Great idea for you guys to get together, John. We do have an Arabic translation community, and L10n is a great way to get people involved in the mainstream of Fedora community. There's a mailing list available at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/trans-ar where translators can introduce themselves. Paul On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 01:54:42PM +0300, John Babich wrote: > 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 -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
