Ambassadors
In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero
Fedora 12 release party in Athens, Greece
Pierros Papadeas reports that on Saturday, December 12, a Fedora 12 Release party was held in Athens. Many people showed up to learn about Constantine and Fedora Project in general. A presentation on Fedora Project and Fedora 12 was given and afterwards some hands-on testing was done on network sharing, virtualization enhancements, Moblin platform and other hints on support!
There was even a birthday cake to go along with the swag given out, as well as Live-USB sticks available.
Pierros says thanks to my fellow organizers -- Anastasis, Thalia and Pantelis -- and to everyone else who attended.
A report on the event can be found here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Party_F12_Athens
Photos from the evvent can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.gr/saliyath/Fedora12AthensReleaseParty
Fedora 12 release party in Caracas, Venezuela
Maria Leandro reports that about 30 people attended a Fedora 12 Release Party held in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday, December 12.
Guillermo Gomez (gomix) made the official presentation of RPMDEV. Several Live CDs along with stickers and tattoos were given out prior to everyone having lunch.
Maria also reports that the event exceeded several goals. First, they got twice as many people to attend than was expected. Also, some ambassadors who had been inactive came back into the fold.
Future plans in Caracas include having a Fedora hacklab every two months to teach people to be productive using Fedora and encourage them to join the Fedora team.
Special thanks go to Edwind Contreras (Richzendy), who gave an excelent RPM workshop; to Guillermo Gómez (gomix), who brings awesome ideas; to Wilmer Jaramillo (k0k), who is "coming to town" again encouraging new users to be developers like he is; and to Ricardo Fernandez (KOSHrf), who cheers us up all at every moment.
Photos, videos, and a report can be found at the links below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatadbb/sets/72157622973046968/
http://tatica.org/2009/12/12/fedora-release-party-caracas/
Ambassadors active in Tunisia
Zied Fakhfakh reports that while Tunisian Fedora ambassadors have been silent for a while, "we are not sleeping."
Zied, Nihed Mbarek and Wael Ammar have started a lobbying strategy around Fedora in the nation's universities by creating local "Fedora Clubs."
Two clubs have already been formed -- one in ISET Charguia: http://www.isetch.rnu.tn (a public university); and one in ESPRIT: www.esprit.ens.tn (a private university).
Activities have already taken place at ISET CH, including:
- A private mirror: created by Zied;
- A Fedora 12 release party, where the following was presented:
- What's new in Fedora 12, by Nihed;
- Virtualization, by Imed Chihi, former Red Hat employee;
- How to contribute to Fedora, by Zied;
- Open source software, by our friend Mohamed Nejib Bejar;
- There was a real celebration, with cake, soda, candy;
- Soon we be migrating computers to Fedora or CentOS, and
- The group will start as soon as possible translating and contributing.
FAmSCo election now open: Vote
Among other elected bodies in the Fedora Project, the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee (FAmSCo) elections are now open for voting. If you haven't done yet visit https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/ to cast your vote. Your vote is important and crucial.
Fedora 12 is here
With Fedora 12 Constantine now here, this is a reminder that posting an announcement of your event on Fedora Weekly News can help get the word out. Contact FWN Ambassador correspondent Larry Cafiero at lcafiero-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org with announcements of upcoming events -- and don't forget to e-mail reports after the events as well.