Meeting:APAC Ambassadors 2011-05-18

Meeting Time
Timing is being surveyed as of May 12th, 2011 until survey stops on May 17th, 2011 at 10:00 UTC.


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Participants
This week's APAC Ambassadors Meeting will be lead by bckurera /  Dramsey.


 * Luke Martinez, asmartgoat
 * Heherson Pagcaliwagan, azneita
 * Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera, bckurera
 * Ankur Sinha, FranciscoD
 * Haowei Lee, Haowei
 * Harish Pillay, harishpillay
 * Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail, KageSenshi
 * Moniruzzaman Monir, kalpurush
 * Mahay Alam Khan, maktrix
 * Sureshkumar Packiyarajah, Suresht
 * Truong Anh Tuan, tuanta
 * as well as other great ambassadors!!! :)

Meeting Protocol

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Agenda

 * Ambassador Pinging - Your name, Where your located, etc.
 * For example ".fas asmartgoat My name is Luke, from Australia and I use Fedora 14 from a DVD."


 * News from FAmSCo
 * We will skip this topic if there is no news from FAmSCo or a FAmSCo representative
 * Larry's Resignation - current situation in FAmSCo, Town halls [I think we better discuss a little about this (bckurera)]
 * Please place news here.


 * APAC FAD and FUDcon planning - Harish Pillay, harishpillay


 * Will move to following topics if time permits. Usually we can go 60 to 90 minutes.


 * Report current Status of upcoming events - Fedora Events
 * FAD SL 2011 ==> bckurera and Suresht
 * Request people to attend Remote_Mini_Wiki_Editing_FAD2_2011 ==> FranciscoD
 * Major Lugs, LCA2012 ==> asmartgoat
 * Other future APAC events.


 * APAC plans
 * Fedora 15 Release Events! - |Fedora 15 Release Events!
 * Media, Swag and other needs.
 * Does getting media or swag, cost tax for you?
 * Does getting media or swag, have no penalty for you?
 * Locally created media / swag as an option? ==> strongly suggests tell Harish and Kaio for planning
 * For locally created media / swag ==> strongly suggests inquiry on funding your initiatives
 * Talk about the media distribution. ==> helps Harish and Kaio with Fedora 15 planning
 * Fedora 14
 * Fedora 15
 * Reimbursements Blank Media as well as Fedora13/14/15 Release Party dinners??? ==> dramsey
 * XOs delivered tuanta and the not so famous battery? ==> tuanta


 * Red Hat Exams for Ambassadors
 * Developing our fellow Ambassadors not just APAC but all regions with Red Hat Exams/Training. ==> dramsey need support from FAmSCo


 * Ambassador Wear ==> bckurera
 * In Shipping Stage


 *  Fedora APAC Magazine ==> bckurera
 * Name Suggestions - Name will be fixed in the meeting
 * Fedora APAC Magazine
 * Tutorial Fedora
 * Voice of APAC


 * APAC Committee - Plan 2011/12 ==> bckurera
 * We have Ambassadors from following countries Japan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Bangladesh. We miss some countries but they are hard to find in meetings also. So lets start from this nice team.


 * FUDcon APAC Committee
 * Draft for FUDCon APAC from Malaysian Ambassadors
 * New initiative [working committe FUDCon] bckurera
 * FUDcon APAC ==> bckurera with lots of help from everyone!!!
 * #fedora-fudcon IRC channel participation in order to get support for your FUDcon ==> dramsey strongly suggests


 * Online event for Fedora 15 in China. Need help for Media Distribution and Fedora swag ==> Haowei.Lee
 * Posted URL to list?


 * LCA 2012
 * And so it begins. ==> Luke Martinez
 * Budget
 * Interest in attendance?
 * Sponsorship?


 * APAC Library
 * Better idea than APAC Box? ==> Luke Martinez
 * APACK Box ==> Luke Martinez


 * Classrooms for APAC
 * Experienced/knowledgeable folks can take small classroom sessions to help other ambassadors. Discuss this? ==> FranciscoD


 * Open Floor
 * Brainstorming
 * Any Ideas that you have in your mind?

Transcript
* Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-05-18/meeting:apac_ambassadors_2011-05-18.2011-05-18-10.05.log.html * Log (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-05-18/meeting:apac_ambassadors_2011-05-18.2011-05-18-10.05.log.txt

Summary
* Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-05-18/meeting:apac_ambassadors_2011-05-18.2011-05-18-10.05.html * Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-05-18/meeting:apac_ambassadors_2011-05-18.2011-05-18-10.05.txt

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