ambassadors July 2009

ambassadors@lists.fedoraproject.org

125 participants
116 discussions

Re: [Ambassadors] CD / DVD stickers needed
by Vali Cobelea 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi, Thank you for this info, I'm planning several short presentations about Fedora Project at the University of Galati, Romania, and I did not know from where / how to get Fedora 11 CDs / DVDs. Valente

3 2

IEEE International Conference in Tunisia
by Chitlesh GOORAH 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hello there, The 16th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS 2009 [1], will be held in Tunisia on the 13th to 16th December 2009. The wiki page [2] says we have 7 ambassadors in Tunisia. Can anyone of you represent FEL at that conference ? Tasks include: - writing and sending a paper (will be done by me) - prepare local ambassadors with the talking points (will be done by me) - attend the conference and distribute your Fedora business cards (eat good food too :) ) - if our paper is selected by the chair, the ambassador will give a brief introduction about Fedora&FEL You may find other publications, screenshots and presentations on [3]. I believe that FEL should be sending papers to technical conferences around the world. These papers will describe our opensource EDA solutions and Fedora's key features eventually. If you are aware of such conferences in your locality, please let me know :) [1]: http://www.icecs2009.org/ [2]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/CountryList#Africa [3]: http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/FEL Kind regards, Chitlesh http://clunixchit.blogspot.com

7 13

Fedora Ambassadors Welcome
by Joerg Simon 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Dear Ambassadors, let´s welcome our new sponsored Ambassador Group Member: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Willwill from Thailand 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

6 8

Summary of EMEA Ambassadors Meeting on Event Boxen - 29/07/2009
by Pierros Papadeas 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

Hi to all, On Wednesday we (EMEA Ambassadors) had an extra meeting on the creation of Event Box(en) for EMEA region [1]. Unfortunately, due to some absences we were unable to reach a conclusion but good ideas where discussed and a fellow ambassador from NA (Ben Williams) was kind enough to join us and share his experiences on Event Boxen. The meeting minutes can be found here [2] as well as the full log [3]. Thanks again all the participants, See ya! ~π [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2009-07-29 [2] http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-07-29/fedora-meeting.2… [3] http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-07-29/fedora-meeting.2… -- Pierros Papadeas PGP key: 0x6130DBF8 http://pierros.papadeas.gr pierros(a)papadeas.gr liknus @ GRnet , Freenode

1 0

Free software and the Operative System Linux conferenec Report event Panama Latam 25/07/2009
by alejandro perez 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Free software and the Operative System Linux Preparation, since I was recently appointed to this new task and the event invitation came with only one day to prepare, talk to my sponsor [User:tatica tatica] she kindly give some ideas on what we could do for the event so, make some Fedora stickers using the art that are on the wiki and manage to make a Fedora Button to wear on a blue Polo (not the Fedora Blue but some blue) it was the best I could do with the amount of time. This event was organized by the http://www.flspma.org Fraternindad de software Libre de Panamá with the sponsor of the http://www.ciudaddelsaber.org Ciudad del Saber, they put together this event really fast and prepare some fliers and invite must local students, and the invitation was done buy email, location was great at Ciudad de Saber hall, there we around 150 attendees, local news paper cover the event. It was a great oportunity to introduce Fedora and me as Fedora Ambassador to the people at Fraternidad de sofware Libre the Panamá (Free software Fraternity of Panama), since they have events all year, and promote free software, we talk and offer them to help and to be invited to participate on new events. The conference was good Richard Stallman was interesting and show his points on the Free Software and Linux. We talk to some students and give away sticker and invite them to participate on Fedora Project and the great opportunity it is to learn and share knowledge with others. There were not participation of any other distributions or groups, but notice that people there were interested on Ubunto and Debian (most of it because those to distributions are some how introduce to them on the University) Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/34724618@N05/sets/72157621869370304/ El software libre y el sistema operativo Linux Preparación: Debido a la invitación a este evento fue con un dia de anticipacion no estaba preparado para participar como embajador Fedora, sin embargo con algunas ideas [User:tatica Tatica] logramos prepararnos un poco para este evento, por lo que imprimimos unas etiquetas de Fedora de los artes que estan en la wiki y preparamos un boton Fedora que utilizamos para identificarnos como Fedora en el evento. Este evento fue organizado por la http://www.fslpma.org Fraternidad de Software Libre de Panama y la http://www.ciudaddelsaber.org Cuidad del Saber se realizo en el salon de conferencia de la Ciudad del saber. En general estuvo interesante ver la presentacion de Richard Stallman y sus puntos sobre el software Libre y Linux. Se aprovecho la oportunidad para tener contacto con la Fraternidad de Software libre de Panama ya que ellos realizan eventos durante el año, por lo que me puse a su disposicion para participar en cualquier evento como Fedora. Se converso con algunos participantes sobre Fedora y se les invito a participar en el proyecto, se repartieron los calcamonias y se realizaron otros contactos para proximos eventos Estas son unas fotos del evento http://www.flickr.com/photos/34724618@N05/sets/72157621869370304/

