July 2011 - openSUSE Ambassadors - openSUSE Mailing Lists

talk at or visit Linux Open Administration Days
by Jos Poortvliet 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi all, April 16-17 in Antwerp, Belgium, the Linux Open Administration Days will take place. This free event offers a chance for LPI certification as well as meeting and talking to linux sysadmins. There is a call for presentations here: http://www.loadays.org/content/call-presentations If you want to go and give a talk there about openSUSE tech - that's be awesome. If you can't afford to go there due to travel or hotel costs, let me know, we might be able to work something out ;-) cheers, Jos

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Event Report from Taiwan -- July 2011
by Max 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Dear ALL: We have 3 workshop this month Topic: Nagios with openSUSE for 6 hours training course *7/10 Taipei *7/24 Taichung *7/31 Tainan Total about 90 people Some of them are teachers, MIS, and students We already upload pictures at flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/opensuse/pool/ ^___^ Best regards Max -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-marketing] Special Announcement - Ambassador Travel Funding
by Kostas Koudaras 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

2011/7/29 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.com>: > On Friday, July 29, 2011 11:03:12 AM Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Regarding the deadline, it's good to know when the event takes place for >> the budget. >> A question-note I have is this: >> >> In Greece we know the big events we'll apply. We don't know the exact >> day though. We discuss it at our first ambassadors meeting. So the >> person who will create the page where we can enter the event, have to >> make space for the month and not the exacd date of the month and also >> how many will attend to the booth or talk. >> >> What about smaller events that people invite us? An example here was the >> event we went a day before Christmas in Florina. We decided to go about >> a week before. So regarding the timelines you give us, we had to know >> that on October 1st. >> >> Regarding the type of the events or talks, I think more important is the >> booth staff because we talk to people about our project. > > Let's be realistic: We have limited money and thus won't be able to fund each > and every event - and we need to find our way with the setup. > > We can reserve some money for ad-hoc events - but the money Jos currently has > vanishes at the end of a fiscal quarter, so we cannot keep it for ever and > thus prefer to spend everything instead of money vanishing... > > Andreas > -- > Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE > aj(a){suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) > GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org > > Stathis this goes to you mainly, small events like that in Florina( it cost us around 50 Euros each attendant) can be covered by us since we do it for the fun of participation and for the road-trip ;-) Those money I think should go to bigger events, not that I leave those events out necessary, but if something is to be decided quick I prefer consume my time at thinking on how I am going to do a good appearance and have fun than to think about money. Either you can(have the time and money) to do it, either you don't. Anyway I wish that we have only 10-20 active (on events) ambassadors because of the money and now that some money are available to see 153 really active ambassadors and I promise that I will pay all events I will attend from my pocket, but I bet that the main reason is mostly time. Now it is better to think how to organize things at this point and then we talk about details and exceptions. We all need to work harder because we have a great project in our hands and our job is to show it to the world. That is for now Sorry for my probably bad English but I was working the last 18 hours and I am really tired Kostas -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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How to reward a member that is on fire!!!
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hello, We had a talk about Greek community. I remember that we had a talk in the list about a reward to the ambassador that helps the community. We were thinking to reward the member that is on fire. Bryen anounced Ambassador Travel Funding program but this is only for traveling etc. Do you have any idea? Can you propose us something? Can you help us? Thanks Stathis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Special Announcement - Ambassador Travel Funding
by Bryen M. Yunashko 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Dear awesome Ambassadors and Marketeers, We are very excited to announce a new program for our Ambassadors to be able to travel to important events in their regions and promote openSUSE. Over the past few months, Jos and I lobbied and recently received approval from Attachmate to create this program. Each quarter, the Ambassador Team will be allowed to reimburse up to $5,000 (USD) for transportation/hotel expenses. How it works: * At least one month prior to the start of each quarter, ambassadors discuss and make a proposal for expenses to events and other promotion opportunities globally. * The Ambassadors will determine the long term event strategy; deciding which events should be supported with these funds. Jos and I will provide any advice or encouragement needed throughout the process. * Jos has final approval of any expenses. Ambassadors will be reimbursed up to 80% of their personal expenses. * Each quarter is as follows: August 1 - October 31 (Proposal Deadline - July 1) November 1 - Jan 31 (Proposal Deadline - October 1) February 1 - April 30 (Proposal Deadline - Jan 1) May 1 - July 31 (Proposal Deadline - April 1) Why we are doing this? We have two purposes here: A) Tto empower the Ambassador Team to strategically develop a plan of action and determine for itself where it can make the most successes. B) To develop a long-term strategy and schedule. This will improve the flow of funding in a quick manner and also help us to determine what materials and other preparations are needed for the entire year. While this is a quarterly program, we encourage the Ambassadors to think long term (up to 1 year) and identify as many potential events globally. This will help us to better allocate our limited resources. (For example, we are already out of Promo DVDs currently. Long-term planning would help us better anticipate our printing needs.) It will be up to you to determine how best to discuss/document/propose actions. Thanks and feel free to ask any questions you may have! Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Marketing Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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DesktopSummit planning
by Jos Poortvliet 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi everyone!!! As you might know, SUSE will sponsor the Desktop Summit Berlin, see: https://desktopsummit.org/press/sponsors-announced openSUSE will be there too, and visibly of course! We have people giving talks, bof's and all that, promoting a variety of technology and in general of course just participating in making the Desktop Summit great. As sponsor, SUSE not only is paying money for the DS but also provides some cool stuff: we have openSUSE beer and t-shirts for the Soccer Match on Sunday and we bring the SUSE Studio Kiosk with a number of USB sticks there so people can create their own OS-on-a-stick! Now the DS team is busy enough so we need to help out a bit. A few people need to help handling the beer - I'm sure we can get volunteers for that (yes, drinking allowed as long as you can still carry beer). And we need some help with baby-sitting the Studio Kiosk at the sponsor table! I'm sure if we all help out we can do this easily together. Please add your names to the wiki if you're coming and if you already know when you can help out, add your name there too: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:DesktopSummitBerlin Thanks in advance!!!! Jos

