20:00:31 #startmeeting EMEA ambassadors 2012-06-27 20:00:31 Meeting started Wed Jun 27 20:00:31 2012 UTC. The chair is cwickert. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 20:00:31 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 20:00:32 -> #fedora-advisory-board 20:00:38 #meetingname famsco 20:00:38 The meeting name has been set to 'famsco' 20:00:52 #topic Role Call 20:00:59 .fas cwickert 20:00:59 cwickert: cwickert 'Christoph Wickert' 20:01:05 .fas dmaphy 20:01:05 dmaphy: dmaphy 'Dominic Hopf' 20:01:10 .fas ib54003 20:01:10 .fas jreznik 20:01:10 ib54003: ib54003 'Benedikt Schäfer' 20:01:11 .fas thunderbirdtr 20:01:12 .fas gnokii 20:01:13 jreznik: jreznik 'Jaroslav Reznik' 20:01:16 thunderbirdtr: thunderbirdtr 'Onuralp SEZER' 20:01:17 \o 20:01:20 gnokii: gnokii 'Sirko Kemter' 20:02:04 welcome egyde|mob, just in time 20:02:18 thanks for creating the wiki page egyde|mob 20:02:35 Thanks :) 20:02:58 Np :) 20:03:00 ok, I count 7 ambassadors, lets start 20:03:15 ok 20:03:23 the agenda for the meeting is at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:EMEA_Ambassadors_2012-06-27 20:03:34 please make sure to follow the meeting protocol 20:03:39 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRCHowTo#Protocol 20:03:55 when you want to say something, just type ! 20:04:02 when you want to ask something, type ? 20:04:10 and then wait till it's your turn 20:04:15 when you are done, say EOF 20:04:46 but as we are only 7 ppl, it shouldn't be too hard and we don't need to follow the protocol strictly :) 20:04:55 #topic Announcements 20:05:47 #info F18 board runoff elections between EvilBob and nb are over, nb made it. congrats to him and thanks to EvilBob for running 20:06:07 that means that nb now not only is a member of FAmSCo but also of the Fedora board 20:06:16 any more announcements? 20:06:59 #info FAmSCo has a new meeting time. we now meet on Mondays at 17:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting-2. join us if you like 20:07:44 this brings me to my next question: do people think our meeting time works? or should we try something else and hope that more people participate? 20:08:39 nobody? everybody happy with 20:00 UTC on Wedneday? 20:08:39 i don't know, but for me the emea meeting time is perfect EOF 20:08:45 ok, cool 20:08:52 never touch a running system 20:08:52 ! 20:08:58 thunderbirdtr: go ahead 20:09:00 I think time is good but 20:09:02 another day than wednesday would be an idea 20:09:23 If another meeting is take long that's can be problem sometime 20:09:27 at least better for me in some cases 20:09:33 eof 20:10:01 thunderbirdtr: the board has it's meeting just before ours and we usually finish in time 20:10:01 * egyde|mob thinks that the problem is that we almost discuss nothing here in the meeting 20:10:36 cwickert: ok 20:10:41 how about this: we create a doodle poll and if there are enough people who don't like the current time and we can agree on something better, we can shift 20:11:10 does this sound like a plan? 20:11:16 +1 20:11:20 +1 20:11:21 so we can vote the meeting time? 20:11:27 +1 20:11:28 +1 20:11:35 +1 20:11:39 ++ 20:11:40 ibancioiu: yes, but we only change it if we find something better 20:11:46 ok 20:11:49 eof 20:12:19 #agreed try to find a better timing for our meetings but only change them if we find something that is definitely better 20:12:34 #action cwickert to create a poll on the meeting time 20:12:47 ok, any more anouncements? 20:14:11 #info deadline for FAD EMEA 2012 is due. If you want to join us in Rheinfelden, please get in touch with geroldka ASAP. For more info, check out https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD_EMEA_2012 20:14:19 hi zoltanh7211, thanks for coming 20:14:30 hi everyone 20:14:34 hi 20:14:34 yw 20:14:38 #topic Ambassadors Schedule 20:15:38 if anybody has a free job position, please contact zoltanh7211. he is an awesome FOSS person and we owe him a favor 20:16:06 it's too bad Nokia is going down the drain, but having good friends suffer from it is even worse 20:16:22 +1000 20:16:30 anyway, here is the schedule: http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-18/f-18-ambassadors-tasks.html 20:16:46 yay - I will cry a river... 