> Might be some people just ignoring the fedora list, but attending is
> required but it is not implies that Ambassadors are sleeping.
I Never said that. But the fact is communication is pretty less among us.
> As I know there are good community members from your country (India).
> Specially Rahul Sundharam [1] giving good a contribution.
> Hope you met him at FOSS.IN 2007 :)
> and the Punjabi Community too. Amanpreet Singh [2] and Jassy Phulewala [3].
> both of them working for spreding FC on Grate Panjab part from their usual
> Fedora contribution.
No denying in that. They are doing a great job. Many thanks to them.
But we need to talk and exchange ideas. Otherwise what could benefit a
large number of people benefits only a few.
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<susmit> APAC ambassadors meeting is now on.
<susmit> Your wiki names please
<born2linux> hi everyone, sorry I'm late
<susmit> SusmitShannigrahi
<magie> MagieAntonio
<aacosta_MX> AlejandroAcosta
<jbenedict> JasonBenedict
<born2linux> EngelsAntonio
<susmit> No one else?
<jaswinder> I am new, my name is Jaswinder
<susmit> Your wiki name please?
<jaswinder> don't have yet
<susmit> ok..
<susmit> no one else from India?
<susmit> ok..lets start
<susmit> the agenda is here
<susmit> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-06-08
<susmit> jaswinder, where you are from?
<jaswinder> Delhi, India
<susmit> Can you please list yourself as a local point of contact?
<susmit> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/India/LocalContacts
<jaswinder> curreently I do not have wiki ID
<susmit> ok..you will soon have one anyway. Please consider listing
yourself if you can.
<susmit> We don't have anyone in that region
<jaswinder> Ok but what I have to do :)
<susmit> please refer to the page..you need to burn the DVD/CDs
provided by the requester
<susmit> you need not spend any money
<jaswinder> but currently I do not have F9
<susmit> hmm...I shall arrange that...mail me offlist. Ok?
<jaswinder> ok
<susmit> jbenedict, can you please update about singapore?
<jbenedict> Fedora in Singapore?
<susmit> yes :)
<susmit> and availability of CD/DVD
<jbenedict> Most people on is using it in Data-center beside RHEL/CentOS...
<jbenedict> Most will download via Fedora Mirror ie:- NUS
<jbenedict> Singapore had very good Broadband eof
<susmit> agreed..so you mean starting freemedia program may not be required
<jbenedict> yes, only a few of my peer asked from me. But will be good
to have Fedora as Desktop, like what i had been using for yrs now
<susmit> How about Philippines?
<susmit> magie?
<magie> Fedora is roughly #2 on desktops and servers
<susmit> availability and events?
<magie> as in Singapore, most download it via Fedora mirrors
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<magie> Fedora 9 was showcased last May 2 during the 1st Geek Camp
<techbugs> hi all siddharth here... my net broke down.. :)
<susmit> hi, welcome
<jbenedict> !
<techbugs> so what did i missed
<magie> We are planning another big push this September during
Software Freedom Day
<susmit> during september, there is no event
<magie> I invited all Philippines Ambassadors to a meeting tomorrow EOF
<susmit> so you may ask for fund from Fasco
<magie> that would be a big help, thanks
<magie> will bring it up in tomorrow's meeting
<susmit> refer to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
<susmit> and list yours here
<magie> got it, thanks
<susmit> jbenedict
<jbenedict> currently have no idea, but was thinking to do freemedia
in form of usb-thumb
<susmit> techbugs, sent pm what you missed.
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<susmit> jbenedict, what idea are you talking about?
<techbugs> yap got it thanks
<susmit> freemedia in usb-thumb is highly possible
<jbenedict> freemedia program for Singapore. Instead of DVD/CD, i am
think of doing it in usb-thumb drive as fedora live bootable.
Currently most Singaporean going for Mac away from Vista...
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<jbenedict> and linux is one of their choice as Desktop too.
<susmit> please google with "fedora 9 on usb how to"
<susmit> a lot of articles are there
<susmit> :)
<jbenedict> maybe in this way can attract them to fedora. I know how
to do flash FC into usbthumb. thanks.
<susmit> ah, nice..thanks
<susmit> anyone from countries other that India, singapore, phillipines?
<susmit> if yes, please update us.
