[Ambassadors] Event: RPI Center for Open Source talk about Fedora

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi Ambassadors,

I just wanted to shout out that I'll be giving a talk about Fedora at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY on February 5. The
abstract for my talk is as follows:

"How to get involved in an open source Linux operating system: Fedora 

"Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in
free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use,
modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work
together as an open community that welcomes anyone to join. Mairin
Duffy, an RPI CS alum from Red Hat, will talk about what makes Fedora
different from other Linux-based operating systems and how you can get
involved in Fedora."

The official talk announcement and description is on the Rensselaer
Center for Open Source website:

http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~moorthy/rcos/talksfall2009

The Rensselaer Center for Open Source (RCOS) funds RPI students for
working on open source projects - and the talk will be taking place
during an RCOS meeting. We already have two RPI students in the Fedora
community, Rob Escriba and Ben Boeckel, but I'm hoping this will be a
good chance to motivate more to join us :) BTW RPI is my alma mater :)

I'm not sure how many will be attending yet; I'm waiting to hear back
from my contact there on how many to expect. I filled out a Fedora
events entry here:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28December_2009_-_February_2010.29

~m