ambassadors July 2013

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FAmSCo meeting minutes 2013-07-08
by Jiri Eischmann 08 Jul '13

08 Jul '13

Hi, FAmSCo had the first meeting this term. Main points: * I continue as the chair for this term, the vice chair is Alejandro Perez * the meeting time stays 5pm UTC on Mondays * we'd like to do some feedback campaign and a census is being prepared * FAmSCo at Flock If you'd like to know more, read the minutes: Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2013-07-08/famsco.2013-07… Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2013-07-08/famsco.2013-07… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2013-07-08/famsco.2013-07… The next meeting will be on July 15th. Jiri

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Fedora-Women Plans
by A. Mani 08 Jul '13

08 Jul '13

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:58 AM, nitesh narayan lal <niteshnarayan(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote: > But do you have any specific plans such as conducting events etc for > making Fedora-women active (its a good idea). > Then you can certainly share it here, We will try to help you as much > as possible . I will see what can be done. 0. I am seeing a lack of direction (apart from inactivity) at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Women 1. The goal of improving collaboration within Fedora is definitely sensible, but we need to look beyond. 2. Initiatives within Fedora : A FAS group will be useful. 3. If we need to reach out/ expand free s/w network then apart from s/w related aspects we need to look at other avenues. 4. Different regions and cultures of oppression exist. We need to address them differently. 5. A Fedora distribution (or any spin) is not customized for any group of people: by way of themes, information (that go beyond documentation). Can we have spins that address a. rights including things like the s/w in http://www.huridocs.org/research-development/ and related customization. b. lack of basic knowledge among people that lead to social evils. c. Other kinds of basic knowledge that can empower people. This is going beyond the education spins. and free software that provide the same (instead of dumping entire Wikipedia / links on people). (that is some work) 6. There are innumerable rights to be fought for and rights are a way of reaching out to people. Events will keep happening ... but there should be different kinds of events. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, AMS, CLC, CMS http://www.logicamani.in

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Looking for folks to help with press stuff not in English
by Ankur Sinha 07 Jul '13

07 Jul '13

Hi guys, I've been doing the English press stuff and updating the list[1]. I see quite a few press releases in other languages too. However, since I don't speak them, I can't really handle them myself. Could some folks please help out with this? You need to: 1. Find press releases 2. Check the press archive[1] to see if an item already been added to the list 3. If not, add it to the archive with notes if necessary. 4. Send a mail to the marketing list with [In the news] subject line, the summary and a link. A good place to start is a Google search for "Fedora 19 news". Page two in my search shows quite a few non English press releases. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_press_archive -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur (FranciscoD) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Join Fedora! Come talk to us! http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG

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APAC meeting Summary = Saturday, July 6th, 2013 at 04:00 UTC
by Suresh Packiyarajah 06 Jul '13

