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= Country Overview = | = Country Overview = | ||
Summary for the FAD. | Summary for the FAD. | ||
== Responsible Ambassador (for creating the report) == | == Responsible Ambassador (for creating the report) == | ||
The Ambassador here is '''not''' responsible by default because he creates and presents that report! | The Ambassador here is '''not''' responsible by default because he creates and presents that report! | ||
# Austria - | |||
# France - MatthieuRondeau | |||
# Germany - PeterReuschlein and MarcoZiesing | |||
# Greece - | |||
# Iceland - | |||
# Italy - FrancescoCrippa and FrancescoUgolini | |||
# Mozambique - | |||
# Netherlands - | |||
# Poland - | |||
# Spain - | |||
# Switzerland - FabianAffolter (so far) | |||
# UK - | |||
== Austria == | == Austria == | ||
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* redhat/fedora not that well known as it should be | * redhat/fedora not that well known as it should be | ||
* Microsoft is established in most companies | * Microsoft is established in most companies | ||
* '''local benefits''' | * '''local benefits''' | ||
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* many skilled people that might help | * many skilled people that might help | ||
* linux is spreading quite good | * linux is spreading quite good | ||
== France == | == France == | ||
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* Best food | * Best food | ||
* Some cities are really well connected to the Europe with low cost flights | * Some cities are really well connected to the Europe with low cost flights | ||
== Switzerland == | == Switzerland == | ||
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* The swiss open source community is small and most people know each other and can help. | * The swiss open source community is small and most people know each other and can help. | ||
[[Category:Ambassadors]] | [[Category:Ambassadors]] |
Latest revision as of 16:36, 11 March 2009
Country Overview
Summary for the FAD.
Responsible Ambassador (for creating the report)
The Ambassador here is not responsible by default because he creates and presents that report!
- Austria -
- France - MatthieuRondeau
- Germany - PeterReuschlein and MarcoZiesing
- Greece -
- Iceland -
- Italy - FrancescoCrippa and FrancescoUgolini
- Mozambique -
- Netherlands -
- Poland -
- Spain -
- Switzerland - FabianAffolter (so far)
- UK -
Austria
- how many Ambassadors
- 3
- communication between the LOCAL Ambassadors
- communication between the INTERNATIONAL Ambassadors
- how many events / major events per year
- which event is covered once/twice everytime
- which event has to be covered in future
- how much money you think, you'll need
- local problems
- local benefits
Germany
- how many Ambassadors
- 17
- communication between the LOCAL Ambassadors
- the main communication platform is #fedora-de on irc.freenode.net
- personal meetings between ambassadors when nessesary
- communication between the INTERNATIONAL Ambassadors
- irc on irc.freenode.net (various channels, but also #fedora-de for all german speaking ambassadors)
- Mailing Lists
- Fedora EMEA Board
- how many events / major events per year
- 3
- which event is covered once/twice everytime
- Mayor Events
- LinuxTag
- Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
- FrOSCon
- Minor Events
- Release and Install Parties by local LUGs
- which event has to be covered in future
- CeBIT
- how much money you think, you'll need
- LinuxTag (20.000$)
- local problems
- wide spreaded suse/ubuntu/debian community
- redhat/fedora not that well known as it should be
- Microsoft is established in most companies
- local benefits
- good infrastrucure
- many skilled people that might help
- linux is spreading quite good
France
- how many Ambassadors
- 18
- communication between the LOCAL Ambassadors
- Association Fedora-fr
- Mailing-list
- Meeting on sunday evening
- Several IRC channels
- communication between the INTERNATIONAL Ambassadors
- French Association
- EMEA board
- Ambassadors' Mailing-list
- how many events / major events per year
- Major events :
- Linux Solution (http://www.solutionslinux.fr)
- FOSDEM (http://www.fosdem.org)
- RMLL (http://2008.rmll.info)
- Events :
- Release parties
- Fedora|Lyon
- Fedora|Paris
- which event is covered once/twice everytime
- Linux Solution
- FOSDEM
- Fedora|Lyon and Fedora|Paris
- Release parties
- which event has to be covered in future
- RMLL
- how much money you think, you'll need
- Linux Solution : 5000 €
- FOSDEM : see Fedora in Belgium
- Release parties : enough to create local media (max. 500€)
- RMLL : 5000€
- local problems
- Most of the french people do not really speak, or want to speak, english
- local benefits
- Best food of the world
- Nicest girls
- Tendency to improve the organisation
Italy
- how many Ambassadors
- 13
- communication between the LOCAL Ambassadors
- fedora-it mailing list (we've trying a merge between a lot of different Italian ml)
- irc on irc.freenode.net (#fedora-it)
- communication between the INTERNATIONAL Ambassadors
- irc on irc.freenode.net (various channels, but also #fedora-it for all Italian speaking ambassadors)
- Mailing Lists
- Fedora EMEA Board
- FAMSCO
- how many events / major events per year
- 3-5
- which event is covered once/twice everytime
- Linux Day (really big event in Italy)
- Fedora by Night
- Liberamente
- Fedora Release Parties
- which event has to be covered in future
- pycon
- The !OpenSource Days (business event)
- Linux World Expo
- how much money you think, you'll need
- Linux day: 5,000 EUR
- budget for 3000-5000 cd or dvds (currenty ubuntu is the main "sponsor" of this event)
- stickers
- Liberamente: 100 EUR for traveling
- local problems
- Distance between ambassadors get difficult to do meetings in real life and presence of many ambassadors in different events
- English is a problem for a lot of Italian people
- local benefits
- Wonderful places to do meeting (Italy is beautiful)
- Best food
- Some cities are really well connected to the Europe with low cost flights
Switzerland
- how many Ambassadors
- 5 (three swiss ambassador and two ambassador who cover Germany and Switzerland)
- communication between the LOCAL Ambassadors
- we live in a small world and the German ambassadors are our local fellows :-)
- the usual technologies (phone, IRC, e-mail)
- communication between the INTERNATIONAL Ambassadors
- main communication with the German ambassadors (language issue)
- how many events / minor events per year
- 3
- which event is covered once/twice everytime
- OpenExpo
- which event has to be covered in future
- OpenExpo (http://openexpo.ch/), September 2008
- http://linuxdays.ch at Geneva
- Orbit-IEX (http://www.orbit-iex.ch) commercial, unknown status of support for opensource projects May 22-25, 2008
- how much money you think, you'll need
- 600 - 1000 CHF (= $) for Open
Expo (2x) and Linuxdays (travelling and accommodation)
- local problems
- 4 official languages (French, German, Italian (and romansh)) . The communication has to be done in French, German or Italian.
- the swiss users get help from the communities around Switzerland (Germany, France and Italy)
- Switzerland is a "rich" countries and the people have the money to pay for software (and often want)
- most linux users are using Ubuntu and SuSE (OpenSuSE)
- local benefits
- we have the most beautiful mountains :-)
- lowest goods and services tax (aka MwSt or VAT) in Europe
- The swiss open source community is small and most people know each other and can help.