20:16:46 as you can see, there is not much going on ATM 20:17:29 however we should not just rest but do something 20:17:56 lets discuss the ideas later on the open floor 20:18:09 but we need to think about swag production 20:18:14 speaking of swag 20:18:19 yes 20:18:23 no news from the ambassadors polos 20:18:39 so the stickers are here? (emea) 20:18:48 #topic Swag 20:18:51 did the stickers arrived? 20:19:11 jreznik: which package arrived? mine or the big one from the US? 20:20:15 ibancioiu: jreznik said that a package arrived, but I am not sure which one 20:20:29 ok 20:20:36 there are two from the US, one with Fedora logo stickers and one with case badges 20:20:45 or as we call them in EMEA "laptop stickers" 20:20:58 I sent jreznik a small set of logo stickers, too 20:21:01 for urgent requests 20:21:09 only around 150 I think 20:21:12 i'm waiting for both :)) 20:21:17 and the other packages are 2000 each 20:21:28 I know that one package has been shipped from the US already 20:21:42 it's probably drowning in the Atlantic ocean :) 20:21:58 speaking of swag... 20:22:08 no news about the ambassadors polos yet 20:22:17 the vendor has problems to get the shirts 20:22:24 and I have looked for an alternative 20:22:41 one was with the same shirts but way more expensive 20:22:46 cwickert: yours 20:23:03 logo stickers 20:23:04 jreznik: ok, thanks 20:23:08 202 :) 20:23:16 you counted them?! 20:23:20 the US one has not yer arrived 20:23:29 cwickert: yep, to count the 100 requested :) 20:23:30 dude, you have too much time at work ;) 20:23:40 :) 20:23:46 * jreznik was about to become mad... 20:23:47 back to polo shirts 20:24:03 one vendor was more expensive, 400 EUR more expensive 20:24:11 how about cheatcubes? zoltanh7211 - could you share some to brno, we can distribute them from here? 20:24:28 cwickert: ! If I make research , and make shirts myself in there with guideliness ? 20:24:37 thunderbirdtr: hold on please 20:24:46 ok 20:24:48 I still have one package - cca 200 cheatcube - english 20:25:03 I can send over to Brno 20:25:23 zoltanh7211: ok, please do, we can easily reimburse you 20:25:29 ok 20:25:40 jreznik - please mail me an address 20:26:01 #action zoltanh7211 to send jreznik the english cheatcubes, jreznik to send zoltanh7211 his address 20:26:08 what about producing new cheatcubes? 20:26:19 zoltanh7211: do you know where the template is? 20:26:45 No problem, Ritter - who has produced for us the cubes - they have the earlier order and templates 20:27:07 we need to say only that we need it, and they make it 20:27:27 and as we did it earlier - they accept paypal 20:27:54 so famsco/jsimon could pay directly to there 20:28:06 ok, you can place an order but we should probably update them for systemd 20:28:16 that's why I asked for the templates 20:28:46 if I can have the updated / modified parts - then that wouldn't be a problem 20:29:04 who did the original template? 20:29:31 ah 20:29:32 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Fedora_Cheat_Cube_Users.svg 20:29:38 gnokii: can you update this? 20:29:40 I have only sent the PDF's and RItter has made corrections 20:30:18 #action gnokii and zoltanh7211 get together about new cheatcubes 20:30:20 yeah, and I need PDF if possible 20:30:27 cwickert: sure, if u give me the content 20:30:31 zoltanh7211: you can place the order, I will pay 20:30:37 gnokii: ok 20:30:58 zoltanh7211: and we should let it deliver directly to Brno 20:30:59 ok, first have the updated cube, and I place the order 20:31:05 ok, no problem 20:31:25 zoltanh7211: plase file a ticket in FAmSCos trac when ready and when you have a quote, so we can approve it 20:31:32 s/plase/please 20:31:34 ok 20:31:40 ok, not over to thunderbirdtr 20:31:46 s/not/now 20:31:56 and back to shirts, polo shirts 20:32:08 so as for ambassadors polos, I looked for alternatives 20:32:19 one was way to expensive but the same quality 20:32:33 and the other was ridiculously cheap 20:32:45 it was 12,95 EUR all inc. 20:32:52 :o 20:32:57 the others were around 27 20:32:58 same quality ? 20:33:01 so so... 20:33:04 I doubt it 20:33:11 test it one ? 20:33:21 its definitely not the same shirt vendor 20:33:22 is it possible ? 20:33:28 they do the shirts themselves 20:33:36 I will ask if I can get a demo 20:33:45 yes please 20:33:46 but the Slazenger shirts are really good 20:34:02 that's correct too :) 20:34:20 #action cwickert to look after the ambassadors polos again. nag the old vendor and try to get a shirt from another one 20:34:31 ! 