06 Jul '13

Hello All, ====================== #fedora-meeting: FAmAPAC ====================== Meeting started by FranciscoD at 04:00:52 2013 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-06/apac_meeting_201… http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-06/apac_meeting_201… http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-06/apac_meeting_201… ============================== ================= Meeting summary --------------- * Init process (FranciscoD, 04:01:13) * tuanta won't make it. He's travelling. Sends regrets. (FranciscoD, 04:03:22) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:APAC_Ambassadors_2013-06-22#Agenda (FranciscoD, 04:03:28) * Announcements (FranciscoD, 04:03:59) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F19_release_events (FranciscoD, 04:04:34) * Small event in Pune for contributors in the future (FranciscoD, 04:06:49) * ACTION: maktrix put up wiki page for event (FranciscoD, 04:08:20) * ACTION: jurank_dankkal please speak to tuanta and clarify the budgeting part (FranciscoD, 04:11:10) * Review action items from last meeting (FranciscoD, 04:13:27) * ACTION: tuanta to open a new ticket to discuss more about organizing real get-something-done FADs in APAC (FranciscoD, 04:14:38) * ACTION: FranciscoD think of what event reports should cover (FranciscoD, 04:15:36) * ACTION: udinnet announce event date for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Technical_Seminar_with_F18_University… (FranciscoD, 04:15:55) * ACTION: mark item as *done* -> maeniel udinnet Suresht nangthang *everyone*: if you're interested in helping with budgets, please volunteer with a comment on ticket 79 (FranciscoD, 04:16:46) * ACTION: KageSenshi to buy everyone light sabers ;) (FranciscoD, 04:17:10) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/87 (suresht, 04:18:12) * trac tickets (FranciscoD, 04:18:29) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/87 (FranciscoD, 04:18:42) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ticket/82 (FranciscoD, 04:23:08) * Electromech planning a release event (FranciscoD, 04:25:32) * Open floor (FranciscoD, 04:25:43) * LINK: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2013-July/002200.html is one email can tell a lot. (kushal, 04:29:18) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:APAC_Ambassadors_2013-07-06#Open_Flo… (dramsey, 04:41:32) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events?rd=FedoraEvents#FY14_Q2_.28June_2013_… (dramsey, 04:43:25) Meeting ended at 04:54:34 UTC. Action Items ------------ * maktrix put up wiki page for event * jurank_dankkal please speak to tuanta and clarify the budgeting part * tuanta to open a new ticket to discuss more about organizing real get-something-done FADs in APAC * FranciscoD think of what event reports should cover * udinnet announce event date for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Technical_Seminar_with_F18_University… * mark item as *done* -> maeniel udinnet Suresht nangthang *everyone*: if you're interested in helping with budgets, please volunteer with a comment on ticket 79 * KageSenshi to buy everyone light sabers ;) Action Items, by person ----------------------- * FranciscoD * FranciscoD think of what event reports should cover * jurank_dankkal * jurank_dankkal please speak to tuanta and clarify the budgeting part * KageSenshi * KageSenshi to buy everyone light sabers ;) * maktrix * maktrix put up wiki page for event * **UNASSIGNED** * tuanta to open a new ticket to discuss more about organizing real get-something-done FADs in APAC * udinnet announce event date for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Technical_Seminar_with_F18_University… * mark item as *done* -> maeniel udinnet Suresht nangthang *everyone*: if you're interested in helping with budgets, please volunteer with a comment on ticket 79 People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * FranciscoD (127) * dramsey (80) * kushal (26) * suresht (25) * MarkDude (24) * jurank_dankkal (21) * zodbot (21) * KageSenshi (21) * maktrix (19) * kishan (4) * pravins (4) * masta (3) * nirik (3) * aeperezt (3) * inode0 (2) * paragan (2) * ianweller (2) Thanks, Suresh

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Brief Report on Poster Competition
by A. Mani 06 Jul '13

06 Jul '13

Added the following brief report at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events/CFD-India%272013#Event_Report and http://www.ilug-cal.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=206&Item… We were trying to get more people interested in free s/w and other issues using new strategies and it seems to have worked. But did not really try and reach out to schools and colleges. Other events in sync might have been a good idea. _____________________________ A poster competition on Women's and LGBT issues was jointly organized by WFS-India in collaboration with GLUG-Kolkata and Fedora during 03rd--30th June'2013. This will be one competition that provoked plenty of debate and in my opinion, exposed the lack of awareness of a wide spectrum of FOSS contributors and others. The idea was definitely supported by large sections of the FOSS and many other communities, but some had reservations. The original background text in the announcement minced no words: "India is a backward country in which majority of the people are illiterate and most of those who are literate have no sex education. Most of the people are brain-washed by the decadent patriarchy that has merged itself with cultural, religious and business practices at the cost of basic human values. Even the country's laws are sub-human in nature. It is no wonder that the human rights abuses of women and LGBT people is the norm. This poster competition is for highlighting various facets of the problem and possible egalitarian solutions." The long debates on this started much later and the second revision said as much. The final version came up later after a meeting on 13th. We did not have too many submissions though, the number of submissions were less than the available prizes. So all eligible submissions were awarded prizes. These were all submitted by the 13th. The extension of dates, modified 'positive' text and publicity did not help in getting any new submissions. The prizes included Live Fedora design and TexLive'2013 in the Flash drives. The names of the winners are C. Srividya (2 prizes) Ani Dalal (1 prize) All things considered, this stands as a great and successful community effort! ____________________________________________________ Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, AMS, CLC, CMS http://www.logicamani.in

