[Fedora-ambassadors-list] suggestions for an ambassador newbie.

[Michael J Knox]

On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 15:46 -0500, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Michael J Knox wrote:
> 
> > I do have a local LUG which I am a member of, however, I doubt they
> > would appreciate a Fedora talk every month (considering the huge number
> > of debian dev's that reside in the LUG). 
> 
> So how about a Fedora talk every six months -- like, say, when there's a 
> new release of Fedora Core?
>  

Yes, that was what I was hoping to do. Starting with FC5's release 

> > So, my question is, what can someone, in a small area, with little IT
> > related shows/events etc do as an ambassador?
> > 
> > At the moment, I try to post to the LUG's mailing list when Fedora
> > related news is made, things like Fedora reloaded podcasts etc etc. 
> > 
> > I am all ears and keen for suggestions. 
> 
> How about people who haven't tried Linux at all?  Do you or your LUG go 
> out into the community and try to convince people who haven't tried Linux 
> yet?

They have the odd installfest, but no, they don't do anything else to
entice new users to Linux. Perhaps that something I will bring up with
them

Thanks

Michael