ambassadors March 2016

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Let's equip our Communities in EMEA
by Giannis Konstantinidis 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Hello everyone, during the last EMEA irc meeting, I proposed that we should make sure all active communities within our region are equipped with basic booth equipment such as roll-up banners and tableclothes. Currently, there is just one or two tableclothes for the whole region. Not every community has its own roll-up banners and while some do, these are not anymore in a proper working condition (e.g. colors have started fading out, stands are showing signs of heavy use). Spending budget on such an initiative can be considered a good investment, since the equipment produced will last for years and will enable our communities to look overall more professional when representing the project during events and conferences. We still have a significant amount of the current fiscal year's budget unspent and we can definitely use some of it. Does your community lack some booth equipment? Please visit the following wiki page and let us know: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/EMEA/Community_Equipment Ideas, thoughts, feedback? -Giannis -- Giannis Konstantinidis giannis(a)konstantinidis.cc http://konstantinidis.cc giannisk on irc.freenode.net

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Final Request for Information: Budget Numbers and Delegates
by Remy DeCausemaker 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Ambassadors, As some of you may have noticed by now, the new Budget site for Fedora has been pushed to Production! Production: http://budget.fedoraproject.org Source: http://pagure.io/fedora-websites This site is part of the new Budget.next process you may recall from emails previously on this list: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Budget.next In keeping with the process there, I'm gathering all the information needed to comply with our revised policies. This email is a *final* request for three (3) items of information we need from each region: FY16 Budget Report FY17 Budget Proposed FY17 Regional Delegates Here is what we have had reported thusfar: APAC -------- - FY16 Budget Report: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/APAC/Budget:2016 - FY17 Budget Proposed: _____ - FY17 Regional Delegates: ______ LATAM --------- - FY16 Budget Report: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/LATAM/Budget:2016 - FY17 Budget Proposed: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/LATAM/Budget:2017 - FY17 Regional Delegates: _____ NA ---- - FY16 Budget Report: _______ - FY17 Budget Proposed: _______ - FY17 Regional Delegate Selections: https://budget.fedoraproject.org/#delegates EMEA --------- - FY16 Budget Report: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11nWHrooCwoiWqGx4iEUnITQAWwQrQ6_2ito… - FY17 Budget Proposed: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IAt2udlv-gwTjUYfhqvNOnwL_1FH_NC4Aho… - FY17 Regional Delegates: _________ Please be sure that the links above reflect the latest information for your region, as we will be using it to determine the soon-to-be-released Fedora Budget for FY17. Without having a FY17 Proposed Budget (let alone a completed FY16 Budget Report from last year) it will be difficult to decide how much budget to allocate to your region in FY17. Regions without proposed and reported budgets run the risk of having their budgets allocated centrally by the council until in compliance with the process. This is *not* the preferred or ideal method of budgeting, and would be an unnecessary burden on both the council and the regions. It is possible that I have either misplaced your responses, or have not looked in the correct places where this information is historically tracked, so if your region's information is missing, please accept my apologies and respond here on the ambassador list with updated links and/or information. In the future, we will be utilizing a repository on Pagure to track budget and delegate information. We have discussed the possibility of using this repository to automatically update the Budget site in production, but for now, consider it a static repository of documents and data. https://pagure.io/budget Thank you all for your patience as we transition into this new era of budget transparency. It is my hope that we can stay on top of the process this year, streamline the reporting requirements, and thereby streamline the reimbursement process, while improving information access to everyone in Fedora :) Looking Forward, --RemyD. -- Remy DeCausemaker Fedora Community Lead & Council <decause(a)redhat.com> https://whatcanidoforfedora.org

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Golden chance to translate Fedora 24 in your language
by Jona Azizaj 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

