ambassadors October 2008

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Axis'08 Event report
by susmit shannigrahi 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

Hi, These are the event reports for Axis'08. One more post and few more pics are on way from Arindam. My heartiest thanks to the organisers (One of whom I am cc'ing) for being so very accommodating and friendly. It was a great event for us. I am sure the activity that started with Axis'08 will continue and gain momentum. Thanks. Event reports: [1] http://susmit.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/axis08-report-part-1-preprations/ [2] http://susmit.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/axis%e2%80%9908-report-part-2-event/ [3] http://subhodipbiswas.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/axis-08-detailed-report/ Photos: [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/makghosh/tags/axis/ -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit =============================================

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Ambassadors Polo Shirts EMEA
by Fabian Affolter 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, - From time to time we (to be more precise Joerg Simon) order a bunch of Ambassadors Polo Shirts. We decided to make a new order for EMEA soon. If you plan to attend FAD EMEA in the middle of November or FOSDEM at the end of February and want a Poloshirt please add your details to the Fedora Ambassadors Poloshirt page [1] as soon as possible. Be aware, the ordering will only happen if there will be a total quantity of 15 pieces. Kind regards, Fabian [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/PoloShirt - -- Fingerprint: 2F6C 930F D3C4 7E38 6AFA 4EB4 E23C D2DD 36A4 397F Fedora always leads and never follows. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjj7AgACgkQ4jzS3TakOX8PRQCdG9D4PUJEKBTuvc447yzIZTOB YcsAnAuh1unGvC5J49412nSKbSBSNcw9 =VL5u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fedora Ambassadors Welcome
by Joerg Simon 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

Dear Ambassadors, let me welcome our new sponsored Ambassador Group Members: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bolatan https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Heqichen https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Aleksandarmkd https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jcdab https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jyulliano Regards Joerg p.s. Please do not send private "Welcome" Messages to Ambassador List -- Joerg (kital) Simon jsimon(a)fedoraproject.org http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JoergSimon http://kitall.blogspot.com Key Fingerprint: 3691 0989 2DCA 58A2 8D1F 2CAC C823 558E 5B5B 5688

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Re: XO demo Saturday in Rochester NY
by Karlie Robinson 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Brief Follow-up. The meet-up went well. There were about a dozen people in attendance. Linux, Mac and Win users The XO laptops were front and center and I believe almost everyone had a chance to use one if they wanted to. I discussed the XO, it's basic functions, the concept of OLPC and Fedora's involvement with the project. I even had to show the machine to people in the shop who weren't part of the meet up group. There are some pictures posted at http://geek.meetup.com/2/photos/450928/5738036/#5738036 (I even wore my Fedora t shirt) ~Karlie Karlie Robinson wrote: > A brief FYI that I'll be taking the XO to a ROCGeeks Meet-up [1] on > Saturday. > I'll be doing show and tell with the machine as well as talking about > G1G1 and the Fedora install option. > ~Karlie > [1] http://rocgeeks.com/

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REMINDER French Meeting today 1830 #fedora-meeting
by Thomas Canniot 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

This mail is a reminder for today´s meeting for French ambassadors and _every_ interested people. 2008-10-05 / 18:30 UTC IRC: freenode #fedora-meeting Ce mail est un rappel pour la réunion des ambassadeurs francophones, qui aura lieu ce dimanche (05 oct.) à 20h30 heure de Paris sur IRC (freenode) #fedora-meeting . L'ordre du jour est disponible depuis cette page : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/FrenchTeam/Reunions N'hésitez pas à le modifier pour rajouter des sujets qui vous semblent intéressants. Thomas Canniot

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Re: [Ambassadors] Event Report: Southern Wesleyan University
by Kam Salisbury 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

David, did they contact you to present at this event? -- Kam http://kamsalisbury.com GPG key: FAF1751E -----Original Message----- From: "David Nalley" <david(a)gnsa.us> Subj: [Ambassadors] Event Report: Southern Wesleyan University Date: Sat Oct 4, 2008 1:14 pm Size: 533 bytes To: fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com I visited Southern Wesleyan University on Friday 3 October 2008. The class I was invited to was a VB class. About 8 people showed up. I showed off the OLPC XO and that garnered the most attention. I also talked about why college students should get involved in open source projects. I unfortunately can't say that it was the most engaged audience. I distributed media to everyone. -- Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list

