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Hans 'hanx' Cruz Buchelli wrote <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015502.html </ref> about being unable to give time to The Fedora Project due to family issues and hoped that the current situation would allow more time to the project. Hans also informed that it is almost certain that in 2011 the local municipality and schools will use Fedora
Colin Zwiebel posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015549.html </ref> about the Etherpad FAD at Olin College to be held on 2010-10-08 and invited anyone who is interested to participate.


[Beat writer's note: I used available online translation tools to try and obtain a passable English translation for the actual mail]
[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] reminded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015567.html </ref> about a Test Day on 2010-09-16 around the Anaconda Translation Keyboard <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-09-16_AnacondaTranslationKeyboard </ref>


Carlos Carreno posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015530.html </ref> about an event - Fedora Party 2010 at the University Ricardo Palma and requested ideas for topics that could be interesting to the audience.
[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] reminded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015599.html </ref> about a Test Day on 2010-09-23 around Virtualization <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-09-23_Virtualization </ref>


[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015508.html </ref> about a Test Day for Systemd <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-09-07_Systemd </ref> on 2010-09-07
Thomas Canniot informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015561.html </ref> the list about the sad demise of [[User:Souley|Souleyman Douar]] an active Ambassador and a member for the French Fedora Community


[[User:dmaxel|Danny Stieben]] ideated <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015509.html </ref> about a site similar to OMG ! Ubuntu <ref> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ </ref> with the notion that it would be of use to people who are not complete geeks. The subsequent thread had discussions on the hosting providers and need for designing the site etc
Ahmed M. Araby informed <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015597.html </ref> Arabic speakers about a blog on Fedora <ref> http://fedrawi.com/ </ref>


Truong Anh. Tuan informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015517.html </ref> about a short presentation at Software Freedom Day <ref> http://wiki.hanoilug.org/events:softwarefreedomday:2010:18sept2010 </ref> organized by the HanoiLUG
Scott Thistle (re)introduced himself <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015592.html </ref> and, Larry Cafiero picked up the thread <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015593.html </ref> to discuss about COSSFest


[[User:Jbwillia|Ben Williams]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015516.html </ref> ambassadors attending the Ohio Linuxfest to sign up for booth time <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ohio_Linux_Fest_2010#Saturday_Booth_Schedule </ref>
Scott McBrien reminded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015598.html </ref> NA Ambassadors about the meeting on 2010-09-22 <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Ambassadors_2010-9-22 </ref>


[[User:Threethirty|Justin O'Brien]] initiated <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015543.html </ref> a discussion about the #fedora IRC channel and registering the IRC nickname. Tristan Santore explained <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015548.html </ref> that the registration process followed by Freenode is independent of the Fedora Project or, any other FOSS project using their IRC servers. And, suggested that a wiki page with screenshot might help new users find their way around the process.
[[User:Jbwillia|Ben Williams]] posted a report <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015600.html </ref> on the Ohio Linux Fest 2010 <ref> http://jbwillia.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/olf-2010/ </ref>


[[User:Geroldka|Gerold Kassube]] posted a question <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015528.html </ref> "Do you think, I'm a valuable, trustful Fedora Contributor / Ambassador;
John Poelstra posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015596.html </ref> about upcoming tasks around Fedora 14 release
also as Founder, Memeber and President of the association Fedora EMEA e.V.?" The subsequent thread had inputs from a few Fedora Ambassadors and a few queries about the context of the question
 
Frank Murphy announced <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015518.html </ref> the intention of leaving the Ambassadors Group and desired guidance on the correct method for doing so. [[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] responded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015524.html </ref> with the appropriate URL <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/MembershipService#Removal_Process_for_Ambassador.27s_Membership </ref> which outlines the steps
 
[[User:Geroldka|Gerold Kassube]] updated <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015531.html </ref> the FUDCon 2010 / Switzerland page with details.
 
[[User:Pfrields|Paul W Frields]] asked <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015532.html </ref> if any Ambassadors in the Los Angeles/Anaheim/CA area are considering attending 2010 Renesas DevCon conference <ref> http://renesasdevcon.com/ </ref>
 
[[User:Dramsey|David Ramsey]] reminded <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015539.html </ref> about the meeting for APAC Ambassadors to be held on 2010-09-19 at 0300 UTC
 
John Poelstra posted <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-September/015541.html </ref> about upcoming tasks around Fedora 14 release


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[[User:Jsimon|Joerg Simon]] informed <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000353.html </ref> that he would be traveling and was not sure about the data connectivity. He pointed out that the report for August <ref> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_report_2010-08 </ref> needs to be completed, preferably by 2010-09-18 1800 UTC
[[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]] followed up <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000356.html </ref> on his reminder <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000355.html </ref> for a meeting on 2010-09-20 and checked if a quorum would be available. Both [[User:Tatica|María Leandro]] and David Nalley indicated that they would attend.
 
[[User:Tatica|María Leandro]] added <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000354.html </ref> that the section for LATAM was complete
 
[[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]] sent out a reminder <ref> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-September/000355.html </ref> for a meeting on 2010-09-20 and asked if everyone was agreeing to that date.


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Revision as of 05:04, 22 September 2010

Ambassadors

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

Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

Welcome New Ambassadors

This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project did not have any new members joining.

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Colin Zwiebel posted [1] about the Etherpad FAD at Olin College to be held on 2010-10-08 and invited anyone who is interested to participate.

David Ramsey reminded [2] about a Test Day on 2010-09-16 around the Anaconda Translation Keyboard [3]

David Ramsey reminded [4] about a Test Day on 2010-09-23 around Virtualization [5]

Thomas Canniot informed [6] the list about the sad demise of Souleyman Douar an active Ambassador and a member for the French Fedora Community

Ahmed M. Araby informed [7] Arabic speakers about a blog on Fedora [8]

Scott Thistle (re)introduced himself [9] and, Larry Cafiero picked up the thread [10] to discuss about COSSFest

Scott McBrien reminded [11] NA Ambassadors about the meeting on 2010-09-22 [12]

Ben Williams posted a report [13] on the Ohio Linux Fest 2010 [14]

John Poelstra posted [15] about upcoming tasks around Fedora 14 release

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

Max Spevack followed up [1] on his reminder [2] for a meeting on 2010-09-20 and checked if a quorum would be available. Both María Leandro and David Nalley indicated that they would attend.