20:34:58 #info if you need an ambassadors polo, please file a request as described at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Polo_Shirt#EMEA 20:35:06 zoltanh7211: one moment please 20:35:27 thunderbirdtr: did you mean ambassador polo shirts or just other Fedora t-shirts? 20:36:16 both of it 20:36:23 but I was ordered polo 20:36:29 why ? 20:36:43 just curious :) 20:36:54 ok :) 20:36:54 and in fact we need to do new t-shirts 20:37:00 so ? 20:37:06 the problem is that the budget issues are still not sorted out 20:37:14 we have no idea how much money we have 20:37:28 but generally speaking we should look after doing new t-shirts 20:37:47 hmm okey then I will try do my research for same Quality 20:38:02 who is willing to look into that? gnokii for design, thunderbirdtr and somebody else for production? 20:38:18 I check it here too in hungary at BUD 20:38:35 for production, and I return with quote 20:38:37 thunderbirdtr: if you are looking for stitched polos, look for Slazenger shirts, they are really good and last years 20:38:39 ok 20:38:58 ok 20:39:03 I will 20:39:10 #action zoltanh7211 and thunderbirdtr to investigate new opportunities for t-shirts, gnokii to help them with the design if necessary 20:39:11 any other suggestion for shirts ? 20:39:25 thunderbirdtr: but don't just order, we need a quote first :) 20:39:41 ok ok :) 20:39:41 like 50 or 100 shirts 20:39:55 I will try to find out who did the last shirts 20:39:59 IIRC it was kital 20:40:17 #action cwickert to ask kital about previous shirt production 20:40:25 ok, anything more in swag? 20:40:27 btw - idea - wouldn't be a solution to use this company? http://www.stadriemblems.com/ 20:40:35 no eof 20:41:32 zoltanh7211: lets discuss the details with the interested people, not now 20:41:36 ok 20:41:40 sorry, I was out for a moment - I sent adress to zoltanh7211... btw. we need updated cheatcubes! 20:41:55 jreznik: yes, we discussed that already 20:41:57 * jreznik sees updates in backlog :) 20:41:59 you mean systemd 20:42:02 ? 20:42:13 ! 20:42:28 gnokii: go ahead 20:42:56 sesivany told me he like to have some shirts directly for the RH office Brno, so could that be combined? 20:42:58 eof 20:43:17 gnokii: sure. the more, the better! :) 20:43:32 #info when we do shirts, to some for our friends in Brno, too. 20:43:39 #undo 20:43:39 Removing item from minutes: 20:43:44 #info when we do shirts, do some for our friends in Brno, too. 20:43:49 * cwickert cannot type 20:44:13 ok, anything more on swag or should we move on to events? 20:44:21 gnokii: what shirts in brno? 20:44:38 jreznik: that we talked about in Berlin 20:44:49 ah, I understand - produce together from combined budget? 20:45:03 yes 20:46:03 ok, still open questions? 20:46:22 not from me ;) 20:46:24 eof 20:46:36 ! 20:46:40 What will be gonna do about budget ? What's that mean "We have no idea " 20:46:45 eof 20:46:53 ok, there are two problems 20:47:02 1. Changes inside Red Hat 20:47:23 historically, our budget came from the Community Architecture team 20:47:58 but in the future, it will come from a new group called "Open Source and Standards" 20:48:11 and they will have somebody who works on the budget 20:48:19 means, who does all the book keeping 20:48:32 AFAIK they have just hired somebody 20:48:44 but she has not yet started the actual work 20:48:53 2. The budget for last year is a mess 20:49:11 or basically the budget for everything after spevack_ left 20:49:33 because one person was supposed to do everything worldwide and that was just too much 20:50:02 even we as FAmSCo don't have exact figures on how much money we spent last year and where we spent it 20:50:07 in which regions I mean 20:50:29 and this needs to be cleaned up when the new book keeper starts 20:50:57 but as they have hired somebody, I am optimistic that it will get better soon 20:51:06 does that answer your question, thunderbirdtr? 