<jbenedict> so how i can start in promoting freemedia program for
Singapore? list it in
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/Singapore
<jbenedict> eof
<susmit> jbenedict, please contact ThomasChung in this regard. he will help you.
<jbenedict> okay eof
<susmit> techbugs, want to talk about donations?
<techbugs> yap..
<susmit> go on please
<techbugs> i was in contact with Buzzworks http://www.buzzworks.co.in/
... they have agreed to support FreeMedia ..
<techbugs> 10 dvds a month
<susmit> but how do we accept that?
<techbugs> for now...we ll be providing them with addresses and media
tipe and they will ship.. this is the weasist i could come up
<techbugs> type*
<techbugs> *easist
<techbugs> **
<techbugs> and then there was a cash help offer 1K from the other person
<techbugs> I think we can use that to coverup the backlog...
<susmit> Yes, me too got a few offers, but...
<susmit> let us take this to the mailing list
<techbugs> k sure
<techbugs> as you can see the FreeMedia India page
<techbugs> we are doing quiet good with local contacts
<techbugs> initiative
<techbugs> eof for now
<susmit> redhat india talked about this, but no representative from them
<susmit> anyone have anything more to say?
<techbugs> -1
<jbenedict> -1
<magie> -1
<born2linux> -1
<susmit> ok...then we close
<susmit> but only to say this on record
<susmit> In APAC there is a lack of people seriously trying to contribute.
<susmit> A lot of people join but a few continues.
<susmit> anyway
<susmit> thank you all for attending the meeting
<techbugs> we can continue our efforts and try to make some
awareness.. it is still early times.. lets hope for some good things
coming up
<Ekushey> susmit, i'm an ex fedora ambassador from bangladesh, can i
say something?
<susmit> sure
<techbugs> .. yap.. thanks for organizing....
<Ekushey> off the record, of coarse
<Ekushey> susmit, i think the inactive ambassadors should be removed
<born2linux> welcome, maybe next time there will be more attendees
<techbugs> :)
<susmit> Ekushey, there was a hot discussion on this..but no progress.
<Ekushey> if someone is not contributing, and still taking the credit
of being an "ambassador", then the active ones get discouraged
<techbugs> yes the result was inactive ambassadors are an issue but
removing them is not a solution
<Ekushey> well, i removed myself beacuse of this
<Ekushey> it's been over 2 years since then and i still don't see any difference
<born2linux> !
<susmit> born2linux
<born2linux> +1
<born2linux> if I'm not mistaken, magie has invited ph ambassadors 3
times already
<born2linux> only 2-3 come to meet
<born2linux> :(
<susmit> it is the case in India too...
<techbugs> lets continue on the mailing list then...
<susmit> sure..the meeting ends here.
<magie> +1
<Ekushey> susmit, then you can do a review on the ambassadors. if they
haven't done anything in the last 3 month or so, they get removed
<jbenedict> +1
<born2linux> +1
<Ekushey> or, there should be an approval system when someday wants to
join the ambassadors program
<susmit> Ekushey, how is that going to help? removing does not
increase productivity. does it?
<hanthana> !
<susmit> hanthana, you are so late !!! :)
<susmit> go on please
<hanthana> yes, sorry mate ! (as I'm not feeling well)
<hanthana> why do we need to remove them
<hanthana> the things is, any body can contribute at any point
<hanthana> this might be badly affecting to the Fedora brand
<hanthana> we can't force
<susmit> yes, agreed. people need not be removed. But they need to be pushed.
<hanthana> just self motivation, satisfaction
<techbugs> agree... a recognition system is better then removal of incative
<magie> +1
<jbenedict> +1
<hanthana> we should thing about how to motivate
<hanthana> not to demotivate
<born2linux> +1
<susmit> +1
<jbenedict> +1 passion
<hanthana> these ppl comes not because of money
<hanthana> jbenedict, I like it ;)
<hanthana> few days ago Angel from Bangaladesh and me had a small chat
regarding Free Media
<susmit> but there should be a system where we (or the project) may
ask for explanation
<susmit> we lack that.
<hanthana> and I just ask about having a T-shirt for FreeMedia contributors
<susmit> anybody else?
<hanthana> what do you guys think about gifit for all (something small)
<hanthana> for those who really work
<susmit> define "really work"...work is itself a gift :)
<susmit> anyway our time is up. See you all next time. May be next week?
