Ambassadors
In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero
Fedora at the Congress of Free Software in Caracas, Venezuela
Maria Gracia Leandro reports that last month the Fedora Venezuela community participated in the 5th National Congress of Free Software (5CNSL - Congreso Nacional de Software Libre) in Caracas, Venezuela, with a variety of other users, LUGs and friends. This year in particular there were several conference attendees from outside Venezuela, including:
- Richard Stallman, USA
- Esteban Saavedra, Bolivia
- Oscar Valenzuela, Chile
- Daniel Yucra, Perú
- Andres Ricardo Castelblanco, Colombia
- Alexandre Oliva, Brasil
- Quiliro Ordóñez, Ecuador
At the conference, according to Maria, the Fedora Venezuela community was one of the best prepared and the one where people were more involved. The community had 2 banners, a large number of stickers, CDs and DVDs and of course the tattoos. Maria says people were fascinated.
Maria wishes to thank the people that helped with participation in the event from the Fedora Venezuela Team!!!
Photos are available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatadbb/sets/72157621604386922/
Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjBCx1fRp8
Review (in Spanish) : http://tatica.org/2009/07/20/5cnsl-caracas-esfuerzo-y-frutos/
Official site for the event: http://cnsl.org.ve/
Get on the map
Want to find the nearest ambassador? How about one in Romania? Now you can.
Susmit Shannigrahi reports that finding out the nearest ambassadors, which was once a tedious task, is now as simple as viewing a map. The map is at https://fedoraproject.org/membership-map and instructions on how to place yourself on the map can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ambassadors_map
Get the word out about your F11 event
Fedora 11 was released recently and with it a variety of activities around the release will be forthcoming. As such, with the upcoming release of Fedora 11, this is a reminder that posting your event on Fedora Weekly News can help get the word out. Contact FWN Ambassador correspondent Larry Cafiero at lcafiero-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org with announcements of upcoming events -- and don't forget to e-mail reports after the events as well.