20:51:46 FAmSCo is working on new budget guidelines 20:51:47 yes 20:51:49 thank you 20:52:02 we want the regional communities to make their own decisions 20:52:11 without having to approve everything in FAmSCo 20:52:26 but this requires that we know how much we've spent in a certain region 20:52:42 and last but not least we have a new trac instance for the budget 20:52:57 but I will tell you more about it when we actually start using it 20:53:07 okey 20:53:13 let keep going 20:53:15 as for now, we should just spend money :) 20:53:20 :) 20:53:40 but we need the figures, otherwise we'll run out of money at the end of the fiscal year 20:53:41 You can spend I will just give ideas and suggestions :) 20:53:43 and this is no fun 20:53:59 yes, when ever you have suggestions how to spend money, just let us know ;) 20:53:59 That's not good 20:54:11 :D ok 20:54:12 ok, lets move on 20:54:17 #topic Evnets 20:54:24 events 20:54:25 #topic Events 20:54:27 ok 20:54:32 ! 20:55:05 #info the current list of events is at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#EMEA-FY13Q2 20:55:09 ! 20:55:11 ibancioiu: your turn 20:55:18 and after that dmaphy 20:55:24 i shoud have an event in highschool that i study on end o july star of august 20:55:38 and an other one in september 20:55:40 ibancioiu: cool. a release event? 20:55:45 tell us more please 20:55:55 no is not an relase event 20:56:07 is a presentation about fedora project 20:56:22 is an other one (for sure) in septembre 20:57:05 is possible to cancel the one from july/august because in tha highschool tay have to repet some exams 20:57:25 but the one from september can't be cancelled 20:57:31 ok 20:57:35 it will be there 20:57:42 can you please create a wiki page for every event? 20:57:50 or at least for the one that won't be canceled? 20:58:07 the one from september? 20:58:14 yes 20:58:16 no, it will not be cancelled 20:58:18 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_organize_a_Fedora_event 20:58:34 yes, and that's why you should create a wiki page :) 20:58:45 i will add photos on my wiki page (from fedora wiki) 20:58:48 is this ok? 20:58:52 if you are sure it will take place, you can already start planing 20:58:55 sure 20:59:02 the presentation will be only for students from the schiool 20:59:06 school* 20:59:20 i started to pln it 20:59:23 plan* 20:59:31 ok, if you need something, just file a ticket at https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ 20:59:51 ok for now ibancioiu? or are there more questions? 20:59:55 i'm done allready with the sawg 21:00:01 oh, cool 21:00:27 i'm wairing them after 10 july becayse toomorrow i go on vacation 21:00:30 EOF 21:00:48 no more questions EOF 21:01:00 ok, dmaphy then 21:01:04 ! 21:01:07 thanks ibancioiu 21:01:11 i'd like to recall two things 21:01:16 gnokii: after dmaphy 21:01:34 there is still noone else attending to FrOSCon but gnokii 21:01:47 and this is approx two months from now 21:02:12 rsc attend maybe 21:02:21 and it would be nice to also see fedora at the software freedom day in hamburg on 15th of september 21:02:34 dmaphy: this is on you :) 21:02:45 i unfortunately am already assigned to tine 2.0 for both events :( 21:03:05 we have various requests for SFD, we should create a wiki page for them 21:03:13 I have sone from Augsburg IIRC 21:03:14 and won't be able to split myself :) 21:03:38 eof 21:04:07 dmaphy: I thought you are schizophrenic anyway? have one half of you working at the tine 2.0 booth and the other for Fedora :) 21:04:34 i'll re-think about that ;) 21:05:03 dmaphy: you need to say "*we* will re-think that" ;) 21:05:13 :D 21:05:26 can you create a generic SFD wiki page where people can add their cities? IIRC you already did that once 21:05:45 hum, yeah, i'd do that 21:05:52 #action dmaphy to create a generic wiki page for SFD for people to add their cities 21:06:01 dmaphy: maybe I can come to Hamburg 21:06:08 gnokii: your turn 21:06:47 as dmaphy said, FrOSCon will on the weekend 25/26th August right now I am alone on the booth, so need definitly help 21:06:59 especially I have an workshop to give 21:07:01 eof 21:07:08 and we have a devroom there 21:07:15 we want to give talks and presentations 21:07:21 otherwise I need to cancel the room 21:07:34 I will not be able to come as I have a family affair that weekend 21:07:53 My mother turns 70, so there will be a big meeting 21:08:22 nice :) 21:08:34 note nice, bad timing :) 21:08:45 congrats to your mother 21:08:59 and hapee bday 21:08:59 #info we need more people for FrOSCon on August 25+26th. please help us and add your name at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FrOSCon_2012 21:09:09 still 2 months to go 21:09:14 since i'm basically attending there i can help out at least for the time gnokii gives the workshop, but i'm afraid that won't be enough at all 21:09:28 gnokii: did you send out a mail to the list about froscon? 