On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 12:43 PM Timothée Floure <timothee.floure@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > This is a follow-up email for some "coffee discussions" we had at flock a few > weeks ago. Sorry for the delay! > > The Fedora community contains a lot of university students, many of us > packaging tools for their courses and acting as first-level Linux support for > the local student community. The problems we encounter and work on are not > identical but share a common base: it only makes sense to collaborate. > > We found (over a few flock coffee breaks) 5-6 fedorans interested in joining > such an initiative and are currently creating a SIG as a mean to communicate. > We haven't decided on anything yet, except that we would like to work together > to make Fedora an accessible platform for student and courses in an university > context. We expect overlapping interests and collaboration with others SIGs, > especially if related to the academic world such as NeuroFedora or ML. > > We are aware of the dormant Education SIG [1] but have yet to discuss how to > position - or integrate - ourselve. > > A slightly more detailed description can be found on the related wiki page [2]. > I invite you to add your name to its members section you're interested to work > with us. We will figure out communication and coordination mediums around next > week. > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Education > [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/University Hi Timothée, I think this is a great initiative! Maybe it's a bit early to ask, but I'm curious what sort of projects you see a SIG focusing on? (If grad students would be welcome here too, I might be interested. :) ) Cheers, Ben Rosser _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
