On 6/28/08, Larry Cafiero <
larry.cafiero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jack --
>
> I think the idea of getting a foothold into colleges is a good one.
> I'm not entirely clear how advocating for Fedora in the school setting
> differs from what we would normally do as ambassadors, but I'm willing
> to be educated. :-)
>
> What I would expect from such a program is, essentially, support for
> our evangelism as promote Fedora on campus. Swag is always nice -- it
> may not appeal so much to me, a 50-year-old freshman, as it does to
> younger students -- and
>
> But bright ideas? Hmmm. I'm open to new ideas, but I can tell you what
> we're doing so far at Cabrillo College.
>
> The Cabrillo College GNU/Linux Users Group holds biweekly installfests
> during the school semesters (monthly during the summer). During new
> releases -- like the Fedora 9 release -- the installfests take on a
> "theme," and in the Fedora 9 instance it was "Hats Off to Fedora 9"
> back in May.
>
> Generally speaking, there is always a Fedora presence at meetings and
> installfests (by me, for one, but we've also had another local
> ambassador, Karsten Wade, attend as well). There's no reason why we
> couldn't ramp that up to have info sessions and/or tech talk types of
> events on campus during the course of the school year.
>
> One of the things we're doing at Cabrillo College is creating our own
> distro, called Seahawk GNU/Linux (the Seahawk is the Cabrillo mascot).
> Not that the world needs yet another distro, mind you, but we're using
> the project as a teaching tool more than an actual distro that will
> take the world by storm. Of course, it's based on Fedora.
>
> How that translates into promotional value for Fedora is that those of
> us working on the project -- students in the Computer and Information
> Systems department primarily -- work specifically with Fedora and, as
> a result, gain a familiarity to it. Also, as Fedora is connected to
> the distro, those who get introduced to GNU/Linux through the
> school-based distro get a sort of introduction to Fedora as well (and,
> naturally, they might be inclined -- or urged -- to use Fedora).
>
> For those who have stayed awake up to this point, thanks for reading.
>
>
> Larry Cafiero
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lcafiero
>
>
> On 6/28/08, Jack Aboutboul <
jaa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hey All,
> >
> > I appreciate all the enthusiasm, I know you guys are eager to join, but I
> > was more curious in what you guys felt about the actual idea and what you
> > would expect out of such a program? I want it to be different than the
> > current ambassadors setup.
> >
> > I know you guys have some bright ideas--let me hear them.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jack
> >
> >
> > Jack Aboutboul wrote:
> >
> > > Hey All,
> > >
> > > I'm sorry I missed the marketing meeting earlier today, but I was told
> > > that there was discussion of recruiting students to help out with Fedora
> > > and Fedora marketing efforts. I have been working for the past couple
> > > of weeks to put together something modeled after the ambassadors which I
> > > tentatively call "Campus Ambassadors". The mission of the campus
> > > ambassadors is something similar to what Mozilla does with the Firefox
> > > Campus Rep program--to have someone who can speak to the student body
> > > about Fedora and represent Fedora at relevant campus events.
> > >
> > > Also, I am looking to require campus ambassadors to hold one info
> > > session or tech talk type thing per semester to make sure that there is
> > > constant action and interest in Fedora.
> > >
> > > There will be a community architecture team meeting in Raleigh next week
> > > at which I would like to present the final plan for this and officially
> > > launch. I have already been in contact with a number of students from
> > > various universities (Berkeley, Oswego, CMU, Auburn, Texas A&M) and so
> > > far there is interest.
> > >
> > > Just thought I would kick the idea out to the list and see what people
> > > had to say. My plan is to put up a wiki page for this tomorrow or over
> > > the weekend, so that it can be presented next week.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jack
> > >
> > >
> >
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