Promoting Fedora events
by Alex
Hey guys,
I am expanding the CMC section and filling it with resources that CMCs
can use with minimal effort -- such as boilerplate text for LUG or
FUDCon promotion, or a standard note to the mailing list about a LUG
meeting.
The idea behind this prefab text repository is to help the folks who
might want to help, but have trouble or are hesitating to articulate
themselves in writing, by providing them with templates they can edit
to fit their purpose.
If you have written something like this in the past, please do one of the two:
1. forward your message to me
2. edit the message to be generic and forward it to me then, saving me
hours of work :)
Please respond off-list to alex(a)fedoraproject.org
Thanks,
a
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FUDCon:
Fedora Users and Developers Conference
18 years, 6 months
fp.o translation volunteer
by Greg DeKoenigsberg
David Barzilay has graciously agreed to serve as the guinea pig for the
first fp.o translation: into Brazilian Portuguese.
So. Now need to decide how, exactly, we structure the translated wiki
pages.
The simplest way: create language subsections. That would mean, for
Brazilian Portuguese:
fp.o/wiki/Extras would be translated to fp.o/wiki/br/Extras
It may not be the most elegant way, but it would probably get the job done
more quickly.
I'm also open to better ideas -- but the quicker we can move, the quicker
we can take advantage of Mister Barzilay's good will. :)
--g
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Greg DeKoenigsberg ] [ the future masters of technology will have
Community Relations ] [ to be lighthearted and intelligent. the
Red Hat ] [ machine easily masters the grim and the
] [ dumb. --mcluhan
18 years, 6 months
FUDCon London 2005: Analysis
by Greg DeKoenigsberg
Nice FUDCon. Well prepared and well executed. Decent walk up traffic.
Good names and good presentations. And yet... not really that remarkable.
So after it was all done, and I was stuck in London for a couple of days,
feeling a nasty cold coming on, I sat at the hotel bar drinking gin and
tonics (healthful, don't you know). I sat and thought about why the first
two FUDCons had an energy that this FUDCon seemed to lack.
After writing some notes and chatting with some other folks, I boiled my
discomfort down to five points that, imho, should guide our policy for
holding events in the future.
I'm anxious to hear your feedback. Hit me with both barrels.
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1. PAY FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR PLACES. We need to get good community
contributors to FUDCons, by hook or by crook. We spent a pretty sizable
chunk of change to buy space at LWCE London. It was the majority of our
budget, and left very little for travel stipends. At FUDCons 1 and 2, we
had community representatives present, with Red Hat paying the tab. At
FUDCon London, we did not. The difference was very clear. Therefore,
paying for space should be something we do as a last resort, and we should
pay as little as possible. If we hold the event under tents in a parking
lot, and have the right people there, it'll be a success.
2. READ-WRITE, NOT READ-ONLY. This relates to 1. One of the reasons it
wasn't more read-write was because we didn't have enough community
contributors present. It was great to see Stuart Ellis of the docs
project, but aside from him and some Redhatters, the pickings were pretty
slim -- and not only that, but there were no chances for attendees to
*participate* in any real way. I believe that we need to have a hackfest
of some kind at the next FUDCon; I think it's imperative. We're ready to
go to the next level.
3. ONE FUDCON PER YEAR PER GEO. I think that having two FUDCons so close
to one another -- Germany in June, England in October -- sapped the energy
of the London show. I think that a lot of people probably opted out
because they'd already been to the show at LinuxTag, and saw no need to go
again. One show in North America, one in Europe, one in Asia/Australia.
I think that's a good plan.
4. GEEKS, NOT SUITS. FUDCon 1 was held *near* LWCE Boston in February,
but the real show happened at BU, and got a lot of geeks. FUDCon 2 at
Karlsuhe was in the middle of LinuxTag, which is very much a geek show.
FUDCon London 2005 happened in the middle of a show for suits. The
difference in the vibe was tangible.
