21:00:02 <giannisk> #startmeeting EMEA ambassadors 2016-03-16 21:00:02 <zodbot> Meeting started Wed Mar 16 21:00:02 2016 UTC. The chair is giannisk. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 21:00:02 <zodbot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 21:00:02 <zodbot> The meeting name has been set to 'emea_ambassadors_2016-03-16' 21:00:13 <giannisk> #meetingname emea ambassadors 21:00:14 <zodbot> The meeting name has been set to 'emea_ambassadors' 21:00:19 <giannisk> #topic Roll Call 21:00:23 <lupinix> .fas lupinix 21:00:24 <zodbot> lupinix: lupinix 'Christian Dersch' <lupinix@mailbox.org> 21:00:29 <giannisk> Let's see how many people we have around. :) 21:00:32 <nmilosev> .fas nmilosev 21:00:32 <zodbot> nmilosev: nmilosev 'Nemanja Milosevic' <nmilosevnm@gmail.com> 21:00:33 <giannisk> Use .fas yourusername 21:00:34 <jflory7> .hello jflory7 21:00:35 <zodbot> jflory7: jflory7 'Justin W. Flory' <me@justinwflory.com> 21:00:37 <giannisk> .fas giannisk 21:00:38 <zodbot> giannisk: giannisk 'Giannis Konstantinidis' <giannis@konstantinidis.cc> 21:00:45 <ardian> .hello ardian 21:00:46 <zodbot> ardian: ardian 'Ardian Haxha' <ardian@brainpress.org> 21:01:03 <giannisk> Hello and welcome to yet another regular meeting for the EMEA region. 21:01:43 <giannisk> Let's wait a bit more for others to show up as well... 21:02:03 <mitzie> .fas meeting 21:02:04 <zodbot> mitzie: fmnmeetingminutes 'FMN Meeting Minutes Bot' <notifications+meetingminutes@fedoraproject.org> 21:02:10 <mitzie> .fas mitzie 21:02:13 <zodbot> mitzie: mitzie 'Zacharias Mitzelos' <mitzie@mitzelos.com> 21:02:14 <giannisk> #chair mitzie 21:02:14 <zodbot> Current chairs: giannisk mitzie 21:02:20 * mitzie was confused 21:02:20 <rsc> .hello robert 21:02:21 <zodbot> rsc: robert 'Robert Scheck' <redhat@linuxnetz.de> 21:03:29 <giannisk> A kind reminder that the meeting protocol is in effect. 21:03:44 <giannisk> That means, if you'd like to speak up please type ! 21:03:50 <giannisk> If you'd like to ask a question, type ? 21:03:57 <giannisk> And when you're done speaking, type eof. 21:04:08 <giannisk> #info The meeting protocol is in effect. Please see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_IRC#Meeting_Protocol 21:04:23 <giannisk> Waiting for another minute or two. 21:06:56 <decause> .hello decause 21:06:57 <zodbot> decause: decause 'Remy DeCausemaker' <decause@redhat.com> 21:07:01 <giannisk> Alrighty, let's get going. 21:07:02 * decause is in mktg too though 21:07:07 <giannisk> #topic Announcements 21:07:33 <giannisk> Deadline for Flock submissions is April 8th. 21:07:47 <andreasch> .fas andreasch 21:07:48 <zodbot> andreasch: andreasch 'Andreas Christoforou' <aceoscy@gmail.com> 21:07:52 <andreasch> Hi 21:08:07 <giannisk> Flock will be held this year in Krakow, Poland between 2-5 August. 21:08:19 <giannisk> And we also have a brand new site. 21:08:22 <giannisk> #link https://flocktofedora.org/ 21:08:44 <giannisk> #info Deadline for Flock submissions is April 8th 21:09:22 <giannisk> Would anyone like to announce something? 21:09:45 <nmilosev> ! 21:09:51 <giannisk> nmilosev: go ahead 21:10:06 <nmilosev> Google Summer of Code is open till March 25th. 21:10:26 <giannisk> nmilosev: Oh yes, thank you 21:10:30 <nmilosev> https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-accepted-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-2016/ 21:10:33 <nmilosev> eof 21:10:38 <giannisk> Fedora has been selected as an organization for GSoC 21:10:45 <giannisk> #link https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-accepted-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-2016/ 21:10:55 <giannisk> ^Interesting read, thanks again! 21:10:59 <giannisk> nmilosev++ 21:10:59 <zodbot> giannisk: Karma for nmilosev changed to 2 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 21:11:20 <giannisk> Anything else, anyone? 21:11:27 <giannisk> jflory7: got anything this time? :D 21:11:37 <jflory7> Ooh! Yes! Thanks for the ping! 21:11:49 <jflory7> nmilosev++ for the GSoC share 21:12:09 <nmilosev> Sure 21:12:09 <jflory7> giannisk++ for the Flock talk submission share 21:12:23 <jflory7> That's actually all I have at the moment. 