Revisiting FADNA (was: Re: [Ambassadors] FAmNA Meeting Summary from 2008-12-17)
by Larry Cafiero
An observation while cursing the bad timing of my final exams (and not being
able to address this issue last night):
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:57 PM, inode0 <inode0(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> * FADNA
>
> - Larry Cafiero sent mail to f-a-l indicating willingness to take
> ownership of hosting FADNA at SCaLE in February.
>
> - Discussion about several possible alternate sites and timing.
>
> - Agreed to let Larry run with this, need to discuss it in more
> detail during the coming week and sign off officially at next
> week's meeting if all goes well.
>
> - Not likely to be very much in our Q4 budget for this so we need
> to try to proceed prudently.
>
> * Q4 Budget [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Budget]
Until last night, I don't believe Linuxfest Northwest in April was brought
up as an option for FADNA. Until now, my impression, wrongly it appears, was
that we were locked into either SCaLE or SELF, the latter of which was
deemed to be too close to FUDcon.
If LFNW is an option, we should look at it closely, not only because of the
time factor involved -- both in organizational terms as well as financial
terms (this falls in Q1, right?) -- but also in the fact that this is an
historical year for LFNW, it's 10th anniversary.
I'll retain ownership of this, needless to say, but I think it might be best
to take a closer look at LFNW rather than rush to make SCaLE. I'll do the
legwork on both and report back during the course of the week and have
something for Tuesday's meeting. But those are my thoughts after reading the
minutes and, naturally, I welcome input on the issue. Lots.
Larry Cafiero
14 years, 6 months
SCaLE 7x Booth Preparations
by Clint Savage
Marketers and Ambassadors,
I've taken on the responsibility (along with Larry Cafiero) of manning
and supporting the fedora booth at SCALE7x this year.
For those of you who have not been or heard of SCaLE, it's the
Southern California Linux Exposition and it's held at the Westin near
the LAX airport every year. Last year's booth[1] was awesome. It was
my first real induction helping at events sponsored by Fedora.
SCaLE is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 20-22, 2009, and while
that seems a long while off, two months go by quickly. If you can
commit to taking the time, we'd love to have you help out at the
booth. I believe the admission price is 50% off (normal price is $60)
for those who help at the booth, and possibly for every Fedora
contributor (more info to come on this later).
This year looks to be an even greater year for Fedora, with a big
movement of Ambassadors in North America, SCaLE promises to be a big
success for us again. The booth this year is again looking for
volunteers and we need to fill the three days from 9am to 5pm, so if
you are interested in helping, let us know by signing up at the
SCALE7x wiki page[2].
In addition, I'd like to see some new banners to put into the Fedora
EventBox[3] and some posters for the four f's (this is indeed our new
mantra) as well. I know this art is already created, we just need to
get it in place. Thus, I suggest we update the EventBox(en) out there
with these materials ASAP. I've seen discussion of this in IRC and
mailing lists. If you know anything about this, please respond here
with that information as well.
I look forward to a very successful year of Fedora Events, starting
with SCaLE 7x.
Cheers,
Clint
1 - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/SCALE/SCALE6X
2 - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCALE7X_Event
3 - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/EventBox/NA/West
14 years, 8 months
Fedora Brazil Magazine #4 released
by Henrique Junior
To end 2008 with a cherry on top, the Fedora Project is glad to announce the
release of the 4th issue of Fedora Brazil Magazine. This issue brings a
editorial written by Augusto Campos, who draws a retrospective review of
Fedora's 5 years and he presents a picture of how it changed the Linux
Distributions ecosystem after Fedora's first release announcement.
Furthermore, the magazine displays a special approach to the brand new
Fedora 10, presenting it in a clearly and simply way all new features and
changes of this new release. Enjoy yourself and take part of Fedora Brazil
Magazine's promotion and compete for a copy of the book "*Java –
Fundamentos, prática & certificação*", by Adilson Bonanovisk.
Shell script classes continues. There is also a stroll through SELinux
mysteries, headshots in Urban Terror game and an unfailing walkthrough to
build your own Fedora up. And there's a lot more, 66 pages where variety
won't be a problem.
Happy new year and do not forget to download the magazine in the link below:
http://www.projetofedora.org/revista/RevistaFedoraBrasil004.pdf
P.S.: Scribus source in the beginning of January.
--
Henrique "LonelySpooky" Junior
http://www.lonelyspooky.com
-------------------------------------------------------------
"In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?!"
14 years, 8 months
Fedora 10 How To
by Diego Escobar
Hi all:
Now, it's avaible a little "how to" for Fedora 10 named "Aprende Fedora 10"
(Learning Fedora 10). This guide is designed for new Linux and Fedora user's
and its part of spread Fedora on Latam and spanish speakers people (its in
Spanish ;) ). Installation, productivity, instant messaging until
customization are convered on easy way.
If you consider useful you can download it:
http://suservidorwp.googlepages.com/AprendeFedora10.pdf
Official Announce:
http://proyectofedora.org/colombia/manuales/%C2%A1aprende-fedora-10/
Suggestions are welcome.
Regards!
--
Diego Escobar
Fedora Ambassador for Colombia
Fedora Release 9 (Sulphur): Linux Kernel 2.6.25 + Gnome 2.22
14 years, 8 months
Sorry
by Jose Manimala
Hi everyone,
I am really sorry about the accidental forward. I
apologize for my mistake sorry again. The website imported my entire address
book and I didnt know that every email address I ever used was included in
it.
regards
--
Jose M Manimala
Ph: +919790824111
http://www.jmmblog.in.eu.org
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14 years, 8 months
Sorry
by Jose Manimala
Hi everyone,
I am really sorry about the accidental forward. I
apologize for my mistake sorry again. The website imported my entire address
book and I didnt know that every email address I ever used was included in
it.
regards
--
Jose M Manimala
Ph: +919790824111
http://www.jmmblog.in.eu.org
GPGkeyID: F5DD9656
14 years, 8 months
Applologies
by Jose Manimala
Hello everyone,
I am really sorry about that forward. The website
imported my entire addressbook. It will not happen again. I deeply regret my
mistake. Sorry again
regards
--
Jose M Manimala
Ph: +919790824111
http://www.jmmblog.in.eu.org
GPGkeyID: F5DD9656
14 years, 8 months
The Ambassadors/Join page is incorrect
by Clint Savage
Hi all,
I was just reading the Ambassadors/Join page at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Join, which I believe is
the recommended way to get Ambassadors to join the Fedora Project.
Problem is, it's wrong, plain wrong. Per the messages a month or two
back from Francesco Ugolini and Joerg Simon, new ambassadors have a
very different process than what I was told.
The problem with this is that we ambassadors are the first point of
contact with many who are wishing to be contributors to Fedora. I am
interested in mentoring these folks into the project and want to show
them a model for joining and getting involved. Each group should have
a good join page in my opinion and our should be the example.
I wonder if there is somewhere documented the new process besides the
mailing list? And if not, should we take the time to improve the Join
page? I think we should, but wanted to open the discussion to all
Ambassadors to see others opinions.
I look forward to hearing responses and suggestions over the next few days.
Cheers,
Clint
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Join
14 years, 9 months