Fedora Board Meeting, 31 May 2011

Attendance

Updates Board business

Fedora 15 released!
- Largely positive press
- F15 retrospective meeting coming soon (next week or two)
  - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Retrospective
- Lots of end-user facing changes in F15
Elections update
- Yesterday (5/30) - Board Townhall
  - Very lively and good participation.
- Today (5/31) - FESCo Townhall
- Voting begins on June 2nd.
- Discussion of appointments/elections
Jared should be appointing a Board seat within the next 24 to 48 hours, pending RH approval
Update on FUDCon {LATAM/EMEA/APAC?} status
- LATAM
  - Occurred last week
  - Three board members attended (Spot, Toshio, and Jared)
  - Having people attend FUDcon Tempe seemed to improve the FUDcon experience - particularly barcamp which drove audience participation.
  - First time we've had hackfests in LATAM and they were well attended, a number of people were sponsored as packagers.
  - Very good organizers on the ground in Panama.
  - Good turnout from local university.
  - Very good local sponsorships, from Panamanian government, universities and local businesses and helped the success of the event.
  - Combo F15 release party and FUDpub

- APAC
  - Budget exists for FUDcon APAC per CommArch
  - Jared Smith will open bidding process in a few days
  - Like to find a long term 'mentor' to overwatch FUDcon APAC as it progresses over the years (not necessarily a board issue)