ambassadors March 2007

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CLA in german
by Fabian Affolter 22 May '07

22 May '07

Hi, During the 1. FAD in december 2006 was a short discussion about the translation of the CLA. Here is the german version now. Don't worry it's not my work. A professional translater has done it for me. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Licenses/CLA/GermanCLA Please proofread it. Thanks regards, Fabian

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Fedora European Infrastructure - 2nd try
by Mirjam Wäckerlin 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hello, The thread about Fedora European Infrastructure (FEI) has been silent for quite a while – too long IMHO. It would be a pity if this idea went down, because we have the possibility to enhance the infrastructure in Europe now, and chances like this don't come along every day. By now, European Ambassadors are dependent from RedHat US when it comes to shipping dvds, merchandise, or having money for events etc. If the FEI idea succeeds, Europe could have its own budget (and more autonomy), and FEI will decide who will get the money. I've got the impression that there is no clear picture of what FEI would do and what it would be good for. Let give me some very simple „use cases" of what FEI could do. Someone wants to do a fedora booth on an important event. For costs like printing flyers, merchandise, travelling and hotel he can ask FEI who will decide if and how much money from the budget he will get. Some events are more important than others, and the budget may not be enough to cover all of them. FEI will create a public list with events who have to be covered (with the help of all European Ambassadors). Someone experiences problems while organising an event (this problems may be: finances, the application for the event or others) FEI is the point of contact. Non-local European events (like Fosdem or European FADs) where Ambassadors from all over Europe/the world will meet will be coordinated by FEI. French Ambassadors have made the decision to create a local entity. If Ambassadors from a country do so, they will have all the support from FEI (and from all other Ambassadors, too, of course). Creating a local entity though is a lot of work which is not Fedora specific, meaning the work is mostly bureaucratic and centering at legal tasks. This is - with FEI - not imperatively needed, because FEI will create the missing infrastructure and step in, especially where Europeans feel left behind. But if Ambassadors from a country are still convinced that they need a legal entity, they merit the support from all of us. The question if FEI should be a legal entity: personally, I wouldn't like it, because FEI is not there for doing bureaucratic tasks. But this point should be clarified by a lawyer, to be sure that there won't be any legal problems. Another proposition on this list was to wait till LinuxTag to discuss the subject over there. I think it's better to discuss and make the decision here, because this is an important subject where everybody should have the possibility to discuss about and get involved. Let's use Linuxtag as a place to officially launch FEI. Chitlesh and I think Gerold will be the perfect ambassador to cut the ribbon ;-) Now, I ask every Ambassador on this list: take five minutes and think about this idea, and how we can get it to work. Then reply here, or better: speed to the wikipage to edit it (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Drafts/Europe) And last but not least: if you are interested in becoming the FEI, raise your hand! Regards, Mirjam

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Feedback/survey Form template
by Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Is theres any template for feedback form available somewhere for ambassadors use? I believe there are types of contents that are useful for FedoraProject and those that are not. A random survey without goals I dont think it'll be useful. -- ----------------------------------------------- regards Hikaru ----------------------------------------------- Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail Amano Hikaru 天野晃「あまのひかる」 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS ICT 2nd Year 1st Semester mohd.izhar.firdaus(a)gmail.com ----------------------------------------------- kagesenshi.87(a)gmail.com Blog: http://kagesenshi.blogspot.com -----------------------------------------------

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Meeting 29 March 2007 and You
by Chitlesh GOORAH 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hello there, This is today's weekly meeting reminder. - 2007-03-29 14.00 UTC - #fedora-meeting on freenode http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2007-03-29 All ambassadors are recommended to attend, especially those who are preparing events listed on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents. I take the opportunity as well to remind ambassadors to post their reports here in the Fedora Ambassador Meeting after any of their events. The another role of fedora ambassadors is also to bring feedback from the ground. regards, Chitlesh -- http://clunixchit.blogspot.com

