emea-ambassadors-2009-02-18

spevackhello everyone21:58
MrTomlet's switch to english guys21:58
* delhage tycker att alla pratar konstigt21:58
bochechaet dire qu'y a des mauvaises langues qui disent que personne vient aux réunions :)21:58
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pingouHi :)21:59
MrTombochecha you're not sleeping yet ?21:59
pingouMrTom, he is21:59
pingouhe just set up a bot to say Hi ^^21:59
MrTomyes he's dreaming out lourd21:59
bochechaMrTom, give me 5 minutes :)21:59
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MrToms/lourd/loud21:59
bochecha^^21:59
bochecha(lourd ça me correspond pas si mal ^^)22:00
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spevackok22:01
spevacklet's begin our Monthly EMEA ambassadors meeting.22:01
spevackwho's here?22:01
pingouPierreYvesChibon22:01
d3viceme22:01
moixsStevenMoix22:01
kwizartNicolasChauvet22:01
armelkArmelKermorvant22:01
bochechaMathieu Bridon22:01
sdziallasSebastianDziallas22:01
delhageLars Delhage22:01
MrTomThomasCanniot(fr)22:01
d3vicePedro Silva22:01
lcafieroLarry Cafiero (just sitting in)22:02
horadrimnew guy joining if you will have one :) Thierry22:02
fcrippaFrancescoCrippa22:02
Pikachu_2014MohamedElmorabity22:02
d3vicefirst time attending a emea meeting too22:02
d3viceor ambassadors meeting22:02
spevackok22:02
kitalJoergSimon (unfocused)22:02
spevacknot a bad crowd22:02
spevacka lot of french folks here!  bon soir!22:03
moixsYes, MrTom forced us :p22:03
armelkyes, Bonsoir MAX !22:03
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MrToms/forced/asked22:03
moixs^^22:03
armelk^^22:03
spevackwell, i'll begin the meeting with a few words about EMEA stuff in general, and then we will move to specific topics.22:03
horadrimfrench yes but in Norway22:03
spevackFirst off, I'd like to say that I thought FOSDEM was an excellent event, and I want to say thank you to everyone who attended.22:04
ixs+122:04
spevackNormally at this time in the meeting we'd have an update from FAMSCo.  MrTom is the guy who has been sending the FAMSCO meeting summaries out, so let me pause and ask if there are any questions about FAMSCo stuff for me, MrTom, or anyone else?22:05
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spevackok, no questions.  that's ok22:06
GeroldKaGeroldKassube Sory for beeing late22:06
spevacki think MrTom has done a great job with the famsco meeting summaries.22:06
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spevackGeroldKa: no problem, we're still early in the meeting22:06
MrTomyou're welcome spevack22:06
spevackthere are a few important topics on famsco's plate right now, in my opinion22:06
spevack(1) Budget.  The "fiscal year" for Red Hat ends in February, and the new year starts on March 1.22:07
spevackWhat does this mean for Fedora?22:07
spevackWell, all it means is that we have new budget on March 122:07
spevackright now, I think the budget will be about the same as it was last year, so i think that things will be more or less the same, from a resource point of view.22:07
spevack(2) The discussion about active/inactive ambassadors has come up again.  I don't want to spend time talking about that in this meeting, but I think it is something that FAMSCO needs to address once more, and Francesco Ugolini will be leading that effort.22:08
spevack===22:08
spevackany questions or comments?22:08
spevack===22:08
spevackok.22:09
spevackjump in any time with questions.22:09
spevackkital: do you want to do a membership update, or are you too busy this week?  It's ok either way22:09
kitalno update this time end of February is the next update22:09
spevackok22:10
spevackLet's talk about events, then.22:10
spevackWe'll just run down the events page22:10
spevackhttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents#Europe.2C_Middle_East.2C_Africa_Q122:10
spevackeveryone go here ^^^^^22:10
d3vicei would like to ask for some advice, but i think this issue could come up after the events22:10
spevackd3vice: sure, no problem.22:11
spevackmy initial comments about the events page22:11
spevackis that this is a nice looking quarter.22:11
spevackthere are several events, both large and medium-sized22:11
spevackbut not so many events that it will be difficult to fund them all.22:11
spevackI'll talk about CLT for kital, since he is busy22:12
spevackthings are pretty much all set for that event.  Fedora is sponsoring the event itself, and also will have a booth with several ambassadors.  I was invited to give a speech, and I will be giving the same talk that I gave at FOSDEM, with a few changes, so hopefully it will be a bit better.  :)22:12
