Fedora Ambassador Day North America 2010

Location and Dates

 * Ames, Iowa - May 21-23, 2010

Proposed Accomodations

 * Ames, Iowa
 * Event will be hosted at Iowa State University
 * http://www.iastate.edu/
 * Off-campus accommodations are at the Gateway Ames.
 * http://www.gatewayames.com/
 * Off campus housing is available at inode0's poolhall
 * http://rose.public.iastate.edu/Poolhall/poolhall-3.jpg
 * Virtual Reality Applications Center Tour on May 21 is possible (VRAC is home to the highest resolution 6-sided virtual reality cave in the world running on a well known downstream derivative of Fedora http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/c6.php)
 * http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/

= Responsible Ambassadors =


 * inode0

= Attendees =

Arrival Transportation

 * Ivan Makfinsky (11:15pm), David Nalley (11:15pm), and Robyn Bergeron (11:46pm) in Ivan's rented vehicle.
 * Ian Weller (8:30pm) and Clint Savage (8:37pm) in Clint's rented vehicle.
 * Larry Cafiero (8:30am, Train station)
 * Justin O'Brien (11:33am, airport)
 * Max Spevack - John picked him up, yay!
 * Dennis Gilmore - Renting a vehicle for his transportation

Accommodations

 * John Rose, Max Spevack, Dennis Gilmore are staying at Chez John.
 * All other attendees at Gateway Ames.
 * Robyn Bergeron (king room)
 * Clint Savage / Ian Weller
 * Larry Cafiero / Justin O'Brien
 * David Nalley / Ivan Makfinsky
 * Gateway Ames Location
 * Address: 2100 Green Hills Drive Ames, Iowa 50014 1.800.FOR.AMES
 * Google Maps

= Agenda =

Add work items here that we should cover (we will formalize a schedule once we have a good foundation in place). Regardless of location and dates please contribute to the proposed work product of our next Fedora Ambassador Day by adding topics important to you below.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

 * Everyone arrives, with the exception of threethirty.
 * 40 pounds of meat is prepped.

Friday, May 21, 2010

 * 9:30am - 10:00am: Introductions, Logistics, Wireless access. Review Agenda so we're all clear. (inode0, rbergero)
 * 10:00am - 12:00pm: Event Planning -- http://mspevack.fedorapeople.org/fadna2010-events-lcafiero.odp (lcafiero)
 * 12:00pm - 2:00pm: Food and VRAC. (inode0)
 * 2:00pm - 4:00pm: Budget, swag procurement & distribution, regional leadership growth. (inode0)
 * 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Wiki maintenance. (mafinsky, ianweller)

Evening: Dining at Dublin Bay.
 * Dublin Bay: 320 S. 16th St. Ames, IA (515) 956-3580
 * Google Maps - Dublin Bay

Saturday, May 22, 2010

 * 10:00am - 12:30pm: Marketing <--> Ambassadors relationship.
 * List of Ambassador marketing materials needs to give to marketing to produce, prioritized. (rbergero)
 * SOP / Process for handing off Marketing information to Ambassadors each cycle. (rbergero)
 * 12:30pm - 1:00pm: Order some lunch in, take a break, walk around.
 * 1:00pm - 2:30pm: Discuss mentoring in North America, while eating. (herlo. and herlo, sorry about eating while you're talking. This seems like a nice discussion time where we can eat and talk, though. I'll switch off notetaking / whiteboarding with you. --Rbergero 03:57, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 2:30pm - 5:00pm: Wiki discussion

Evening: Pool (the table kind, not the water kind) @ casa de inode0, accompanied by dinner.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

 * Use this time wisely - wrap up anything we did not cover or come to conclusion on.
 * 11:00am - 11:30am: How to embrace disgruntled users of other distros. (threethirty)
 * 11:30am - 12:00pm: Wrapup. Document completed items from FAD. (rbergero)
 * Most attendees depart in the afternoon.

= Meeting Minutes =


 * Day 1: morning afternoon
 * Day 2: full day

= Blogs/Pictures =


 * Day 0
 * http://spevack.livejournal.com/105027.html
 * Day 1
 * http://wordshack.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/makin-whuffie/
 * http://ausil.us/blog/FADNA-Day1-part2-2010.html
 * http://www.sparsebrain.com/2010/05/open-source-participation-or-why-i-love.html
 * Day 2
 * http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/inode0/2010/05/23/fadna-2010-ambassadors-without-borders/
 * Day 3
 * http://www.sparsebrain.com/2010/05/fadna-may-2010.html

= Buttons = We need some event buttons ...

= Budget =

Initial estimate is to set aside $3k for this event from CommArch, and see how far that can get us in terms of travel sponsorships, etc.