ambassadors December 2007

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LOL Of the Week: Fedora 8 A Serious Threat to Ubuntu
by Tejas Dinkar 30 Dec '07

30 Dec '07

Slashdot reports it... it must be true ;) http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/30/1350238 On a more serious note, the reviewer liked the fedora spins idea. PS: Yes, I know I'm starting a potential flamewar :p -- Tejas Dinkar http://gja.in

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FAMSCo Election 2007 Update
by Thomas Chung 30 Dec '07

30 Dec '07

We've been informed that Infrastructure Team has setup voting system for next FAMSCo Election 2007[1] and it will be available on January 1st as planned. More information will be posted on wiki and announced in our list. [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Election/2007No… Happy New Year! -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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Summary 2007 - View of an ambassador from a very small country
by Fabian Affolter 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

Hi all, The year 2007 is almost over and the ambassadors have done a lot of things to promote Fedora all over the world. Let me do a little review over the past 12 months. Ambassador Membership Today we have 283 ambassadors in 59 countries [1]. Africa : 16 America : 107 Asia : 97 Europe : 89 Oceania : 5 Unfortunately there are still a lot of potential ambassadors how have not sign the CLA yet [2]. Every month some new ambassadors joined us. That's great. Events We covered almost 60 events [3] during 2007. This means that Fedora Ambassadors were present ordinary every week at an event somewhere. I believe that we are going to cover the same amount of events in 2008 when we will go on with the same effort. Add your events to this page [4]. Freemedia Thomas, Karlie, and many many others (sorry for not naming everyone) shipped in the name of the Freemedia Program over 1000 DVDs to people how wanted to have a Fedora Install Media and can't pay for it. Thank you guys for spending your time (and money) to fulfill all this requests. Meetings After a break with our weekly meetings at the end of October, we restarted with monthly meetings [5] in December. So far my feelings about the new meetings are mixed. There are still some annoyances we have to fix. I hope that the meetings will bring the ambassadors more together and that the exchange will improve our work as ambassadors in the future. The co-leadership issue is NOT solved right now and we are still looking for a contributor to lead the APAC area...please, if you are willing to support the meeting leader sign up as a co-leader or as a leader for APAC. Thanks in advance. - Ambassadors Meeting EMEA - 2007-12-12 IRC log : https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2007-December/msg00… Summary : https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2007-December/msg000 FAD The Fedora Ambassador Day was held twice in EMEA, one was at Berlin in front of LinuxTag [6], the other at Rheinfelden at the end of November [7]. Both events were a success. A lot of stuff were discussed in a friendly and constructive atmosphere. I can only suggest to have FADs all over the world because they are more effective and personal than communication with IRC or mailing list. Some points we discussed at the latest FAD - Preparation of the the events in 2008 - NPO in Europe (easier for Sponsoring, legal stuff and taxes) - Fedora Membership/Fellowship - EventBox The next FAD will be hold before LinuxTag 2008 [9] at Berlin. European NPO JeroenVanMeeuwen translated the initial version, GeroldKassube translated the "goals" from into German and sent the letter to the financial department to check out if the goals are good enough for the german law to be confirmed as "allgemeinnützig" which is related to pay taxes or not. Everybody will get the opportunity to see the statutes when they are ready. The name will be Fedora EMEA (it has been agreed upon by MaxSpevack). It aligns with another NPO initiative JeroenVanMeeuwen is involved with in the USA, as well as with "Fedora Project" being the official project itself. FAMSCo The Steering Committee was not so loud this year [9]. After the release of Fedora 8 has tobe an election for the next 2 release cycle. The Nominations were: AlejandroMoncada, FrancescoUgolini, JeffreyTadlock, JohnBabich, PabloBarrera, RodrigoPadula, SandroMathys, MukulDharwadkar, and myself [10]. The voting period will start in January 2008 because first is the election of the Docs Steering Committee members. By the way, FAMSCo Election 2007 Nomination is open until Dec 28th. Kind regards, merry Christmas, and happy new year. Fabian [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/CountryList [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/MembershipService/Verification [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents/2007 [4] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents [5] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings [6] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD/FADLinuxTag2007 [7] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD/FADEMEA2007 [8] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD/FADLinuxTag2008 [9] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee [10] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Election/2007No…

