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Ambassadors

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

Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

Welcome New Ambassadors

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

Dr. Tilmann Bubeck joined [1] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from Germany mentored by Robert Scheck

Samuel Iglesias joined [2] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from Spain mentored by Robert Scheck

Michele Bursi joined [3] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from Italy mentored by Robert Scheck

Russell Golden joined [4] The Fedora Ambassadors Project from the USA mentored by Ben Williams


Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

Based on a suggestion from Felix Kaechele, Máirín Duffy created a static HTML mock-up [1] and asked for feedback [2]

Wolnei Junior provided information about proyectofedora.org being the Latin America website [3]

Ivan Pacheco pointed out [4] that Mexico appears under North America for the Fedora Ambassadors Membership Verification and that requires a correction.

In response, Neville A. Cross suggested [5] that the issue be put forward before the FAmSCo.

Joerg Simon explained [6] that the Membership Page is built using a script that uses GeoIP Plugin data and that such data is provided as per continent. He asked for improvements to the script and enhance FAmA's work.

Igor Pires Soares suggested including Mexico in the description as " The Latin America region, including Mexico, Centra & South America, is served by the Fedora Ambassadors LATAM group". Máirín Duffy checked it into the repository [7]

Zoltan Hoppar pointed out [8] that the Hungarian Fedora Community would require guidance on setting up the hu.fedoracommunity.org domain.

Máirín Duffy provided a link [9] to the instructions for requesting a fedoracommunity.org domain and suggested mailing the advisory board mailing list [10]

Paul Frields suggested [11] that having a mock-up of a design of the site that requires to be created before contacting the Board is good way to engage in a conversation as it provides a visual representation of what is being proposed to be built.

Joerg Simon responded [12] to a mail from Ferenc Havasi about Software Freedom Day and Free Software Conference at Szeged, Hungary indicating the need to be a Fedora presence

Onyeibo Oku posted about an idea [13] about the need to have a cross-platform application/script to handle dependencies for an off-line installation.

Lars Delhage pointed [14] to a solution which was appreciated [15]

Shakthi Kannan pointed [16] to the fedx [17] script/Makefile to obtain complete Fedora repositories to be used offline

Daniel VanStone posted to the list [18] about looking for a mentor. Joerg Simon responded [19] pointing out the steps that needed to be undertaken while selecting a mentor.

Joerg Simon posted [20] a Call for Papers for the 2011 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Technology hoping to catch the eye of Ambassadors from Egypt. Ahmed M Araby looked into the CfP and wondered [21] about the steps to ensure a presence. The participation fees were unusually high [22] as pointed out by Joerg Simon

Marcus Moeller informed [23] that this year FUDCon EMEA will be hosted by FrOSCamp and solicited feedback about a Fedora booth. Gerold concurred [24] pointing out that being at employed at ETH Zuerich makes Marcus the best choice of being an event owner. Marcus pointed out [25] that being responsible for FUDCon and FrOSCamp makes it difficult for him to be at a both.

John Poelstra posted a list of upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks [26] which included call from FAmSCo and regional teams for preparation of Media/Swag, Ambassador wide meetings preparing for Fedora 14, regional team meetings and select POC for Swag/Media production and submission of funding request for Swag/Media production

Ahmed El Gamil posted more [27] about an idea from http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015398.html [28] Ahmed M Araby around a website in Arabic for Fedora Users. A bit later in the thread Ahmed M Araby pointed out that [29] approval for arabic.fedoracommunity.org is still pending.

  1. http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/webdesign/fedoracommunity.org/html/16Aug2010/
  2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015313.html
  3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015315.html
  4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015322.html
  5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015323.html
  6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015327.html
  7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015335.html
  8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015340.html
  9. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Local_community_domains#Pre-purchased_domain
  10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015347.html
  11. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015357.html
  12. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015326.html
  13. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015341.html
  14. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015342.html
  15. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015344.html
  16. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015343.html
  17. http://gitorious.org/fedx
  18. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015370.html
  19. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015371.html
  20. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015373.html
  21. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015385.html
  22. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015389.html
  23. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015328.html
  24. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015330.html
  25. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015332.html
  26. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015391.html
  27. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015392.html
  28. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015390.html
  29. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-August/015398.html

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.

Andrew Overholt posted to the FAmSCo list [1] pointing out that he does not have the time to be an official Fedora Ambassador but expressed hope that he would have the time to re-join the group in the future