cwickert!!22:12
spevackcwickert: please go ahead.22:12
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cwickertI'd like to attend CLT, but according to the wiki the presence is limited to 5 people22:13
spevackcwickert: i don't know if that is still true, now that we are sponsors22:13
spevackkital: can you comment?  can we bring more people now?22:13
spevackcwickert: i just show up where i'm told, i don't know any of the details :)22:14
cwickertI will most likely have a talk, so I need to be there ;)22:14
spevackcwickert: well, if you have a talk, you definitely need to be there!22:14
killefizcwickert: the five people is only for the catering and stuff - if you're holding a talk you're part of that anyway22:14
cwickertthanks killefiz22:14
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spevackcwickert: I'd say just add yourself to the page, especially if you are talking.  and you might want to call one of the hotels and book a room.  they are pretty cheap, and I'll pay for it :)22:15
spevackcwickert: what will your talk be about?22:15
cwickertLXDE22:15
spevacknice22:15
cwickertso if I cannot be there for Fedora I will be there for LXDE22:15
cwickert anyway, question answered22:15
spevackcwickert: be there for both, but wear your fedora shirt.  :)22:15
cwickert:)22:16
spevackok, anything else on CLT?22:16
killefizspevack: prepare to hold your talk in front of a limited audience - unless you're holding it in german22:16
spevackkillefiz: well, I asked them that when they invited me to talk22:17
spevackif language would be a problem22:17
spevackand they said no, come and talk.22:17
spevackso, whatever :)22:17
spevackit's my fault for not knowing german!22:17
spevackmaybe i'll have cwickert or kital translate a bit for me :)22:17
GeroldKathen try it in dutch Max22:17
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* spevack skips Cebit since romal isn't here22:18
cwickertpeople at chemnitz aren't really talking German anyway22:18
spevackand our presence there is small/almost nothing22:18
spevackSo, we've got the whole french team here, so let's talk about Linux Solutions!22:18
spevackMrTom, armelk: the floor is yours!22:18
MrTomThanks22:18
spevackwe spoke a bit at FOSDEM, but this is the "official" meeting22:18
* spevack quiets down now22:18
MrTomFor Solutions Linux (10,000 attenddes each year), we are working on having the Tunisian guys coming to Paris22:19
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spevackhow many people is that?22:19
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spevackmjung: hello -- we'll be talking about linuxtag and fudcon in a while :)22:20
spevackMrTom: please continue22:20
mjungspevack: moin. Gerold invited me to join. Hope this is fine with you guys?22:20
MrTomAt the latest news, they are 5 coming for the event, and if they are not here atm, it's because they are having a meeting to discuss about how to get organized22:20
spevackmjung: absolutely22:20
MrTomi should book the hotel at the end of the week22:20
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spevackMrTom: were you ever able to confirm the budget for fedora-fr arrived?22:21
MrTomwhat i can confirm is that it did not arrived befaire january 31st22:21
spevackhaha22:21
MrTomi'll ping the bank tomorrow -- promise22:21
* spevack smacks his head on his desk22:21
MrTomfor SL as weel, we are working on creating a event tshirt as well, we are still waiting for the best numbers to have them made.22:21
MrTomhave i forgotten something armelk ?22:22
spevackarmelk: what ever happened with veronique from red hat?22:22
spevackarmelk: will you meet her or speak on the phone?22:23
MrTomahah ! i let armelk respond about this :)22:23
armelkYes, we have a meeting withg Veronique Monday 23rd at 5:3022:23
MrTom\o/22:23
MrTompm22:23
MrTom5:30pm22:23
moixsThe preliminary design for the SL T-Shirt layout for the people who are interested: http://opossum1er.fedorapeople.org/t-shirt_sl.png22:23
spevackok, well that will be interesting i am sure.22:23
armelkwe are in Paris at RH bulding22:24
spevackarmelk: will you please send me an email with some of the results of the meeting?22:24
armelkof course max ;-)22:24
spevackarmelk: and if you need to, feel free to call me during the meeting if you want to talk to me about anything, and we can switch to english for a little while22:24
