Ambassadors/Meetings/2006-03-23

= Fedora Ambassadors Meeting Minutes 2006-03-23 =

Participants

 * : AlexMaier
 * : ClairShaw
 * : PuneetBatura
 * : LeeJoseph
 * : GregDeKoenigsberg
 * : ThomasCanniot
 * : DavidNalley
 * : JohnAlvero
 * : MartinBrej
 * : RobertWhetsel
 * : AurelienBompard
 * : MarioGamboa
 * : GeroldKassube
 * : JackAboutboul
 * : JorgeTorres
 * : FrancescoUgolini
 * : JoseTarazona
 * : ThomasChung

Regrets

 * SankarshanMukhopadhyay
 * ChitleshGoorah

Transcript

 * [[Image:Ambassadors_Meetings_2006]](2d)03(2d)23_fedora-ambassadors-2006-03-23.txt

Protocol

 * AlexMaier reports
 * no private conversations in the chat
 * please keep your hellos to the times outside meeting
 * simply watch what others are doing and do not interrupt
 * if you want to ask someting type "?" and wait
 * mjbrej: fedora unity project has a good set of groundrules on their page...
 * lxmaier: famsco is considering a set of rules
 * lxmaier: we will publish when we're done

Budget

 * AlexMaier reports
 * we have a budget
 * Total Fedora Marketing budget for 6 months: 46 K
 * DVD production: 15K
 * Schwag production: 7K
 * Video contest: 5K
 * Ambassadors budget: 20K
 * Large events: 5K
 * Small events/local initiatives: 5K
 * Travel/incidentals: 5K
 * Reusable kits: 5K
 * Famsco will be responsible for the Ambassadors part of the money
 * e.g. 20 K (Ambassadors budget)
 * famsco is working out guidelines for spending money
 * we will publish once we're done
 * the budget group anticipates to publish the guidelines next week
 * we will have a set of rules for requesting money
 * and for getting reimbursed
 * all amounts are in USD

DVD

 * AlexMaier reports
 * we have decided to go with binary-only, single-sided DVDs
 * greendisease: what was the decision behind binary only dvd?
 * lxmaier: there was a discussion on the list
 * lxmaier: and it appeared to be the best solution for the limited money we have
 * gregdek: Basically:
 * gregdek: Time ran out to figure out the BEST answer for source...so no source for FC5 DVDs.
 * gregdek: Instead...we'll having single-sided FC5 DVDs with binary only.
 * gregdek: We have 10k burned.(Or will soon.)
 * gregdek: 3k will be at FUDCon Boston...and the other 7k will be warehoused and shipped to events worldwide on demand.

Priority 1 - Item 2: Review upcoming events

 * Review the FedoraEvents for upcoming 3 months.
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
 * Mar 25, 2006  FLISOL 2006   DF, Brazil - HugoCisneiros
 * HugoCisneiros not present need to follow up
 * Mar 25, 2006  CLUG Installfest   Cincinnati, Ohio - PatrickMcKelvey
 * PatrickMcKelvey not present need to follow up
 * Apr 3-6, 2006 LinuxWorld Boston 2006   Boston, MA, USA - MatthewMiller, JackAboutboul
 * JackAboutboul reports
 * okay everything is all finalized for linuxworld
 * we will have 2 booths
 * the fedora booth in the .org pavilion
 * and then the install pavilion sponsored by us and pogo linux
 * basically a big install fest
 * we also have a fedora BOF session on april 5 at 5:30 i believe
 * BOF (birds of a feather) session: its basically when anyone interested in a
 * topic gets together in a room and hangs out and talks
 * we usually provide donuts and soda, in true geek food fare fashion
 * Apr 7, 2006 FUDCon Boston 2006 Boston, MA, USA - MatthewMiller, JackAboutboul
 * JackAboutboul reports
 * okay, so everything is set for the conference
 * we have all the speakers set
 * and we are updating the schedule though
 * check the page for anything you need
 * transport updates
 * we are also working on the streaming video
 * hopefully we will have good quality video and be able to produce a dvd afterward
 * i would like to find out if other ambassadors are planning on coming
 * Apr 11, 2006  Local LUG, Campux  Lille, France - ThomasCanniot
 * ThomasCanniot - nothing to add since last time
 * April 12, 2006  Fedora Talk   Uttar Pradesh - PuneetBatura
 * PuneetBatura reports
 * talking basically on FOss at my school
 * a presentation on FC 5
 * with how user friendly now it is
 * and one to one interaction with the students
 * on their respective queries since its my school
 * so auditorium is ready for the presentation
 * Apr 19-22, 2006  FISL 7.0   Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil - RodrigoPadula
 * RodrigoPadula not present need to followup
 * gregdek: I don't know anything about the event...
 * gregdek: ...but I'm concerned about the prospect of losing schwag in customs...
 * lxmaier: gregdek: you are right, we had this problem before
 * gregdek: ...and I'm wondering if it makes sense to try to get DVDs burned locally and reimburse.
 * lxmaier: would you mind contacting RodrigoPadula about it gregdek?
 * gregdek: Will do.
 * June 23-25, 2006   Journe du Libre 4   Strasbourg, France - ChitleshGoorah
 * ChitleshGoorah not present

