20:00:07 <giannisk> #startmeeting EMEA ambassadors 2015-09-16
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20:00:11 <giannisk> #meetingname emea ambassadors
20:00:11 <zodbot> The meeting name has been set to 'emea_ambassadors'
20:00:15 <giannisk> #chair giannisk sesivany
20:00:15 <zodbot> Current chairs: giannisk sesivany
20:00:18 <giannisk> #topic Roll Call
20:00:26 <giannisk> let's see how many people we've here
20:00:32 <giannisk> use .fas yourusername
20:00:36 <giannisk> .fas giannisk
20:00:36 <zodbot> giannisk: giannisk 'Giannis Konstantinidis' <giannis@konstantinidis.cc>
20:00:43 <andreasch> .fas andreasch
20:00:43 <zodbot> andreasch: andreasch 'Andreas Christoforou' <aceoscy@gmail.com>
20:00:43 <thunderbirdtr> .fas thunderbirdtr
20:00:46 <zodbot> thunderbirdtr: thunderbirdtr 'Onuralp SEZER' <thunderbirdtr@gmail.com>
20:00:55 <jonar> .fas jfarcher
20:00:56 <zodbot> jonar: jfarcher 'Jonathan Archer' <jon@rosslug.org.uk>
20:01:08 <giannisk> #chair jonar
20:01:08 <zodbot> Current chairs: giannisk jonar sesivany
20:01:30 <sesivany> .fas eischmann
20:01:30 <zodbot> sesivany: eischmann 'Jiri Eischmann' <eischmann@redhat.com>
20:02:18 <giannisk> So, welcome everyone to another meeting for the EMEA Region
20:02:30 <giannisk> I will be acting as the chair today.
20:02:54 <giannisk> Our agenda for today: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:EMEA_Ambassadors_2015-09-16#Agenda
20:03:05 <giannisk> #info Our agenda for today: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:EMEA_Ambassadors_2015-09-16#Agenda
20:03:22 <giannisk> I'd also like to remind everyone that the meeting protocol is in effect.
20:03:35 <giannisk> That means, that If you'd like to speak, please type !
20:03:51 <giannisk> If you'd like to ask a question, type ? and if you're done speaking write eof
20:04:07 <giannisk> More info about the meeting protocol can be found here:
20:04:19 <giannisk> #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_IRC#Meeting_Protocol
20:04:29 <giannisk> #info The meeting protocol is in effect.
20:04:57 <giannisk> I don't think there are more people around, so we can move on.
20:05:09 <giannisk> #topic Announcements
20:05:23 <FedoraUser> .hello fedorauser
20:05:24 <zodbot> FedoraUser: fedorauser 'Medic Momcilo' <medicmomcilo@gmail.com>
20:05:31 <giannisk> As you may already know, Fedora 23 Alpha has been around
20:05:38 <mitzie> Hi everyone, sorry for coming in late
20:05:44 <mitzie> .fas mitzie
20:05:45 <zodbot> mitzie: mitzie 'Zacharias Mitzelos' <mitzie@mitzelos.com>
20:05:50 <giannisk> Fedora 23 Beta is scheduled to be released in the upcoming days
20:05:55 * giannisk waves at FedoraUser and mitzie
20:06:09 * mitzie waves back
20:06:11 <giannisk> And we have Fedora 23 Final arriving in about 5 weeks from now.
20:06:33 <giannisk> That's all from me
20:06:41 <giannisk> Anyone who wishes to announce something?
20:07:05 * FedoraUser waves to all! :)
20:07:27 <sesivany> nothing from me...
20:08:08 <giannisk> Nothing else? We're moving on then.
20:08:18 <giannisk> #topic Requests
20:08:27 * giannisk takes a look at the EMEA trac.
20:09:28 <giannisk> Alright
20:09:59 <giannisk> #info Ticket #507 - LinuxCon 2015 Expenses
20:10:06 <giannisk> #link https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ticket/507
20:10:30 <giannisk> sesivany, any info on this one?
20:10:56 <sesivany> just noting that the budget for this event is $2000.
20:11:22 <sesivany> so we should be well within the budget even with Jon's flight ticket which is in a separate ticket.