MrTomcould you give us your phone number for this ? just in case of22:25
spevackMrTom: i will email it22:25
armelkI have the Phone number of MAX :-D22:25
MrTomthanks22:25
MrTomthat's not fair :p22:25
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spevackanything else from the French Ambassadors?22:25
MrTomyep22:25
pingou( MrTom I have it else)22:25
spevackMrTom: continue, sir!22:25
MrTomwe are holding a general meeting for the organization next saturday22:26
MrTomthe head of the org may change a bit22:26
MrTombut we will try not to make you feel it22:27
MrTomyou = everybody22:27
MrTomand try to keep the same speakers22:27
spevackwell, i thank you MrTom for the wonderful leadership that you have shown, and I know you will continue to show22:27
MrTomyou're welcome22:27
spevackMrTom: anything else?22:28
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MrTomnope go ahead22:28
spevackpingou: did you have something?22:28
pingouyour number :)22:28
spevackah22:28
spevacknext up... OpenExpo.  is fabian here?22:29
spevackfabian_a: ping22:29
spevackwhile we wait for fabian22:29
spevackI will briefly mention the Red Hat Partner Summit in Malta22:29
spevacknot really a Fedora event22:29
spevackbut a few fedora contributors will be there due to the companies that they work for22:29
spevackincluding sandro and jeroen22:29
spevackjeroen will be giving a talk, as well!22:29
spevackkital, kanarip: do either of you want to talk about what we are doing at eLiberatica?  i think it is interesting, and the larger EMEA community would like to hear about it22:30
spevack(then we will move on to the next part of the meeting)22:30
fabian_aspevack: sorry i'm late22:31
spevackfabian_a: no problem22:31
spevackfabian_a: if you have an open expo update you can give it.  if not, we'll just move on.22:31
fabian_aspevack: it would be nice to have some live media22:32
GeroldKa!22:32
fabian_aeof22:32
spevackfabian_a: i still have quite a bit.  I will send you some22:32
spevackGeroldKa: go ahead22:32
GeroldKamaybe spevack can bring some (if he has some on next Saturday)22:32
spevackGeroldKa: good idea :)22:32
spevackI will bring it with me.22:33
fabian_aspevack: we will meet at the end of february at karlsruhe22:33
GeroldKabut another new "Round" will warm up22:33
spevackGeroldKa: would you like to talk about next saturday?22:33
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GeroldKaas many of you know I announced the first FRT22:33
GeroldKaFRT stands for Fedora Round Table22:33
spevackGeroldKa: will we actually sit at a round table?22:33
GeroldKaThis is an idea which was following uop the discussions with rsc in Böblingen last year22:34
GeroldKait should be a "going around" event where Ambassadors meet in a restaurant for socializing22:34
GeroldKameet each other AND also ..22:34
GeroldKathe local LUGs and LinuxGroups should get in touch to such an event22:35
GeroldKaright now, we have for Karlsruhe more than 20 confirmed registrations which was the first one22:35
GeroldKaand ...22:35
GeroldKamany of the attendees are reading the Fedora-de ML and want to attend and meet Ambassadors22:35
spevackGeroldKa: can you paste the wiki page?22:36
GeroldKathis FRT should be a periodic bimonthly event which moves around in a area22:36
GeroldKathe Wiki page (DRaft) is at22:36
GeroldKahttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FRT22:36
GeroldKaeof22:36
spevackok...22:37
spevackany questions or comments about events?22:37
spevackwe'll get an update about eliberatica next month.22:37
spevackit's not until May :)22:37
spevackand time is starting to run out22:37
* spevack waits for any questions.....22:37
d3vicei need advise22:37
spevackd3vice: i was just about to come to you.22:38
spevackgo ahead22:38
d3vicei'm a fedora ambassador from portugal for a couple of months22:38
d3vice(1) i dont show up in the country list, should i add myself?22:38
spevackyes, you have to update that page manually, right now22:38
d3vice(2) .pt ambassadors seem stalled, should i try to galcontact them? i don't feel fedora is strong in portu22:39
d3viceoops22:39
d3vice... strong in portugal22:39
spevackd3vice: do you have a blog that would be appropriate for fedora planet?22:39
d3viceno blog yet22:39
d3vicebut i read the planet every day :)22:39
spevackd3vice: i think it would be an excellent idea to contact the ambassadors who are listed in portugal, and see if any of them are still active and interested in participating.22:40
