05:19:58 #startmeeting APAC Ambassadors bi-weekly meeting (2016-09-16) 05:19:58 Meeting started Fri Sep 16 05:19:58 2016 UTC. The chair is paragan. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 05:19:58 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 05:19:58 The meeting name has been set to 'apac_ambassadors_bi-weekly_meeting_(2016-09-16)' 05:20:16 #meetingname APAC Ambassadors bi-weekly 05:20:16 The meeting name has been set to 'apac_ambassadors_bi-weekly' 05:20:39 #topic init process 05:20:47 who are here to attend this meeting? 05:21:03 me 05:21:06 me 05:21:11 .hellomynameis amitshah 05:21:13 amit: amitshah 'Amit Shah' 05:21:15 .hello pnemade 05:21:16 paragan: pnemade 'Parag Nemade' 05:21:24 .hello Abhishek Chopra 05:21:25 phoenix1796: Sorry, but you don't exist 05:21:36 phoenix1796, use your fas id 05:21:39 phoenix1796: you've to use your fas id 05:21:43 .hello phoenix1796 05:21:44 phoenix1796: phoenix1796 'None' 05:21:56 ty :) 05:22:24 okay so I think there is no agenda posted for this meeting so may be we can move directly to open floor 05:22:32 yea 05:22:45 #topic Open Floor 05:22:50 😄 05:22:55 anyone got anything to discuss here? 05:23:03 yup , So , we are hosting a hackathon at our college (in India) and I wanted to know how to approach fedora APAC for partnership ? 05:23:03 you can check out the hackathon at twitter.com/hacktrec , fb.com/hacktrec , hacktrec.in ,github.com/hacktrec 05:23:16 Hi 05:23:26 phoenix1796: cool, which part of India? :) 05:23:33 pjp: hey 05:23:48 #chair phoenix1796 stevenjd amit paragan pjp 05:23:48 Current chairs: amit paragan phoenix1796 pjp stevenjd 05:24:09 We are near Noida (Delhi NCR region) 05:24:09 pjp : Hey :) 05:24:57 phoenix1796: Why partnership with Fedora APAC ? 05:26:12 phoenix1796, what help you want from APAC ambassadors? 05:28:12 phoenix1796, can you provide more information to us? 05:28:21 pjp:Our hackathon is focussing on spreading knowledge about Open Source communities to beginner and intermediate devs in our areas and since i fedora believes in spreading the word about open source i thought i'd approach you guys 05:28:21 paragan: I wanted to know if it would be possible to have a fedora booth setup at our hackathon and an install fest around 2 weeks before , and wanted to ask for resources for the same (P.S. I am also an Ambassador albeit a new one) 05:28:41 .fasinfo gnokii 05:28:42 gnokii: User: gnokii, Name: Sirko Kemter, email: buergermeister@karl-tux-stadt.de, Creation: 2011-05-06, IRC Nick: gnokii, Timezone: Asia/Phnom_Penh, Locale: de, GPG key ID: C53FD5A6, Status: active 05:28:45 gnokii: Approved Groups: famsco +sysadmin-nuancier cla_fpca cla_done ambassadors @designteam @nuancier-mentors videos 05:28:48 pjp, can it be possible for you to help phoenix1796 ? 05:28:56 #chair gnokii 05:28:56 Current chairs: amit gnokii paragan phoenix1796 pjp stevenjd 05:29:05 sorry for being late 05:29:33 paragan: phoenix1796 Yesm an install fest could be done. 05:29:56 gnokii, no problem, we don't see any agenda for this meeting, hence just having Open Floor meeting here 05:31:08 * jflory7 is here but just watching for now 05:31:53 awesome , and about the booth at the hackathon ? 05:31:53 Our hackathon starts on 19th October (30 Hours) 2016 05:33:16 phoenix1796: You have classes on Saturdays ? 05:33:36 nope (today's a friday here tho) 05:34:03 phoenix1796: define resources 05:34:07 phoenix1796: We could do the install fest on 15'th Oct maybe? 05:35:32 yup , we could , oh and yea we were thinking of clubbing it with Linux security course which our college's IEEE chapter is conducting 05:38:13 ... any thoughts ? 05:38:13 gnokii: Resources as in fedora related goodies & badges , booth (posters etc.) and if possible some snack for our hackers ;) 05:38:29 *snacks 05:40:01 phoenix1796, you may want to create a page on Fedora wiki and propose your event/hackathon with all the details like where it is happening on what date and what help is needed 05:40:39 phoenix1796: If you want a starting ground to use, feel free to use this page I used for a hackathon in the US and use the source for a new wiki page. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RIT_BrickHack/2016 05:40:56 I don't know if we have a template for proposing a Fedora event 05:41:17 paragan: oh yea sure , should i do it right now , or just after the meeting ? 05:41:17 jflory7 : yea i was gonna use the HackMIT wiki page :D 05:42:02 mmh I dont know if pjp knows where he could do furthermore cuts on indian events to find some money and if he has stickers and DVD left 05:42:02 phoenix1796, not needed now 05:42:56 phoenix1796: Maybe I could manage posters, but goodies and snack may not be possible, 05:43:12 phoenix1796: Sure, the HACKMIT page works as well for a starting ground (I based it off of my BrickHack page though). ;) 05:44:56 pjp: We'd really love to have some fedora swag over at our event , but if it's not feasible for you guys , no problem , we'll try to find more creative ways to spread the word about fedora 05:44:56 jflory7 : I know , i saw the brickhack page first ;) :) 05:45:08 :) 05:46:21 phoenix1796: Do you have budget to produce some Fedora stickers etc. ? 05:46:50 see you guys another time bye 05:47:36 pjp :Not at the moment , no , a major chunk of our budget is going into prizes & fooding and thus we are searching for local sponsors who could provide us financial support 05:47:57 phoenix1796: I see, 05:48:29 mmh 05:48:30 We were also setting up a local webtorrent server for attendees to have quick access to fedora iso(s) among other things 05:48:52 pjp let me look into the budget plan 05:49:45 pjp we would have some budget 05:52:40 gnokii: I see, 05:53:30 phoenix1796: in that case, maybe you could at least file an apac ticket for your request, 05:53:34 but just 300$ if I see it right and I would not spend that entirly to this one 05:56:16 pjp : sure , I'll do it right away ! 05:59:40 Anything else to discuss in this open floor topic? 05:59:59 phoenix1796: also, for coordination you can use the fedora-india list 06:00:38 amit : thanks , will do ! 06:02:53 if nothing else to discuss lets close this meeting in 2 minutes 06:03:23 We will have our next meeting scheduled on 30th September 06:04:09 just a reminder CfP FUDCON is open for 9 days then its it 06:04:17 ah right 06:05:07 https://fedoramagazine.org/chomreabsuor-phnom-penh-fudcon-apac-is-coming/ 06:06:25 lets close this meeting, I need to attend next meeting 06:06:38 please continue your discussion if anyone want 06:06:42 #endmeeting