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Event Report: Southern Wesleyan University
by David Nalley 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

I visited Southern Wesleyan University on Friday 3 October 2008. The class I was invited to was a VB class. About 8 people showed up. I showed off the OLPC XO and that garnered the most attention. I also talked about why college students should get involved in open source projects. I unfortunately can't say that it was the most engaged audience. I distributed media to everyone.

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Attandance request for com2linux in Essen (Germany)
by Peter Reuschlein 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi together, i just got an email from the Organisator of the Come2Linux Event in Essen (Germany). He´s asking if Fedora wants to have a booth at that event. Im not available during that time but perhaps some other ambassadors could have a look there. Original Mail: Hallo Herr Reuschlein, Veit Wahlich hat mir Ihre Adresse gegeben. Er meint, Sie seien der richtige Ansprechpartner für mich bzw. für die Linuxtage in Essen. Wie er Ihnen möglicherweise mitgeteilt hat, finden die 4. come2linux- Linuxtage in Essen am 15./16.11.2008 in der Uni in Essen statt. Unser Ziel ist es, dieses Event ohne Standgebühren und ohne Eintritt durchzuführen. Wir wollen dabei ein möglichst breites Spektrum freier Software präsentieren und in Vorträgen auf neue/interessante Möglichkeiten und Gefahren in diesem Bereich hinweisen. Soweit zu uns. Sollten Sie die Möglichkeit haben das Projekt Fedora entweder an einem Tisch zu präsentieren und möglicherweise einen Vortrag über neue Funktionen zu halten, würde uns dies sehr freuen. Für eine kurzfristige Rücksprache stehe ich auch telefonisch zur Verfügung. (0234 476175) Ansonsten ist der Stand der Vorbereitungen (mit zeitlicher Verzögerung) auf www.come2linux.org zu entnehmen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Gerd Hofmann-Credner -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI5z+5tMB2vbNrb7kRAuW4AJ9TdC9TYxVGjP8nhw8lNwqWfWHFyACgmN/S wK3gStbQMa2x4QR/YK3ymPE= =baPR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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FAMNA Meetings - Follow Guidelines
by Clint Savage 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

I'll admit this right out of the gate. I'm causing more havoc than I should in meetings because I'm not following the meeting guidelines at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRCHowTo#Protocol. I want to point this out because I want to do better. Some of the ambassadors do a great job of following the guidelines and I want to encourage us all to use these guidelines in next week's meeting. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm trying to enforce rules, for one, I have no authority to do so. These guidelines work well for other meetings in which I've participated and I think our meetings will be more focused if we follow them. As such, I plan to start using them immediately for any meeting I am a part. I hope others will follow my lead. Again, I apologize for not doing a better job up front. Cheers Clint

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fact gathering from other groups
by Karsten Wade 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

Lengthy discussion regarding recruiting new contributors for Fedora. Out of this discussion a suggestion was made to invite members of the various projects within Fedora to briefly discuss their project as well as what there current needs are in the realm of new contributors to the Fedora Ambassadors so we can better understand what they do and how to help them. Next week a member of the Art Team will be invited. Clint and I were discussing this the other day in light of the quality of the wiki/Join page. Historically, Mo and I were envisioning that work as a step in the process to a "Join tool", a kind of wizard to take people through joining the project as a participant. In meeting with these groups, if we do two things with that (overview of what their project does/how they do it; and how to join), we have something that we can teach to Ambassadors so they can talk about the various projects (becomes part of our own Joining/learning process). It also gives us a nice record of the join process for _everyone_. If we can find some programming resources to start on a join wizard, knowing what each group needs to join is a great fact gathering for that, without over-committing Ambassadors to "own the new Join tool". - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, Community Gardener Dev Fu : http://developer.redhatmagazine.com Fedora : http://quaid.fedorapeople.org gpg key : AD0E0C41

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