* spevack is reminded of a recent email thread on fedora-ambassadors-list :)22:40
d3vicespevack, i've read that too22:40
d3viceeven projectofedora.org seems stalled22:40
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spevackd3vice: if there is a group of you that can form some energy, then we can pick one or two events to try to either help you organize, or bring you to.22:40
spevackd3vice: for projectofedora, you should ping RodrigoPadula22:40
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spevackd3vice: i am sending him an email asking him to find you on IRC22:41
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bochechaspevack, isn't Rodrigo in Brazil ?22:41
GeroldKa:-)22:41
d3viceok, i'll shoot out some mails for them to try at least get the feeling for it22:41
spevackbochecha: yes, but he runs projectofedora, i believe22:41
bochechaprojetofedora.org no ?22:41
spevackmaybe i'm confused22:41
MrTomhe does22:42
spevackbochecha: that's the one22:42
bochecha(notice the missing "c" between brazilian protuguese and « portuguese portuguese »)22:42
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d3viceyes, projeCtofedora is the pt_PT one22:42
GeroldKaRegistrant Email:rodrigopadula@gmail.com22:42
spevackd3vice: would you /msg me your email address so that I can Cc you on an email to rodrigo?22:43
d3viceok, my questions are answered22:43
d3vicesure22:43
spevackd3vice: thanks for your energy and enthusiasm22:43
spevackok, final topic of the night, that was pre-planned:22:44
spevackFUDCon22:44
d3viceno, thank you fedorans ;)22:44
spevackthis year's EMEA FUDCon is going to be in brazil.22:44
delhagehu?22:44
spevacknot brazil22:44
spevackberlin22:44
GeroldKawhat a joke22:44
* spevack is tired22:44
moixslol22:44
delhageheh22:44
spevacki'm sure you all saw the email i sent to fedora announce list22:44
GeroldKaspevack, pays for flights22:44
spevackI hope that we can get a very large turnout22:45
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spevackwe purposefully picked a more central location than last year's in the Czech Republic.22:45
spevackhttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDConBerlin200922:45
spevackThat's the main wiki page.22:45
spevackif there are any questions, feel free to ask them now, or to email me.22:45
spevackBy the end of the month, the FUDCon organizational team will be fully organized and working.  I am very excited, and we are also very far ahead of where we normally are when planning for a FUDCon22:46
spevackwe have 4 months, which is great.22:46
spevackMarko Jung -- mjung -- is our "point of contact" w/ LinuxTag and MesseBerlin, who are giving us the hosting space for the FUDCon.22:46
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spevackmjung: are you still here?  i thought of a question that i wanted to ask you.22:47
cwickert?22:47
spevackI am planning on starting, probably at the beginning of march, weekly IRC meetings for organizing FUDcon.22:47
spevackwe did this last year and they were very helpful.22:47
spevackcwickert: please go ahead22:47
cwickerthave we figured out the booth size then?22:47
* spevack looks at GeroldKa 22:47
cwickertor is this not FUDCOn but Lnuxtag?22:47
GeroldKa12 sqm for Linuxtag; maybe a little more or less22:47
spevackcwickert: the booth is for LinuxTag, so technically it's not part of FUDCon, though there is overlap :)22:48
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cwickertok22:48
spevackobviously some of th eLinuxTag planning and FUDcon planning will be the same thing22:48
GeroldKafor Linuxtag if I may step in22:48
spevackso the weekly irc meetings will probably be for both, if GeroldKa is ok with that.22:48
spevackGeroldKa: please22:48
spevackGeroldKa: go ahead22:48
GeroldKathe most issues for Linuxtag are fixed right now22:48
GeroldKawe have a clear view of what Linuxtag this year will be22:49
GeroldKaand with the strength of FUDCon it will be more easier for me (ant the Team) to have a better success then last year22:49
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GeroldKaeof22:49
spevackA press release is currently being translated and will be sent out by Red Hat across EMEA regarding FUDCon next week.  Also, we will be asking LinuxTag to do a press release also.22:50
spevackthat is one of the things i need to follow up with mjung about22:50
* spevack has a long list :)22:50
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spevackAny questions or comments about LinuxTag and/or FUDCon?  It is very important that people register for FUDCon, so we know what to plan for.22:51