20:11:36 <giannisk> Ticket info looks solid.
20:11:41 <giannisk> Let's vote on this
20:11:55 <jonar> flight costs at the moment for me are about £150 + taxes
20:12:27 <giannisk> I'm +1, it's a solid event and planned in the budget
20:12:43 <mitzie> +1
20:12:44 <andreasch> +1
20:12:53 <giannisk> jonar, sure, we will also vote on your seperate ticket afterwards
20:13:17 <thunderbirdtr> +1
20:13:28 <giannisk> One more vote needed.
20:13:36 <jonar> +1
20:13:37 <FedoraUser> +1
20:13:53 <sesivany> Thank you, everyone!
20:13:54 <giannisk> #agreed Ticket #508 approved
20:14:25 <giannisk> #undo
20:14:25 <zodbot> Removing item from minutes: AGREED by giannisk at 20:13:54 : Ticket #508 approved
20:14:34 <giannisk> #agreed Ticket #507 approved
20:14:39 <giannisk> that was for #507, my bad
20:14:47 <giannisk> alright
20:15:13 <giannisk> Ticket #508 should be included in #507, so I guess we can skip that.
20:15:29 <giannisk> Ticket #507 is for up to $2000 as we agreed.
20:15:34 <Southern_Gentlem> giannisk,  undo
20:15:51 <sesivany> giannisk: it's separate because jsimon wants to have it that way.
20:16:02 <giannisk> Southern_Gentlem, I did
20:16:06 <giannisk> sesivany, alrighty then
20:16:16 <sesivany> giannisk: separated by persons who pays that or get reimbursed.
20:16:30 <sesivany> giannisk: he doesn't want to mix several reimbursements into one ticket.
20:16:31 <giannisk> #info Ticket #508 - Travel expenses to LinuxCon Europe
20:16:36 <giannisk> sesivany, solid
20:16:47 <giannisk> #link https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ticket/508
20:17:03 <giannisk> jonar, how much is the amount being requested here?
20:17:10 <giannisk> can you please add this on the ticket?
20:17:11 <giannisk> thanks
20:17:43 <jonar> costs this evening are around £150 + taxes but i won't know for definite until its approved and i actually go through booking process
20:17:59 <giannisk> jonar, please provide an estimation
20:18:07 <jonar> I have
20:18:09 <giannisk> we have to know how much money we will be voting for
20:18:58 <sesivany> that could be around $300?
20:19:00 <giannisk> 200 GBP converts to around 300something USD
20:19:01 <giannisk> yeap
20:19:12 <giannisk> should we vote for $300?
20:19:37 <giannisk> jonar, any input?
20:19:53 <jonar> I'm just running through the process now to get an idea of costs
20:20:45 <sesivany> jonar: if there are any additional smaller expenses, we can approve it on peer review basis.
20:20:58 <jonar> It's just under £140,  but hasn't given taxes yet without passport details etc
20:21:23 <jonar> which is around $220
20:21:34 <jonar> so lets say $300
20:21:35 <sesivany> let's assume it's <=$300, it should not be more.
20:21:53 <jonar> agreed
20:21:56 <giannisk> Let's go for up to $300, and if there are any extra expenses, you can have it approved on peer review basis
20:22:02 <giannisk> solid
20:22:09 <giannisk> +1 from me
20:22:43 <andreasch> +1
20:22:50 <FedoraUser> +1
20:23:04 <mitzie> +1
20:23:11 <thunderbirdtr> +1
20:23:19 <jonar> thanks folks!
20:23:20 <giannisk> #agreed Ticket #508 approved
20:23:53 <giannisk> jonar, is #509 also to be voted during the meeting?
20:24:43 <sesivany> giannisk: I suppose so, it's in the budget, but the expense is not approved officially.
