(10:00:27) lxmaier: the meting shall come to order
(10:00:44) tchung [n=tchung@fedora/tchung] entered the room.
(10:00:45) lxmaier: a roll call please
(10:00:51) puneet_batura: PuneetBatura
(10:00:52) Ekushey: RussellJohn
(10:00:53) lxmaier: AlexMaier
(10:00:55) tchung: ThomasChung
(10:01:00) ke4qqq: DavidNalley
(10:01:05) gomix: GuillermoGomez
(10:01:14) bpepple: BrianPepple
(10:01:28) lxmaier: is that all?
(10:01:50) ***tchung guess so.
(10:01:53) lxmaier: wow, not many folks made it to the meeting today...
(10:02:01) lxmaier: okay, let's proceed
(10:02:05) lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/Schedule
(10:02:13) ***puneet_batura is attending after a long time
(10:02:26) lxmaier: first item: Famsco Update
(10:02:42) lxmaier: famsco met this tuesday
(10:03:01) lxmaier: summary is posted on
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings
(10:03:11) lxmaier: highlights
(10:04:14) lxmaier: BobJensen will spearhead the creation of the
fedora chroniclers group
(10:04:31) sankarshan left the room (quit: "/me goes off to take a break").
(10:04:52) lxmaier: to make sure we have a group of people responsible
for summarizing our activities
(10:05:37) lxmaier: RahulSundaram is in charge of creation of a set of
policies for famsco elections and terms
(10:05:58) lxmaier: this is not urgent, but very important
(10:06:17) lxmaier: we will hopefully have a set of rules by September
(10:06:30) lxmaier: EOF
(10:06:51) lxmaier: next item: Project Reports
(10:07:01) Sonar_Gal [n=aglaser@ip70-174-58-25.hr.hr.cox.net] entered the room.
(10:07:08) lxmaier: we have   -  FreeMedia : ThomasChung
(10:07:08) lxmaier:  - VideoContest : AlexMaier
(10:07:08) lxmaier: -  Presentations : RahulSundaram
(10:07:08) lxmaier: - Kadischi report : ChitleshGoorah
(10:07:16) jatorresh [n=jatorres@xue.unalmed.edu.co] entered the room.
(10:07:30) jatorresh is now known as jorge__
(10:07:39) lxmaier: guys, if you wish to talk about your project, add
yourselves to the agenda
(10:07:47) jorge__ left the room (quit: Client Quit).
(10:07:57) lxmaier: so here we go, tchung, please report on your project
(10:08:11) tchung: alright.
(10:08:18) tchung: for the month of June...
(10:08:33) tchung: we received 78 free media requests so far and..
(10:08:55) tchung: we fulfilled 46 as of today.
(10:09:28) tchung: BTW, beginning this month, we will accept only 100
free media requests per month.
(10:09:31) tchung: EOF
(10:09:58) lxmaier: okay
(10:10:04) lxmaier: let's move on
(10:10:14) pulse0ne left the room (quit: "Leaving the matrix!").
(10:10:15) lxmaier: VideoContest
(10:10:49) lxmaier: we have the pages in QA and will hopefully be able
to launch the contest by June 15 or so
(10:11:11) lxmaier: we have all prizes ready, and the main prize as well.
(10:11:25) puneet_batura: !
(10:11:31) lxmaier: we'll launch as soon as we have finished the pages.
(10:11:36) lxmaier: > puneet_batura
(10:11:45) puneet_batura: any link to it?
(10:11:56) gomix: !
(10:11:58) lxmaier: no, not yet
(10:12:08) puneet_batura: EOF
(10:12:16) lxmaier: we can't publicize it before it's finished
(10:12:19) Southern_Gentlem [n=notfred@noname.math.vt.edu] entered the room.
(10:12:38) lxmaier: most of the content is to be found on
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/VideoContest
(10:12:47) lxmaier: > gomix
(10:12:49) gomix: transaltions are worthy for those projects at the
wiki? (how) eof
(10:13:36) lxmaier: gomix: please explain, your question is ambiguous
(10:13:53) gomix: don know the details of this particular project yet
(10:14:06) gomix: and would like to know if translating is in order
(10:14:15) gomix: at the wiki (newbie)
(10:14:17) gomix: eof
(10:14:33) puneet_batura: gomix:BobJensen is the person to contact
(10:14:45) lxmaier: everything on the wiki can be translated--as long
as you think it is worth the while
(10:14:59) gomix: !
