Ambassadors/Meetings/2006-08-03

= Fedora Ambassadors Meeting Minutes 2006-08-03 =

Meeting Time

 * 2006-08-03 14:00 UTC
 * #fedora-mktg on freenode

Participants

 * : AlexMaier
 * : MaxSpevack
 * : GuillermoGomez
 * : JoergSimon
 * : JeffreyTadlock
 * : GeroldKassube
 * : BrianPepple
 * : SharuzzamanRaslan
 * : HanafiahMuhamad
 * : KushalDas
 * : RussellJohn
 * : FrancescoUgolini

Transcript

 * [[Image:Ambassadors_Meetings_2006]](2d)08(2d)03_fedora-ambassadors-2006-08-03.txt

Summary
(10:13:57) lxmaier: first, famsco update (10:14:07) lxmaier: mspevack: want to say a word or two? (10:14:40) lxmaier: ping mspevack (10:14:41) mspevack: sure (10:14:48) lxmaier: thanks mspevack (10:14:51) mspevack: OSCON was a big success (10:14:59) mspevack: greendisease informed me that we had lots of activity at the booth (10:15:15) mspevack: many people who were especially appreciative of the "purity" of our stance in not using proprietary software or modules (10:15:32) mspevack: the BOF was small, BOF == "birds of a feather session" which is basically just a Q&A (10:15:44) mspevack: it was small because there was a party thrown by Google at the same time with free alcohol (10:15:53) mspevack: but from what I understand, the questions we had were good (10:19:34) mspevack: in other news, FAMSCO approved the "donation" of 1000 of the pre-ordered fc5 DVDs to the FreeMedia folks, so we shipped those out (10:19:55) mspevack: FUDCon is still being planned, but I don't have an update at this time (10:20:39) lxmaier: mspevack: can you say one sentence about the accounting upate pls? (10:21:35) mspevack: sure, it's easier for anyone who's interested to look themselves. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Accounting has our latest update as of 31-07-2006 (10:21:45) mspevack: we are in fine shape budget-wise (10:22:07) GeroldKa: Where is a FUDCon planned? In which area? (10:22:43) mspevack: GeroldKa: 2 being considered for the moment (10:22:57) mspevack: GeroldKa: 1 in USA, on the west coast -- somewhere in Northern California (10:23:11) mspevack: GeroldKa: the second, in Brazil somewhere (probably early 2007) (10:26:02) lxmaier: Project Reports (10:26:13) lxmaier: 1 FreeMedia (10:26:39) lxmaier: I will say a few words (10:26:41) lxmaier: thanks to efforts of our (10:27:04) lxmaier: FreeMedia group we were able to fulfill 100% of requests (10:27:31) lxmaier: we have a new FreeMedia sub-group in India now (10:28:02) lxmaier: also, with the 1000 DVD donation from Famsco, the group will be able to fulfill more requests in the months to come (10:28:28) arclynx: lxmaier: how do we create a sub-group for south east asia? (10:28:54) lxmaier: you express interest on the list and see how many folks will support you (10:29:15) lxmaier: next thing you do is to get going :) (10:29:31) lxmaier: arclynx: tchung will be more than happy to coach you (10:29:55) lxmaier: arclynx: tchung is your main point person for this, since he's the founder of this project (10:30:44) lxmaier: 2 VideoContest (10:31:07) lxmaier: we have extended the deadline to August 20, and we have received a few submissions already (10:31:13) lxmaier: you can see the videos here: (10:31:29) lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenVideo/Submissions (10:41:19) hanafiah: on 11 -13 Aug 2006, Malaysia will having Lagest ICT event called PC Fair. (10:42:11) hanafiah: During this event, Malaysia opensource team has been given a booth for presenting FOSS and opensource (10:43:31) hanafiah: it quite late but i just want to know if there is any posibbility fedora community will give us pamplet or free cd to distribute for the event.. (10:43:35) arclynx: the event website is at http://www.pcfair.com.my/ (10:44:15) lxmaier: arclynx, hanafiah, if you two will cooperate on getting the booth going, we probably could give you some help (10:44:34) arclynx: we will (10:44:40) hanafiah: we will (10:45:06) lxmaier: arclynx, hanafiah, please figure out the details, and how much money you need, and we'll discuss it and approve spending in a famsco meeting (10:47:16) lxmaier: put a plan together, produce your stuff locally, we'll give you money for that (10:47:22) lxmaier: this is standard procedure (10:47:48) lxmaier: 1. put together a plan, and figure out what you need and how much it'll cost (10:47:57) lxmaier: 2. submit plan to famsco (10:48:10) lxmaier: 3. famsco reviews and approves plan and spending (10:48:21) lxmaier: 4. order stuff, submit receipts to famsco (10:48:36) lxmaier: 5. famsco reimburses you through PayPal (10:55:19) FrancescoUgolini: so, in my city i and other people are organized (10:56:17) FrancescoUgolini: a series of event about Open Source, i don't know the date, becuase i've to talk with sponsor, but today want to know if is possible to talk about fedora (10:56:29) lxmaier: of course (10:56:48) FrancescoUgolini: so it is not a lug event, is sponsorised by a city bank (10:57:21) FrancescoUgolini: that's all (10:58:16) iWolf: Ohio Linux Fest Update. (10:58:37) iWolf: I am working on a budget to be submitted to FAMSCO soon. (10:59:03) iWolf: I have the booth application form that needs to be signed being reviewed by DavidB at which point upon approval I will pay the fee and wrap that up. (10:59:46) bpepple: iWolf: I'm willing to help at the Ohio Linux Fest, since I live in Columbus. (10:59:57) iWolf: bpepple: That would be great! (11:03:58) gomix: i want to comment our event in venezuela (11:04:20) gomix: is fedora venezuela promoted event (11:04:42) gomix: is the 1st one where all the related people will gather together (11:05:02) gomix: plus, we will try to include schools and local authorities for seminars and talks (11:05:30) gomix: we already contacted one school ther (high school) (11:05:42) gomix: it's also to notice is on a beach area (11:05:44) gomix: small town, poor people (11:06:11) gomix: so any guidance on how to approach them and make it a success (11:06:21) gomix: would be appreciate it, is our first event
 * See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule
 * FAMSco Update
 * FUDCon?
 * Project Reports - FreeMedia
 * FreeMedia Sub-Group?
 * Project Reports - VideoContest
 * Review upcoming events - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
 * Malaysia
 * Fedora Event Process and Reimbursment- http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Reimbursement
 * Italy
 * USA - Ohio Linux Fest
 * Venezuela

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