GeroldKaand /me is helping that it gets longer spevack22:51
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spevackok, we have 10 minutes left.22:51
spevacki want to open the floor up for any other topics.22:51
nirikI have one quick item. ;)22:51
spevacknirik: shoot22:52
makokal_I have a question about the FUDCon and Linuxtag22:52
nirikwe are always looking for teachers to teach irc classes... see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom for more info.22:52
spevackmakokal_: you go after nirik22:52
makokal_Is knowledge of German language required?22:52
spevackmakokal_: no, LinuxTag has talks in english and german, and fudcon will be in english, though we will have a few talks as part of linuxtag that will be in german22:53
spevacknirik: it looks like the next Fedora Classroom will be March 7 and 822:53
nirikI just wanted to ask everyone to look around for class teachers. Feel free to talk to me if you have any questions about it.22:53
nirikcorrect.22:53
spevacknirik: if i were you, i'd bother cwickert until he agrees to do an IRC version of his RPM PAckaging lecture :)22:53
killefizfor the (west)-german ambassadors - there is going to be a new event "openrheinruhr" on the 7th and 8th of November 2009 - as I am one of the events organizers I'd like to know if there is anyone who would volunteer to organize a fedora booth22:53
nirikspevack: a great idea. ;)22:54
spevacknirik: and i'll try to do a session about something that weekend also22:54
nirikexcellent. Thanks for your consideration.22:54
spevackkillefiz: i'm sure you'll get some volunteers22:54
spevacknirik: i enjoyed the fedora ambassador training session that i did a while back22:55
wonderer_hy, sorry I'm late ...22:55
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spevacknirik: and i would have done it again but i was out of town at the last fedora classroom22:55
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spevackkillefiz: but i don't think people can think that far ahead :)22:55
spevackany other topics from anyone?22:55
nirikno worries. I would love to see some new folks teaching classes on things they enjoy/know about too.22:55
GeroldKakillefiz, are you Ambassador?22:55
GeroldKaso take care by yourself for the Fedora booth22:56
makokal_I am new, and looking forward to the next fedora classes on 7th and 8th22:56
GeroldKaif you need help from seniors; ...22:56
GeroldKalet us know22:56
killefizGeroldKa: yes - unfortunatly I'm already commited to running the event itself ;)22:56
GeroldKa:-)22:56
spevackmakokal_: it would be great for you to attend22:56
spevackkillefiz: :) i'm sure you'll get some volunteers22:56
wonderer_!22:56
spevackwonderer_: go ahead22:56
dmaphykillefiz, i'm sure you already have at least one additional volunteer :D22:57
makokal_spevack_: I will sure attend22:57
wonderer_spevack: for pressreleases please make shure to get me in cc. thx. eof.22:57
spevackwonderer_: i will.  the RH press release is a bit different though, since it is done by internal people.  but for all the communications w/ LinuxTag, I certainly will!22:57
spevackok, I am going to adjourn the meeting at 22:59 if there are no other topics.22:58
spevack30 seconds22:58
spevackbut feel free to hang out and chat22:58
spevackI will post the log, etc.22:58
spevackthank you all very much for giving me an hour of your time tonight.22:58
GeroldKagreat job; thanks spevack22:58
spevack--- end of meeting ---22:59
wonderer_thanky22:59
delhagethanks22:59
makokal_thanks22:59
pingouThanks && Good evening :)22:59
* spevack falls asleep now22:59
d3vicethanks for having me22:59
moixs:)22:59
horadrimty22:59
fcrippathanks and good night :-)22:59
MrTomthanks !22:59
* spevack laughs about mixing up brazil and berlin22:59
opossum1erBy22:59
wonderer_GeroldKa: should I forward you the letter I got for the seminar in wetzlar?22:59
moixsyep, good night to you all22:59
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d3vicegotta work, see you all later23:00
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delhagethanks23:00
fcrippatoo late... it'll be brazil.... ;-)23:00
... signoff!#fedora-meeting -> d3vice("Leaving")23:00
... leave!#fedora-meeting -> bochecha("Quitte")23:00
GeroldKarotfl @ fcrippa23:00
... signoff!#fedora-meeting -> makokal_(Remote closed the connection)23:01
lcafierointeresting and entertaining meeting. Thanks, guys.23:01

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