Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-marketing (324 mails)

[Bryen M Yunashko <suserocks@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 23:41 +0800, Eric Yeoh wrote:
> Perhaps someone will care to enlighten me on what is acceptable
> contributions and what is not? Now this is an innocent question and so
> don't read to much into it.
>
> I thought what ADM initiated was a good idea, not knowing that it
> would provoke a storm.
>
> I signed up as an Ambassador because I would like to spread some
> OpenSUSE love around. I am really new to this whole ambassadorial
> thing and while I have been a SUSE/SLED/OpenSUSE for a few years it is
> only now I decided to do something to contribute back.
>
> While I do not fully understand the reasons for the rough languages
> being used, perhaps it will be best for all if we can reduce the
> temperature of our discussions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric

Eric,

It's true that both threads led to a reduction in civility and
camaraderie and its sad.  It is not, however, a reflection of what you
can/cannot discuss.  ADM was free to bring up the issue of GNU/Linux
versus Linux, as it is a concern that *some* people have.  But the
rhetoric on his side as well as by responders escalated to the point of
thread-destruction.

It should be a lesson to all of us to 1) turn the other cheek when
anyone tries to instigate and 2) not allow threads to get hijacked.
That's where the problem came here and why some people said enough
already.  It was not a lack of contribution or thereof, but rather a
lack of productivity.

As for your question specificially about what defines contribution, it
boils down basically to two things:  1) Contribute to the quality of the
Project and 2) You contribute by promoting the project.   That's
basically it.

Now, as for applying for openSUSE Membership, we, the openSUSE Board,
evaluate on a case-by-case basis to verify that some level of
significant contribution has been made in the past.  That means we look
for bug reports you may have filed, wiki edits, blogs promoting
openSUSE, participation in mailing lists, translations, etc.  

Membership, not to be confused with Ambassadorship, is really the only
area at this point in time where we measure a person's contribution to
the project.  And membership is *only* open to those who have made
contributions, not to people who apply saying "I want to join and
contribute."

So basically, keep doing what you feel is right to promote openSUSE as
an Ambassador and make sure we all know about it.

And thank you for volunteering to be an Ambassador!



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Bryen Yunashko
openSUSE Board Member
openSUSE-GNOME Team Member
GNOME-A11y Team Member
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