Out of the six billion people in the world, only 339 million have English as a first language. The importance of English in global business increases the number of English speakers, but the people learning are taking English on as a second language. A notable number of users prefer products in their own language. In the Fedora Globalization (G11n) group, we are making this happen. The efforts are huge, and kudos to all our contributors.If you are a non-English user in Fedora and want to help improve translations in your native language, this is your time to contribute! A virtual Fedora translation sprint is coming up soon for Fedora 24 GUI applications. Although it is a virtual event, if there are more contributors at a single location, they can gather together at an available place and work together.If any Ambassadors have this plan, please contact the G11n list with your requirements. The translation sprint is happening according to the Fedora 24 schedule. There is a good chance to get your own contributions into Fedora 24! So what are you waiting for? The vFAD is starting from April 1 – 5, 2016. Not sure how to contribute? Have a look at our new article published on the CommBlog.> https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/translate-fedora-24-in-your-languag… Thanks :) ~Jona

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[APAC] Ambassador's meeting
by P J P 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Hello, Past few fortnightly meetings have gone quite dud. If the current time does not work for us all, let's please meet this Saturday to find a better time that suits us all. There are other topics too on the agenda. Thank you. --- -P J P http://feedmug.com

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Reimbursement Status
by Joerg Simon 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Ambassadors, i know that some of you wait for reimbursements at the moment - particular in EMEA. Sorry for that! Due to a Banking mistake (by the bank, not by redhat) my card was not recharged during the February cycle. We are working on it to solve it asap. Be aware that after recharge i have 3000,-USD to spend on the card - so it is likely that we hit the cc-limit and not all can reimbursed during this cycle. thanks for your patience Joerg -- Joerg (kital) Simon jsimon(a)fedoraproject.org https://about.me/joerg.simon Key Fingerprint: 3691 0989 2DCA 58A2 8D1F 2CAC C823 558E 5B5B 5688 Call trans opt: received. 2-19-98 13:24:18 REC:Loc Trace program: running wake up, Neo... the matrix has you follow the white rabbit. knock, knock, Neo. (`. ,-, ` `. ,;' / `. ,'/ .' `. X /.' .-;--''--.._` ` ( .' / ` , ` ' Q ' , , `._ \ ,.| ' `-.;_' : . ` ; ` ` --,.._; ' ` , ) .' `._ , ' /_ ; ,''-,;' ``- ``-..__``--`

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[Campus Ambassadors] Proposed wiki rewrite
by Justin W. Flory 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hello all, Recently, in FAmNA, we have been discussing a proposed way to revitalize the Campus Ambassadors program. https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/123 To help finalize the process, I have put together a new draft of the Campus Ambassadors wiki page. It would be great to have others' ideas, thoughts, and feedback about the rewrite. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jflory7/Scratchpad/Campus_Ambassadors Thanks! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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EMEA Ambassadors Meeting Minutes 2016-03-30
by Giannis Konstantinidis 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hi fellow ambassadors, we've just had our regular EMEA meeting, it lasted about 80 minutes and 15 people attended. See the meeting minutes/full log below for more info: Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2016-03-30/emea_ambassador… Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2016-03-30/emea_ambassador… Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2016-03-30/emea_ambassador… See you again in two weeks time. :) -Giannis -- Giannis Konstantinidis giannis(a)konstantinidis.cc http://konstantinidis.cc giannisk on irc.freenode.net

