Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-marketing (141 mails)

[Bryen <suserocks@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 18:32 +0900, Satoru Matsumoto wrote:
> First of all, I'd like to appreciate all - including Martin Lasarsch ! -
> who made noble efforts to organize this program.
>
> However, to be honest, this program doesn't attract me so much and I'm
> not tempted to become an Ambassador ATM. I want to explain why I think so.
>
> Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
>
> > What do Ambassadors Do?
> > =======================
>
> As long as I read the Wiki page, listed sample tasks for Ambassadors are
> very similar to those for marketing team members. As Zonker might know,
> I have done already and am doing almost everything in Japan as a member
> of marketing team. I was/am/will be able to do things that are expected
> to be done by Ambassadors, even if I were not an Ambassador, right ?
> So, my question is: Is there anything that *only* Ambassadors can do or
> expected to do ?  Do Ambassadors have any responsibility ?  If the
> answer is 'nothing', I can't find the reason why I'd better become an
> Ambassador.
>
> I don't mean to advocate that this program isn't valuable. Instead, I
> hope as many persons as possible will support this program and sign up,
> because signing up for this program will be a good entrance for the
> people who want to contribute in marketing area. Everyone can become an
> Ambassador, if he/she wants to. That's definitely good.
>
> > Signing Up
> > ==========
>
> I asked a question in another post to -project list, 'Why many people
> don't support Guiding Principles ?'
> http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-project/2009-05/msg00137.html
>
> Thanks to listmates who replied to the question, I realized that some
> don't like to *sign* the GPs, even if they can agree with the concepts
> of the GPs.
>
> If someone wants to become an Ambassador but don't like to sign the GPs,
> is he or she able to be or eligible for an Ambassador ?
>
> Best,
>
> -- 
> _/_/     Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/
> _/_/  Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/
> _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/
> _/_/         http://blog.geeko.jp/author/heliosreds _/_/


Satoru,

While I agree that the 'advocacy' aspect of Ambassador is not much
different than what you already do without a title, there is still
significant benefit to having designated Ambassadors.

Let me give you an example.  Two days ago, someone in Pennsylvania (a
state in United States) came by and asked if there was anyone in the
region who could come by to speak about openSUSE at their next Linux
conference in October.  My first reaction was head-scratching as I tried
to remember who is in the Pennsylvania area that we can refer this
person to for possible representation.

The list of Ambassadors would give us a much easier reference point to
connect people and events.  You and I, and everyone on this list, knows
that you are the go-to guy for inquiries related to Japan.  But if
someone in Japan came by one of our IRC channels to ask if there was
someone in Japan that could participate in a Japanese event, whomever
responds in that channel may not necessarily know you would be the best
reference point.  However, with a list of Ambassadors, we can easily and
quickly point that person to the correct representative for their
region.

In that way, we cut down on time and "bureaucracy" by telling them to go
to a mailing list or send an email which then gets passed along to
eventually reaching the right person.  We want people who can be
available to be easily accessible.
-- 
Bryen Yunashko
openSUSE Board Member
openSUSE-GNOME Team Member
GNOME-A11y Team Member
www.bryen.com (Personal Blog)
www.planet-a11y.net (Feed aggregator of the Accessibility Community)

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