Ambassadors/Meetings/2006-01-19

= Fedora Ambassadors Meeting Minutes 2006-01-19 =

Next meeting

 * Location: irc.freenode.net
 * Channel: #fedora-mktg
 * Date and Time: 2006-01-26, 22:00 UTC

Present

 * AlexMaier (lxmaier)
 * AurelienBompard (abompard)
 * [[ChitleshGoorah
 * GeroldKassube (Gerold.


 * NOTE on donation or fund-raising at the Event:

AlexMaier  - everybody--before we have finished the foundation's legal details, please DO NOT FUNDRAISE  - no fund-raising, at all, not until we have some kind of status  - if someone offers to buy you pizza, feel free to accept, but no money 


 * FOSDEM (Feb 25-26) in Brussel, Belgium:

FredericHornain is not present

AlexMaier  - we have sent a care package to hornain too  - 75 Ts and 150 DVDs 


 * LWCE Australia (Mar 28-30) in Sydney, Australia:

DavidBarzilay  - jwulf and another local enthusiast will check their availability  - will let u know via email 

AlexMaier  - we have no more DVDs for this one, but hope to have FC5 until then  - we'll have to improvise, maybe burn DVDs on site or something  - we can produce Ts and other schwag as soon as we have the new quarter 

Fedora Libraries
ChitleshGoorah  - this is a project of ubuntu that Im going to copy :)  - the idea is to give libraries dvds and the latter will lend them like books <BR> - afterwards they can give a try to Fedora and copy the dvd etc <BR> - but to be honest this will be mostly done by lugs <BR> - ambassadors or members of the lugs can give a small intro about fedora <BR>

ThomasChung <BR> - we have not found maintainer for LiveCD project yet. <BR> - we posted a call for maintainer for LiveCD project twice in FWN <BR>

LinuxTag and FUDCon
GeroldKassube <BR> - Is there a FUDCon in  (Wiesbaden,Germany) ? <BR> - I haven't done anything till now <BR>

AlexMaier <BR> - please get in touch with  and reserve a booth for fedora <BR> - we will try to have a FUDCon there too <BR> - FUDCon is good, but being at the event with a booth in the .ORG area is essential <BR>

ThomasChung <BR> - we are allowed to have 3-4 FUDCons in a year <BR> - we are planning to have it in,   and   (Boston) <BR>

Schwag pipepline
GregDeKoenigsberg <BR> - Right now, there *is* *no* *pipeline*. There is *me* and *Alex*. <BR> - We're working to famsco. We're working that plan <BR>

Email Aliases for fedoraproject.org
ThomasChung <BR> - email aliases issue can be moved to closed issues <BR> - everyone in Ambassadors should sign up in Fedora Account System in order to get email aliases <BR> - this issue has been moved to closed issues <BR>

Funding Options for Show
DavidBarzilay <BR> - we can come up with some creative funding ways <BR> - we gotta establish some boundaries for possible partnerships <BR>

Presentations for Ambassadors
DavidBarzilay <BR> - we already got some presentations in fedoraproject.org <BR> - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Slides <BR> - we could have a few default models, i.e. for schools and universities, another for gov agencies <BR>

MauricioPretto <BR> - has been working on localizing an FC presentation to Brazilian Portuguese <BR> - we should have one about the FEDORA CORE, other about fedora foundation, FDS, Fedora Cluster Suite <BR>

FrancescoUgolini <BR> - will work on localizing an FC presentation for Italian market <BR>

Standard Kits for Ambassadors
ThomasChung <BR> - We need a banner for Fedora Project for an event <BR> - Fedora mouse pads? Fedora pens? <BR>

DavidBarzilay <BR> - need to be light (as in weight) and flexible material <BR> - gotta check costs <BR> - gotta be durable <BR> - can you get us some quotes on different materials <BR>

GeroldKassube <BR> - Fedora pins? Fedora LiveCDs? <BR>

Business Cards for Ambassadors
AurelienBompard <BR> - We should have some space on it for the GPG fingerprint <BR> - they could be used in keysigning parties too <BR>

ThomasChung <BR> - Removed Business Card option #4 since its color is not official <BR> - we should have an option to print them ourselves <BR> - will count the votes for biz card options from archive and irc <BR> - will send out meeting minutes if someone send me a full IRC log <BR>

DavidBarzilay <BR> - Time to check list archive and make a decision on the votes <BR> - bus cards are a crucial material and i believe we cannot take much longer <BR> - talk to our graphic designer about these <BR> - standard dimension for the paper? color specifications? printer technologies? <BR> - please count the votes for biz card options in the archive and post'em to the list <BR>


 * Meeting Minutes posted by ThomasChung