21:09:39 not, yet 21:10:04 please do 21:10:19 will do 21:10:24 #action gnokii to make noise on the ambassdors mailing list about FrOSCon 21:11:03 gnokii: you might also want to mail the typical suspects directly. I know that some people like jens are not following the list but do show up at events 21:11:32 cwickert: except Jens, I asked the typical suspects 21:11:54 ok 21:12:01 #topic Release events 21:12:25 according to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F17_release_events#EMEA all release events took place 21:12:32 however I did not read much about it 21:12:41 except the ones form Jiri 21:13:07 #info if you held an release event, please make sure to write an event report, to blog about it and post pictures etc 21:13:27 #action cwickert to nag event owners and attendees about event reports 21:13:30 ! 21:13:35 ibancioiu: go ahead 21:13:51 what shoud contain an event report? :| 21:14:12 location, time, what it was about? 21:14:35 have a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Event_reports 21:14:46 the report comes *after* the event 21:14:58 this is when you tell how it was, how many people attended etc 21:15:00 i konw 21:15:06 ok 21:15:09 thanks 21:15:11 EOF 21:15:28 when you are planing an event, you usually create a page with date, time, location, estimated attendance, agenda etc 21:15:37 not sure, I think we have a template 21:15:55 anything else for release events? 21:16:03 coud you send it to me? 21:16:06 the template 21:16:12 when I find it, yes 21:16:13 or give me a link... 21:16:14 * jreznik is going to consolidate fedora release party reports (by medias etc.) 21:16:15 it's in the wiki 21:16:23 jreznik: +1 21:17:42 #topic Open Floor 21:17:54 ok, if you have anything else, now is the right time to say it 21:17:57 I have something 21:18:16 all FAmSCo members were supposed to do some homework 21:18:31 and write a mail about their personal goals to the mailing list 21:18:40 please read the mails and provide feedback 21:18:44 it was foolish from me to say there's a little to discuss ;D 21:19:06 and if you think we missed something that FAmSCo needs to do, let us know I really want feedback 21:19:11 and a good discussion 21:19:24 for you this is the chance to see what FAmSCo members are really active 21:19:42 because by the end of their term they are expected to have at least one goal done 21:19:55 or at least done something 21:20:00 but they should not just talk 21:20:15 so it is crucial if you let us know what you think 21:20:21 EOF, now it's your turn 21:20:31 egydev|mob: you hwave something on your mind? 21:21:38 Well sorry for interupting but my mobile conn is bad ;( 21:21:45 no problem 21:22:01 everybody watching soccer or why are you all so quiet? 21:22:21 no, i'm not waching :-p 21:22:33 :) 21:22:34 * cwickert waits 3 more minutes before he closes this meeting 21:22:41 I'm not quiet, I'm just being loud in a different way :) 21:22:46 Anyway i've seen ur goals email and it's good idea 21:22:59 mharris: :) 21:23:35 before closing the meeting i wanna say that i'm sorry for my english, i'm studding it ;) 21:23:53 ibancioiu: it's actually good, glad to have you here 21:24:11 thanks, i have to work at the writeing part... :) 21:24:18 cwickert: idea - wouldn't be a solution to use this company? http://www.stadriemblems.com/ 21:24:34 zoltanh7211: not in this meeting, please 21:24:45 ok 21:24:46 it should be ok to discuss this with the interested parties 21:24:53 but they are in the US, right? 21:25:00 shipping will be expensive 21:25:12 one word to our friends in countries with only a few ambassadors like ibancioiu and egydev|mob 21:25:30 don't get frustrated, even if it is hard to build up a community 21:25:41 +1 21:25:41 it takes time and at first you are alone 21:25:56 but it will get better over time 21:26:02 just wait and continue your work 21:26:11 and guys if you need ever help - write to me - I have also begun from zero 21:26:14 i have friends that are helping me :) and i thank all of you for you're help 21:26:17 we'll try to help you 21:26:37 if need anything, let us know 21:26:40 but we will be zero to hero 21:27:21 ok, I think that's all for today 21:27:28 congrats to Spain :) 21:27:35 yesss 21:27:38 #endmeeting