mentor. Joerg Simon responded pointing out the steps that needed to be undertaken while selecting a mentor.

Joerg Simon posted 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 about the steps to ensure a presence. The participation fees were unusually high as pointed out by Joerg Simon

Marcus Moeller informed that this year FUDCon EMEA will be hosted by FrOSCamp and solicited feedback about a Fedora booth. Gerold concurred pointing out that being at employed at ETH Zuerich makes Marcus the best choice of being an event owner. Marcus pointed out 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 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 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 approval for arabic.fedoracommunity.org is still pending.

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 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