Thank you for this words Francesco Is for people like you that, we the newbies, are here trying to help. We just want to follow the example of people like you who trully believe that a change can be made just working hard for a right cause and helping people to be better everyday. Merry Christmas and a really happy new year :D <div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/20 Francesco Ugolini <<a href="mailto:fugolini@fedoraproject.org">fugolini@fedoraproject.org</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi fellow Ambassadors, It’s time for me to let other people inject new and fresh ideas into FAmSCo! I had the honor to serve as FAmSCo member for the past three years, two of them as Chair. I worked with marvelous people, ready to give the right advices at the right time. I had the opportunity to coordinate the work done by Ambassadors all over the world, and manage the transition from a centralized model to a regional one. I have been seeing the project growing fast, from 60 Ambassadors, in the early 2006, to 700, up to now. I have met great people, whoever they were Ambassadors or community members. We have faced many challenges and, all together, we have been able to transform them in a success for the whole project. I could spend hours talking about what was done in the past. Today, however, I want to write about the future. >From a personal side, I'll be an Ambassador. I'll organize or join events, working with the other EMEA Ambassadors to spread Fedora in all the European, African and Middle East countries. As former FAmSCo member, if the upcoming FAmSCo accept it, I will be pleased to share my experience. >From a project perspective, my advice to the new FAmSCo is: stay in touch with Ambassadors, focus on simple but effective things and be a point of reference for everyone. When it's needed, fly high. The past experience has demonstrated that great ideas could become a success. Even if we come from a region, keep in mind that being a FAmSCo member means being the representative of all Ambassadors, from the nearest to the furthest one. To all Ambassadors: i can only suggest you to keep doing what you are doing. Stay in touch with people, be as simple as smart when you join or organize events. Remember: you represent Fedora and its community, from packagers to translators. Be yourself and people will like you and, consequently, Fedora. This is my last act as FAmSCo chair. I wanted to be brief, but I hope my words could give what I learned, and what it really matters to me. Tomorrow, as an Ambassador, I promise I'll do my best to keep high the name of Ambassadors. Thanks Joerg, Susmit, Max, David, Thomas and Rodrigo for your great work as FAmSCo members and, surely, for being loyal friends. Thanks to all the former FAmSCo member who served with me in the past, and all the Ambassadors who I have been in touch with, and have supported me. Good luck to the new members, the newbie and the confirmed ones. I’m sure you’ll do an excellent job. Thank you. Today I'm really proud to be a Fedora Ambassador! Francesco Ugolini -- Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Fedora-ambassadors-list@redhat.com">Fedora-ambassadors-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list</a> </blockquote></div> -- tatica Maria Gracia Leandro <a href="http://www.tatica.org">http://www.tatica.org</a> <a href="http://www.fedora-ve.org">http://www.fedora-ve.org</a> <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MariaLeandro">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MariaLeandro</a> LinuxUser= 440285 GPG Public Key: E1CDCC56 "Be yourself... Don't be anyone else"