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FUDCon Latam Cusco 2013 Minutes
by Alex Irmel Oviedo Solis 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Meeting ended Sat Jul 6 00:35:08 2013 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot . Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fudcon-planning/2013-07-05/fudcon-planning… Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fudcon-planning/2013-07-05/fudcon-planning… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fudcon-planning/2013-07-05/fudcon-planning… -- * "Una alegría compartida se transforma en doble alegría; una pena compartida, en media pena." *--> http://alexove.blogspot.com --> Celular (Claro) : 984-305721 --> Celular (Movistar): 959-625-001 --> Sigueme en Twitter: http://twitter.com/alleinerwolf --> http://groups.google.com.pe/group/mosoq_kallpa

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Re: [Ambassadors] [fedora-india] Report on Poster Competition
by Joerg Simon 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:13 PM, A. Mani <a.mani.cms(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Added a brief report at > http://www.ilug-cal.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=206&Item… > and > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events/CFD-India%272013#Event_Report All in all it is a very difficult and sensible topic to discuss - even outside a geek world! Fedora is about Software, but also as a Community Project it is dealing with people and values and about "doing the right thing". We especially as Ambassadors have to be careful if a campaign hurts people feelings with extreme statements - how good your intentions might be - obviously there are feelings hurt. And if you are using Fedora to co-brand a political campaign, please put some extra brain in the preparation. Why was this event a success? Because of the discussion started? I can not say if the statements in the report are too extreme or just meant as a provocation to get a discussion going on. At least - imho - the people i met in your incredible country and the discussion around IPC section 377 to decriminalise LGBT people in India show a different picture to the outside world. cu Joerg btw. where can i see the winner posters -- 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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Latam Ambassadors Meeting Log/ Registro de la reunion de embajadores de latam
by alejandro perez 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-03/fedora_ambassado… Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-03/fedora_ambassado… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-03/fedora_ambassado…

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FYI, a friendly reminder, the next weekly APAC meeting = Saturday, July 06th, 2013 at 04:00 UTC
by David Ramsey 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Hello Everyone, Greetings. :) FYI, a friendly reminder, the next weekly APAC meeting = Saturday, July 06th, 2013 at 04:00 UTC Please be prompt and we will address priority issues first in order to save time. * Make sure that you have APAC Trac items listed with "meeting" as a key word for our review at [1]. * Address APAC's FY2014 Budget updates and decisions. * We will review our what SWAG for example, such as F19 media and others that you need for the future and plan for future F19 media needs. * I have Fedora 19 on my mind with events as well as Release Parties!!! * Address questions as well as problems effectively. ======================================= Our APAC Team as always fully supports you and I hope that your schedule permits attending our APAC meeting. * If you are not able to attend, then as always review the meeting's logs. :) ======================================= Day : July 06th, 2013 Time : 04:00 UTC See the following URL [2] to check and verify your own timing based on your location. * The meeting's agenda is here [3] ======================================== On Freenode IRC Channel [4] : #fedora-meeting ======================================== We hope that you may be able to attend and join us. :) Referenced URLs above - ======================================== [1] https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-apac/ [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2013&month=07&day… [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:APAC_Ambassadors_2013-07-06#Agenda [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRCHowTo ======================================== Together let us do great things for Fedora as well as APAC! :D Sending positive Fedora energy to all your computers now. :v) Lastly, please have a Great Fedora day and/or evening! :~) Thank You Sincerely =-=-=-=-= - David - =-=-=-=-= David Ramsey --------------------------------- 猿も木から落ちるさるもきからおちる Even monkeys fall from trees. Even experts make mistakes. = Fedora Project's Japan & Maryland Ambassador dramsey(a)fedoraproject.org * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dramsey With sixteen (16) x86_64 computing cores, 80 GB of RAM and eight SATA Seagate 7200.12 - 500 GB harddisks. With sixty-four (64) x86_64 computing cores, 256 GB of RAM and 1TB harddisks. The system definitions are at the following URL: * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dramsey#Using_embedded_code_have_update… =

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EMEA Ambassadors meeting minutes 2013-07-03
by Jiri Eischmann 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Hi, we had another EMEA ambassadors meeting. 15 ambassadors attended and the meeting lasted for 1 hour and 23 minutes. If you'd like to know more, read the minutes: Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-03/emea_ambassadors… Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-03/emea_ambassadors… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-07-03/emea_ambassadors… The next meeting will be on July 17th. Meet you in two weeks, Jiri

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