10:05:06 #startmeeting 10:05:06 Meeting started Wed May 18 10:05:06 2011 UTC. The chair is bckurera. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 10:05:06 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 10:05:11 .fas aks 10:05:12 aks: jakshay 'Akshay Jain' - abaksh1 'Arundhati Bakshi' - abhijit13 'Abhijit Ashok Meenakshi' - vivekl 'Vivek Lakshmanan' - ravitejakshetty 'Raviteja K Shetty' - rameshspeaks 'Ramesh Kumar V' - jrochelly 'Jakson Rochelly Nunes Moura' - fuel (8 more messages) 10:05:15 ,fas suresht 10:05:20 #meetingname Meeting:APAC Ambassadors 2011-05-18 10:05:20 The meeting name has been set to 'meeting:apac_ambassadors_2011-05-18' 10:05:22 .fas suresht 10:05:23 suresht: suresht 'Sureshkumar Packiyarajah' 10:05:24 .fas azneita 10:05:26 azneita: azneita 'Heherson Pagcaliwagan' 10:05:41 #chair harish azneita suresht 10:05:41 Current chairs: azneita bckurera harish suresht 10:05:51 maybe fasinfo would be better for roll call 10:05:57 fasinfo 10:05:58 .fas Aks 10:06:00 .fas kalpurush 10:06:00 aks: jakshay 'Akshay Jain' - abaksh1 'Arundhati Bakshi' - abhijit13 'Abhijit Ashok Meenakshi' - vivekl 'Vivek Lakshmanan' - ravitejakshetty 'Raviteja K Shetty' - rameshspeaks 'Ramesh Kumar V' - jrochelly 'Jakson Rochelly Nunes Moura' - fuel (8 more messages) 10:06:04 Kalpurush: kalpurush 'Moniruzzaman Monir' 10:06:07 .fas bckurera 10:06:08 bckurera: bckurera 'Buddhika Kurera' 10:06:25 .fas harish 10:06:26 harish: harishsk 'Harish Kumar S.K' - harishneit 'Harish Tummalacherla' - charish '' - harishom 'harish Mehta' - velagapudiharish 'velagapudi harish' - saphar 'hariharan saptharishi' - harishcyberhunk 'Gunneri Harish' - harishpgc '' (1 more message) 10:06:26 #chair Kalpurush 10:06:26 Current chairs: Kalpurush azneita bckurera harish suresht 10:06:42 #chair FranciscoD 10:06:42 Current chairs: FranciscoD Kalpurush azneita bckurera harish suresht 10:06:49 all set to chair 10:06:53 can we start then 10:06:56 please begin :) 10:06:59 thanks bckurera 10:07:05 .fas izhar 10:07:06 KageSenshi: izhar 'Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail' 10:07:08 lets move 10:07:14 KageSenshi, welcome 10:07:17 #topic News from FAmSCo 10:07:23 \o/ 10:07:27 News from FAmSCo 10:07:43 #chair KageSenshi 10:07:43 Current chairs: FranciscoD KageSenshi Kalpurush azneita bckurera harish suresht 10:07:49 are there anyone! 10:07:55 Hope you all aware of Larrys departure 10:08:06 we will really miss him 10:08:09 yes 10:08:13 good guy. 10:08:17 +! 10:08:18 we missed him 10:08:23 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:APAC_Ambassadors_2011-05-18#Agenda 10:08:23 +1 10:08:27 had the privilege of meeting him at the FUDcon Tempe 10:08:41 but he is around with us as a fedora user 10:08:43 swell of a guy, nice write-ups too 10:08:47 Then we had Board and FSCo elections ahead 10:09:23 Then you all have to sign the new agreement in FAS 10:09:33 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Fedora_Project_Contributor_Agreement 10:09:35 just reminding all important things 10:09:36 already done 10:09:38 for the info 10:09:39 thanks suresht 10:09:48 Already done 10:10:13 Finally we have a good news - F15 is GOLD and ready t release on 24th May 10:10:24 +1 bckurera 10:10:30 \o/ 10:10:30 yes, dent'ed that this morning. 