Campus-ambassadors February 2010

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New Member
by siddharth srivastava 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Hello Everyone I am a new member. Kindly guide me through -- Siddharth Srivastava Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. (Rich Kulawiec)

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next meeting
by Bert Desmet 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Hi, We are kick starting the campus ambassadors program again. Next meeting will be on Saturday at 7pm UTC. The meeting will take place in #fedora-campusamb . These points are on the agenda already: * designing the board: who needs to be in it, and what functions do we add * discuss the exact use cases for the campus ambassadors program * discussing the mentoring process I hope to see a lot of people so we can discuss these important topics! kind regards, Bert Desmet

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next meeting
by Bert Desmet 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

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Re-thinking Campus Ambassadors and Fedora Ambassadors [was:Re: We Need Change]
by sankarshan 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Prelude: This mail was cross-posted without it being explicitly mentioned. So I took the following liberties : [1] restricted my response to the Campus Ambassadors list (which seems a more apt place for it and, [2] gave it a reasonably coherent subject line as opposed to the somewhat generic one it originated with. 2010/2/12 sai ganesh <ganesai(a)fedoraproject.org>: > just a formal introduction .i became an ambassador just a month > ago.My name is saiganesh a.k.a sai from India.i have been seeing how things > are working around in fedora.i would like to suggest a few ideas for the > campus ambassador program.unlike the fedora ambassador program ,the > campus-ambassador program must be unique because we spread the Foss culture > among the future generations of the world.also i want a clear distinction > between fedora ambassador and fedora campus ambassador program. The dictionary defines an Ambassador as "An official messenger and representative." (Webster), so being purely pedantic, there isn't much of a difference between a Campus Ambassador and, a Fedora Ambassador except perhaps that the former is a bonafide resident/student on the campus of an educational institution. This is what I interpret it as, and, I could be way off-target here. An interesting point here is the mention of the need to spread "FOSS culture" which, by its very nature, should elevate the discussion to things over and beyond just software. A culture encompasses a lot of artifacts and constructs and, being able to absorb, adapt and adopt pieces of it in one's life and society is sometimes a life-long quest. > the things i noted where > 1.Being a fedora ambassador means just you > have to spread the Foss culture in around your city.But campus ambassador > program is different, we spread the Foss ideas to students who in turn > return back by contributing to them(Foss).so what i essentially say is that > the idea of having a tech talk per semester will workout.but that is not > enough.Clearly introducing the students to these Foss culture say For just > one time per semester alone is not enough.what happens when they are stuck > in a problem . These things are new to them.you may say mailing lists are > there .But it takes time for new users to adapt themselves to Foss kind of > environment.so why cant we have a Fedora Activity day one per semester > consisting of tech talks and introduction to Foss . Followed by ,say 4 > weeks of discussions on Sundays, we have our own LUG's.If someone is > inspired on the fedora activity day .He or she tries the Foss technologies > that week if he faces problems that week ,then the discussions group on > Sunday can clear them out. I would like to know if there are any impediments to doing what you have written above. An audience relates to stories and, the more engaging stories an Ambassador has, the better (s)he is as a role model. A good role model is always vital to the success of an effort and, is a bed-rock upon which future Ambassadors and contributors can build their success. > 2.The discussion groups is not only for > problem solving.it also essentially consist of discussion of fedora > activities,new Foss technology, etc.i strongly recommend these groups also > be funded.Because if someone is facing a problem and someone from the same > college/university is there who can help out ,then it is going to help a lot > in spreading Fedora and Foss. > it is not going to be the heavy budget though. say $5 or $4 at the maximum > that is going to cost for the purpose of printing posters , banners etc.this > way we can easily spread the word in our colleges. We can come to the part of funding in a while, but meanwhile let's just focus on the activities. If the campus(es) already has/have UserGroups, what are the steps needed for folks versed in the ways of The Fedora Project to step up and do show-n-tell ? > 3.we can have yearly meet for the ambassadors > of the same country where in they can discuss the future planning etc.. Indeed. There are a number of events through the year which can serve as a basis for such meetings. However, meetings are successful if there are decisions to be taken and, metrics to be worked on. So, before a meeting is thought of, there needs to be grounds prepared for ensuring results from meetings. > 4.the campus-ambassadors(students) who prove > their worth in general can get some internship in Redhat or say even > Discounts for Redhat GLS. Which brings about an interesting point though. How do you measure the "worth in general" ? > 5.we need more often to discuss these sort of > ideas in the mailing lists and IRC. Indeed. -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog> Sent from Brisbane, Qld, Australia

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We Need Change
by sai ganesh 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

hi guys, just a formal introduction .i became an ambassador just a month ago.My name is saiganesh <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ganesai> a.k.a sai from India.i have been seeing how things are working around in fedora.i would like to suggest a few ideas for the campus ambassador program.unlike the fedora ambassador program ,the campus-ambassador program must be unique because we spread the Foss culture among the future generations of the world.also i want a clear distinction between fedora ambassador and fedora campus ambassador program. the things i noted where 1.Being a fedora ambassador means just you have to spread the Foss culture in around your city.But campus ambassador program is different, we spread the Foss ideas to students who in turn return back by contributing to them(Foss).so what i essentially say is that the idea of having a tech talk per semester will workout.but that is not enough.Clearly introducing the students to these Foss culture say For just one time per semester alone is not enough.what happens when they are stuck in a problem . These things are new to them.you may say mailing lists are there .But it takes time for new users to adapt themselves to Foss kind of environment.so why cant we have a Fedora Activity day one per semester consisting of tech talks and introduction to Foss . Followed by ,say 4 weeks of discussions on Sundays, we have our own LUG's.If someone is inspired on the fedora activity day .He or she tries the Foss technologies that week if he faces problems that week ,then the discussions group on Sunday can clear them out. 2.The discussion groups is not only for problem solving.it also essentially consist of discussion of fedora activities,new Foss technology, etc.i strongly recommend these groups also be funded.Because if someone is facing a problem and someone from the same college/university is there who can help out ,then it is going to help a lot in spreading Fedora and Foss. it is not going to be the heavy budget though. say $5 or $4 at the maximum that is going to cost for the purpose of printing posters , banners etc.this way we can easily spread the word in our colleges. 3.we can have yearly meet for the ambassadors of the same country where in they can discuss the future planning etc.. 4.the campus-ambassadors(students) who prove their worth in general can get some internship in Redhat or say even Discounts for Redhat GLS. 5.we need more often to discuss these sort of ideas in the mailing lists and IRC. guys please feel free to comment.share your thoughts. -- s.saiganesh “The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it

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Campus Ambassadors Organizational Meeting February 13 at 1800UTC
by inode0 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

I'd like to invite everyone interested in the Campus Ambassador program to an organizational meeting on February 13 at 1800UTC. The meeting will be held in #fedora-campusamb on freenode. Information about the vision of the Campus Ambassador program can be found at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors I'd like to discuss this vision with you and Fedora's commitment to the success of this program. The goal of the meeting will be to identify any deficiencies in this vision, any omissions that would hinder its success, and come up with a strategy to enable us to make this happen now. The price of admission is free, so please come and join us in making this program a success. John

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