Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Fwd: Re: [opensuse-marketing] Novell sponsored training for Ambassadors?

On Friday 20 May 2011 20:33:19 Okuro Okiawa wrote:

I perhaps post this at the ambassador newsletter too...

Na, let's keep it on the marketing list for now :D

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse-marketing] Novell sponsored training for Ambassadors? Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 20:31:10 +0200 From: Okuro Okiawa Reply-To: Organization: openSUSE Linux To: Alan Clark ,

On 20.05.2011 19:07, Alan Clark wrote:

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On 5/13/2011 at 12:10 PM, in message<4DCD7407.8080805@gmail.com>

I'm intrigued with this idea. I think that offering something like this to our Ambassadors is a great idea, and ask for your help to make this idea feasible.

Here's my concern. Since the process to become an Ambassador is very simple [1], we don't want people signing up as Ambassadors simply as a free mechanism to get their CLA. This would create work, clutter and noise to our community. People would sign up and then we would never hear from them again. It would also create extra expense (as in real $) to our community and/or SUSE as a sponsor; money expended without benefit to our community. [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors#How_do_I_join.3F

Hey,

I agree with the idea of making free courses for ambassadors. But I see the problem too. In my opinion, it's not on behalf of openSUSE to have several ambassadors who just sign up and then aren't heard any more.

I believe, that an ambassador should run through a similar process as an openSUSE Member has too. Every ambassador should apply for the post e.g. at the newsletter or the website and has to get at least a certain number of supporters of his or her ideas to become ambassador.

That would raise the quality of the post of an openSUSE ambassador!