ambassadors December 2017

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Fedora returns to HackMIT 2017
by Justin W. Flory 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Hi everyone, Fedora attended the HackMIT hackathon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this year. Myself and Mike DePaulo (mikedep333) represented Fedora and met with students from around the world over the weekend. The event report is on the Community Blog: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-returns-hackmit-2017/ In the article, you will find… * Introduction to HackMIT * Notes on reception of Fedora Workstation * Advanced use cases of Fedora * Judging projects * Should we go again next year? I hope others will find the feedback in this report useful. -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Autumn Elections 2017: Voting period for Council and Mindshare is open
by Jan Kurik 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

The Voting period for Mindshare and Council has just started. Please follow the links bellow to vote for new members of Mindshare and Council teams: Mindshare voting: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/mindshare-autumn-2017 Council voting: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/council-autumn-2017 The voting period is open until December 18th, 2017 @ 23:59:59 UTC. The full schedule of the Autumn Elections 2017 is available on the Elections wiki page [1] and on the detailed schedule for F27 [2]. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections [2] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-27/f-27-elections.html Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkyňova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Voting period starts
by jkurik＠fedoraproject.org 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Voting period starts on 2017-12-06 from 00:00:00 to 00:00:00 UTC The meeting will be about: The Voting period of the currently running Fedora Elections has just started. Please vote for your candidates to Council [1], Mindshare[2] and FESCo [3]. You can vote until December 18th, 2017 when the voting ends at 23:59:00 UTC. To help you to make the right decision we have published Fedora Magazine article [4] summarizing this elections and pointing to interviews with nominees we have published on Community Blog. It is definitely worth a look [4]. [1] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/council-december-2017 [2] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/mindshare-december-2017 [3] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/fesco-december-2017 [4] https://fedoramagazine.org/december-2017-elections/ More information available at: [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/El… Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/8655/

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REMINDER: Autumn Elections 2017: Nomination & Campaign period ends today @ 23:59:59 UTC
by Jan Kurik 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

Currently we have Nomination & Campaign period [1] in progress and we still accept nominations to "steering bodies" of the following teams: * FESCo (Engineering) (5 seats) [2] * Fedora Council (2 seats) [3] * Mindshare (2 seats) [4] This period ends today on 2017-Dec-04 at 23:59:59 UTC. The full schedule of the Autumn Elections 2017 is available on the Elections wiki page [1] and on the detailed schedule for F27 [5]. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare/Nominations [5] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-27/f-27-elections.html 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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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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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Nomination & Campaign period ends
by jkurik＠fedoraproject.org 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Nomination & Campaign period ends on 2017-12-04 from 00:00:00 to 00:00:00 UTC The meeting will be about: The Nomination & Campaign period for the next elections ends tomorrow. These elections will take place on December 2017: - FESCo (Engineering) (5 seats) [1] - Fedora Council (2 seats) [2] - Mindshare (2 seats) [3] Please stay tuned with the Questionnaire [4] and the CommBlog [5] where responses are posted! [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare/Nominations [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections/Questionnaire [5] https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/ Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/8652/

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[famsco] Issue #442: MindShare Candidates
by Itamar Reis Peixoto 02 Dec '17

02 Dec '17

itamarjp reported a new issue against the project: `famsco` that you are following: `` We have 2 seats and 4 candidates. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare/Representatives#Ambassadors `` To reply, visit the link below or just reply to this email https://pagure.io/famsco/issue/442

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Mindshare elections - Ambassadors representatives
by Robert Mayr 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Hi all, the nomination period is going towards its end and actually we have just one candidate for the two elected seats. While there are several people nominated to represent ambassadors [1], nobody is running for the Mindshare Committee actually. Remember only two people will represent ambassadors, so if you want to be on MIndshare, consider adding yourself (or others if they agree) also to the nomination page [2]. Moreover, as ambassadors we should think about a discussion -> decision who should represent us. FAmSCo was proposing a ticket or whatever, just to avoid the voting app. If you have any idea how to make this happen, please add your thought here. Thanks. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare/Representatives [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare/Nominations -- Robert Mayr (robyduck)

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REMINDER: Autumn Elections 2017: Nomination & Campaign period is in progress
by Jan Kurik 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Currently we have Nomination & Campaign period [1] in progress and we still accept nominations to "steering bodies" of the following teams: * FESCo (Engineering) (5 seats) [2] * Fedora Council (2 seats) [3] * Mindshare (2 seats) [4] This period is open until 2017-Dec-04 at 23:59:59 UTC. Nominees can already prepare answers for questions in the Election Questionnaire [5]. These answers (aka interview) are going to be published in Community Blog [6] on the first day of the Voting period (2017-Dec-05). The full schedule of the Autumn Elections 2017 is available on the Elections wiki page [1] and on the detailed schedule for F27 [7]. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mindshare/Nominations [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections/Questionnaire [6] http://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/ [7] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-27/f-27-elections.html 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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Ambassador Budgets
by Brian Exelbierd 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Hi All, I would appreciate your please making sure that the budgets at budgets.fedoraproject.org reflect everything you have agreed to fund so far. The budget entries can be modified by PR at pagure.io/fedora-budget or via your Treasurer or Card Holder. If you are still working on event ideas, that is great! I encourage you to go ahead and put in proposals and get them approved. As we approach the final quarter of the year it is critical that we have plans in place for our spending and that the Council has the right financial information to deal with last minute requests. This is especially true if money won't be spent so we can allocate it to other areas. No money is being reallocated at this time. If you have questions, please let me know. regards, bex PS: LATAM - I have posted your refund for the cancelled DevConf Panama Sponsorship.

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