Priority 1 - Item 3: Promotional material for Kadischi

 * DavidNalley reports
 * ke4qqq: Videos were reworked for FC5, and posted, nothing further

Priority 1 - Item 4: FC5 Tours

 * RahulSundaram, FrancescoUgolini not present

Priority 2 - Item 1: Video contest

 * AlexMaier reports
 * will run an Open Video contest to promote open format media
 * support in Fedora, and we asked CC for some help on this.
 * Here is a brief description of what we plan to do:
 * We want to run the contest and we have about 5K USD to run it.
 * We want to give small prizes to all submissions, and have one big prize for the winner.
 * Small prizes will most likely be blue/white flip-flops
 * with a tagline "Runs on Fedora" or "I run Fedora" or "I run on Fedora" or something similar.
 * The big prize has not yet been decided upon yet.
 * We could use a good idea from CC (Creative Commons)
 * All submissions shall be:
 * 1. in OGG format
 * 2. about Freedom, Openness, Collaboration
 * 3. CC-licensed
 * 4. not necessarily advertisements
 * We have the bandwidth to host the contest and the archive once the contest is over.
 * tchung: I just want to point out it's not "Fedora Video Contest" but "Open Video Contest" now
 * cds: Maybe a fedora server/computer for video production would be a good prize?
 * tchung and lxmaier invite everyone to help out
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/VideoContest
 * greendisease: you can have nike sneakers custom made with text on them for like 150 bucks
 * lxmaier: i will introduce the discussion about the prizes on the list

Misc

 * ruimoreira: upcoming events here in portugal ... 5 seminars on linux and OSS
 * ruimoreira: and a few hands on labs on linux
 * lxmaier: post them on FedoraEvents - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents

Priority 2 - Item 2: Schwag pipeline and a Standard Ambassadors Survival Kit

 * GregDeKoenigsberg reports
 * Re: Ambassadors survival kit...
 * ...it's in production now, but will come out after DVDs, since they're highest priority.
 * Looking at mid-April store availability. (CoolStuff Store)

Priority 2 - Item 3: Presentations for Ambassadors

 * RahulSundaram not present
 * gregdek: I propose OPL w/o restrictions for slide decks.
 * gregdek: Just like wiki and docs.
 * tchung: +1
 * lxmaier: +1

Priority 2 - Item 4: FedoraLibraries

 * ChitleshGoorah not present
 * ke4qqq: did we ever get the ISBN number for the dvd?
 * lxmaier: not that i am aware of...
 * lxmaier: ke4qqq: want to raise this issue on the list to revive it?
 * ke4qqq: I will

Priority 3 - Item 1: Fedora Community Free Media Project

 * ThomasChung reports
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia
 * Basically it's a a volunteer initiative by local Fedora Ambassadors or Fedora Contributors
 * who's willing to burn DVDs and ship them with their own expenses.
 * we already received over 100 Free media requests which is well over our limit at this point
 * so I had to close the request form for now.
 * CyberSpy: I have a standalone duplication system and cases of blank media, I want to work very closely with that project
 * tchung: great. talk to me after the meeting
 * ke4qqq: any chance of moving this to sending out the pressed media once it becomes available, in the official jacket?
 * lxmaier: ke4qqq: i doubt we have enough money to do this...
 * lxmaier: but we might ask the individual ambassadors to send out the DVDs once we send DVDs to them in bulk
 * gregdek: The cost of sending out individual DVDs may be pretty high.
 * gregdek: The plan now is to send them in lots of 50
 * cds: Nice idea, about sending out the pressed CDs, but our supply & budget is low,
 * cds: and is pretty much why not just "anyone" can get Swag.
 * gregdek: I'm *really* happy to hear *any* creative ideas on this topic, for what it's worth. :)
 * tchung: our list for this topic is https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-freemedia-list

Misc

 * lxmaier: if you want to add items to the schedule, feel free to do so BEFORE the meeting
 * lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule