Study Abroad with a Fedora twist
by Mel Chua
Just had a thought - something Ambassadors typically *can't* do, but
campus ambassadors may be able to do far more easily.
Ambassador Exchange Programmes.
One thing I've seen come up time and time again is the communication gap
between different language/geo subcommunities in Fedora - most people
from EMEA can't read the Spanish-language LATAM lists, people in LATAM
don't know what's happening in APAC because they can't understand IRC
channels in Chinese, folks from APAC can't afford to fly to NA events,
and so on...
Some folks already try to bridge these various subcommunities, which is
fantastic. We need more! It would be great if we could do a
cultural/linguistic exchange between geographies to grow the number of
people who have relationships that straddle both sides.
The trouble is that it's it's tough for an Ambassador with a job and a
family to uproot him/herself to go volunteer on the other side of the
world for 6 months. It's a lot easier for a student to do it; in fact,
there are tons of credit-granting programs for it that are actively
encouraged by our schools. It's called Study Abroad.
What if we used this as an opportunity to expand not just our own
cultural/linguistic horizons, but that of the local Fedora community we
come from, and the one we're going to? I'm not sure what this means or
where it could go, and haven't thought this through that much - but
wanted to toss it out there for feedback/thoughts/criticism.
Also, what *other* resources do students have access to that most
Ambassadors do not? Access to facilities is the only other thing that
comes to mind right now.
Just braindumping. :)
--Mel
14 years, 3 months
Best Wishes 2010
by Anissa Fakhfakh
*Happy New Year 2010*
--
Anissa BHAR FAKHFAKH
Technologue Agrégée
ISET Charguia
14 years, 3 months
First Post
by Anissa Fakhfakh
Hi, my name is Anissa FAKHFAKH (a girl). I'm a new Campus Ambassador of
Fedora.
I am Teaching at ISET Charguia: http://www.isetch.rnu.tn, Tunisia.
I started a club for Fedora, we already had our first event: Fedora 12
Release Party, with the help a couple of Ambassadors, Zied FAKHFAKH and
Nihed MBAREK.
We had already a private mirror, we plan to start contributing early 2010.
I hope we can share experiences, promote Fedora, and elevate our courses by
Fedora.
Kind regards,
Anissa.
14 years, 4 months
First Post
by Anissa Fakhfakh
Hi, my name is Anissa FAKHFAKH (a girl). I'm a new Campus Ambassador of
Fedora.
I am Teaching at ISET Charguia: http://www.isetch.rnu.tn, Tunisia.
I started a club for Fedora, we already had our first event: Fedora 12
Release Party, with the help a couple of Ambassadors, Zied FAKHFAKH and
Nihed MBAREK.
We had already a private mirror, we plan to start contributing early 2010.
I hope we can share experiences, promote Fedora, and elevate our courses by
Fedora.
Kind regards,
Anissa.
14 years, 4 months
