[Ambassadors] spanish speaking email list ?

[Alex Maier]

David,

You can request creation of such a list with Red Hat Helpdesk.
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On 10/25/06, Rodrigo Menezes <rodrigomenezes12 at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
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> Fedora Project has a big audience in Brazil even without regular meetings.
>
> The first thing to do is marketing, showing in newsletters and websites the
> Fedora Project name, explaining the local group, the programs, the
> initiatives. The second goal is create a local site, a few percentage of the
> people read English, and who does will use a native language site because
> it's easier.
>
> In Brazil all projects works because people are expecting something. Local
> forums, lectures, install fest, stand in big events, this is piece of cake.
> All this is done with a mailing list, only a few meetings. Regular meetings
> can be annoying  for some people, the first tool must be the mailing list. I
> think this is a huge step for Fedora in Latin communities.
>
> Go get them tiger!!!
>
> Rodrigo Menezes
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> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: David Barzilay <david at projetofedora.org>
> Para: fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com
> Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 25 de Outubro de 2006 11:11:05
> Assunto: Re: [Ambassadors] spanish speaking email list ?
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> > Guillermo Gómez S. wrote:
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> > > I believe we have now enough spanish (around 6 to 10 people)
> speaking people here to pursue a dedicated mail list to gain more
> eficiency on our work.
> > >
> > > ¿ Who's in charge to set that up ?
> >
> > You would do better to setup regular Ambassador meetings and establish
> a active community first. If you have enough active participation
> regularly for a couple of months, we can setup a mailing list.
> >
> > Rahul
>
> Excuse me Rahul, but I disagree with you.
>
> Once these members decided getting together, a native-language list
> becomes necessary to exchange ideas, energy and enhance motivation, as
> these exchanges don't have the same outcome through one's second language.
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> Weekly or fortnightly meetings aren't enough to create the necessary
> collective atmosphere and motivation for people to work together. The
> interactions need higher frequency to naturally build communal views and
> leaders.
>
> I am suggesting the Ambassadors from Latin American countries to get
> organized and progress using the same "community-building-formula" that
> succeeded in Brazil, which roughly is:
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> 1) Get together people interested in promoting the FC distro and ask
> them to follow the steps in:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/MembershipService
> (if they are
> willing to contribute in other ways, they can join other Fedora
> sub-projects) - DONE
>
> 2) Create a specific list for your new group, i.e.
> fedora-mktg-amcentral at fedoraproject.org - I HOPE IT GETS
> DONE ASAP
>
> 3) Next, once their group agrees on common goals and wish to work
> together, create a website to centralize their efforts and local
> sub-projects
>
> 4) Participate in open source events taking the "Fedora flag". You can
> also organize "InstallFests" and install FC in students and teachers
> computers...
>
> Additional info at: http://www.projetofedora.org/ and
> http://www.projetofedora.org/Projetos
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> Thanks for listening and I hope everyone can get something positive out
> of these.
>
> Best,
> --
> David Barzilay
> Marketing and Community Relations Manager
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