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Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero
Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero


=== Fedora stars in Trenton ===
=== Feliz Cumpleaños, Fedora Venezuela ===


Kam Salisbury reports that the Trenton Computer Festival (TCF) held in New Jersey USA was a moderate sucess from the Fedora Ambassador activity perspective.
Maria Leandro reports that last Friday that Fedora users and developers in Caracas, Venezuela, had a birthday party for the Fedora Venezuelan Community. About 25 members showed up at the party and they talked about future projects for Venezuela and
LATAM.


Held every April, TCF brings together electronics enthusiasts of all types. On April 25-26, TCF allowed Fedora to be represented with the Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- PLUG http://phillylinux.org -- and the New Jersey Linux Users Group -- NJLUG http://www.njlug.org. Well over 100 people stopped by the exposition tabels to inquire about Fedora or Linux in general.
They also celebrated with a cake topped with the Fedora logo.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatadbb/sets/72157615817707690/
Maria posted a report (in Spanish) at http://tatica.org/2009/05/17/aniversario-fedora-venezuela-2009/ and photos of the event, including a great Fedora cake, can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatadbb/sets/72157618330243172/


=== Fedora at FOSS-nigma workshop ===
=== Fedora Activity Day in India ===


Anirudh Singh Shekhawat reports on FOSS-nigma, the first-ever Linux Users Group Jaipur workshop, which was held at Kautilya Institute of Technology in India on April 26. Among the activities at FOSS-nigma were a FOSS talk session and a Fedora installfest, specifically:
Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury reports on the Fedora Activity Day organized by the Durgapur Linux Users' Group (DGPLUG) at Dr. B.C Roy Engineering College in Durgapur, India. Though this event was postponed by more than a month, it finally was held on May 14 -- "Better late than never," in Rangeen's words.


* Introduction to FOSS by Varad Gupta,  the first RHCSS in India, an active contributor to the community who also runs a linux training academy in Delhi called Fostering Linux.
A report can be found at http://sherry151.blogspot.com/2009/05/fedora-activity-day-at-bc-roy.html and photos of the event can be found here:


* Fedora Project by Anirudh Singh Shekhawat, Fedora ambassador and third-year student. Anirudh talked about installation and ease of use on desktops. Anirudh also touched on people getting involved in the community and help them give ways to contribute back to the community.
Also, more information about the event can be found on the DGPLUG FAD wiki at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DGPLUG_FAD_2009
 
On the Fedora Install fest, 100 Fedora CDs and DVDs were made available and a demonstration using a projector was performed, showing the ease of installation of Fedora 10. Thanks go out to Mr. Rahul Sundaram and to Mr. Susmit who graciously sent us the media.


=== Fedora 11 release events ===
=== Fedora 11 release events ===

Revision as of 06:03, 18 May 2009

Ambassadors

In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors

Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero

Feliz Cumpleaños, Fedora Venezuela

Maria Leandro reports that last Friday that Fedora users and developers in Caracas, Venezuela, had a birthday party for the Fedora Venezuelan Community. About 25 members showed up at the party and they talked about future projects for Venezuela and LATAM.

They also celebrated with a cake topped with the Fedora logo.

Maria posted a report (in Spanish) at http://tatica.org/2009/05/17/aniversario-fedora-venezuela-2009/ and photos of the event, including a great Fedora cake, can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatadbb/sets/72157618330243172/

Fedora Activity Day in India

Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury reports on the Fedora Activity Day organized by the Durgapur Linux Users' Group (DGPLUG) at Dr. B.C Roy Engineering College in Durgapur, India. Though this event was postponed by more than a month, it finally was held on May 14 -- "Better late than never," in Rangeen's words.

A report can be found at http://sherry151.blogspot.com/2009/05/fedora-activity-day-at-bc-roy.html and photos of the event can be found here:

Also, more information about the event can be found on the DGPLUG FAD wiki at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DGPLUG_FAD_2009

Fedora 11 release events

With the upcoming release of Fedora 11, posting your event on Fedora Weekly News can help get the word out. Contact FWN Ambassador correspondent Larry Cafiero at lcafiero-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org with announcements of upcoming events (and don't forget to e-mail reports after the events as well).


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