(10:15:09) lxmaier: however, this is 100% unrelated to my VideoProject report
(10:15:29) lxmaier: please save further comments for the Misc. session
after we are done with the agenda
(10:15:43) gomix: k
(10:15:49) lxmaier: tchung: do you have anything to add to VideoContest
(10:16:04) tchung: not much.
(10:16:22) tchung: BTW, the video contest page is still in "DRAFT" mode
(10:16:42) tchung: so it's not recommend to translate it yet.
(10:16:42) tchung: eof
(10:17:07) lxmaier: okay then
(10:17:13) lxmaier: let's move on
(10:17:53) ***puneet_batura has an announcement to make
(10:18:05) lxmaier: puneet_batura: please wait
(10:18:11) lxmaier: we have an agenda
(10:18:16) CyberSpy: !
(10:18:42) lxmaier: i you wish to make announcements, add yourself
with your announcement to the agenda
(10:18:47) lxmaier: you all have edit rights
(10:18:49) lxmaier: eof
(10:18:52) lxmaier: > CyberSpy
(10:18:54) CyberSpy: Please add me to attendance CyberSpy (LeeJoseph)
(10:18:56) CyberSpy: EOF
(10:19:00) lxmaier: thanks CyberSpy
(10:19:03) lxmaier: moving on
(10:19:08) puneet_batura: My paper got selected at a NASA conference :)
(10:19:12) puneet_batura: EOF
(10:19:52) lxmaier: puneet_batura: if you do not obey by the rules,
you can be facing some concequenses
(10:19:57) ***tchung think puneet_batura should wait until end of the meeting
(10:19:59) lxmaier: i am not joking
(10:20:25) lxmaier: tchung +1. this is exactly what puneet_batura should do
(10:20:42) lxmaier: final project report for today
(10:20:51) lxmaier: Kadischi Report
(10:21:03) lxmaier: ChitleshGoorah seems to be absent
(10:21:21) lxmaier: anyone here who knows about the progress of this project?
(10:21:50) tchung: !
(10:21:53) lxmaier: > tchung
(10:22:19) tchung: He hasn't attended the meeting for a while. I'm
wondering he's still working on Kadischi project.
(10:22:30) tchung: Perhaps I should contact him aftet the meeting.
(10:22:31) tchung: eof
(10:22:54) lxmaier: yepp, please do that tchung. thanks, let's move on
to the events then.
(10:23:06) lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
(10:23:21) lxmaier: June 9-10, 2006    CarolinaCon     Raleigh NC -
See FedoraEvents/CarolinaCon    LeeJoseph     See
FedoraEvents/CarolinaCon
ChanServ CyberSpy
(10:23:24) Ekushey- [n=Ekushey@203.112.199.226] entered the room.
(10:23:26) CyberSpy: !
(10:23:28) lxmaier: > CyberSpy
(10:23:44) Ekushey-: !
(10:23:56) CyberSpy: CarolinaCon begin tomorrow evening, I have FC5
is's and a presentation prepared, everything is ready, I have no shwag
however
(10:23:58) Ekushey left the room (quit: Nick collision from services.).
(10:23:58) CyberSpy: eof
(10:24:04) Ekushey- is now known as Ekushey
(10:24:26) CyberSpy: iso's*
(10:24:28) CyberSpy: eof
(10:24:46) lxmaier: thanks
(10:24:53) lxmaier: this is great
(10:25:20) lxmaier: did you get to talk with greg about schwag CyberSpy?
(10:25:46) CyberSpy: lxmaier: I sent an email and have recieved no
response as of yet.
(10:26:19) CyberSpy: lxmaier: I will follow up after this meeting
(10:26:29) lxmaier: CyberSpy: i will ping mspevack and gregdek as well
(10:26:37) CyberSpy: lxmaier: thank you
(10:26:42) lxmaier: okay then, let's move on to the next event
(10:26:48) lxmaier: June 15, 2006    Migrating to Linux: Introduction
to Open Source Tools     Workshop at  North South Univeristy, Dhaka,
Bangladesh     RussellJohn     See FedoraEvents/NSUWorkshop for more
information
(10:26:57) lxmaier: > Ekushey
(10:27:15) Ekushey: it's a workshop, intended for the students of nsu
(10:27:32) Ekushey: we're hoping 150+ students will participate
(10:27:50) Ekushey: it'll be a day long event
(10:28:35) lxmaier: Ekushey: EOF?
