[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Minutes from the FIRST EVER MEETING!

[Thomas Chung]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:24:36 -0500 (EST), Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote
> These "minutes" are boiled down from about 2 hours of conversation.  :)
> 
> 1. EVERY EVENT IN 2006!
> 
>   The stated goal of the Fedora Ambassadors program is to have a
>   presence at every significant Linux / open source event in the
>   world in 2006.  Everyone present agreed to this goal.
> 
> 2. PUT THE EVENTS IN THE WIKI!
> 
>   In order to accomplish our goal, we need a comprehensive list of
>   events, and we need to know who's planning on attending them.
>   This list will be kept up-to-date at:
> 
>     http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
> 
>   It is EVERY AMBASSADOR'S RESPONSIBILITY to keep this list 
>   updated!
> 
> 3. SPREAD THE WORD!
> 
>   Time to notify everybody about the Ambassadors program.  Email,
>   blog, whatever.  Spread the word.
> 
> 4. ARGUE MORE ABOUT FUNDRAISING!
> 
>   A crucial question.  It costs money for people to go to events,
>   and we can ask them to:
>     * Do it out of the goodness of their hearts;
>     * Get their company to pay for it;
>     * Sell Fedora-themed schwag onsite to get reimbursed;
>     * Use Fedora Foundation budget to get them there.
>   It's a crucial issue that we'll need to continue to discuss.
> 
> 5. NEXT MEETING TIME!
> 
>   Probably the original meeting time as suggested by Alex.  Which, for
>   Americans, is Thanksgiving... so the Americans can suck it up, or
>   not be present, heh.
> 
> --g
> 
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>              Red Hat ] [ machine easily masters the grim and the 
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Fedora Ambassadrors Meetings wiki page has been created.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Ambassadors/Meetings

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Thomas Chung
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