ambassadors October 2017

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FOSDEM and "register for the badge to get a t-shirt"
by Aleksandra Fedorova 03 Dec '17

03 Dec '17

Hi, all, After being at the booth at FOSDEM 2017 and in light of upcoming FOSDEM 2018 let me raise a discussion about what we are actually doing at the booth there. At the last FOSDEM we had a number of T-shirts available as swag. And the process looked as follows: --- Whenever person stopped at a booth for the moment, he/she was approached by the Fedora Ambassador with a question "Do you want a Fedora T-shirt? Register an account and sign for a Fosdem badge to get one!". The person signs in right there from a phone or laptop, gets a T-shirt and goes away. --- While we get some Fedora "users" from this approach, I think it is fundamentally wrong. (Please don't take it as a personal offense, it is the approach itself, not the Ambassador who manages it :) ) So let's stick to the goal: the reason why we host a booth at a conference is to show that we exist, and that we are a good community worth joining. The reasons (at least my reasons to join) are: 1) always something interesting happens, 2) generic upstream-oriented attitude - we are doing something for every one, not just for our project alone. So our presence at the conference should somehow reflect that. Being Ambassador staying the whole day at the booth talking with random strangers is quite hard. So when you get tired you want to switch to some auto-pilot mode, when you don't want to think anymore and just stick to some formal rules, like "sign in - get a t-shirt". But this is not why we are there. This mode actually damages the Fedora community. We shouldn't commercialize it, thus we shouldn't behave like a mindless marketing crowd who's goal is to collect "links to customers". We are community who works together and who talks about our work. That is the primary option, swag, Fedora account, badge - these are all funny, but completely optional things. Remove them - and there still be Fedora booth worth visiting. Thus, my suggestion: * don't aggressively promote the Fedora Account or badge. You can explain what it is, but never start conversation with the "Sign in!", never force anyone to sign in, unless he needs to report a bug or smth. This builds the respect and trust. * don't consider number of sign-ins as a measure of success, get personal. Specifically for T-shirts: Year ago at FrOSCon we had a pack of "Proud Fedora User" T-shirts. When it came to distributing them, we need a way to identify people which get them, so that we don't just throw them away for nothing. At Fosdem the Fedora Account registration was used for that. But at FrOSCon I did it differently. I simply asked the person "Are you a _proud_ Fedora user?" And guess what, I always get an honest answer, which works as a good conversation starter. We had a lot of fun then, without any enforced "T-shirt requirement" and any commercialization of the process.. * be ready to talk technical (or better say "real", design, documentation,.. whatever works for you). Don't be the swag-distributing robot. Have your interest. For example I've recently made a LED light blinking on a raspberry pi - this is super easy to be honest, but it is awesome and I can talk about it :) * When you are tired - get a break. Have you time to visit a talk or two. Get involved in the topics in other booths. Be part of the big crowd. We are not just Fedora, we are part of much bigger community. And we don't have to force them to be Fedorians to work together :) Usually there are quite a lot of Fedorians at FOSDEM, I think we can make it easier to join the booth, if we will be more open about joining. For example let's have a schedule printed at the booth and let people randomly running around to sign on sight for particular time slots - hour or two of booth work. I think it would be nice experience for some of those Fedora users, who don't have time or desire to commit to the entire event. Let them sign for just a particular hour - it would be easier for them to participate, it would be easier for others to find them. And this would make Fedora booth the default meeting point. Generally, Fedora is not to sell, it is to be part of, or to collaborate with :) -- Aleksandra Fedorova bookwar

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Tomorrow's EMEA meeting
by Nemanja Milosevic 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

Dear all, I won't be able to chair the tomorrow's meeting (11 Oct 2017). As of now, there are no requests to be discussed. If there is anything important to be discussed please hold the meeting without me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Also, because of the starting semester and some schedule changes, it will be difficult for me to chair the meetings on Wednesdays. It would be best to soon find a replacement chair. Of course, I will be available as a helping hand for the new chair to bring them up to speed. Kind regards, Nemanja

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : FAmSCo
by g.trombini＠gmail.com 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: FAmSCo on 2017-11-01 from 15:00:00 to 16:00:00 UTC At fedora-meeting-2(a)irc.freenode.net The meeting will be about: Regular meeting of Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee. Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/5888/