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Weekly Marketing Meeting Recap 2016-03-30
by Justin W. Flory 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hi all, here's the meeting minutes from tonight's Marketing meeting. Also including this to the Ambassadors list since there's a lot of overlap with F24 just on the horizon. Thanks! = = = = = Meeting ended Wed Mar 30 22:01:11 2016 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot . [18:01:11] <zodbot> Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2016-03-30/marketing.201… [18:01:11] <zodbot> Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2016-03-30/marketing.201… [18:01:11] <zodbot> Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2016-03-30/marketing.201… * * * * * ======================================================== #fedora-meeting-1: Fedora Marketing meeting (2016-03-30) ======================================================== Meeting started by jflory7 at 20:59:05 UTC. The full logs are available at https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2016-03-30/marketing.201… . Meeting summary --------------- * Agenda (jflory7, 20:59:15) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Marketing_meeting_2016-03-30 (jflory7, 20:59:17) * Roll Call (jflory7, 20:59:20) * Name; Timezone; Other sub-projects / interest areas (jflory7, 20:59:27) * Justin W. Flory; UTC-5; CommOps, Marketing / Magazine, Ambassadors, and more (jflory7, 20:59:47) * Brian Proffitt; UTC-5; Marketing, Social Media (bkp, 21:00:18) * corey84 UTC -4 docs,security,commops.gsoc,ambassadors(NA) (linuxmodder, 21:04:48) * decause; UTC-4; Council, commops, * (decause, 21:06:46) * Announcements (jflory7, 21:07:34) * === "Announcing Fedora’s Diversity Adviser" === (jflory7, 21:07:42) * LINK: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/announcing-fedoras-diversity-advise… (jflory7, 21:07:52) * LINK: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/announce@lists.fedoraproject.… (jflory7, 21:08:00) * jbishop; UTC-3; * (jbishop, 21:08:00) * The Diversity Adviser position is officially filled by long-time contributor María "tatica" Leandro. Learn more about the position, what work is going on, and a little bit more about tatica in the Community Blog. (jflory7, 21:08:05) * === "“I contributed!” 2015 Gource Video Series (3/3)" === (jflory7, 21:08:17) * LINK: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/i-contributed-2015-gource-video/ (jflory7, 21:08:26) * Contributor Bee Padalkar (bee2502) wrote a report on the Community Blog analyzing all contributions in Fedora via a visualization with Gource. This is a cool way to put contributions to an easily digestible video! (jflory7, 21:08:33) * === "FOSSASIA 2016: Singapore" === (jflory7, 21:08:45) * LINK: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fossasia-2016-singapore/ (jflory7, 21:08:50) * Fedora attended the FOSSASIA conference this year in Singapore. Ambassador Woo Huiren (GIANT_CRAB) wrote a brief report on the Community Blog about the experience. (jflory7, 21:09:00) * === "Fedora was at PyCon SK 2016" === (jflory7, 21:09:10) * LINK: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-was-at-pycon-sk-2016/ (jflory7, 21:09:17) * Fedora recently attended a Python event in Slovakia! PyCon SK 2016 recently finished up and Miro Hrončok (churchyard) wrote a brief report on the Community Blog. (jflory7, 21:09:22) * elioqoshi; UTC+2; Design, CommOps (elioqoshi, 21:09:31) * === Bitcamp 2016 is on the horizon for the FAmNA region === (jflory7, 21:11:15) * LINK: http://pearlhacks.com (decause, 21:12:14) * Fresh from Tirana, Albania, we had our 2nd Linux Meetup today at Open Labs Hackerspace, gathering over 30 new enthusiasts where we also talked about Fedora (jflory7, 21:12:49) * LINK: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.833783213400118.1073741917.252901… (jflory7, 21:12:53) * PearlHacks is an all-women hackathon at UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Happening this weekend! decause is helping mentor and lead the open source track and plans to write an event report afterwards. (jflory7, 21:13:32) * LINK: https://ardiansblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/fedora-at-google-summer-of-cod… (ardian, 21:15:38) * ardian recently presented at his college about GSoC and Fedora. Lots of people were interested and he published a report on his blog (link above). This is good signs for the University Involvement Initiative. (jflory7, 21:16:31) * LINK: https://ardiansblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/fedora-and-mozilla-activity-da… (linuxmodder, 21:18:36) * This past weekend, there was a FAD event in Kosovo for Fedora and Mozilla. (jflory7, 21:18:40) * Action items from last meetings (jflory7, 21:19:27) * LINK: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2016-03-23/fedora_market… (jflory7, 21:19:33) * === jzb working on Fedora Marketing Python objective === (jflory7, 21:19:37) * AGREED: