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 a couple of new members joining.
Vittorio Memmo from Italy mentored by Robert Scheck
Ivelin Krasimirov Dzhantov from Bulgaria mentored by Robert Scheck
Alberto Bonacina from Italy mentored by Pierros Papadeas
Bogomil "Bogo" Shopov from Bulgaria mentored by Pierros Papadeas
Jyri Kochnev from Russia mentored by Robert Scheck
Cleiton Lima from Brazil mentored by Daniel Bruno
Tim Casey from Australia mentored by Caius Chance
Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
Pierros Papadeas posted [1] about FOSDEM 2011 and the need to organize the presence at the event. Max Spevack proposed [2] a few categories/topics which could lend themselves to Fedora-related talks
David Ramsey posted [3] Meeting Notes for APAC meeting on 2010-12-18
Onyeibo Oku posted [4] about how OEMs partition laptop HDDs especially the recovery partition and, asked about how Ambassadors objectively advocate for Fedora and Free Software
Pierros Papadeas proposed [5] usage of tags on the list in order to specify region-specific affairs/reminders etc. The thread [6] refers to a discussion amongst Ambassadors with diverse views on this matter including whether the intended objective would be achieved via tag usage
Gerold forwarded [7] the Call for Talks for the Configuration Management DevRoom at FOSDEM 2011
Bert Desmet rejoiced [8] at the availability of a booth at FOSDEM 2011
Gent Thaci asked [9] for help regarding a visit to Brussels
Danishka Navin posted [10] a news item around Russia opting to install Linux on computers
David Ramsey posted [11] Meeting Notes for APAC meeting on 2011-01-01 and wished the Ambassadors a Happy New Year [12]
Mustafa Qasim asked [13] if anyone maintains the Meeting Schedule Calendar on Google Calendar and if it was possible to share it
Pascal Calarco informed [14] about the inaugural Indiana Linux Festival [15] to be held from 25th till 27th March 2011 and requested that Fedora Ambassadors get together to organize an EventBox and a presence [16]. Max Spevack requested [17] Ambassadors at NA to look at sponsorship levels and propose their preference.
Larry Cafiero posted [18] Meeting Minutes/Log of FAmNA meeting on 2011-01-04
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016599.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016601.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016603.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016606.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016616.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/thread.html#16616
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016640.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016648.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016658.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016663.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016672.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016673.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016681.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016700.html
- ↑ http://www.indianalinux.org/cms/
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/ILF_2011
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016709.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016719.html
Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list
Kévin Raymond reported [1] on the Fedora 14 lunch in Paris organized on 04-12-2010. A French Radio channel also conducted an interview of Open Source, GNU/Linux and Fedora during the event.
Rene Jr Purcell reported [2] on the S2LQ, Quebec City event [3]
Mahay Alam Khan reported [4] on the Fedora 14 Talk and Media Distribution at Old Dhaka, Bangladesh [5]
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016595.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016596.html
- ↑ http://arsenicks.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/s2lq-fedora-presence-report/
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016646.html
- ↑ http://maktrix.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/fedora-14-talk-and-media-distribution/
Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list
Larry Cafiero informed [1] about an agenda item to postpone the FAmSCo meetings on Christmas Day and the New Year's Day. Neville A. Cross and others agreed with this move [2] with the notion that the FAmSCo members would be active and communicating during the holidays
Pierros Papadeas posted [3] Minutes of the Meeting from 2010-12-18 [4]
Joerg Simon copied [5] related to help required around FOSDEM
Igor Pires Soares asked [6] about continuing discussions around the "Regional IRC Sessions" agenda item in the Fedora Schedule which seemed a bit vague. The thread [7] has inputs from others about what could be a plan in the coming period about handling the IRC sessions productively.
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000535.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000536.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000540.html
- ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-12-18/famsco-2010-12-18.2010-12-18-13.12.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000541.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000542.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/thread.html#542