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Mindshare elections - appointment of Ambassador's representatives
by Robert Mayr 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi Ambassadors, as usual we have upcoming elections, but we won't have FAmSCo elections this time. Instead we will have elections for the new Fedora Mindshare Committee [1], which is not only for ambassadors but for all outreach teams. Mindshare has appointed and elected seats, similar to the Council, and specifically for Ambassadors there are two appointed representatives. Each outreach team will make its own process to choose the representatives, but we need them by the end of the election period. Ambassadors are still split in regions and finding a common mechanism of how to choose two members for Mindshare could be more difficult than in other teams. So FAmA's suggestion is to choose at least 2 ambassadors per region and then post their names to the list. Ambassadors could quickly discuss nominations and then make a common decision. Please keep in mind that the new Mindshare Committee needs to define many processes in the first months, that means having experienced ambassadors representing the biggest group within Mindshare will be helpful to have success. Once you have the two ambassadors, or even if you want to make the last discussions/decisions not in the list, please open an issue in the Mindshare pagure [2] where you communicate who will represent the Ambassadors program. For any questions or doubts please reply to this topic. Thank you. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare [2] https://pagure.io/mindshare/issues Kind regards. -- Robert Mayr (robyduck)

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Autumn Elections 2017: Mindshare elections
by Jan Kurik 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hi everybody, as approved by Fedora Council [1] we are replacing the FAmSCo elections with elections to a brand new body "Mindshare". You can fine more information about the Mindshare on its wiki page [2]. For this election cycle we have opened 2 seats into this body. At the moment we are collecting questions for candidates in election's Questionnaire [3]. Please have a look at it and contribute with your questions you would like to see answered by candidates to these seats. The Questionnaire [3] is open for new questions till November 6th. [1] https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/142 [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections/Questionnaire Thanks for your support and Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Fedora 27 Release Parties - Call for events (and volunteers)
by Sumantro Mukherjee 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hi, Like the past Fedora release, we are planning another series of Release events around the world to celebrate F27 release and to keep the community updated on the Fedora side. I want to start a constructive discussion with all of you, first of all FAmSCo need to know who want to organize this event in his/her city (or want to join another event) and, secondly, it would be better to know what you need to make it more special. If you are interested please add your event in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F27_release_events event list, if you have doubts or you are uncertain feel free to contact FAmSCo trough this list, famsco(a)fedoraproject.org or talking with one of FAmSCo members in IRC (see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee#Members). I invite everyone to add their event before the beginning of November, just to be sure we could better organize everything. //sumantrom on behalf of FAmSCo

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Two events in Germany
by Silvia Sánchez 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

Hello everyone, I'm coming back to the project after a long period of silence. I saw that there's only one to attend the OpenRheinRuhr this year so I'm stepping up to help as I'll be available by that time. Same for the 34C3C. I'll be available to represent Fedora there. I wanted to offer a talk too, but I missed the deadline. Sorry for that. Anyway, if anyone wants to join, is more than welcome. Suggestions and ideas are very welcome! Regards, Silvia (Lailah)

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[RP Comm Blog]Approval
by Sumantro Mukherjee 28 Oct '17

28 Oct '17

Hey Can someone please approve the post from this thread? https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/commops@lists.fedoraproject.o… //sumantro

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[FAmNA] Choosing new meeting time
by Justin W. Flory 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

Hello all, All active FAmNA Ambassadors, please fill out this survey by next Friday, November 3rd, to help us choose a new meeting time to maximize participation during our meetings: http://whenisgood.net/fedora/famna/2017-meeting-time Andrew and I talked on the phone this afternoon and we are considering bi-weekly meetings at alternating dates / times, with East Coast- and West Coast-friendly times. This survey will help us find the best times for active FAmNA Ambassadors. It will take five minutes or less to complete. The results are valuable for us to make this decision. This email comes from discussion here: https://pagure.io/ambassadors-na/tasks/issue/190 If you wish to participate in FAmNA meetings, please fill out this survey by Friday, November 3rd. We will make a decision on meeting times after this. If you have comments or feedback, please see the Pagure ticket linked above. Thank you! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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What happened to FUDcon Indonesia?
by Mohan Prakash 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi I had heard discussions on the need to review importance/ significance of FUDcon. Since I couldn't see any updates on FUDcon Indonesia, I wonder if any decision has been taken that I might have missed. Could anyone please help? Mohan (mpduty)

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