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=== Fedora at the Congress of Free Software in Caracas, Venezuela ===
=== Fedora 11 Release Events Contest winners announced ===


Maria Gracia Leandro reports that last month the Fedora Venezuela community participated in the 5th National Congress of Free Software (5CNSL - Congreso Nacional de Software Libre) in Caracas, Venezuela, with a variety of other users, LUGs and friends. This year in particular there were several conference attendees from outside Venezuela, including:
Francesco Ugolini recently announced the F11 Release Events Contest winners:


# Richard Stallman, USA
* Kevin Higgins with the Vancouver, Washington (USA), release event;
# Esteban Saavedra, Bolivia
* Neville A. Cross with the Managua, Nicaragua, release event and;
# Oscar Valenzuela, Chile
* Truong Anh Tuan with the Hanoi, Vietnam, release event.
# Daniel Yucra, Perú
# Andres Ricardo Castelblanco, Colombia
# Alexandre Oliva, Brasil
# Quiliro Ordóñez, Ecuador


At the conference, according to Maria, the Fedora Venezuela community was one of the best prepared and the one where people were more involved. The community had 2 banners, a large number of stickers, CDs and DVDs and of course the tattoos. Maria says people were fascinated.
Francesco outlined that for the Fedora 11 release, the Fedora Ambassador Steering Committee (FAmSCo) wants to give some of the Ambassadors who organized great release events an opportunity to attend a FUDCon or a FAD in their region, and to meet more of the community face to face.  


Maria wishes to thank the people that helped with participation in the event from the Fedora Venezuela Team!!!
The purpose of these events is to promote the new release of Fedora, to raise awareness among local communities, and to educate users and developers on the most important features of the release.


Photos are available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatadbb/sets/72157621604386922/
FAmSCo wants to thank all the participants for their amazing job, and asks them to remember that the committee will continue to encourage such actions.


Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjBCx1fRp8
If you are still planning a Fedora 11 event, please list it on the Release Party wiki [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Party here].
 
Review (in Spanish) : http://tatica.org/2009/07/20/5cnsl-caracas-esfuerzo-y-frutos/
 
Official site for the event: http://cnsl.org.ve/


=== Get on the map ===
=== Get on the map ===


Want to find the nearest ambassador? How about one in Romania? Now you can.
Want to find the nearest ambassador? How about one in Belarus? Now you can.


Susmit Shannigrahi reports that finding out the nearest ambassadors, which was once a tedious task, is now as simple as viewing a map. The map is at https://fedoraproject.org/membership-map and instructions on how to place yourself on the map can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ambassadors_map
Susmit Shannigrahi reports that finding out the nearest ambassadors, which was once a tedious task, is now as simple as viewing a map. The map is at [https://fedoraproject.org/membership-map here] and instructions on how to place yourself on the map can be found at [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ambassadors_map here].


=== Get the word out about your F11 event ===
=== Get the word out about your F11 event ===

Revision as of 08:22, 17 August 2009

Ambassadors

In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].

Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero

Fedora 11 Release Events Contest winners announced

Francesco Ugolini recently announced the F11 Release Events Contest winners:

  • Kevin Higgins with the Vancouver, Washington (USA), release event;
  • Neville A. Cross with the Managua, Nicaragua, release event and;
  • Truong Anh Tuan with the Hanoi, Vietnam, release event.

Francesco outlined that for the Fedora 11 release, the Fedora Ambassador Steering Committee (FAmSCo) wants to give some of the Ambassadors who organized great release events an opportunity to attend a FUDCon or a FAD in their region, and to meet more of the community face to face.

The purpose of these events is to promote the new release of Fedora, to raise awareness among local communities, and to educate users and developers on the most important features of the release.

FAmSCo wants to thank all the participants for their amazing job, and asks them to remember that the committee will continue to encourage such actions.

If you are still planning a Fedora 11 event, please list it on the Release Party wiki here.

Get on the map

Want to find the nearest ambassador? How about one in Belarus? Now you can.

Susmit Shannigrahi reports that finding out the nearest ambassadors, which was once a tedious task, is now as simple as viewing a map. The map is at here and instructions on how to place yourself on the map can be found at here.

Get the word out about your F11 event

Fedora 11 was released recently and with it a variety of activities around the release will be forthcoming. As such, with the upcoming release of Fedora 11, this is a reminder that 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.