(10:28:58) Ekushey: i'll add more information on the wiki page, soon
(10:28:58) Ekushey: EOF
(10:29:22) lxmaier: cool, thanks
(10:29:24) lxmaier: next event
(10:29:33) lxmaier: June 17-20    NELS   Bethel, Maine   WarrenTogami
 Focus on Fedora Education, k12ltsp
(10:29:46) lxmaier: warren is not here
(10:30:13) lxmaier: anybody know anything about this project?
(10:30:19) tchung: !
(10:30:23) lxmaier: > tchung
(10:30:43) tchung: I believe Max's been working with him.
(10:30:59) tchung: I see the event in Budget table.
(10:31:10) tchung: eof
(10:31:53) lxmaier: thanks
(10:32:03) lxmaier: let's move ont
(10:32:13) lxmaier: June 23-30, 2006   Fedora, Friends and Fun
Virginia Beach, VA USA - Working to be a family friendly vacation for
Fedora users and contributors with Fedora related Events   BobJensen
BobJensen-Away Bob-Laptop
(10:32:24) lxmaier: BobJensen-Away: is away...
(10:32:29) puneet_batura: !
(10:32:30) Southern_Gentlem: !
(10:32:32) lxmaier: anyone know anything?
(10:32:36) puneet_batura: yes
(10:32:42) lxmaier: > puneet_batura
(10:32:52) puneet_batura: http://www.math.vt.edu/people/jbwillia/FFF3.html
(10:33:16) puneet_batura: thats the little info about the event
(10:33:26) puneet_batura: Southern will have more update on that
(10:33:42) lxmaier: puneet_batura: EOF?
(10:33:47) puneet_batura: EOF
(10:33:50) lxmaier: > Southern_Gentlem
(10:34:01) Southern_Gentlem: we will be doing some presentations at
the event but mainly it is a way for member and families to get to
know eachother
(10:34:06) Southern_Gentlem: eof
(10:34:09) tchung: !
(10:34:19) lxmaier: > tchung
(10:34:23) tchung: I received an email from him. It says...
(10:34:31) tchung: "I may not make it to the Ambassadors meeting, my
father is having eye
(10:34:31) tchung: surgery to correct his eyes crossing in his old (80
in August) age."
(10:34:32) tchung: eof
(10:35:07) lxmaier: well then, let's move on
(10:35:17) lxmaier: July 22-23, 2006    LUGRadio Live! 2006
Wolverhampton, UK   JonFautley   Up-and-coming UK OpenSource event, by
geeks, for geeks. Red Hat attended last year, and it was a great
success, but much more suited to Fedora than the "Corporate Red Hat".
Shouldn't be a problem to get stand space.
(10:35:33) lxmaier: anyone here to speak about this event?
(10:35:44) lxmaier: 3
(10:35:46) lxmaier: 2
(10:35:48) lxmaier: 1
(10:35:54) lxmaier: July 24-28, 2006    OSCON 2006   Portland, OR,
USA. The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is where coders, sysadmins,
entrepreneurs, and business people working in free and open source
software gather to share ideas, discover code, and find solutions.
RichardTuttle
(10:36:24) lxmaier: richard is not here
(10:36:26) tchung: !
(10:36:30) lxmaier: anyone for updates?
(10:36:36) lxmaier: > tchung
(10:36:38) tchung: According to Bob's email...
(10:36:44) tchung: "I
(10:36:45) tchung: talked to Jack about OSCON and I know he has talked
to Max. He said he
(10:36:45) tchung: would be at the meeting tomorrow/today to give an update."
(10:36:46) tchung: eof
(10:37:12) lxmaier: well, greendesease is not here either
(10:37:19) lxmaier: which is quite helpful
(10:37:23) lxmaier: moving on
(10:37:50) lxmaier: Aug, 14-17, 2006   LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006
San Francisco, CA, USA -  LinuxWorld USA
(10:37:50) lxmaier:  Aug 18, 2006     FUDCon San Francsico 2006
San Francisco, CA, USA,  The Friday right after LinuxWorld
(10:38:04) lxmaier: do we yet have an owner for this event?
(10:38:11) tchung: !
(10:38:17) lxmaier: there is no owner on the list
(10:38:22) lxmaier: > tchung
(10:38:43) tchung: I sent out an email way back but nobody replied.
(10:39:07) tchung: I guess it's time to discuss LinuxWorld/FUDCon in
San Francisco.
(10:39:25) tchung: Let's ping Jack again.