10:10:36 means i have one more week to send out all me free media dvds :o 10:10:43 #chair arifiaou 10:10:43 Current chairs: FranciscoD KageSenshi Kalpurush arifiaou azneita bckurera harish suresht 10:10:55 yes we have one week 10:10:59 thats around 80 media! damn damn damn! 10:11:01 less than one week I should say 10:11:22 Is there anything I missed 10:11:22 that's still a lot FranciscoD 10:11:24 bckurera, pls add chair for aks 10:11:24 FranciscoD, we can do it 10:11:34 he is come fron nepal 10:11:38 arifiauo: yes! we will do it :) 10:11:45 i will be making a F15 live DVD custom-built - to include virt, xournal and some other stuff that I personally want in it. 10:12:05 aha! nice! 10:12:20 .fas aks 10:12:21 aks: jakshay 'Akshay Jain' - abaksh1 'Arundhati Bakshi' - abhijit13 'Abhijit Ashok Meenakshi' - vivekl 'Vivek Lakshmanan' - ravitejakshetty 'Raviteja K Shetty' - rameshspeaks 'Ramesh Kumar V' - jrochelly 'Jakson Rochelly Nunes Moura' - fuel (8 more messages) 10:12:23 I'm already on F15 though :P 10:12:23 Thts good , harish 10:12:30 what will you call the remix harish? 10:12:32 it will be 64-bit though. 10:12:35 #chair ask 10:12:35 Current chairs: FranciscoD KageSenshi Kalpurush arifiaou ask azneita bckurera harish suresht 10:12:40 sorry 10:12:43 #undo 10:12:43 Removing item from minutes: 10:12:49 harish, good we all waiting for that 10:12:55 not a remix per se, it is essentially the DVD done into a live DVD. 10:12:55 #chair aks 10:12:55 Current chairs: FranciscoD KageSenshi Kalpurush aks arifiaou ask azneita bckurera harish suresht 10:13:13 fasinfo aks 10:13:45 Hello aks good to see you 10:13:49 azneita, . 10:13:50 i'll share the ks file once I am happy with it. 10:13:53 bckurera: :) 10:14:00 .fasinfo aks 10:14:01 Seems my email worked atleast for a one FAm :) 10:14:01 suresht: User: aks, Name: Abhishek Singh, email: aks.abhishek@gmail.com, Creation: 2006-02-13, IRC Nick: aks, Timezone: Asia/Kathmandu, Locale: en, Extension: 5100415, GPG key ID: 5267ED40, Status: active 10:14:05 suresht: Unapproved Groups: gitlekhonee 10:14:06 +1 10:14:09 welcome you aks 10:14:09 suresht: Approved Groups: cla_fpca cla_fedora cla_done ambassadors freemedia 10:14:16 bckurera: indeed 10:14:23 .fas aks 10:14:24 aks: jakshay 'Akshay Jain' - abaksh1 'Arundhati Bakshi' - abhijit13 'Abhijit Ashok Meenakshi' - vivekl 'Vivek Lakshmanan' - ravitejakshetty 'Raviteja K Shetty' - rameshspeaks 'Ramesh Kumar V' - jrochelly 'Jakson Rochelly Nunes Moura' - fuel (8 more messages) 10:14:25 we should get down to the agenda 10:14:32 the rest can go in the open floor :D 10:14:36 aks ok 10:14:42 +1 10:14:51 can we proceed 10:15:03 bckurera: please begin with agenda item #1 10:15:04 seems it is better moving 10:15:06 +1 10:15:10 yes please 10:15:18 we are at the news item 10:15:18 lets move 10:15:22 .fasinfo harishpillay (for the record) 10:15:23 harish: User "harishpillay (for the record)" doesn't exist 10:15:24 now we can go for the palnning 10:15:27 .fasinfo harishpillay 10:15:28 harish: User: harishpillay, Name: Harish Pillay, email: harish.pillay@gmail.com, Creation: 2008-02-20, IRC Nick: harish, Timezone: Asia/Singapore, Locale: en, Extension: 5103197, GPG key ID: 746809E3, Status: active 10:15:32 harish: Approved Groups: gitcommarch-web ambassadors cla_done cla_redhat 10:15:56 #topic APAC FAD and FUDcon planning 10:15:58 go ahead. apologies for the interruption 10:16:05 harish, gitcommarch-web ohh well! 10:16:07 Here harish floor over to you 10:16:13 ok thank bckurera 10:16:15 git really i like it 10:16:24 we all love git :) 10:16:30 FUDcon - we need to submit the bid for it. 10:16:35 So FAD and FUDcon planing 10:16:52 #topic FAD and FUDCon planning 10:17:20 there should be an announcement that goes out for the FUDcon bid 10:17:22 we are in that topic 10:17:31 harish, isn't there supposed to be a call first? 