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Leader / Co-leader APAC
by Bhanu Patial 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Hello all, From last couple of months no one is showing up as Leader / Co-leader for APAC. I am new to fedora ambassador community, so was expecting some experienced person to come front. As it can't be delayed much and as no one is showing up, I shall take this responsibility. Help of active members on "how to'z" in FA meetings is expected and will help me to accomplish the same. --Bhanu bhanupat(a)fedoraproject.org

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Introduction
by Jon Stanley 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Figured that as a new Ambassador, I'd just drop a quick note to the list to introduce myself. I'm a 28 year old systems architect from Jersey City, NJ. Mostly during my work life I work with very high-end production systems, all running RHEL. At home, I use Fedora for my desktop, and try to advocate other people to do it. I'm an RHCE [1] who's actively working on RHCA. I attend at least two events every months (NYLUG [2] and the New York Linux Meetup [3]). There are others that I would get involved with as I get time and am informed of them. At these events, I try to advocate Fedora to the extent that I can. I may attempt to put together a Fedora talk for NYLUG, however, I'm not all that sure of what they want to hear about (probably new features in F8/9, etc). Let me know if there is other advocacy that I can do within the NYC area. Thanks! -Jon jstanley(a)fedoraproject.org [1] http://www.redhat.com/training/certification/verify/?rhce_cert_display:cert… [2] http://www.nylug.org [3] http://linux.meetup.com/392

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[Fwd: Zusage Projektstände OpenExpo]
by Fabian Affolter 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

FYI

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FAMSCo Election 2007 Nomination Re-Open!
by Thomas Chung 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

All, By popular demand, we'll re-open FAMSCo Election 2007 Nomination until Dec 28th. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Election/2007No… We'll have our election on January 1st, 2008 as planned. Happy Holidays! -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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FAMSCo Election 2007 Nomination Re-Open?
by Thomas Chung 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

On 12/15/07, Thomas Canniot <mrtom(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > Like Gerold, I vote for re-opening the nomination period until 2 days > > before the election starts. I think it would be a good thing to get > > 1-2 nominees more and I doubt that one of the current nominees would > > vote against it. > > +1 as well. So who else would like to see *re-opening* nomination period? We already have 9 candidates for next FAMSCo Election http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Election/2007No… If we do re-open the nomination, it will be from 18th through 28th and vote on Jan 1st. Regards, -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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Event Report: Ministry of Defense of Venezuela
by Wilmer Jaramillo M. 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Hi Ambassadors, this report is about a event of two days in the Ministry of Defense of Venezuela in the date 22/10/2007 and 23/10/2007. This was a campaign of sensitization and awareness on the advantages of using Linux for Military and Civil People. In summary today there are 200 stations in Linux into of Ministry and hope for another year started a second step with 400 stations, of course, all with Fedora. Enjoy someone pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/wilmer5/Mindefensa -- Wilmer Jaramillo M. GPG Key Fingerprint = 0666 D0D3 24CE 8935 9C24 BBF1 87DD BEA2 A4B2 1E8A

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Fedora EMEA - First Draft sent
by Jeroen van Meeuwen 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Hi All, a preliminary first draft of what is to become the Fedora EMEA Statutes -should the Ambassadors in the EMEA area vote so at FOSDEM 2008- has been sent to Gerold Kassube for verification against local law, normal practice and other requirements. Please note that you will receive a copy soon -which I know is open to interpretation, so as soon as Gerold and myself get the Statutes aligned with any requirements set forth in German law-, at which I would like you to fire any comments or suggestions. Please also note that German law requires the voting for or against these Statutes, as well as the Board election, takes place in person, face-to-face, and that the group of attendees at the Fedora Ambassadors Day in Basel recently decided to cast the vote on FOSDEM 2008. To all Ambassadors interested in voting for or against the Statutes, running for a position on the Board or interested in casting their vote in the Board elections, I would like to emphasize they will need to attend FOSDEM 2008, February 23-24th 2008, Brussel, in person. I would like to stress the fact that the latter is non-negotiable. Thank you in advance, Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip

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