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Ambassadors

This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].

Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

Welcome New Ambassadors

The Fedora Ambassadors Project saw a couple of new Ambassadors joining in after undergoing to mentoring process.

Jason Wickard joined the Ambassador Project [1] from the USA, mentored by Ben Williams

José Eduardo Rodríguez Esquivel joined the Ambassador Project [2] from Costa Rica mentored by Neville A. Cross

Joshua Livesay joined the Ambassador Project [3] from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero

Robert Beatty joined the Ambassador Project [4] from the USA mentored by Larry Cafiero

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Daniel VanStone posted to the list [1] about looking for a mentor. Joerg Simon responded [2] pointing out the steps that needed to be undertaken while selecting a mentor.

Joerg Simon posted [3] a Call for Papers for the 2011 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Technology hoping to catch the eye of Ambassadors from Egypt. Ahmed M Araby looked into the CfP and wondered [4] about the steps to ensure a presence. The participation fees were unusually high [5] as pointed out by Joerg Simon

Marcus Moeller informed [6] that this year FUDCon EMEA will be hosted by FrOSCamp and solicited feedback about a Fedora booth. Gerold concurred [7] pointing out that being at employed at ETH Zuerich makes Marcus the best choice of being an event owner. Marcus pointed out [8] that being responsible for FUDCon and FrOSCamp makes it difficult for him to be at a both.

John Poelstra posted a list of upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks [9] which included call from FAmSCo and regional teams for preparation of Media/Swag, Ambassador wide meetings preparing for Fedora 14, regional team meetings and select POC for Swag/Media production and submission of funding request for Swag/Media production

Ahmed El Gamil posted more [10] about an idea from http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015398.htmlAhmed M Araby around a website in Arabic for Fedora Users. A bit later in the thread Ahmed M Araby pointed out that [11] approval for arabic.fedoracommunity.org is still pending.

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

This week we take a break from reporting on FAmSCo meetings and instead, post a summary of the traffic on the mailing list.

Andrew Overholt posted to the FAmSCo list [1] pointing out that he does not have the time to be an official Fedora Ambassador but expressed hope that he would have the time to re-join the group in the future