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Venezuela event report: InstallFest ISEIT
by Wilmer Jaramillo M. 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Our first event made the day 24 of March in the build of the 24 ISEIT, with the presence of Ambassadors GuillermoGomez, in addition with the support of the community Fedora Venezuela and myself, approximating 20 machines was installed with Fedora 6, the favorite selection was Ubuntu, some people after of proving Fedora LiveCD to choose install FC6, the support of the Fedora community of Venezuela was overwhelming, we had the aid of several volunteers who outstandingly made installed reaching a satisfactory 99%. Everybody delivery a number considerable of LiveCDs and DVDs install, we made shirts with the logo of Fedora, also used a videobean to show Fedora/AIGLX/Beryl. The day of today we received from the Amb. Rodrigo Padula a total of 80DVDs and POP for its distribution during next event to take place day 28 of April FLISOL. I leave with some photos of event: http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q96/tatadbb/Iseit-Fedora/?start=all -- Wilmer Jaramillo M. GPG Key Fingerprint = 0666 D0D3 24CE 8935 9C24 BBF1 87DD BEA2 A4B2 1E8A

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Fedora News Project is Looking for Writers
by Thomas Chung 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Currently Fedora News Project[1] is looking for two or more writers for up-coming-issue of Fedora Weekly News. Selected writers are expected to pick out the several major topics discussed in that week from following mailing lists and summarized them in a few paragraph.: * Development Section: fedora-devel-list, fedora-extras-list and fedora-maintainers-list * Documentation Section: fedora-docs-list * Events and Meetings: fedora-ambassadors-list and fedora-marketing-list These paragraphs will be edited by our editors and eventually published in our next issue of Fedora Weekly News. If you're interested in this project, please contact me as soon as possible. Regards, [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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Ambassador Official letter
by Hanafiah Muhamad 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Hi guys, 1st of all, Thank you for supporting Fedora :). I have face few problem (unconfident situation) about declaring myself as fedora ambassador (even stated in wiki (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CategoryAmbassadorsMalaysia) This happen when I turn seriously to promote fedora Linux to local university. I can only get into university which i have contact in it. Most of people required some identification (like letter of appointed) to clarify the person. Promoting Fedora to company or university is like selling a product. People that selling need to be clarify in oder to trust his product. (even no profit to the seller). Therefor i would like to suggest FESCO to write a letter of appointed to all ambassadors in oder to make promoting Fedora became professional task and fun. Best Regards; --- Mohd Hanafiah bin Muhamad Fedora Ambassadors for Malaysia http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HanafiahMuhamad

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Lug camp
by Fabian Affolter 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all For your information. Maybe interesting for all members of a LUG. LUG Camp Interlaken / Switzerland May, 17th till May, 20th 2007 http://2007.lug-camp.ch/ Regards, Fabian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGCZMT4jzS3TakOX8RAjvLAJ9F2PHrzA8RBf3s5E88GKZep/wv/wCdGVE2 c2GXjL5MMozIT6v89b0QQ2E= =7KZG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Event Report : Dakshh07
by susmit shannigrahi 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

The event Dakshh07 was better than our expectation... There were a lot of participation in the Fedora event.We managed to provide everyone with Fedora DVDs and Ubuntu Cds. We also provided each one with a jump start guide which contains few basic commands,name of basic applications,Structure and philosophy of GNU/Linux to get people started. Also as far as Participation is concerned it was just great to see people are getting really interested in Linux.I had to explain things for a long time after my seminar. I expect atleat a few of them will join the Fedora / Linux community. And one more thing ,this event was a organised on a complete Linux base. That is , each every competetion , Debugging , Presentation , Slide show , everything was on Linux.. That,I hope , will increase the awareness where Linux penetration is very low. Next year, probably I can do a whole day of Linux event there. And yes..A question.. * Can I upload my presentation made for this event ? How ? Whom should I send it for review ?* As because its on _Why and How to get involved into Fedora community_ , it may help somebody later. -- ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/SusmitShannigrahi

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No LinuxTag for me
by Tom Callaway 25 Mar '07

25 Mar '07

Sorry guys, but there is no way I can make it to LinuxTag this year. There is no more money in the Fedora budget for me to fly anywhere, and the airline where I have all of my mileage doesn't fly to Berlin (or anywhere nearby). Don't have the $$$ to pay it out of pocket. Max and Mike will be there, you don't need me anyways. :) ~spot

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