10:17:40 so KageSenshi if you want to bid for FUDcon Malaysia put the bid out. 10:17:49 +1 10:17:51 I already had a call 10:17:53 folks are already bidding in different regions 10:17:57 but no ideas came up :( 10:17:58 harish, any links ? 10:17:59 erk 10:18:11 I hear milano one 10:18:12 let me see 10:18:18 KageSenshi: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_organization_process 10:18:28 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon 10:18:37 if i remember correctly the last call was for fudcon emea 10:18:38 the organization process link is important 10:18:57 #link http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_bid_process 10:19:23 none for apac yet, right? 10:19:30 not yet 10:19:34 yes 10:19:35 okay, bidding would be step 1 10:19:36 if we call bid now the we can have in next year is it? 10:19:36 Malaysian one is also waiting 10:19:38 harish, bid submit to fudcon-planning ? 10:19:51 #info Step1: bidding for FUDcon 10:20:00 suresht: see the links, they have a timeline cut out 10:20:05 (iirc) 10:20:20 suresht: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_organization_process#FUDcon_Team_General_Planning_Schedule 10:20:47 FranciscoD, nice resource 10:21:02 +1 10:21:08 let me ask Robyn. She prompted me on this. 10:21:11 so it is a 12 month procedure :P 10:21:19 so for apac, we're creating the bid before the RFP 10:21:25 but that notwithstanding, let's go ahead and plan anwway. 10:21:32 s/anwway/anyway/ 10:21:35 cool :) 10:21:42 harish, "there should be an announcement that goes out for the FUDcon bid" .. /me goes look around all the MLs 10:21:52 KageSenshi, thanks. 10:22:08 harish, i didnt see one on fudcon-planning though 10:22:11 let's just prod jsmith, he may issue one for us :) 10:22:11 let's see if we can come up with a series of FADs and FUDcons 10:22:35 a series of FADs + *one* fudcon for APAC, you mean? 10:22:47 again, going back to what I suggested two weeks ago, the more FADs we run, the better we are prepared to run a FUDcon 10:22:50 atleast one FUDcon in 2012 10:22:56 +1 10:22:56 1 10:22:59 +1 10:23:06 +1 10:23:09 ideally 1 FUDcon for 2012 10:23:24 but nothing stopping us from planning for 2013 10:23:42 we have an suggession in Malaysia for 2012 10:23:46 +1 10:23:51 theres plenty of time. We can easily have one FUDCon in 12, and then another in 13 10:23:53 forward planning is good for it offers us time to plan and change course if needed. 10:24:11 bckurera, ok. KageSenshi any comments. 10:24:37 we need to start planing before 12 months 10:24:41 KageSenshi, you might want to consider a FAD at MOSC in Penang 10:24:44 as the process demand it too 10:24:54 lets break it down 10:24:59 Therefore we can have a FUDcon end of next year 10:25:07 lets first talk FADs, since they have less requirements 10:25:15 then, we can move on to a FUDCon 10:25:16 harish, i am thinking something around after eidulfitri 10:25:18 Bckurera, its good 10:25:19 we talked about FAD last time 10:25:22 for FAD 10:25:28 harish, we are planning to do our FAD_lk in between june-july 10:25:37 ok lets focus FAD 10:25:42 KageSenshi, when will that be? 10:25:44 bckurera: can you sort of revise what we decided last time please? 10:25:51 about the FADs? 10:25:54 harish, sept/october 10:25:55 suresht, ok. proposal? 10:25:58 The first FAD in SL 10:26:20 bckurera, good. proposal please. 10:26:21 has a wiki page been setup? 10:26:26 harish, i already secured a venue for FAD 10:26:27 An event page" 10:26:29 " 10:26:29 ? 