(10:39:25) tchung: eof
(10:39:42) lxmaier: thanks
(10:40:02) lxmaier: Aug 24-26, 2006     III Festival Software Livre da
Bahia     Lauro de Freitas, BA, Brazil     HugoCisneiros
(10:40:02) lxmaier: OthonBatista     See FedoraEvents/FSLBahia for
more information
(10:40:21) lxmaier: hugo and othon are both absent, right?
(10:40:28) lxmaier: anyone have any news?
(10:40:47) lxmaier: if not, let's move on to the final event for today
(10:40:55) lxmaier:  Sept, 23, 2006     Cincinnati LUG DemoFest
Cincinnati, OH, USA - More to Follow (First Annual - about 75
attendance)    PatrickMcKelvey     See  http://www.clug.org for more
information
(10:41:07) lxmaier: is patrick here?
(10:41:21) lxmaier: well, we're done with the events
(10:42:31) tchung: Are we taking questions now?
(10:42:35) lxmaier: and i am hearing that the fedora schwag is now
available on redhat.brandfuelstores.com
(10:43:01) lxmaier: this is from greg
(10:43:09) lxmaier: he's trying to log in right now
(10:43:18) tchung: WOW..
(10:43:19) gregdek_gone [n=gdk@nat-pool-rdu.redhat.com] entered the room.
(10:43:20) tchung: I see it at
(10:43:42) tchung:
http://redhat.brandfuelstores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37_50
(10:43:51) gregdek_gone: We've also got stickers and DVD packs coming
to the external store, but apparently I need to complain more about
that.
(10:43:57) ***gregdek_gone writes an email now.
(10:44:00) gregdek_gone is now known as gregdek
(10:44:04) lxmaier: this is the final agenda item for today before we
open the floor to miscellaneous
(10:44:52) lxmaier: so yeah, we're making slow progress
greendisease gregdek
(10:45:17) lxmaier: gregdek: any chance you have a few item to spare
for CyberSpy?
(10:45:35) lxmaier: his event is tomorrow, and he had no chance to order
(10:46:04) tchung: The event is located in Raleigh NC
(10:46:18) tchung: Perhaps he can pick them up in person? :)
(10:46:33) CyberSpy: I can do that if it's okay
(10:46:34) lxmaier: okay, CyberSpy, connect with gregdek offline,
maybe we got some stuff you can use
(10:46:41) CyberSpy: and will pay cash for what I pick up
(10:46:49) CyberSpy: Thank you Alex
(10:47:02) lxmaier: i have no idea though whether we have any schwag
there for you to pick up, so don
(10:47:08) lxmaier: 't get your hopes up
(10:47:24) lxmaier: okay, schwag item is closed for today
(10:47:24) CyberSpy: btw, with pre-reg, we are estimating about 300 people
(10:47:28) CyberSpy: so the word will be out
(10:47:36) lxmaier: let's move on to misc.
(10:47:48) lxmaier: puneet_batura: you wanted to make an announcement?
(10:48:08) tchung: ping puneet_batura
(10:48:15) puneet_batura: yes my techical paper got selected in a NASA
conference....eof
(10:48:31) tchung: do you have any wesite where we can read about?
(10:48:52) gregdek: puneet_batura: YOU DA MAN!!!!
(10:48:54) puneet_batura: http://klabs.org/mapld06/abstracts/144_batura_a.html
(10:49:05) lxmaier: congratulations puneet_batura!
(10:49:10) puneet_batura: thank you
(10:49:11) tchung: very nice, puneet_batura !
(10:49:22) gregdek: puneet_batura: Is this the same stuff I saw at
LinuxAsia that you'll be talking about?
(10:49:41) puneet_batura: gregdek,yes with improvements in it
(10:49:53) gregdek: Awesome, dude.  Awesome.
(10:49:55) lxmaier: i assume it mentions fedora  :)
(10:50:41) tchung: puneet_batura, Is this conference in Washington,
D.C. during September 26-28, 2006 ?
(10:50:46) puneet_batura: yes
(10:50:58) tchung: I see. I wish you good luck.
(10:51:54) puneet_batura: thank you all for your warm wishes
(10:51:55) lxmaier: okay then, any more questions/announcements?
(10:52:25) lxmaier: if not, let's adjourn
(10:52:38) lxmaier: i'll send the transcript to tchung
(10:52:46) tchung: Thank you lxmaier
(10:52:50) lxmaier: === meeting adjourned ===