Ambassadors/Meetings/2006-07-13

= Fedora Ambassadors Meeting Minutes 2006-07-13 =

Meeting Time

 * 2006-07-13 22:00 UTC
 * #fedora-mktg on freenode

Participants

 * : GregDeKoenigsberg
 * : BobJensen
 * : FrancescoUgolini
 * : GeroldKassube
 * : MaxSpevack
 * : AlexMaier
 * : KarlieRobinson
 * : LeeJoseph
 * : ThomasCanniot

Regrets

 * ThomasChung

Transcript

 * [[Image:Ambassadors_Meetings_2006]](2d)07(2d)13_fedora-ambassadors-2006-07-13.txt

Summary

 * See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule
 * FAMSCO update
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2006-07-10
 * we talked a lot about budget
 * I posted an accounting of Fedora's expenses
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Accounting
 * and the FAMSCO looked at it, asked for some clarifications, etc. which I will be making
 * but in short, we're in good shape for the events that are upcoming, and for FUDCons
 * in FAMSCO meeting was trying to make sure that people have all signed their CLAs, etc.
 * thomas chung is leading that, and looking for volunteers to help him
 * Project reports
 * No Thomas, no Alex, no Rahul...
 * ...but we do have karlie. How's Sponsored Media going?
 * spectacular
 * we've got 3 vendors now and the lists are being filled
 * Wow. Actually spectacular?  Got any numbers to share?
 * sure
 * How's 100% for ya?
 * Awesome! Now we have to figure out how to drive up the request numbers  ;-)
 * actually the requests are limited to about 100 a month
 * but I suspect if we keep going at 100% we'll be able to open it up more
 * if you visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/FC5DVD
 * you'll see that April wasn't so hot, but may and june were 100% and July looks like it will be a full month as well
 * i was looking at those pages last week -- it's great stuff
 * Very good. Should we be putting on a PR campaign to increase requests, now that we're scaling to fulfill?
 * I'd like to do some PR about the effectiveness of SponsoredMedia. Any ideas?
 * Perhaps we can talk more onlist. I'll start the discussion.
 * Fedora Events
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
 * July 22-23, 2006 - LUGRadio Live! 2006
 * JonFautley not present
 * July 24-28, 2006 - OSCON 2006
 * JackAboutboul not prsent
 * I'll be there with Jack Aboutboul. mspevack: any other details from Jack?
 * we've got a bof
 * we've got a booth
 * he's got a plane ticket :-)
 * Is he manning the booth all week?
 * Or do we have other helpers?
 * I think there's some other ambassadors who will be there
 * he's in charge of recruiting for the event.
 * We should probably follow up to see how it's going, heh. I'll do that.
 * Aug, 5, 2006 - My First Mauritian LUG Meeting
 * ChitleshGoorah not present
 *  afaik he'll travel today or tomorrow for four weeks
 *  and has no or strange limited internet access
 *  I belive we´ve to wait until he´s back :-(
 * Aug, 14-17, 2006 - LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006
 * JackAboutboul not present
 * LWSF -- jack has a booth, bof. We need the update from him
 * lxmaier: everything is on-target
 * we just need people to go!
 * mspevack will ask jack to make sure he's at the next ambassadors meeting
 * Aug 24-26, 2006 - III Festival Software Livre da Bahia
 * HugoCisneiros not present
 * OthonBatista not present
 * Sept, 2006 - Linux Day
 * PawelSadowski not present
 * Sept, 21-22, 2006 - OpenExpo 2006
 * FabianAffolter not present
 *  imho there is a better place to get Red Hat there instead of Fedora because it´s a company related ERP-Exibihion with a lot of companys there. We (my company) attends this since 7 years and we have there more leads and dates as on Cebit or Systems
 * this is valuable input GeroldKa
 *  so maybe Fedora is NOT the correct partner for this event
 *  thats just my opinion
 * well, famsco will remember this when deciding on the funding for this event
 *  I talked few days ago with the board of Ch/open which is leading and organizing this event
 *  once again: should be visited from Red Hat - IMPORTANT
 * Sept 30, 2006 - Ohio LinuxFest 2006
 * JeffreyTadlock not present
 * Oct, 11-12, 2006 - LinuxWorld Netherlands 2006
 * No Ambassador yet
 * we need volunteers for this event
 * any Europeans willing to volunteer?
 * i will post a call to the list to see who can do this.
 * MISC
 *  about initiatives we (the french ambassadors) are taking care of, I'm very busy at the time to know where we are.
 *  People like llaumgui, [splinux] and drpixel are more up to date about that question
 *  I know we are trying to make install party and big communication on FC6 for october but no more yet (as i'm ot up to date)
 *  i've try to contact the users that actually haven't sign the CLA, but many of us don't reply
 * FrancescoUgolini: that was the problem with them to begin with
 * please talk to tchung about it, he is the head of the initiative
 * FrancescoUgolini: you are helping with a very important initiative, to get all registered Ambassadors more engaged, and to have them all sign the CLA

Next Meeting

 * See  Ambassadors Meetings  for the next meeting date and time.