10:26:34 KageSenshi, where at? 10:26:43 harish, where else, APIIT/UCTI :) 10:26:50 thats the easiest place to get .. 10:26:55 :-). common workhorse! 10:26:57 harish, i have finished almost 90% proposal and look forwarding to submit to our local software companies 10:27:13 with plenty of breakaway rooms 10:27:20 suresht, it is on a wiki somewhere? 10:27:25 suresht: set up a wiki page please, it's step one 10:27:34 and dump all info there, even the proposals 10:27:39 KageSenshi, yes, APIIT is a good place. only challenge is to get out of that place. 10:27:40 then everything fine here 10:27:42 wait 10:28:05 remember, we should be living the TOSW principles. release early, release often. 10:28:09 we had a wiki 10:28:14 harish, /me nods 10:28:14 wait i ll find the URL 10:28:33 harish, it is prework tasks https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_lk_prework#Day_April_15_-_May_15_2011 10:28:38 harish, for FUDCon i'm eyeing towards JB though 10:28:51 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_Sri_Lanka_2011 10:29:12 KageSenshi, works for me :-) 10:29:12 this is orignal one then we have add here 10:29:17 but we are still planing, we dragged this till F15 release 10:29:25 yes suresht 10:29:43 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Sankarshan/Questions 10:29:55 it's India specific, but still worth a read 10:30:01 harish, gurdip have contacts in jb which might help in securing venue :) 10:30:16 suresht is location fixed? 10:30:27 harish, i am planning to produce fedora pens/balloons/strikers/fedora note books 10:30:54 Suresht, it's great :( 10:31:09 :) 10:31:12 suresht, ok. balloons :-)? 10:31:18 local price for one pen 0.25 $ and one notebook 0.25 $, 10:31:32 fedora balloons 0.1 $ 10:31:53 Everything in touch of fedora :) 10:32:07 suresht: please keep the wiki page updated with these details :) 10:32:19 for participants, the wiki page is the one time stop 10:32:28 +1 10:32:29 once i create proposal pdf i will forward it to all 10:32:36 erm .. couldnt find the bid announcement .. is it really already open ? 10:32:39 still we are planing so nothing fixed yet 10:32:41 everything they need about the event is should be on the wiki 10:32:42 Suresht, add fedora t-shirt 10:32:51 KageSenshi, ping jsmith please. 10:32:53 FranciscoD, still we are in way 10:32:58 harish, ok 10:33:07 suresht: nevermind, still keep the wiki page up :) 10:33:14 so after speak to harish and you all i am planning to add to wiki 10:33:22 suresht, ok 10:33:23 +1 10:33:26 suresht: if you wait till everythings ready, you'll miss a lot of participants 10:33:46 let people know whats going on, it'll keep them interested 10:34:00 FranciscoD, really you are correct 10:34:02 the key thing here is to show that there is planning underway with some degree of certainty of the events actually happening - like location, signups etc. 10:34:10 harish: +1 10:34:15 it shows commitment and drive and helps me to get funds etc. 10:34:22 +1 10:34:25 we have planned to do ths april but still we are on air 10:34:28 harish: you put my thoughts into words :D 10:34:50 +1 , harish 10:34:51 one of the things I'd like to see happen is a net increase of activities for APAC this year. it shows a growth of interest and participation 10:35:05 so, all activities 10:35:17 yes we keep increasing the volume 10:35:18 harish: how about we discuss that in the open floor? I have some suggestions too 10:35:20 harish, so i hope i can get fund as much i can from local software companies but we need some money before kick off 10:35:27 Yes we hv to running 10:35:29 whether it is in a school or a LUG or a JUG or whatever it should all be in the wiki so taht we can capture and measure it. 10:35:41 FranciscoD, OK 10:35:52 keep on topic. 