Meeting:APAC Ambassadors 2011-09-17

Meeting Time

• 2011-09-17 04:00 UTC Click here to convert to local time
• #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net
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Participants

This week's APAC Ambassadors Meeting will be lead by Dramsey, Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera, bckurera and Truong Anh Tuan, tuanta.

• Luke Martinez, asmartgoat
• Heherson Pagcaliwagan, azneita
• Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera, bckurera
• Engels Antonio, born2linux
• Ankur Sinha, FranciscoD
• Haowei Lee, Haowei
• Harish Pillay, harishpillay
• Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail, KageSenshi
• Caius Chance, Kaio
• Moniruzzaman Monir, kalpurush
• Magie Antonio, magie
• Mahay Alam Khan, maktrix
• Sureshkumar Packiyarajah, Suresht
• Truong Anh Tuan, tuanta
• as well as other great ambassadors!!!  :)

Meeting Protocol

• Please follow IRC Meeting Protocol and guidelines
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Agenda

• Ambassador Pinging - Your name, Where your located, etc.
  • For example ".fas asmartgoat My name is Luke, from Australia and I use Fedora 15 from a DVD."
  • For example ".fas dramsey My name is dramsey, from Japan and I use Fedora 15 from a DVD and Fedora 16 from an .ISO."

• News from FAmSCo
  • We will skip this topic if there is no news from FAmSCo or a FAmSCo representative
  • Any word on the APAC Stickers???
  • Please place news here.

• Review *ACTION* items from the last meeting

• Report current Status of upcoming events - Fedora Events
  • If interested in doing a FAD, then attend our Wednesday FAD APAC Meeting conducted by Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera, bckurera and Truong Anh Tuan, tuanta
  1. FAD Sri Lanka 2011 ==> Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera, bckurera
  2. FADs!!! ==> dramsey has done a Tokyo one, how about you?
  3. FAD Kuala Lumpur 2011 - Izhar/KageSenshi - event website is now up and running and is now accepting session proposals and participant registration - http://fedora.foss.org.my/events/fadkl092011/ Let us get some cds and stickers, but if theres other swags, that'll be great and keychain with fedora+redhat logos
  • Other future APAC events.

• APAC plans
  • Fedora 15 Release Events! - Fedora 15 Release Events! now Fedora 16 Release Events! - Fedora 16 Release Events!
  • Talk about Media, Swag and other needs as well as media distribution. ==> helps Harish and Kaio with Fedora 15 and Fedora 16 planning
    • Fedora 15
    • Fedora 16 - Add your requests here at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/APAC/F16
    1. Does getting media or swag, cost tax for you?
    2. Locally created media / swag as an option? ==> strongly suggests inquiry on funding your initiatives FAmSCo Trac
    • Use that Fedora "This is free media" form during sending of media between countries to avoid the tax problem.
    • What would be useful for you? Item and quantity!!!
    • Nice graphic at EMEA on F15 Shipping

• Talk about the Fedora Stickers. ==> helps Kaio and Gerard with getting numbers on to plan for stickers
  • How many would be useful for you? Quantity!!!

• Reimbursements Blank Media as well as Fedora13/14/15 Release Party dinners??? ==> dramsey
  • We are good to go for Fedora 15 Release Party dinners!!! ==> dramsey says, "Just do it!"  :)
    • FAmSCo Trac
    • APAC Trac

• Fedora Thank You Letter
  • Did you get yours yet? ==> dramsey wants to know and says, "Help me, help you!" :D
  • Fedora Says Thank You!‏ ==> if you gave me your address, then tell me if you received this envelope.
    1. Ashiqur Rahman Angel
    2. Arnold Laurinaria
    3. Mohd Fazli Azran
    4. Caius Chance
    5. Moniruzzaman Monir
    6. Sureshkuma​r Packiyaraj​ah

• Red Hat information training for Ambassadors
  • Developing our fellow Ambassadors not just APAC but all regions with Red Hat information training. ==> dramsey need support from FAmSCo
  • FYI Study Group URL from herlo at System Administration Study Guide
    1. http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
    2. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/
    3. http://www.linuxcommand.org/
    4. http://www.anyexample.com/linux_bsd/
    5. http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/shellscripting.html
    6. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dramsey#Software_which_I_like_to_have_running_on_my_systems
  • Who is interested in getting certified? ==> dramsey strongly suggests doing so

• Fedora 16 Ambassadors Team Tasks
  1. Fedora 16 Ambassadors Team Tasks
  2. Review and plan your Fedora 16 needs, for example media, swag and anything else.

• LCA 2012
  1. And so it begins. ==> Luke Martinez
  2. Budget
  3. Interest in attendance?
  4. Sponsorship?

• APAC Library
  1. Better idea than APAC Box? ==> Luke Martinez
  2. APACK Box ==> Luke Martinez

• Classroom
  1. Discussion on the classroom initiative by bckurera https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bckurera/The_FAms_Way

• Open Floor
  1. Brainstorming
  2. Any Ideas that you have in your mind?

Transcript

• Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-09-03/apac.2011-09-03-04.03.log.html
• Log (Text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-09-03/apac.2011-09-03-04.03.log.txt

Summary

• Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-09-03/apac.2011-09-03-04.03.html
• Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-09-03/apac.2011-09-03-04.03.txt

Next Meeting

• See APAC Meeting Minutes for the next meeting date and time.