5. ONE PERSON AT EVERY SHOW. If there's one real goal that we should set
for the CMC program, it would be to have a Fedora CMC at every important
Linux show in the world. If we can manage that, we will be able to claim
success. What do we need to do to accomplish that goal? We need:
+ A schedule of all important events with .org pavilions.
+ A way for volunteers to sign up.
+ Funds to help pay people's way, if necessary.
+ Materials in the hands of every volunteer, well in advance: DVDs,
marketing materials, etc., etc.
We should probably be using the weekly marketing meeting (and when is
that, again?) to be getting an update on the status of this effort. It
may be the most important thing we can be doing as a group right now.
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So that's my take. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
--g
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Greg DeKoenigsberg ] [ the future masters of technology will have
Community Relations ] [ to be lighthearted and intelligent. the
Red Hat ] [ machine easily masters the grim and the
] [ dumb. --mcluhan
18 years, 6 months
Re: SIO author?
by Ray Gwinn
Yes!
Ray
On 17 Oct 2005 at 10:52, Emmett Culley wrote:
> Ray,
>
> Are you the author of SIO for OS/2?
>
> Emmett
18 years, 6 months
Meeting Time
by Patrick W. Barnes
I wanted to start a discussion regarding the regular meeting time. It
seems hard for a lot of people to make the current meeting time. For
several people, it is late at night. For others, it is early in the
morning. For me, it conflicts with my morning commute. Perhaps we can
come up with a time that is a little easier for the majority of our
participants. In the few samples I've outlined below, I'm mostly
focusing on keeping the time acceptable to people in Australia and the
United States, as it seems that most of our participants are in one of
those two nations.
So, here's what we have (daylight savings accounted for):
18:00 UTC
01:00 Eastern Australia
11:00 Eastern U.S.
10:00 Central U.S.
8:00 Western U.S.
16:00 London
Some other options:
This one is my personal favorite. It keeps the time from being too late
or too early for most of our participants. This might have some
conflicts, though.
01:00 UTC
08:00 Eastern Australia - A little early
18:00 Eastern U.S. - Everyone at home?
17:00 Central U.S. - Nearing the end of the work day
15:00 Western U.S. - Middle of the afternoon, any conflicts?
23:00 London - A bit late, but not unbearable
This one creates a conflict for me, but I might be able to fix that.
Otherwise, it is a lot like to first one.
03:00 UTC
10:00 Eastern Australia - Good time of the morning, conflicting for anyone?
20:00 Eastern U.S. - In the evening, shouldn't be any sever conflicts,
right?
19:00 Central U.S. - Conflicts with my evening commute, but I might be
able to shuffle. Everyone else at home?
17:00 Western U.S. - Nearing the end of the work day
01:00 London - Feeling what Australia knows so well
This one is a bit mean to London, but might work well for most of
everyone else. No matter what, there will be people who can't make the
meetings because it is in the middle of the night, but do we want the
E.U. to be those people?
06:00 UTC
13:00 Eastern Australia - Everyone back from lunch?
23:00 Eastern U.S. - Are the folks at RH HQ up this late? I suspect
they are. ;-)
22:00 Central U.S. - Not a problem for me. Anyone else going to complain?
20:00 Western U.S. - Is the evening okay for California?
04:00 London - Okay, this I can see being a problem for a few folks.
--
Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes
nman64(a)n-man.com
www.n-man.com
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18 years, 6 months
CD Labeld
by Ray Gwinn
Rahul, per your invitation, I have joined the mailing list.
Ray
> Hi
>
> I came across your effort in creating CD/DVD Labels for Fedora in a
> posting on the Fedora Forum.
>
> http://midearth.wva.net/
>
> Fedora Marketing project works on evangelising the Fedora Project and it would
> be nice if you can coordinate your efforts with the group. In particular we
> are working on creating a new Fedora Logo (current one is what you see on the
> splash screens) and also a media kit for distributions amoung various other
> sub projects. You can look at our current efforts here.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/LogoIdeas
>
> Consider it as a invitation on the behalf of the project and feel free
> to participate in it
>
> regards
> Rahul
18 years, 6 months