Action item is complete, lots of activity in the mailing list for this. Will discuss more in #219. (jflory7, 21:20:28) * === [COMPLETE] decause follow-up with jflory7 after he's done travelling === (jflory7, 21:20:35) * ACTION: jflory7 Follow up on previous action items (see Remy's email) (jflory7, 21:20:38) * === decause ask mattdm about GNOME release === (jflory7, 21:20:43) * AGREED: decause and mattdm completed this item (jflory7, 21:21:31) * === [COMPLETE] decause deliver the F24 Alpha Release announcement by Monday 3/28 === (jflory7, 21:21:36) * LINK: https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-24-alpha-released/ (jflory7, 21:21:41) * === [COMPLETE] jzb work w/decause to deliver text version and document process on Marketing wiki === (jflory7, 21:21:46) * === [COMPLETE] bkp poke folks with Python experience to review brochure. === (jflory7, 21:21:50) * LINK: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2016-March/019193.html (jflory7, 21:21:55) * Tickets (jflory7, 21:22:22) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/report/12 (jflory7, 21:22:28) * === Ticket #219 === (jflory7, 21:22:32) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/219 (jflory7, 21:22:36) * "Create Python talking points for Ambassadors" (jflory7, 21:22:40) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/434 (jflory7, 21:24:42) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/raw-attachment/ticket/434/Python-trifo… (jflory7, 21:25:08) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/raw-attachment/ticket/434/Python-trifo… (jflory7, 21:25:14) * ACTION: jflory7 Query the Python SIG mailing list to get a review of the brochure for technical review / other possible content (jflory7, 21:27:45) * ACTION: jflory7 Add basic information about PyCon NA to Ticket #219 (jflory7, 21:29:19) * === Ticket #222 === (jflory7, 21:31:07) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/222 (jflory7, 21:31:14) * "Publicizing "Fedora affiliates" (or groups using Fedora)" (jflory7, 21:31:18) * ACTION: linuxmodder | jbishop to tag team wwith fale and others on a current list for #222 (linuxmodder, 21:35:00) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Affiliates_SOP (jflory7, 21:37:20) * ACTION: jbishop Work with the Marketing list and other team members on drafting an initial idea for the process for an organization to apply as a Fedora affiliate (e.g. things like who to contact, what the steps are to become recognized, things we might need (like logos, personal statements, etc.)) (jflory7, 21:38:19) * === Ticket #223 === (jflory7, 21:38:48) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/223 (jflory7, 21:38:52) * "Create Social Media Accounts for Fedora on Diaspora and GNU Social" (jflory7, 21:38:57) * ACTION: linuxmodder to work with jbishop on Assocites_SOP (linuxmodder, 21:39:48) * ACTION: bkp Accept ownership of Ticket #223 and begin working on a Fedora presence on Diaspora / GNU Social (jflory7, 21:41:12) * === Ticket #210 === (jflory7, 21:41:23) * LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/210 (jflory7, 21:41:30) * "Magazine Categories - Reorganization?" (jflory7, 21:41:34) * ACTION: jflory7 Reach out to ryanlerch / stickster about Ticket #210 (jflory7, 21:42:15) * Upcoming Tasks (jflory7, 21:42:40) * LINK: https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-24/f-24-marketing-tasks.html (jflory7, 21:42:49) * Current / upcoming tasks: (jflory7, 21:42:53) * (1) Proposed Changes Profiles (due: Tue 2016-04-05) (jflory7, 21:42:57) * (2) Update and Package Firefox Bookmarks (due: Thu 2016-03-31) (jflory7, 21:43:01) * (3) Tag Updated Bookmarks Package for Fedora 24 (due: Thu 2016-03-31) (jflory7, 21:43:05) * (4) Beta Freeze (00:00 UTC) (due: Tue 2016-04-19) (jflory7, 21:43:09) * ACTION: linuxmodder to head the effort for Beta Freeze (linuxmodder, 21:46:23) * ACTION: jflory7 Post to mailing list asking for clarification about what Proposed Changes Profiles are (jflory7, 21:51:00) * AGREED: Move sooner than later for getting talking points from Working Groups and other teams to in anticipation of slow responses (jflory7, 21:53:40) * ACTION: jflory7 Take to the mailing list asking for clarification about Firefox bookmark review process (jflory7, 21:55:24) * Open Floor (jflory7, 21:55:50) * bkp will be away next week on PTO (jflory7, 21:56:07) * we just got fedbot notifications for pagure messages containing 'fedora-mktg' in irc :) (decause, 21:56:08) * The G11n team is conducting a virtual Fedora Activity Day (FAD) from April 1 - 5 this next week. A Community Blog article is being published tomorrow morning with more information! (jflory7, 21:59:46) Meeting ended at 22:01:11 UTC. Action Items ------------ * jflory7 Follow up on previous action items (see Remy's email) * jflory7 Query the Python SIG mailing list to get a review of the brochure for technical review / other possible content * jflory7 Add basic information about PyCon NA