hmmm now that I talking with a friend over here and I needed to translated to him to Portuguese the changes from Ambassador Program to Advocate Program and finally I found why this new name does not sound good for me, I mean, before now I just felling something strange about the new name, but now that I had to translated (pretty funny because is pretty much the same Portuguese and English for this word) I realize that Advocate could be not the best name to use for the new Program. I don't know in other languages but in Portuguese this make us remind about the laws, lawyers, ppl that work in justice, court.. and this new program name could be easily misunderstood or even worse could be a negative thing. "Why do I need to talk with openSUSE Advocate, I did nothing wrong, against the law I don't need a Advocate" I know Advocate is different word than lawyer but I'm luck Brazilian guy that is part of less then 2% of Brazilians that could communicate in English, very poor way, but I can eheh, sorry but this is true and really bad, and sad :( So as I know the Advocate is a false cognate in language rules, very few ppl know. Then this name could be a very negative name and a kind of barrier for us to get involved in opensource things here. I had not start to thing at any suggestion for the new name yet. But if you guys agree with me, we can start to think about new name. Maybe a pool at connect? Even if this false cognate word "Advocate" only happens and exist in Portuguese language I still believe that is enough to consider a different name to minimize and mitigate the risk of been misunderstood when we introduce our selfs as "openSUSE Advocates" or to not spend time explain why this name instead of spending time talking about projects, ideas, involvement, contributions... 2013/5/17 Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet@gmail.com>:
On Monday 13 May 2013 16:28:20 Sebastian Oliva wrote:
I'm not sure about the periods of Local Coordinators, as I understood, there might be more than one Coordinator per area. Also as long as the coordinator is active, there should be no reason to cancel their coordination duties. I do agree on the TSP coordinators point.
I think the time limit is an interesting idea as it might make sure others have a chance to help, too. And giving the local community a say can be helpful, too. But for now - let's set it up and see where it goes :D
Cheers!
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr)
<iefstathios@gmail.com> wrote:
Στις 10/05/2013 08:43 μμ, ο/η Richard Brown έγραψε:
Hello Everyone,
After months of hard work and discussion, we're finally ready to make significant changes to the Ambassador programme.
The article at http://news.opensuse.org/2013/05/10/ambassadors-event-merchendise-all-c hange/ goes into detail about what is changing and why, but to summarize
- Our openSUSE Ambassadors are being renamed to 'openSUSE Advocates', and the process is opened up so anyone can volunteer themselves as an Advocate without needing to be vetted by the Ambassador Welcome Team
- We're introducing a new role of 'Local Coordinator' and looking for volunteers. These local coordinators will be a designated point of contact for new openSUSE users/contributors who need help finding their way around the project, and also responsible for helping organize and report on the activities of the openSUSE Advocates in their area. Details and how to sign up can be found on the wiki: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Local_Coordinator
- Also, changes are being made regarding the Merchandising for Events. Instead of boxes of PromoDVD's, specialised boxes full of high quality items, everything openSUSE Advocates need to fully equip a booth, are being put together. These will be shipped (by the openSUSE Team at SUSE) in advance of events. It's expected that our new Local Coordinators will be a big part of putting together a list of events so we will know which events need what materials.
We hope these changes are to everyone's liking. Please let us know what you think, and pardon any dust and rough edges while we transition from the old to the new
Regards,
Richard Brown openSUSE Board Member
Hello mates,
That program looks better. It'll work. A suggestion regarding Local Coordinator is every 1 or 2 years, the local community should decide the contact person for the next period (something similar to Ubuntu LoCo contact).
Maybe the same thing should be done with TSP coordinators since it's money involved. A proposal is to elect them during board elections. Anyways, that's just a thought.
Regards, Stathis
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