2 1

Mentor and response
by Bhavin Joshi 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Hello, I'm wondering how much does it usually take for a mentor to response to a new guy in the group? I'm waiting for last four days and now its enough I think. I should look for some one else in the region. @jerg " Another tip! Please stop to send html messages/mails when you communicate within the Fedora Project - this format is unwished." Sorry for that, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the tip, anyways. Regards. -- *Bhavin H. Joshi Portfolio <http://sites.google.com/site/bhavinhjoshi/portfolio> Developer's Network <http://drupaldeveloper.in>*

3 3

Jack is Going, Going, Going...Gone!
by Jack Aboutboul 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Hey Everyone, I think I told most people that I wanted to tell privately so it's time to tell the list and out myself to the public. August 14th will be my last day at Red Hat and of temporary daily direct involvement in the Fedora project. In 1997 I got my first taste of Linux, Red Hat Linux 4.2, to be exact. It was in the basement lab of the university that I was doing research at during the second half of my freshman year in high school. It was at that point the most fun and challenging thing I had ever done, struggling to get the kernel to work with the crappy Matrox (I think) video card that was the only spare piece of anything in that lab. I aimlessly wandered down that path I had no idea that jumping down the rabbit hole would lead to the 12 most pleasantly wondrous and amazing years of my life. Over the last 12 years this love affair has grown stronger and I have had the unbelievable good fortune to travel the world, see amazing places, explore amazing ideas, meet and work with some of the planet's greatest, smartest and most passionate people and play my part to help turn Linux, Open Source, Red Hat, Fedora and the concepts of free open and democratic commons of content and technology from relatively unknowns into the great revolution of our age. I have spent the better part of the last 6 years working for Red Hat on Fedora and Fedora-related projects in directed efforts to improve both the state and awareness of those things I mentioned. Red Hat has been a warm home and family to me and I am as much glad as I am in awe of how ferociously dedicated we have been to our noble principles of freedom and truth, while having accomplished, ascertained and executed and what I have been able to imbibe, about so many diverse concepts, over these last few years. What niche and facet have we not touched? What direction or device have we not influenced? What proclivity have we not affected? For this, I am proud. Fedora has been my brother since the day it was conceived. The more energy and time I invested into Fedora, to help it grow and mature, the more it paid me back by proving to be the best platform for innovation, and letting me be involved in that cause. Starting a community is no small order and keeping it going all these years take passion on the part of those willing to undertake the task. We have learned what it means to be a community, to live, breathe, eat and be true to community. To provide, so that others can have, to build so that others can build upon and to be selfless so that we can embrace others and more importantly so that others can embrace us, virtual strangers, and feel welcome. It has been my distinct pleasure to work with every single precious member of the Fedora community, from all over the world to help build a very deep and intimate relationship with the concept of community. We have accomplished such great feats, arising from a turbulent and tumultuous genesis and virtually transformed and flipped the world and the hearts and minds of people in a few short years. We have become the paramount archetype of community. How many have communities emulated and continue to emulate our success? How many have our ideas spawned? How many have been lucky to be as true and real as we have? For this, I am grateful. The best part has been the people. I can't count on 100 sets of hands the number and names of all the wonderful people that have affected me. When I was on the Fedora University Tour, my speech was called "Crash: How a Billion Little Collisions Defines Everything," and it was about how working in a community and in real life, we are the sum total of the people we interact with. I don't think one can find a better metaphor and if I stick to my axiom then I can truly consider myself rich. Every person I met and spent time with in the office, at a meeting, show, conference or elsewhere, and online has helped shape my character, both personal and professional, for the better. As a lover of people I am both thankful for the interactions we have had and excited for what the future holds. I owe thanks to many, like I said, even 100 hands can't count, but I will try and pay homage to some of my closest, dearest and most influential friends over the last few years. First and foremost, Tom "Spot" Callaway, for urging me to get involved way back when things started and helping me score a gig at Red Hat. Greg DeKoenigsberg, for being a friend, a mentor and a visionary; if I can say one thing about Greg it's that he "gets it" when no one else does, he can put it in words, and above all else, he's real. Max Spevack, because I can write a whole book of reasons to thank Max, who has been a dear friend, a true buddy, a team player and a team leader. Karsten Wade, for being the most chillin guy you will ever find, and for being my west coast trade show and conference booth buddy. Jim Gleason, for being first a friend for 9+ years of NYLUG and then a mentor and being someone who cares. Michael Tiemann, for being a genius, for always giving me something to think about and someone to look up to. John Flanagan, for being my first manager at Red Hat and being an all around great guy and Jeff Needle, for being the guy who would let me wander into his cubicle and talk about nothing for hours on end. Mo Duffy, for being the best artist and designer in the world! The original Red Hat QA team, Ed Rousseau, Bill Peck, Marty, John, John and Zack for letting me encroach on their cube area and steal one when I was an intern. Jesse Keating, for being awesome, for being the workhorse upon much of which the foundations of Fedora are built, and for being a cool guy who I spoke to for almost 2 years online and helped me with everything before I ever got a chance to meet him and buy him a drink. Luke Macken, for all those games of Star Wars pinball on the 3rd floor and for being the most uber hacker the world has ever seen. Arlinton Bourne, for being a true friend and following my advice to join Red Hat, where the hood at? Paul Frields, for being a great leader and a real sweetheart while still secretly being 007. Yaakov Nemoy, for being my intern and not complaining and for being a friend who will always listen to my crazy ideas. Arjun Roy and Mohammed Morsi, for being great interns as well and for accepting offers to come to Red Hat as well. Mo, real Red Hatters wear Orange. Bill Nottingham, because I like him. Moshe Bar, for being my international hangout buddy and being an all around great human being. The Red Hat Anaconda team, the Desktop team, Fedora kernel team (a.k.a. Dave Jones), the Fedora Ambassadors, the Fedora Infrastructure team including Mike, Dennis and Toshio, anyone who was ever been on the Fedora board including Rex Dieter, anyone who ever volunteered to help at an event or show, everyone in the Westford office, everyone in the NYC office. The Fedora Marketing team including Steven Moix, David Nalley, Bob Jensen, Jon Stanley, Rahul Sundaram, John Rose and anyone else I'm forgetting...we done good, real good. To the next generation of leaders in Fedora, Mel Chua, Ricky Zhou, Ian Weller and crew. Last and certainly not least, to Matthew Szulik who believed in us and led us finely as a teacher and friend and Jim Whitehurst, who keeps the flame alive, the train running and still makes time to be a true leader. Thanks everyone for an amazing time and ride. As I move on to other ventures, I wish everyone blessing and success and hope to keep in touch. I can be reached via email jack(a)jackfoundation.com, Freenode IRC as themayor, and various and sundry social networks.

