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Ambassadors

This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project^[1].

Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors

Welcome New Ambassadors

The Fedora Ambassadors Project saw a couple of new Ambassadors joining in after undergoing to mentoring process.

Aurelie Chreng joined ^[1] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Mathieu Bridon

Ahmed Abdo Mohamed joined ^[2] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the United Kingdom mentored by Robert Scheck

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Bert Desmet informed ^[1] about the dates for Fosdem ^[2] and hoped to see a large Fedora group again. Gerard Braad expressed hope ^[3] that he may be able to arrange a trip for the event. Paul W Frields informed ^[4] that the budget exists to enable The Fedora Project Leader to make the trip.

John wanted to know ^[5] the status of Fedora Swag for Software Freedom Day celebrations in Dallas. David Duncan stated ^[6] that since the wiki did not indicate an owner, he would go ahead and take ownership to do the necessary coordination.

Manuel Escudero shared news ^[7] about an appliance for musicians and music production called Synthelos Linux ^[8]. Frank Murphy provided the URL to the page about Audion Creation Spin Development ^[9]. Kris Thomsen volunteered ^[10] to help.

Manuel Escudero posted ^[11] about a project called 'Hermes' ^[12] which relates to the building of a feed parser customizable by the user that notifies when there is important news.

Paul W Frields replied ^[13] to the discussion about Fedora in stores ^[14] by pointing to the Trademark Guidelines ^[15]

Daniel VanStone informed ^[16] about an event ^[17] in Arlington, Texas and requested ^[18] those in or, near the area to join. David Duncan responded ^[19] stating that he would be at the Python Convention in Waco with Fedora goodies.

Manuel Escudero posted ^[20] about being unable to run the latest Skype release because if requires the "1:4.6" Qt libraries and asked whether that meant not having Skype in Fedora 14 KDE Spin. Scott Dowdle pointed out ^[21] that Skype does work with Fedora 13 and KDE available from the official repositories. Mathieu Bridon responded ^[22] that the issue was more appropriate for the Fedora users mailing list ^[23] Ryan Rix explained ^[24] the Skype issue in a bit more detail

Continuing on the fedoracommunity.org portal design, Gianluca Sforna compared ^[25] about finding Regional Team resources via ubuntu.com and, the current Fedora infrastructure. Máirín Duffy joined ^[26] the discussion asking as to whether there are more websites that would require linking to.

Max Spevack informed ^[27] that the event organizers should check the availability of power for the Fedora table at the Ohio Linux Fest. Ben Williams confirmed ^[28] about such a check and stated that the Red Hat and Fedora exhibits are side-by-side.

John Poelstra posted ^[29] about upcoming Fedora 14 Schedule Tasks. Schedule retrospective page captures all the important details ^[30]

Bert Desment wondered ^[31] if, looking at past attendee trends, Fosdem could have a structure like FUDCon thus making it easier for people to request sponsorship.

Sascha Thomas Spreitzer announced ^[32] the FUDCon Zurich media exchange which would enable attendees to carry media ^[33] for event owners at other places

Nilesh Vaghela reported ^[34] about Fedora 13 workshop at GLS, MCA Department, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Photographs have been uploaded ^[35] as well

Gianluca Sforna posted ^[36] an EMEA only notice about orders ^[37] for Polo Shirts ^[38] being collected

David Duncan reported ^[39] ^[40] about the participation at the PyTexas event

Joerg Simon posted ^[41] FAmSCo Meeting Minutes for 2010-08-30

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

Sankarshan posted ^[1] to the list asking whether FAmSCo and other Steering Committees introspect and discuss about the positive changes that they bring about.

David Nalley responded ^[2] with his view on the question. He also copied the Ambassadors list as the discussion would be of interes

Joerg Simon mentioned ^[3] that he had responded ^[4] on the advisory board list

Joerg Simon posted ^[5] about a violation of the Ambassadors Conduct by Luke Slater with specific mention of the content of the blog post.

Luke apologized ^[6] about his post which he said that he had removed from the blog.

Joerg Simon informed ^[7] that FAmSCo meeting 2010-09-06 was adjourned due to holidays in the US

Joerg Simon posted ^[8] the minutes from the Fedora Ambassadors Mentors Meeting held on 2010-09-06

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 === Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list ===
-This week we take a break from reporting on FAmSCo meetings and instead, post a summary of the traffic on the mailing list.
+[[User:Sankarshan|Sankarshan]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000343.html </ref> to the list asking whether FAmSCo and other Steering Committees introspect and discuss about the positive changes that they bring about.
-[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000314.html </ref> about FAmSCo meeting for 23-08-2010 being adjourned due to too few FAmSCo members being able to attend
+[[User:Ke4qqq|David Nalley]] responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000344.html </ref> with his view on the question. He also copied the Ambassadors list as the discussion would be of interes
-[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] let the FAmSCo members know <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000315.html </ref> that he was a bit unhappy with the current process of dealing with reimbursements. He specifically pointed out the issue with Pierros's Africa Trip
+[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] mentioned <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000350.html </ref> that he had responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-September/009196.html </ref> on the advisory board list
-[[User:Tatica|María Leandro]] agreed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000316.html </ref> with Joerg and wondered if this is indeed a good thing to happen.
+[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000345.html </ref> about a violation of the Ambassadors Conduct by Luke Slater with specific mention of the content of the blog post.
-[[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]] admitted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000319.html </ref> that there was room for improvement and promised to work on this and the other reimbursements
+Luke apologized <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000347.html </ref> about his post which he said that he had removed from the blog.
-[[User:Susmit|Susmit Shannigrahi]] mentioned <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000338.html </ref> that his relocation had caused him to miss previous meetings but now that he is settled in he would be attending the meetings at 0600 UTC
+[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000351.html </ref> that FAmSCo meeting 2010-09-06 was adjourned due to holidays in the US
-With reference to Andrew Overholt's mail last week <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000310.html </ref>, Max thanked Andrew for his continued commitment to Fedora <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000318.html </ref> hoped to see him during FUDCon in January 2011
+[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000352.html </ref> the minutes from the Fedora Ambassadors Mentors Meeting held on 2010-09-06
-[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] followed up <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000320.html </ref> with Mustafa Qasim related to copyrighted materials in blog post and best practices of an Ambassador.
-Mustafa replied <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000322.html </ref> mentioned about his confusion and requesting guidance about procedures.
-[[User:Pfrields|Paul W Frields]] suggested <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000327.html </ref> that the Planet be fed with a category/feed specific to Fedora thus allowing Mustafa to use his blog in the manner he is comfortable while at the same time not contravening, however, inadvertently, any guidelines of posting.
-[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000339.html </ref> a reminder about the FAmSCo meeting on 30-08-2010
-[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] proposed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000340.html </ref> that the Ambassador Mentors organize a meeting the first Monday every two months starting 06-09-2010 at 1900. An agenda <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AmbassadorMentors_agenda </ref> has also been posted. This is a direct outcome of the Mentoring Survey.
-[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-August/000342.html </ref> FAmSCo Meeting Minutes for 2010-08-30
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Ambassadors

Welcome New Ambassadors

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list