<hanthana> two way A person to fedora, and fedora to person A
<hanthana> as Open Suse runs ;)
<jbenedict> maybe a small nice badge as a appreciation of success.
<born2linux> +1
<hanthana> +1
<born2linux> even a "web badge" should go a long way
<susmit> +1
<born2linux> so no need to spend
<jbenedict> +1
<techbugs> we can hit the mailing list for the pending points... as we
are overshooting the alloted time
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<hanthana> ++1
<jbenedict> ++1
<magie> +1 people love to show off web badges ;)
<techbugs> +1
<techbugs> that s cool please dragt a mail regarding this jbenedict?
<hanthana> once we reach to community (physically)
<hanthana> physical things are more attractive than web
<susmit> are we meeting next week or next to next week?
<susmit> what do you say?
<born2linux> next next week?
<hanthana> +1 for next week
<jbenedict> <techbugs> this my 1st meeting so i trust susmit will do better
<techbugs> some work for u sushmit :) ??
<susmit> sure...will do it
<jbenedict> +1 next week
<techbugs> thanks
<hanthana> OT: my wiki is DanishkaNavin if any body required
<techbugs> lets try next week.. and ask ambassadors to vote so that we
are sure whos gonna be there
<susmit> we meet next week again then.
<born2linux> ack
<magie> ok
<magie> salamat (thanks)
<susmit> thank you all.
<hanthana> magie, salam :)
<techbugs> cya guys.. and thanks sushmit for running the meeting
<techbugs> bye
<jbenedict> cheers!
<susmit> see you again.
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Hi all,
This is very disheartening to see that most people of APAC region care
very little about communicating.
Yesterday's meeting was attended by 5-6 people only, though it was
announced 3 weeks ago. No one even objected about the day and timing.
So it is very obvious that either they had more important task or they
don't feel the necessity to communicate.
We have more than 70 Ambassadors from India alone. And only two were present.
Sorry to say this, but we are making *absolutely* no progress. We have
no event, we can not fulfil free media requests, no new mirror, no new
agenda, neither do we care for communicating about ideas.
Do you think a community or project can progress this way?
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Freed] Review of workshop at IPEC, June 7th
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:03:20 +0530
From: Gora Mohanty <gora(a)sarai.net>
Reply-To: freed(a)lists.linux-delhi.org
Organization: Sarai, CSDS
To: ILUGD main list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>
CC: Source Software Project List <prc(a)sarai.net>, General Freed list
<freed(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>,
Hello everyone,
The workshop at the Inderprastha Engineering College, Sahibabad
was a great success. Here is an outline of the workshop:
o There were about 100 attendees, including at least 50 students.
Though the workshop started late, and went till past 6.30pm,
most of the attendees were patient enough to stay till the end.
o The presentations included:
- Open source, and NLP: Dr. Om Vikas, Director, IPEC
- Free/open source software: Kishore Bhargava, ILUG-D
- Sailing the digital seas: Licensing, piracy, and
Sunil Abraham, ILUG-D
- Python programming: Piyush Verma, ILUG-D
- Python programming: Applications on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Dipankar Sarkar, ILUG-D
- RoR: Sawood Alam, ILUG-D
o We have been requested to do more such workshops over this
summer, with at least three more in the pipeline by August.
Anyone who attended the IPEC workshop is requested to provide
feedback, preferably on the Wiki page at
http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Main/InderprasthaFeedback
or, by following up on this list.
o We handed out 100 DVDs, and 50 Live CDs of Fedora Core 9,
thanks to Redhat sponsoring the cost of the media, and
duplication.
o Some photos from the event were taken by Kishore Bhargava,
who will be posting them online, and announcing the same
soon. Anyone else who took photos is also requested to make
them available online.
o Copies of the presentations have been uploaded to
http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Main/InderprasthaWorkshop
Please see the links at the bottom of the page.
Many thanks to the organisers from CSI and IPEC, the speakers,
and participants for making the event a great success. We invite
more people to come forward to give presentations at other such
events. Please fill in an outline of your idea for a presentation
at http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Main/CollegeExpo
and announce it here.
Regards,
Gora
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Does anyone know more about this ?