1 0

Fedora 11 dvd
by Samuel Teyemensah 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Can some good person please send me two fedora 11 dvds. my address is Samuel Teyemensah Kubi P. O. Box 7 Kasseh-Ada Ghana

3 2

About the presentation page.
by susmit shannigrahi 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

Hi, Thanks to the hard work of Braden Faulkner, M Yakub Mizan, Aditya Patawari, Hisham Abdel-Magid, we have a brand new Presentation page[1]. Thank you guys for the hard work. If you have a suggestion for improving it further or you think some changes are needed, please suggest. Thanks. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Presentations -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit ============================================= Sent from Calcutta, WB, India

4 4

Stared with...
by Bhavin Joshi 26 Jul '09

26 Jul '09

Hello there, Please ignore and as such indicate if this is not a proper post in this mailing list. I just joined the Fedora project and applied for ambassador group. But there are few confusions about the work flow of the group as well as the Fedora project itself. I tried to check with localization project but could not figure out things. Anyways, I wanna know about how ambassadors express themselves to other ambassadors as well as what I can post in this mailing list? You can point me to some useful links/urls as well. Well, I believe that: "If you ask once, you are a fool for the moment. If you don't ask, you are a fool for life". Thanks and Regards. -- *Bhavin H. Joshi Portfolio <http://sites.google.com/site/bhavinhjoshi/portfolio> Developer's Network <http://drupaldeveloper.in>*

3 2

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

ambassadors July 2009