[Ambassadors] spanish speaking email list ?

David Barzilay david at projetofedora.org
Thu Oct 26 13:37:35 UTC 2006


Will do so.

Guillermo, Hernan and Co: fedora-mktg-amcentral at redhat.com sounds OK to
you all?

Thx,
--
db

> David,
> 
> You can request creation of such a list with Red Hat Helpdesk.
> a
> 
> On 10/25/06, Rodrigo Menezes <rodrigomenezes12 at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > ----- 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 ?
> >
> > > Guillermo Gómez S. wrote:
> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > > Hash: SHA1
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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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