21:12:28 <jflory7> You guys beat me to it :) 21:12:29 <jflory7> eof 21:12:38 <giannisk> Haha, thanks jflory7 :) 21:12:41 <giannisk> jflory7++ 21:12:59 <giannisk> Let's keep moving then. 21:13:03 <giannisk> #topic Requests 21:13:11 * giannisk takes a look at the emea trac 21:13:19 <giannisk> Hold on a moment... 21:13:49 <lupinix> #link https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/report/1?sort=created&page=1&asc=0 21:14:08 <lupinix> if you're looking for this one 21:14:35 <giannisk> lupinix: Yeap, thanks, I just had to fire up Firefox and visit the trac 21:15:15 <giannisk> #info Ticket #557 - OSCAL 2016 - travel expenses of Jiri Eischmann 21:15:21 <giannisk> #link https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ticket/557 21:15:43 <giannisk> sesivany has been accepted as a speaker for oscal 21:16:05 <giannisk> he will be talking at the conference and also bring swag with him 21:16:18 <giannisk> His travel costs are ~220 USD. 21:16:47 <giannisk> #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OSCAL_2016 21:16:58 <giannisk> We expect an even bigger participation in OSCAL this year 21:17:27 <ardian> +1 21:17:28 <giannisk> the community is growing there and we are going to put more effort to see even greater things happening :) 21:17:31 <giannisk> +1 21:17:42 <lupinix> +1 21:17:43 <nmilosev> +1 21:18:31 <mitzie> +1 21:18:36 <andreasch> +1 21:18:43 <giannisk> Ticket approved. 21:18:50 <giannisk> #agreed Ticket #557 Approved 21:19:34 <giannisk> Now, there is also #558 but as we need to figure out a bit the budget for DORS/CLUC, I have spoken to Jona and we are going to have it reviewed at a later time. 21:19:48 <giannisk> Because we need to settle on travel and hotel arrangements. 21:20:46 <giannisk> If there's a time pressure and we cannot time-wise afford to have it reviewed in the next regional meeting, we're going to have it reviewed by FAmSCo members. 21:21:13 <giannisk> #info Ticket #558 to be reviewed at a later time 21:21:46 <giannisk> I don't see any other requests for today. 21:22:00 <giannisk> Any questions so far 21:22:04 <giannisk> ? 21:22:04 <ardian> ? 21:22:10 <giannisk> ardian: yes please 21:23:55 <ardian> Regarding the swag for our event "Fedora & Mozilla Activity Day" 21:24:08 <giannisk> ardian: yes, what about it? :) 21:24:18 <ardian> kmrstiko isn't responding 21:25:12 <giannisk> ardian: have you tried to ping her? outside of the ticket, that is 21:25:32 <ardian> giannisk: not yet, but will do. 21:25:42 <giannisk> ardian: please do 21:25:50 <ardian> thanks, eof. 21:25:58 <giannisk> ardian: in any case, I see that you opened the ticket about 2 weeks ago 21:26:42 <giannisk> Friendly tip: submit requests about 4-6 weeks in advance. It's a good timeframe and this will make sure your stuff is sent and delivered in time. 21:26:54 <ardian> giannisk++ 21:27:12 <giannisk> Anything else regarding requests? 21:28:14 <giannisk> Okay, let's move on. 21:28:34 <giannisk> #topic Ambassadors Schedule 21:28:43 * giannisk looks for the link to the schedule 21:29:21 <giannisk> #link https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-24/f-24-ambassadors-tasks.html 21:29:47 <giannisk> Still a long road ahead. 21:29:52 <giannisk> Any questions? 21:30:01 <giannisk> Anything you'd like to say? 21:30:47 <giannisk> If not, we will be moving on. 21:32:07 <giannisk> Alrighty. 21:32:13 <giannisk> #topic Events 21:32:26 <giannisk> Any events taking place in your region? 21:32:36 <giannisk> Or would you like to report back from any recent events? 21:32:40 <giannisk> Now is the time! 21:33:23 <ardian> ! 21:33:28 <giannisk> ardian: go ahead 21:34:11 <ardian> I am organizing a small/info event regarding gsoc and how people can apply to our organization. 