20:24:52 <jonar> please
20:25:22 <giannisk> #info Ticket #509 - Sponsorship for OggCamp 2015
20:25:29 <giannisk> #link https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ticket/509
20:25:36 <giannisk> jonar, some input please
20:26:07 <jonar> Oggcamp is the UKs largest open source event
20:26:28 <jonar> we always have some excellent exposure at the event
20:27:22 <jonar> This sponsorship is to allow us to have a booth, and presence on all promotional materials associated with the event
20:27:40 <giannisk> jonar, seems like a promising event
20:28:06 <giannisk> request is for 1,000 gbp, which converts to around 1,500 usd
20:28:18 <jonar> its an excellent event and the Fedora booth is always exceptionally busy
20:28:42 <giannisk> it's already approved in the budget, but still requires to be voted
20:28:44 <giannisk> so let's vote
20:28:45 <jonar> yes, it was also included in the budget
20:28:52 <jonar> thanks
20:28:52 <sesivany> +1
20:28:55 <giannisk> i'm +1
20:29:33 <FedoraUser> +1
20:29:39 <andreasch> +1
20:29:41 <mitzie> +1
20:30:15 <giannisk> #agreed Ticket #509 approved
20:30:20 <jonar> thank you!
20:30:34 <giannisk> jonar, good luck with your event :)
20:30:37 <jonar> thanks!
20:30:42 <jonar> !
20:30:51 <giannisk> jonar, yes please
20:31:13 <jonar> if that is the last request ticket? i'd just like to mention ticket #482
20:31:21 <jonar> https://fedorahosted.org/emea-swag-tracking/ticket/482
20:31:43 <giannisk> jonar, what about it?
20:32:12 <giannisk> It was approved in a past meeting.
20:32:18 <jonar> Unfortunately the event was cancelled this year, one of the major organisers had a major family health issue so had to drop everything, this included the event.
20:32:39 <giannisk> jonar, oh
20:33:00 <jonar> Although the ticket was approved I never actually put the request in or any funds sent. But I thought best to explain.
20:33:18 <giannisk> jonar, perfect, thank you for letting us know
20:33:32 <sesivany> jonar: the one we paid was Barcamp Manchester, right?
20:33:50 <jonar> Thats right, which is the end of this month
20:34:15 <sesivany> jonar: ok, so just close #482 with a note that the event didn't take place.
20:34:22 <jonar> I have just done so
20:34:27 <giannisk> perfect
20:34:31 <giannisk> jonar, eof?
20:34:42 <jonar> eof
20:34:47 <giannisk> thank you jonar
20:35:01 <giannisk> All right folks, that's all the requests for now.
20:35:12 <giannisk> Anyone who wants to ask anything before we move on?
20:36:01 <giannisk> #topic Ambassadors Schedule
20:36:09 * giannisk looks for the link
20:36:26 <giannisk> #link https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-23/f-23-ambassadors-tasks.html
20:36:56 <giannisk> as I mentioned, F23 Final will be arriving in about 5 weeks from now
20:37:12 <giannisk> it's a good time to start planning release events in the EMEA region
20:37:38 <giannisk> there's a deadline for requesting funds for your release events
20:38:13 <giannisk> that is until 9th October
20:38:35 <giannisk> anyone planning to hold a release event?
20:38:58 <jonar> hopefully yes
20:38:59 <sesivany> I'm! in Brno and maybe in Prague.
20:39:10 <lkurusa> .fas levex
20:39:10 <zodbot> lkurusa: levex 'Levente Kurusa' <levex@linux.com>
20:39:12 * lkurusa is late
20:39:19 <giannisk> we could organise one with mitzie in our university
20:39:20 <lkurusa> We are planningone as well in Hungary (Budapest)
20:39:45 * giannisk waves at lkurusa
20:39:57 * lkurusa waves back
20:40:06 <giannisk> perfect
20:40:09 <FedoraUser> I am moving to the capital city, and I hope it will be good place to start building the community
20:40:28 <FedoraUser> I hope to have release party for F23
20:40:55 <giannisk> FedoraUser, sure, good luck with the community building
20:41:02 <FedoraUser> ty giannisk
20:41:14 <thunderbirdtr> I'm wanna make in Turkey too after my 1 year silent (because of job/university)
20:41:23 <thunderbirdtr> I'm/I (miss typed)
20:41:55 <giannisk> cool :)
20:42:16 <giannisk> everyone, if you need to ask for budget or swag, please do so quite some time in advance
20:42:16 <thunderbirdtr> thanks :)
20:42:29 <giannisk> okay fellas, anything else to be discussed here?