10:35:59 we are 30 minutes here 10:36:04 :) 10:36:06 so we've two FADs line up 10:36:14 at present 10:36:14 ok 10:36:15 where is the other? 10:36:20 cool 10:36:22 Sri Lanka and next? 10:36:30 KageSenshi has one , right? 10:36:32 we ll be having the SL FAD on July end 10:36:33 mether, are you able to answer this? 10:36:35 for sure 10:36:42 harish, because i have spoken to someones they said after finish event only the sponsors give money to us 10:37:02 suresht: yes, you get reimbursed when you send in the reciepts 10:37:08 suresht you will not get money till you produce bills 10:37:08 *receipts 10:37:13 FranciscoD, to do :) .. possibly on mid september .. i will be meeting the local guys next weekend 10:37:19 to discuss more with them 10:37:20 suresht, reimbursement is after the fact as far as possible. 10:37:22 suresht: which is why, everything needs to be documented on the wiki :) 10:37:31 then i'll put up a wiki 10:37:32 KageSenshi: aha, great :) 10:37:52 gear thoughts 10:37:57 ok i will do in wiki and pdf proposal as well 10:38:00 FranciscoD, venue already secured , but not manpower yet :) 10:38:01 #info All reimbursements are after the event 10:38:03 i think we need to keep repeating that unless it is on the wiki, it is not happening. 10:38:07 :-) 10:38:38 #info all FADs need to be placed on the wiki: irrespective of their status 10:38:58 ok~ 10:39:19 harish, network is being troublesome here. I potentially missed the context but if the question is about FUDCon, I am planning for one in India 10:39:21 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD 10:39:32 mether: you are?? 10:39:44 * FranciscoD dances :D 10:39:53 wow great to hear mether 10:40:00 \o/ 10:40:04 FranciscoD, yep. I will post the details soon 10:40:09 hoho 10:40:11 mether: great :) 10:40:13 :D 10:40:14 mether: alright! Great! 10:40:15 mether, about India running a FAD or two and a FUDcon in 2011. 10:40:26 Mether, great:D 10:40:36 FUDcon in 2011?? 10:40:39 additional info on FADs : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD#What_is_a_FAD_like.3F 10:41:37 #link http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD 10:41:52 bckurera, If I understand the process correctly, then it would one for 2012 instead. fads can be organized in a much shorter time 10:42:21 great So i m waiting 10:42:30 is there any FAD organizing in India?? 10:42:34 in 2011?? 10:42:56 we organized one last year around this time. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_Pune_2010 10:43:04 could so something similar this year as well 10:43:08 bckurera: not yet 10:43:17 yup I already refer that mether 10:43:30 but we could, maybe around July-August 10:43:40 yeah 10:43:45 nice to hear that and love to visit too 10:43:48 takes about a couple of months to do it well 10:44:03 bckurera, alright. lets discuss that after the meeting 10:44:05 ping gbraad 10:44:14 Hi, Gbraad 10:44:28 great KIT mether, bckurera@gmail.com we can have a GTalk :) 10:44:47 mether, :) 10:44:57 45 minutes passed on the meeting 10:45:21 Mether keep it on irc, so we also can join 10:45:32 Kalpurush, sure 10:45:35 yup sound great 10:45:40 will do so 10:45:46 okay, are we done with FADs? 10:45:53 move on to the next topic? 10:45:56 yes 10:46:02 lets move t FUDcons 10:46:04 if we are going to FAD we have to work hard me & bckurera know the pain 10:46:17 +1 10:46:32 +1 10:46:42