Status of Chinese Fedora community (was: Re: [Ambassadors] Fedora Ambassador)

[Harish Pillay]

>> > Can I get a sense of how the Fedora community is in terms of numbers in the
>> > greater China region - Mainland, HK, Taiwan and even Macau?
>>
>> I can not answer this question from my perspective. We have made some
>> suggestions how you can proceed and that we are willing to help. You are a
>> Fedora Contributor from that Region, how would you answer that question?
>> Regional Requirements are something that you must find out in colaboration
>> with your local Fellows.
>
> Hi all,
>
> For those who don't know him already, Harish Pillay is something of a
> counterpart to Max Spevack for the APAC region.  At last report he is
> not assigned 100% to community architecture duties, but a significant
> portion of his time is spent on them.  (If that's changed Harish, my
> apologies and please correct me!)

Thanks Paul.  No things have not changed in terms of percentage, except
that it does seem to be large - but who's complaining :-)?

> Harish is very much interested in helping cultivate and grow the APAC
> community, including China, Japan, Micronesia, and elsewhere
> throughout the region.  He participates weekly in the Community
> Architecture meetings and is a vital part of the team.
>
> APAC is a big place, so the more that the local teams can give a sense
> of their community size and energy, the easier it gets to figure them
> into our planning.  I'm sure that some of our contributors there, like
> Yuan and Charles, can help make these sorts of estimates.

You nailed the issue.  APAC stretches about 7 time zones, and goes
from Mongolia up north to New Zealand down south.  I would like to
see how best we can characterize the region with sub regions so
that we can better focus and support the Ambassadors.

If you allow me to group the region into manageable portions such as:
1. North Asia - China (including Macau, HK, Taiwan), Japan, Korea and
    Mongolia
2. South Asia - Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
3. South East Asia - the 10 countries of ASEAN: Singapore, Malaysia,
    Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Burma, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
4. ANZ - including Timor Leste, Papau New Guniea and the islands of
   the South Pacific

Did I miss out anyone?  I know Iran and Afghanistan are not mentioned
above and they are Asian countries and would certainly want to reach
out to them as well.  Left out are the countries in central Asia - if you
are on this list, please call out.

I would like to help build and strengthen in each of the 4 regions the
Ambassador community.  I will take some time to detail some ideas
on the wiki.  BTW, I am Singaporean and live in Singapore and work
at the Red Hat APAC HQ in Singapore.

Comments and suggestions welcome as always.
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