I came across the following post on various FOSS forums and was wondering how other LoCo Teams may be catering to similar Ubuntu led initiatives or is there even one?
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors == What is the Campus Ambassadors program? == * To build up individual Fedora communities on campuses, and provide resources for students to organize events and contribute their code and ideas to Fedora. * To help students network with other open source and Fedora contributors, and lay the groundwork for potential summer internships * To create a fun and exciting network of passionate, dedicated people to spearhead Fedora's presence on college campuses * To work with faculty and students both to promote free and open source software on campus == What do Campus Ambassadors get? == The Fedora Campus Ambassadors program receive many benefits, amongst the following: * Learn and Increase your knowledge about Fedora, Linux and Open Source * Become a member of the foremost Open Source community * Create a name for yourself and network with a world class team of people who put together and run the most cutting edge Distro and community out there * Have your blog aggregated on the Fedora Planet blog site * A great opportunity to learn and develop communication skills * Lots of experience doing community driven marketing * Stipends for running an event (pizza, soda, etc.) * Schwag to give out at events and a cool exclusive Campus Ambassadors, t-shirt * Earn a trip to FUDCon!!! == What is required of Campus Ambassadors? == * One tech talk per semester highlighting Fedora and/or Fedora-related technologies * Let us know an event is taking place by posting to the wiki and the mailing list * An event report and blog post as a followup * Work with faculty and staff to find new ways and opportunities for Fedora on your campus * Be a self-starter and identify other ways in which we can help YOU! * Attend periodic irc meetings to help coordinate efforts * Collaborate and coordinate with other Fedora presence on/near your campus == How do I become a Campus Ambassador? == * Sign up for a Fedora account at [http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora here], click the "set up an account link" * Join and introduce yourself the mailing list [http://linkhere [email protected]] - not active yet * Join the IRC Channels #fedora-campusamb and #fedora-ambassadors at [irc://irc.freenode.net irc.freenode.net] * Get going!! -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa Ubuntu-pk @skBajwa Answering all your technology questions http://www.askbajwa.com http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
