[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Ambassadors Meeting Minutes on 2006-01-19

Fri Jan 20 14:19:47 UTC 2006

Thanks for taking care of the notes Thomas! I was just about to start
working my way through the log :)

Cheers,
a

On 1/19/06, Thomas Chung <tchung at fedora.redhat.com> wrote:
> == Present ==
>
>  * AlexMaier (lxmaier)
>  * AurelienBompard (abompard)
>  * ChitleshGoorah
>  * GeroldKassube (GeroldKa)
>  * DavidBarzilay (barz)
>  * FrancescoUgolini
>  * BobJensen
>  * MauricioPretto
>  * ThomasChung (tchung)
>  * iWolf (?)
>  * ThorstenLeemhuis (thl)
>  * GregDeKoenigsberg (gregdek)
>  * MikaelJacobsson (maikaru)
>  * RobertWhetsel (rwhetsel)
>
> == Review upcoming events ==
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
>
>  * Solutions Linux 2006 (Jan 31-Feb 2) in Paris, France:
>    AurelienBompard
>    - can't have a booth but I'll be there one day only (last day)
>    - I can give papers and dvds to friends in the lug
>    AlexMaier
>    - you will receive 75 Ts and 150 DVDs
>    - it will be 25 Ts and 50 dvds a day to distribute
>    - these are all Ts with old logo
>    ChitleshGoorah
>    - have the others take pictures of the event
>
>  * GNUify (Feb 4-5) in Pune, India:
>    RahulSundaram is not present
>
>  * Linux Asia 2006 (Feb 8-10) in New Delhi India:
>    RahulSundaram is not present
>    SankarshanMukhopadhyay is not present
>    AlexMaier
>    - a package for this event as well and it will go out to SatishMohan
>    - we have divided up all the tshirts and DVDs we had among four events
>    - linuxAsia, Solutions Linux, FOSDEM, and SCALE 4X
>    - we will have more goodies when the new quarter comes (March 1)
>
>  * SCALE 4X (Feb 11-12) in Los Angeles, CA
>    ThomasChung is late for report but GregDeKoenigsberg sent him the package via FedEx.
>
>  * NOTE on donation or fund-raising at the Event:
>    AlexMaier
>    - everybody--before we have finished the foundation's legal details, please DO NOT
> FUNDRAISE
>    - no fund-raising, at all, not until we have some kind of status
>    - if someone offers to buy you pizza, feel free to accept, but no money
>
>  * FOSDEM (Feb 25-26) in Brussel, Belgium:
>    FredericHornain is not present
>    AlexMaier
>    - we have sent a care package to hornain too
>    - 75 Ts and 150 DVDs
>
>  * LWCE Australia (Mar 28-30) in Sydney, Australia:
>    DavidBarzilay
>    - jwulf and another local enthusiast will check their availability
>    - will let u know via email
>    AlexMaier
>    - we have no more DVDs for this one, but hope to have FC5 until then
>    - we'll have to improvise, maybe burn DVDs on site or something
>    - we can produce Ts and other schwag as soon as we have the new quarter
>
> == Fedora Libraries ==
>
>   ChitleshGoorah
>   - this is a project of ubuntu that Im going to copy :)
>   - the idea is to give libraries dvds and the latter will lend them like books
>   - afterwards they can give a try to Fedora and copy the dvd etc
>   - but to be honest this will be mostly done by lugs
>   - ambassadors or members of the lugs can give a small intro about fedora
>
>   ThomasChung
>   - we have not found maintainer for LiveCD project yet.
>   - We posted a call for maintainer for LiveCD project twice in FWN
>
> == LinuxTag and FUDCon ==
>
>   GeroldKassube
>   - Is there a FUDCon in LinuxTag (Wiesbaden,Germany) ?
>   - I haven't done anything till now
>
>   AlexMaier
>   - please get in touch with LinuxTag and reserve a booth for fedora
>   - we will try to have a FUDCon there too
>   - FUDCon being at the event with a booth in the .ORG area is essential
>
>   ThomasChung
>   - we are allowed to have 3-4 FUDCons in a year
>   - we are planning to have it in LinuxAsia, LinuxTag and LinuxWorld (Boston)
>
> == Schwag pipepline ==
>
>  GregDeKoenigsberg
>  - Right now, there *is* *no* *pipeline*.  There is *me* and *Alex*.
>  - We're working to famsco. We're working that plan
>
> == Email Aliases for fedoraproject.org ==
>
>  Thomas Chung
>  - email aliases issue can be moved to closed issues
>  - everyone in Ambassadors should sign up in Fedora Account System in order to get email
> aliases
>  - this issue has been moved to closed issues
>
> == Funding Options for Show ==
>
>  DavidBarzilay
>  - we can come up with some creative funding ways
>  - we gotta establish some boundaries for possible partnerships
>
> == Presentations for Ambassadors ==
>
>  DavidBarzilay
>  - we already got some presentations in fedoraproject.org
>  - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Slides
>  - we could have a few default models, i.e. for schools and universities, another for
> gov agencies
>
>  MauricioPretto
>  - has been working on localizing an FC presentation to Brazilian Portuguese
>  - we should have one about the FEDORA CORE, other about fedora foundation, FDS, Fedora
> Cluster Suite
>
>  FrancescoUgolini
>  - will work on localizing an FC presentation for Italian market
>
> == Standard Kits for Ambassadors ==
>
>  ThomasChung
>  - We need a banner for Fedora Project for an event
>  - Fedora mouse pads? Fedora pens?
>
>  DavidBarzilay
>  - need to be light (as in weight) and flexible material
>  - gotta check costs
>  - gotta be durable
>  - can you get us some quotes on different materials
>
>  GeroldKassube
>  - Fedora pins? Fedora LiveCDs?
>
> == Business Cards for Ambassadors ==
>
>  AurelienBompard
>  - We should have some space on it for the GPG fingerprint
>  - they could be used in keysigning parties too
>
>  ThomasChung
>  - Removed Business Card option #4 since its color is not official
>  - we should have an option to print them ourselves
>  - will count the votes for biz card options from archive and irc
>  - will send out meeting minutes if someone send me a full IRC log
>
>  DavidBarzilay
>  - Time to check list archive and make a decision on the votes
>  - bus cards are a crucial material and i believe we cannot take much longer
>  - talk to our graphic designer about these
>  - standard dimension for the paper? color specifications?  printer technologies?
>  - please count the votes for biz card options in the archive and post'em to the list
>
> == Next Meeting ==
>
>  * 2006-01-26 22:00 UTC
>  * See World Time at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings
>
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>
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