03:31:04 #startmeeting Fedora Ambassadors Meeting Minutes 2010-07-18 - APAC 03:31:04 Meeting started Sun Jul 18 03:31:04 2010 UTC. The chair is dramsey. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 03:31:04 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 03:31:16 I'll cut and paste your content here: 03:31:25 (12:29:52 PM) harish: some updates: 03:31:25 (12:30:06 PM) harish: i have mailed out Fedora 13 LiveDVDs to a few people 03:31:25 (12:30:26 PM) harish: including Tuan, a chap in NZ and one other (whom I can't recall right now). 03:31:25 (12:30:37 PM) harish: Oh, the Malaysians. 03:31:25 (12:30:52 PM) harish: I still have a bunch left to send out. 03:31:26 (12:30:59 PM) harish: david - need any? 03:31:26 (12:31:18 PM) harish: that's it from me. 03:31:44 Yes, your LiveDVDs sound great! 03:31:45 :) 03:32:04 email me the mailing address and a phone number then. 03:32:06 Just did my biweekly Akihabara meeting, media is always nice to have. 03:32:08 Okay. :) 03:32:22 Appreciate your news harish. :) 03:32:28 bckurera, any news from your place? 03:33:22 #idea follow up with harish on LiveDVDs 03:33:46 YES as you can rem dramsey 03:33:49 i need some media 03:33:56 Excellent! 03:34:34 Any other requests bckurera? 03:34:40 so hw can i get them? 03:34:42 bckurera, email me your mailing address with a phone number. send it to harish -at- redhat -dot- com. 03:35:01 ok i ll mail u harish 03:35:09 thanks lot for filling the need 03:35:22 Yes, absolutely, thank you harsih. 03:35:29 s/harsih/harish 03:35:30 :) 03:35:48 Other thoughts? 03:36:10 i would like to run an experiment on alternate network connections. 03:36:21 Okay, what's that about? 03:36:24 #action bckurera to e-mail harish regarding LiveDVDs 03:36:44 well, i'm partial to UUCP. 03:37:14 ok dramsey 03:37:16 I'd like to see if we can run a UUCP network (see uucp map project) within the fedora group. 03:37:24 i have another news 03:37:54 Cool. 03:38:05 Sounds grand. 03:39:02 * harish I will let bckurera go first 03:39:25 As you all know I run a FOSS magazine in Sri Lanka 03:39:46 proudly that is the first and ONLY mag about FOSS in Sri Lanka 03:40:00 so v r planning next issue on 15th Aug 03:40:11 link http://FOSSuser.com 03:40:20 #link http://FOSSuser.com 03:41:19 Fantastic! 03:42:02 so let me know your idea to promote fedora with the magaznie if u have any 03:42:35 bckurera, you could take articles from FWN 03:42:46 "1 03:42:49 +1 03:42:54 bckurera, may be a post to our fedora ambassadors' mailing list, too. What do you think? 03:43:17 yyes 03:43:34 welcome lcafiero. bckurera was writing about his FOSS magazine work. 03:43:37 @ the moment other ambassadors work there with the magazine 03:43:57 I like this idea "(12:42:51 PM) harish: bckurera, you could take articles from FWN" 03:44:28 thanks for the idea harish 03:44:32 i ll look forward 03:44:33 lcafiero, welcome 03:44:34 bckurera: you should check with fwn, there are some beat assignments that need to be filled 03:44:44 hey, harish dramsey everyone 03:45:12 lcafiero! :) 03:45:46 lcafiero, did " M Yakub Mizan (123mizan@gmail.com)" follow up on the FWN Ambassadors beat?‏ 03:45:50 v r trying there to promote our linux remiz Hanthana there too 03:45:56 hope u all aware :) 03:46:08 bckurera, no, that is news to me. 03:46:22 dramsey: yes. I forwarded it to pascal calarco, who coordinates fedora weekly news 03:46:23 bckurera, is that remix Fedora-based? 03:47:01 ok i ll tell you all about the hanthana, it s a fedora remix 03:47:24 #link http://hanthana.org/ 03:47:40 are you looking to have it as a spin as well? 03:47:46 snavin is one of ppl heading with the releases 03:48:03 #info Hanthana - Fedora remix 03:48:36 Dont worry Sri Lanka is working hard with FOSS, obviously Fedora too 03:48:39 :) 03:48:47 +1 03:49:03 if v have help v can do more, we have workshopsevents many more 03:49:16 you all can read the magazine it includes all the events 03:49:26 issued bi-monthly 03:50:43 btw, we should invite Jared Smith to this channel sometime. He's the new FPL if case you did not know. 03:50:56 +1 excellent idea! 03:51:00 Good information bckurera! 