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Microsoft extending Linux Patent Deal with SUSE
by Kim Leyendecker 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hello peers, FYI, Microsoft is extending the Linux Patent deal with SUSE. See on Slashdot: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/25/1854205/Microsoft-Extending-Linux-… It actually just talks about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, but I think it´s counting for openSUSE as well. So, if you´re promoting openSUSE to some kind of patent paranoids, you can use this to convince them about openSUSE and Linux :-) keep on rocking, -- Kim Leyendecker (kdl(a)k-dl.de.vu) openSUSE Ambassador, openSUSE Wiki Team DE HAVE A LOT OF FUN! http://www.opensuse.org Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute or create your own Linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. http://www.susestudio.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fwd: Re: Idea for promoting oSC (promotional Video)
by jdd 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Hello, Kostas and me discussed of a video of sort to promote the OSC ('openSUSE Conference, September) De : Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> >> Ok, so my thought is to take small videos of ambassadors calling >> people to the oSC in their native language it's a sort of "I'm a geecko" video So we first need to know if you find this usefull? If so, we will need to have as many ambassadors as possible making videos (more on the technical points later) But we also need reviewer to check the videos (to prevent unappropriate contents). The best way should be to have a member check them... given as many langages as possible are wanted we need also OSC logos, posters, to make a beginning and an ending, as we need some sort of sound or music (free, of course) for them. we &lso need a proposal for a short text, to be used as basis, variants being possible I send this to multimedia, ambassadors and marketting, but I think final discussion of how to make and store videos should be held on ambassador list and potential technicals around the hole video making on multimedia, so please post on the relevant list thanks jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Ambassador
by Jorge Eduardo de Araújo Oliveira 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Am i already an ambassador? Can i promote openSUSE now? Thanks! 2011/7/24, Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com>: > 2011/7/21 Bryen M. Yunashko <suserocks(a)bryen.com>: >> On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 13:35 +0300, Kostas Koudaras wrote: >>> >>> I proposed a few weeks ago a BoF which I will do with Manu with title: >>> "Ambassador Program: Current status,potential changes and >>> improvements". I think it is very similar with the one you propose so >>> it think what you are talking about is covered. >>> ;-) >>> If you think otherwise please let us know. >> >> Speaking directly to you both... >> >> I re-read your proposal and it is good. Some suggestions: >> >> 1. Remember that your BoF is only about an hour long. BoFs need e >> very narrow focus or it won't accomplish much. If you have a lot of >> things to talk about, then consider breaking down the topics into 2 BoFs >> with specific goals. There needs to be an expected outcome. For >> example, we have several Marketing Bofs and hacksessions proposed, but >> they each have very specific purposes. >> >> 2. When I first read this the other day, I misread and thought it was a >> Talk and not a BoF. I think you both should definitely do a talk that >> is for the general openSUSE audience that explains what the ambassador >> program is and what we do in the past. Make it a very exciting >> presentation that inspires more people to sign up as Ambassadors. >> >> Keep up the good work, guys! >> >> Bryen >> > > I have an idea, please let me know what do you think of it, I am > thinking on making a BoF about : Do we need a mentoring program or > not? > Bruno I am thinking you to be the 'We don't need it side, and me be > the 'We need it' side, what do you think about it? >> > > > > -- > http://opensuse.gr > http://amb.opensuse.gr > http://own.opensuse.gr > http://warlordfff.tk > me I am not me > ------- > Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org > > -- Enviado do meu celular -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Proposed Sessions for openSUSE Conference
by Kostas Koudaras 24 Jul '11

24 Jul '11

2011/7/21 Bryen M. Yunashko <suserocks(a)bryen.com>: > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 13:35 +0300, Kostas Koudaras wrote: >> >> I proposed a few weeks ago a BoF which I will do with Manu with title: >> "Ambassador Program: Current status,potential changes and >> improvements". I think it is very similar with the one you propose so >> it think what you are talking about is covered. >> ;-) >> If you think otherwise please let us know. > > Speaking directly to you both... > > I re-read your proposal and it is good. Some suggestions: > > 1. Remember that your BoF is only about an hour long. BoFs need e > very narrow focus or it won't accomplish much. If you have a lot of > things to talk about, then consider breaking down the topics into 2 BoFs > with specific goals. There needs to be an expected outcome. For > example, we have several Marketing Bofs and hacksessions proposed, but > they each have very specific purposes. > > 2. When I first read this the other day, I misread and thought it was a > Talk and not a BoF. I think you both should definitely do a talk that > is for the general openSUSE audience that explains what the ambassador > program is and what we do in the past. Make it a very exciting > presentation that inspires more people to sign up as Ambassadors. > > Keep up the good work, guys! > > Bryen > I have an idea, please let me know what do you think of it, I am thinking on making a BoF about : Do we need a mentoring program or not? Bruno I am thinking you to be the 'We don't need it side, and me be the 'We need it' side, what do you think about it? > -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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