20:42:36 <giannisk> if not, we're moving on
20:43:40 <giannisk> #topic Events
20:43:54 <giannisk> Any events taking place in your area?
20:44:12 <sesivany> !
20:44:26 <giannisk> Or have you organised any event(s) lately?
20:44:28 <giannisk> sesivany, sure
20:44:44 <sesivany> we might have a budget for one more ambassador/contributor for LinuxCon Europe.
20:45:04 <sesivany> if you can make it to Dublin for $300, it can still stay within the budget.
20:45:23 <giannisk> sesivany, hmm, I'd be certainly be interested
20:45:38 <sesivany> jonar and I can manage it ourselves, but there might be a budget for one more.
20:46:17 <giannisk> LinuxCon is one of the premier Linux/open source events, and it's always a pleasure to be there with Fedora.
20:46:24 <sesivany> giannisk: would you be able to make it for ~$300?
20:46:42 <sesivany> because we would need to buy another ticket for you which is $200.
20:46:44 <giannisk> sesivany, if airfare is the only thing considered, most likely yes
20:46:54 <lkurusa> that's my first week of university, so sadly I can't attend :(
20:47:12 <sesivany> and additional cost for accommodation would be around $200.
20:47:13 <giannisk> so, that would be 300 + 200 sesivany?
20:47:32 <giannisk> I mean, for the airfare + pass
20:47:38 <sesivany> but we would still be ~$2000.
20:48:02 <giannisk> I can still be partially subsidized, that would still work for me
20:48:21 <giannisk> fellas, anyone else interested to attend LinuxCon Europe with Fedora?
20:48:26 <sesivany> giannisk: yes, I would buy a ticket for you, no need to buy and ask for reimbursement.
20:48:54 <giannisk> if there's no-one else, I'd then like to step up
20:48:56 <giannisk> sesivany, sure
20:49:04 <sesivany> giannisk: great!
20:49:30 <giannisk> perfect :)
20:49:47 <giannisk> sesivany, eof?
20:49:55 <sesivany> giannisk: yes
20:50:05 <giannisk> sesivany, thank you
20:50:13 <giannisk> Anything else regarding events?
20:51:19 <FedoraUser> just to note, we had pretty successful event in Novi Sad, Serbia - reports are being made :)
20:51:53 <sesivany> FedoraUser: nice, looking forward to them.
20:51:55 <andreasch> I get approval to have a booth on Pentest Cyprus conference but I have a problem
20:52:19 <giannisk> FedoraUser, cool :)
20:52:25 <giannisk> andreasch, what kind of problem?
20:52:26 * thunderbirdtr also working on Serbia reports for awesome reports will be on Planet!! :)))
20:52:41 <andreasch> I didn't receive the swag
20:52:50 * thunderbirdtr say thank you to "Fedorauser" help us tooo much :)
20:52:52 <sesivany> andreasch: do you have a ticket number?
20:53:15 * FedoraUser is the one to be thankful for your help! ;)
20:53:36 <giannisk> andreasch, is it ticket #505?
20:53:38 <andreasch> #505
20:53:49 * giannisk is checking ticket #505
20:54:26 <giannisk> andreasch, the event is for 19th September?
20:54:31 <andreasch> Yes
20:54:54 <giannisk> andreasch, I see that you opened the ticket on 7th September
20:55:03 <giannisk> that's 12 days prior the event
20:55:15 <sesivany> yeah, that's very little time :-(
20:55:24 <sesivany> do you have a tracking number?
20:55:32 <giannisk> i certainly hope that the package will make it on time
20:55:37 <andreasch> Nope
20:55:37 <sesivany> You can ask kmrstiko for a tracking number.
20:55:58 <giannisk> but next time, please, submit your swag request at least 4-6 weeks prior the event
20:56:22 <andreasch> I got the approval on Monday 7 of Sep
20:56:31 <sesivany> we send it with standard postal service because services such as Fedex, DHL can easily cost up to $500 per package or even more.