~sankarshan
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Subject: [smc-discuss] Mukt.in 2008 is coming at Hyderabad on 1,2,3 August
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 13:04:24 +0530
From: ശ്യാം കാരനാട്ട് | shyam karanattu <aeshyamae(a)gmail.com>
Reply-To: smc-discuss(a)googlegroups.com
To: സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ് <smc-discuss(a)googlegroups.com>,
mes-fsf(a)googlegroups.com, ssug-malappuram(a)freelists.org,
ilug-tvm(a)googlegroups.com
Hi,
Mukt.in is another foss event organised by hackers at hyderabad. mukt.in
<http://mukt.in> first started in 2007, aug 24,25,26th. It featured
discussions, speeches, presentations, and intense interactions.
This year it is going to happen at Osmania University CSE Dept, Hyderabad
see http://www.mukt.in for details,
mark your calenders..
പങ്കെടുക്കു മുക്തി നേടു :)
happy hacking
Shyam.K
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Welcome.
~sankarshan
ankur sinha wrote:
> Hey all,
> Just here to introduce myself. Im Ankur Sinha and Ive just signed up for the Fedora-Ambassador Project & Free Media Distribution Project a few days back.I also signed up for bug triaging.
>
> Something about myself :: Im still a college going student and have just entered 3rd Semester. May not have much to contribute at this stage but Im learning quickly and will be of more use in the near future.I have used fedora for a year now.I am the kind that experiments a lot, and fedoraforum.org's the one that gets me out of holes all the time.
>
> Is really great to be a part of the Fedora Communities..
>
> Regards,
>
> Ankur
>
>
> Check out the all-new face of Yahoo! India. Go to http://in.yahoo.com/
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Welcome.
There seems to be a growing number of folks from Kolkata who are getting
involved. They are on this list as well
~sankarshan
JAYDEEP JD wrote:
>
> Hello Friends
>
>
> I would like to introduce myself, my name is Jaydeep Rathava and I have just
> joined the Fedora-Ambassador Project & Free Media Distribution Project.
> This
>
> is my first email to this community.
>
>
>
> Now
>
> something about me�
>
>
>
> well, I am graduate in mechanical engineering from M.S.University,
> Gujarat(India),
>
> & i am working as a design engineer for one of the reputed MNC situated
>
> in Kolkata,India. Now a days I am using & promoting open source
> utilities to the society..!
>
>
>
> I am very grateful & lucky to be part of this revolutionary fedora-project,
>
> and I will proove my self as one of the inmortant asset for this project..!
>
>
>
>
> --
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jaydeep
>
> Email : thejaydeep(a)gmail.com <mailto:thejaydeep@gmail.com>
> Webpage : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Thejaydeep
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Welcome. We have a few folks from Kolkata on this (ie fedora-india) list
and it would be awesome if you could join forces
~sankarshan
BiGYaN wrote:
> My name is Bigyan Bhar. I live in Kolkata, India.
>
> My Blog : BiGYaN's Random Thoughts <http://naygib.blogspot.com/>
> Fedora Wiki : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki
> <tr_1212562931298>/User:Bigyan <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bigyan>
>
> Currently I am pursuing a Post Graduation degree at the University of
> Calcutta with Computer Science and Engineering. I completed my B.Sc. in
> Computer Science in 2006.
>
> My love affair with computers began back in 1997 when I had my first
> course in BASIC programming language in my school. Got my first PC in
> 2001 with Windows 98. In 2002 I saw Linux for the first time at a
> friend's place. I was willing to try it out, but did not have the
> courage to install it myself. Finally I took the plunge with Red Hat 9
> in Aug 2003.
>
> From then I have been using Linux regularly for the past 5 years or so.
> I installed and used all the Fedora OSs right from Fedora Core 1 to
> Fedora 8. So I have become a Fedora help-out guy amongst my peer group
> who regularly come to me for all their Linux related problems.
>
> Personally I feel that the most important thing hindering the popularity
> of Fedora is the lack of awareness. Most people around me have wrong
> opinions about Fedora, like the unavailability of drivers, which is now
> a distant history. I am not the MS basher type, and I do agree that
> Windows has revolutionized the PC experience. But Fedora comes with its
> own very unique set of advantages which people should consider while
> choosing their OS. I think that this Ambassador program is a great
> opportunity for Linux lovers like us to do exactly that and spread the
> word around for Fedora.
>
> from,
> Bigyan
> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bigyan>
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> http://naygib.blogspot.com/
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