Meeting:APAC Ambassadors 2011-07-16

Meeting Time

• 2011-07-16 04:00 UTC Click here to convert to local time
• #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net
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Participants

This week's APAC Ambassadors Meeting will be lead by Dramsey, Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera, bckurera and Truong Anh Tuan, tuanta.

• 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

• Please follow IRC Meeting Protocol and guidelines
• Try using the MeetBot commands and more MeetBot commands

Agenda

• Ambassador Pinging - Your name, Where your located, etc.
  • For example ".fas asmartgoat My name is Luke, from Australia and I use Fedora 15 from a DVD."
  • For example ".fas dramsey My name is David, from Japan and I use Fedora 15 from a DVD and Fedora 16 from an .ISO."

• News from FAmSCo
  • We will skip this topic if there is no news from FAmSCo or a FAmSCo representative
  • Please place news here.

• Report current Status of upcoming events - Fedora Events
  1. FAD Sri Lanka 2011 ==> Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera, bckurera
  2. Request people to attend Remote_Mini_Wiki_Editing_FAD2_2011 ==> FranciscoD
  3. Major Lugs, LCA2012 ==> asmartgoat There is a separate topic below
  4. FADs!!! ==> dramsey has done a Tokyo one, how about you?
  5. Other future APAC events.

• APAC plans
  • Fedora 15 Release Events! - Fedora 15 Release Events!
  • Media, Swag and other needs.
    1. Does getting media or swag, cost tax for you?
    2. Does getting media or swag, have no penalty for you?
    3. Locally created media / swag as an option? ==> strongly suggests tell Harish and Kaio for planning
    4. For locally created media / swag ==> strongly suggests inquiry on funding your initiatives
    • Use that Fedora "This is free media" form during sending of media between countries to avoid the tax problem.
  • Talk about the media distribution. ==> helps Harish and Kaio with Fedora 15 planning
    1. Fedora 14
    2. Fedora 15
    3. Fedora 16
  • Reimbursements Blank Media as well as Fedora13/14/15 Release Party dinners??? ==> dramsey
    • We are good to go for Fedora 15 Release Party dinners!!! ==> dramsey says, "Just do it!"  :)
  • XOs delivered tuanta and the not so famous battery? ==> tuanta
    • How about a Paypal payment to Tuan to get this battery paid and the other battery to one of the other XO recipients as a spare?

• Fedora Thank You Letter
  • Did you get yours yet? ==> dramsey wants to know and says, "Help me, help you!" :D

• 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
  • Who is interested in getting certified? ==> dramsey strongly suggests doing so

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

• FUDcon APAC Committee
  1. [Draft for FUDCon APAC from Malaysian Ambassadors]
  2. #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
  1. And so it begins. ==> Luke Martinez
  2. Budget
  3. Interest in attendance?
  4. Sponsorship?

• APAC Library
  1. Better idea than APAC Box? ==> Luke Martinez
  2. APACK Box ==> Luke Martinez

• APAC special meeting - Wednesday
  1. May be earlier 10:00 UTC timeslot from the two surveys out of three surveys conducted will be a better time to do this.

• Open Floor
  1. Brainstorming
  2. Any Ideas that you have in your mind?

Transcript

Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-07-16/apac.2011-07-16-04.16.html

Summary

• Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-07-16/apac.2011-07-16-04.16.html
• Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-07-16/apac.2011-07-16-04.16.txt
• Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-07-16/apac.2011-07-16-04.16.log.html

Next Meeting

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