Jan: I am currently working in Riyadh. Let's get together. Send a private email to my Gmail account and I will respond. John Babich Fedora Ambassador On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Jan Wildeboer <jwildebo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Agreed wrt legal stuff but that is Syria and Iran mainly. KSA, UAE, Jordan > should be no problem. First step is to focus on practical issues - > localization. In parallel reach out to interested people/universities - > maybe a POSSE in KSA or Dubai? > > Just brainstorming, though. > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: marketing-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <marketing-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base > <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tue Apr 06 03:58:03 2010 > Subject: Re: Activities in KSA > > Hi Jan, > > I totally agree with you, but ... > 1.) there were some barriers (legal and embargos) from E to MEA, > 2.) the first step must be from the MEA region as well > > or should be bring something into the dust? because of not knowing > infrastructure fo a county, people who needs AND want our help is very > difficult. > maybe a "You're interested in ..." - page could help to find the correct > "first contact". > > All the best > > Gerold > > >> All, >> >> I am right now in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in my role Red Hats Evangelist. It >> seems there is virtually no Fedora community here. >> >> Am I missing something or do we need to change that? There definitely is a >> lot of interest and some enthusiasm to build upon. Simple stuff like >> better >> localization, more comples stuff like having usergroups. >> >> So do we know of any work in the MEA area? Should we start focusing a bit >> more on this area? >> >> Jan >> -- >> marketing mailing list >> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing >> > > > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