20:56:32 <andreasch> That's why :(
20:56:44 <andreasch> Well noted
20:57:12 <giannisk> unfortunately, there isn't much we can do
20:57:26 <giannisk> do you have any other swag lying around?
20:57:51 <andreasch> Nope
20:58:11 <giannisk> well, all I can do is wish for good luck
20:58:38 <giannisk> anything else here?
20:58:46 <giannisk> anything else regarding events?
20:58:51 <giannisk> if not, we're moving on
20:59:57 <giannisk> #topic Action items from previous meetings
21:00:07 * giannisk looks for the previous meeting minutes
21:00:48 <giannisk> #link https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2015-09-02/emea_ambassadors.2015-09-02-20.00.html
21:01:18 <giannisk> As you can see there were two action items from last meeting, both were completed.
21:01:42 <giannisk> #info No action items left from the previous meeting.
21:01:53 <giannisk> anything to ask/say here?
21:01:54 <sesivany> I did send the email, haven't created the tickets though.
21:02:36 <mitzie> Will send a reminder about the EMEA FAD in the list, as we have no official response yet, and the deadline is near
21:02:53 <giannisk> #undo
21:02:53 <zodbot> Removing item from minutes: INFO by giannisk at 21:01:42 : No action items left from the previous meeting.
21:03:47 <giannisk> #action sesivany to create the tickets about the new leadership initiative
21:04:02 <giannisk> mitzie, adding an action item for this?
21:04:46 <mitzie> Sure
21:04:53 <giannisk> #action mitzie to send a reminder on the mailing list about the EMEA FAD bids
21:05:15 <giannisk> thank you fellas
21:05:18 <giannisk> anything else here?
21:05:52 <sesivany> not from me
21:06:15 <giannisk> okay, moving on then
21:06:20 <giannisk> #topic Open Floor
21:06:38 <giannisk> If you have anything else to be discussed, feel free to do so.
21:07:00 <sesivany> CEO of Red Hat is using Fedora ;) http://www.mylinuxrig.com/post/129154618674/the-linux-setup-jim-whitehurst-presidentceo
21:07:06 <thunderbirdtr> :)))
21:07:18 <thunderbirdtr> Who installed F23 ? :)
21:09:15 <giannisk> sesivany, seems like an interesting post
21:09:18 <giannisk> thunderbirdtr, not yet
21:09:37 <giannisk> s/not/haven't
21:10:01 <giannisk> anything else for Open Floor?
21:10:10 <giannisk> If not, we can end this meeting in two (2) minutes.
21:11:51 <FedoraUser> is there a wiki page describing details about running a meeting (just so we can get familiar) or is it watch-and-learn?
21:12:21 <giannisk> FedoraUser, I think the second :)
21:12:38 <andreasch> sesivany interesting post:)
21:12:39 <giannisk> FedoraUser, but it would be a great idea to have one, if there isn't already
21:12:58 <thunderbirdtr> giannisk, actually we have one about that...
21:13:02 <thunderbirdtr> let me check
21:14:26 <thunderbirdtr> giannisk, not the best but... need love that's sure ; https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/Schedule/MeetingGuidelines
21:14:52 <thunderbirdtr> giannisk, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting_channel?rd=Fedora_meeting_channel
21:15:43 <giannisk> thunderbirdtr, thank you for posting it
21:15:53 <giannisk> thunderbirdtr, it can surely be used as reference
21:15:57 <FedoraUser> giannisk, thunderbirdtr, thanks guys, will look into it
21:16:21 <giannisk> FedoraUser, eof?
21:16:27 <FedoraUser> yes, sorry
21:16:44 <giannisk> FedoraUser, no problem
21:16:56 <giannisk> alright, we will be ending our meeting in one (1) minute.
21:17:02 <thunderbirdtr> giannisk, FedoraUser https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_IRC_meeting_process   and
21:17:06 <thunderbirdtr> for last
21:17:07 <thunderbirdtr> eof :)
21:18:01 <giannisk> thank you everyone for attending
21:18:08 <giannisk> have a good night
21:18:12 <giannisk> #endmeeting