03:51:22 #info FOSS User Magazine 03:51:27 I like your idea harish, will try. 03:51:53 #info bckurera makes good information regarding FOSS in Sri Lanka. 03:52:51 Other thoughts? 03:53:02 Another thing is representation of Fedora 03:53:26 In events we dont have way to say we are from fedora 03:53:28 Please, go ahead. 03:53:33 it is a disadvantage 03:53:59 if v have Tshirt that say FEDORA v can wear and there is a demand for us 03:54:10 some may ask what is Fedora and so on 03:54:20 Ah, understood. 03:54:36 it is a way to promote fedora coz frankly what v are doing is marketting 03:54:45 I think the Fedora Ambassadors from EMEA and NA, do shirts, too. 03:54:54 yes thats the thing 03:55:21 I have a couple of shirts that I have. 03:55:23 there are only 7 in SL 03:55:48 if u can sent one its a grate help 03:56:09 as i new to this role i have non, 03:56:15 #info inquiry on fedora shirt for bckurera 03:56:18 is your magazine able to find sponsors for t-shirts? 03:56:35 i m searching @ the moment i dnt have 03:56:48 so please look forward my request 03:56:55 i have another thing to say 03:57:00 what's that? 03:57:03 dnt get fed up with me 03:57:06 pls:) 03:57:17 all's well. 03:57:33 the free software day is cumming up we are not ready for that 03:57:38 only 2 3 months left 03:57:47 Representation of Fedora may be depends on venue or audience. Makes for good ice-breaker. 03:58:33 so i like to focus ur all attention as it is a very valuable event for us 03:58:49 Understood. 03:59:08 so if possible please impress other by a mail 03:59:20 Any other news or thoughts? We are almost at 04:00 UTC, so may be wrap up soon. 03:59:25 i think it is ought to have some event heading the day 03:59:34 I think harish had ideas on UUCP 03:59:48 #info Free Software Day events 03:59:51 ok thats all i have 03:59:57 thanks for giving time 04:00:00 thank you bckurera 04:00:18 no worries for FOSS always 04:00:20 :) 04:00:28 harish, may you empower us with your information on UUCP network (see uucp map project) :) 04:01:03 FYI, I just did another biweekly at Akihabara, sort of warm, but lots of people! :D 04:02:29 dramsey, I used to run a UUCP node in Singapore in 1990-92 and was the internet gateway for Bangladesh and 04:02:31 Nepal :-). 04:02:55 Wow! That is excellent! 04:03:08 UUCP is the way to ensure that if the Internet service providers fail or governments try to play punk with the Internet, we can fall back to UUCP. 04:03:31 Ah, that is logical and makes sense. 04:04:06 #info harish indicates about UUCP network (see uucp map project) 04:04:11 and I'd like to bring in the amateur radio community as well. 04:04:17 +1 04:04:47 If there are ideas which I may e-mail our people, then please tell me and I will do so in order to support you. :) 04:05:52 Sounds like a new way for business, I like your ideas guys! 04:06:06 Other thoughts or inquiries to share? 04:06:17 just remember that it was the UUCP network that was the precursor to the TCP/IP network. 04:06:29 Ah, I did not know that. 04:07:10 Sort of infrastructure alternative to consider 04:09:05 Any other good information from anyone? 04:09:45 I think this meeting went well, thank you all. :) 04:09:51 End meeting okay? :) 04:10:11 OK 04:10:15 ok 04:10:17 Thanks for letting me sit in 04:10:27 always a pleasure! 04:10:33 sending cold asahi to everyone 04:10:34 :D 04:10:51 heh 04:11:14 Thank you all for attending and have a great day! :) 04:11:18 5 04:11:19 thanks for all 04:11:21 4 04:11:24 3 04:11:26 2 04:11:31 1 04:11:35 0.5 04:11:40 #endmeeting