to Ticket #219 * linuxmodder | jbishop to tag team wwith fale and others on a current list for #222 * jbishop Work with the Marketing list and other team members on drafting an initial idea for the process for an organization to apply as a Fedora affiliate (e.g. things like who to contact, what the steps are to become recognized, things we might need (like logos, personal statements, etc.)) * linuxmodder to work with jbishop on Assocites_SOP * bkp Accept ownership of Ticket #223 and begin working on a Fedora presence on Diaspora / GNU Social * jflory7 Reach out to ryanlerch / stickster about Ticket #210 * linuxmodder to head the effort for Beta Freeze * jflory7 Post to mailing list asking for clarification about what Proposed Changes Profiles are * jflory7 Take to the mailing list asking for clarification about Firefox bookmark review process Action Items, by person ----------------------- * bkp * bkp Accept ownership of Ticket #223 and begin working on a Fedora presence on Diaspora / GNU Social * jbishop * linuxmodder | jbishop to tag team wwith fale and others on a current list for #222 * jbishop Work with the Marketing list and other team members on drafting an initial idea for the process for an organization to apply as a Fedora affiliate (e.g. things like who to contact, what the steps are to become recognized, things we might need (like logos, personal statements, etc.)) * linuxmodder to work with jbishop on Assocites_SOP * jflory7 * jflory7 Follow up on previous action items (see Remy's email) * jflory7 Query the Python SIG mailing list to get a review of the brochure for technical review / other possible content * jflory7 Add basic information about PyCon NA to Ticket #219 * jflory7 Reach out to ryanlerch / stickster about Ticket #210 * jflory7 Post to mailing list asking for clarification about what Proposed Changes Profiles are * jflory7 Take to the mailing list asking for clarification about Firefox bookmark review process * linuxmodder * linuxmodder | jbishop to tag team wwith fale and others on a current list for #222 * linuxmodder to work with jbishop on Assocites_SOP * linuxmodder to head the effort for Beta Freeze * ryanlerch * jflory7 Reach out to ryanlerch / stickster about Ticket #210 * stickster * jflory7 Reach out to ryanlerch / stickster about Ticket #210 * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * jflory7 (227) * decause (70) * linuxmodder (68) * zodbot (28) * bkp (27) * elioqoshi (23) * ardian (19) * croberts (9) * jbishop (9) * jonatoni (3) * mizmo (1) * ryanlerch (0) * stickster (0) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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REMINDER: EMEA Ambassadors Meeting 2016-03-30
by Giannis Konstantinidis 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hey EMEA Ambassadors, we're going to have our regular meeting tomorrow. See below for more info: * Date: Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 * Time: 21:00 UTC * Location: #fedora-meeting @ freenode * Meeting Agenda: - Roll Call - Announcements - Requests - Ambassadors Schedule - Events - Action items from previous meetings - Open Floor If you have any requests that need to be discussed during the meeting, make sure to file a ticket on trac. See you all there. :) -Giannis -- Giannis Konstantinidis giannis(a)konstantinidis.cc http://konstantinidis.cc giannisk on irc.freenode.net

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Re: [commops] Re: [Campus Ambassadors] Proposed wiki rewrite
by Justin W. Flory 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

On 03/10/2016 10:42 PM, Viorel Tabara wrote: > On Thu Mar 10 2016 07:59:27 GMT-0700 (MST) Justin W. Flory <jflory7(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> My concerns are whether it would be confusing to keep the students in the >> same mailing list / agenda planning as faculty members. Both students and >> faculty may need resources unique from one another in terms of guidance or >> strategical planning for events. > > I'm not experienced in the ambassadors/marketing field so I'm speaking from a > non-academic staff perspective: academics who are interested in open source > will likely want to exchange ideas with their students and look for ways to > promote FLOSS in their courses. There are also, (some) professionals [1] > (non-academic) staff willing to contribute :) So to me keeping all of them on > the same mailing list would make more sense. > Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Viorel. Curious, did you also have any ideas on ways that non-academic professionals in academic settings can contribute? I'm assuming this might be like a system administrator at a school, or a similar type of position. I was just curious if you had any ideas off the top of your head in terms of how they could contribute within their role. -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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