On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Satoru Matsumoto<helios_reds@gmx.net> wrote:
As you may know, ATM, everyone can be an Ambassador, even if he or she has rather biased view, or is offensive to others. :-P
Sometimes it's possible to say objectively "this person is being offensive or harmful," other times it's very subjective. How do you propose screening for ambassadors without putting barriers in place to potential contributors? We are still bootstrapping and I feel very strongly that putting too many barriers and obstacles in the way of the ambassadors is a sure way to kill enthusiasm.
If the purpose of Ambassador program is just gathering contributers in each region/country/city, it might be enough as it is now. However, if we hope this program will help having representative and responsible persons in each region/country/city, I also think we need some criteria and screening for Ambassadors.
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