21:34:22 <ardian> *on how people 21:34:31 <linuxmodder> jflory7, decause the re-ping DID just make the server ml 21:34:43 <decause> linuxmodder: TY 21:34:56 <linuxmodder> it was your post not mine 21:35:00 <linuxmodder> decause++ 21:35:00 <zodbot> linuxmodder: Karma for decause changed to 30 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 21:35:53 <decause> ardian: I'm listening (GSoC Admin) 21:36:01 <decause> ardian: have you seen the "welcome kit" etherpad? 21:36:14 <decause> #link http://etherpad.osuosl.org/fedora-gsoc-welcome-2016 21:36:14 <ardian> decause: hey, no I haven't seen that 21:36:28 <decause> ardian: that has most of the important links, and a sample response email 21:36:38 <ardian> awesome!! 21:36:39 <giannisk> ardian: awesome, where is this going to take place? 21:36:42 <ardian> decause++ 21:36:43 <zodbot> ardian: Karma for decause changed to 31 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 21:36:43 <decause> ardian: you should also join the summer-coding list too 21:37:06 <ardian> giannisk: It's taking place at the Prishtina Hackerspace 21:37:43 <b10n1k> .fas b10n1k 21:37:43 <zodbot> b10n1k: b10n1k 'jiannis Bonatakis' <jbonatakis@gmail.com> - jobo 'jiannis bonatakis' <california17@gmail.com> 21:38:00 <giannisk> ardian: perfect! if you have the time and you're willing to, maybe you could also consider doing reaching out to local universities 21:38:01 <ardian> decause: amazing pad, thanks again. 21:38:17 <giannisk> ardian: i was thinking to do a similar thing 21:38:24 <decause> ardian: np, we also just did a commblog post: 21:38:54 <decause> #link https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-accepted-google-summer-of-code-gsoc-2016/ 21:38:58 <ardian> giannisk: I propablly will, I am in talk with my college for Campus Ambassadors too, so this might be the first topic/meeting 21:39:08 <decause> that has the same join info as our org page on the GSoC website 21:40:09 <giannisk> ardian: eof? 21:40:12 <jflory7> ardian: Ahh, we were going to collaborate further on that! Campus Ambassadors has slipped my mind lately... 21:40:17 <jflory7> Let's follow up on that again soon. 21:40:17 <jflory7> eof 21:40:27 <ardian> jflory7: I've seen your email, I will reply to it asap. 21:40:31 <ardian> thank you 21:40:34 <ardian> giannisk: eof 21:40:39 <giannisk> thank you ardian++ 21:40:59 <giannisk> Anything else regarding events? 21:43:01 <giannisk> In Greece, they have announced a new edition of FOSSCOMM. It's going to take place this April, and is probably the biggest foss-related conference in the country. 21:43:06 <giannisk> #link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosscomm 21:43:48 <giannisk> Some of our community members have already expressed their willingness to participate, so we're going to be there once again. :) 21:44:38 <giannisk> Anything else, anyone? 21:44:44 <giannisk> Else we will be moving on. 21:45:45 <jflory7> Ooh, sounds interesting! 21:45:55 <jflory7> Hoping to hear all about a Fedora presence there. :) 21:45:56 <jflory7> eof 21:46:31 <giannisk> jflory7: yeap :) 21:46:37 <giannisk> Okay, on to the next topic. 21:46:57 <giannisk> #topic Action items from previous meetings 21:47:06 * giannisk takes a look at the previous meeting minutes. 21:47:41 <giannisk> #link https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2016-03-02/emea_ambassadors.2016-03-02-21.00.html 21:47:52 <giannisk> #info No action items left from the previous meeting 21:47:58 <giannisk> Any questions here? 21:48:37 <decause> jflory7: I just did a *big* meeting with spot about EDU objective before this meeting, FYI 21:49:41 <decause> #action decause update EDU objective and logic model 21:50:01 <decause> #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Objectives/University_Involvement_Initiative 21:50:13 <decause> EoF 21:51:39 <giannisk> decause++ 21:51:58 <jflory7> decause++ 21:52:39 <linuxmodder> decause, can you link or email details on that too? 21:52:44 <linuxmodder> decause++ 21:53:42 <decause> linuxmodder: yeah, as soon as I figure out where to put the raw-whiteboard plotting :P 21:53:51 <linuxmodder> lol 21:53:52 * decause brb 21:55:07 <nmilosev> relevant: https://fedoramagazine.org/5tftw-2016-03-12/ (to University Involvment Initiative) 21:55:22 <giannisk> nmilosev++ 21:55:28 <giannisk> Alrighty, on to the Open Floor for the rest :) 21:55:47 <giannisk> #topic Open Floor 21:55:50 <nmilosev> jflory7, decause: Should we just add ourselves to the UII wiki page? 21:55:53 <nmilosev> eof 21:56:03 * decause is back 21:56:25 <decause> nmilosev: yes, if you are at a university, or know of faculty/staff at one that are Fedora Friends, please do 21:56:31 <jflory7> nmilosev: Yes, any students, faculty, or anyone associated or willing to help with this from an Ambassador standpoint is encouraged and welcome to add themselves to the list. :) 21:56:41 <jonatoni> .fas jonatoni 21:56:42 <zodbot> jonatoni: jonatoni 'Jona Azizaj' <jonaazizaj@gmail.com> 21:56:56 <nmilosev> decause, jflory7 Ok :) 21:56:59 <nmilosev> eof 21:57:08 <decause> jonatoni++ 21:57:28 * linuxmodder brbiaf 21:57:33 * linuxmodder & 21:57:37 <lupinix> looks like zodbot has to bake new cookies :D 21:57:56 * decause has already ++'d jonatoni before cause she is awesome 21:58:04 * jonatoni sorry for being late 21:58:12 <jflory7> Welcome Jona :) 21:58:31 * jonatoni decause thank you ;) 21:58:42 * giannisk waves at jonatoni 21:59:58 * jonatoni jflory7 :) 22:00:24 <giannisk> Anything else for today? 22:00:33 <giannisk> If not, we can end this meeting in three minutes. :) 22:00:56 <jflory7> Ohh!! 22:00:57 <jflory7> Wait! 22:01:12 * jflory7 goes to find an important mailing list post 22:01:20 <giannisk> jflory7: well, I'm still here :P 22:01:34 <nmilosev> jflory7, decause: I just added myself to the UII page. Count me in 22:01:47 <decause> nmilosev++ 22:01:47 <zodbot> decause: Karma for nmilosev changed to 4 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 22:02:26 <jflory7> #info The Fedora 24 Alpha readiness release meeting is happening tomorrow (Thursday) at 19:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting. Fedora Release Manager Jan Kurik put out a general invite to all on the Ambassadors list and many other sub-project lists. 22:02:27 <jflory7> #link https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/ambassadors@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/5KNNNRWDKG2A72KENCGO3UFWARD5YK4I/ 22:02:31 <jflory7> eof 22:02:42 <jflory7> nmilosev: Awesome, glad to hear it! :) 22:02:44 <giannisk> jflory7++ 22:03:15 <giannisk> thanks for reporting this, yes, there has been a thread on the ambassadors mailing list 22:03:44 <nmilosev> ! 22:03:57 <giannisk> nmilosev: go ahead! 22:04:21 <nmilosev> I haven't received anything from the mailing list yet, could it be broken? (sorry if this isn't the place) 22:04:37 <nmilosev> Only thing I received was the welcome mail. 22:04:49 <nmilosev> Should I ask someone on #fedora-admin? 22:04:50 <nmilosev> eof 22:06:24 <giannisk> nmilosev: you haven't been receiving any of these posts recently? https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/ambassadors@lists.fedoraproject.org/ 22:08:02 <nmilosev> giannisk: No. I double checked my subscription and it is active. I've been reading the lists, but I haven't received any e-mail. 22:08:34 <giannisk> nmilosev: Is the e-mail address you're using the same one as in FAS? 22:08:38 <jflory7> I have to head out for now -- thanks all! giannisk++ for chairing tonight. 22:08:39 <giannisk> nmilosev: but yes, better check it out w/ the Infra team 22:08:41 <nmilosev> giannisk: Yes, the gmail one. 22:08:49 <giannisk> jflory7: take care :) 22:08:51 <nmilosev> giannisk: Sure 22:08:57 <giannisk> nmilosev: eof? 22:09:02 <nmilosev> eof 22:09:08 <giannisk> thank you nmilosev 22:09:13 <giannisk> Anything else for tonight? 22:09:27 <giannisk> Else, I will be ending this meeting in two minutes from now. 22:09:55 <lupinix> good night everyone :) 22:10:11 <giannisk> Thanks everyone for being here, see you again in two weeks. 22:10:21 <giannisk> Have a great night. :) 22:11:59 <jonatoni> Good night @all ;) 22:14:04 <giannisk> 3, 2, 1, ... 22:14:10 <giannisk> #endmeeting