@Helen The ambassadors are already asked to join the planet but only a few do
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Tony Su
Yesterday I also took my first spin through Connect and my initial impression is that it only can provide a partial solution, sort of like a clone of Linkedin, not quite but possibly can be used like Meetup.
As others have noted, Connect isn't a single centralized, authorized "portal" type tool to do "everything" like what we need.
Until I can fully investigate currently available tools and options, I'd recommend for now simply using Google Docs and Sites as a temporary solution with Bryen's and Jos' approval. A private Docs and Website can be created (I'll do it if needed), which would then be accessible by any participant who has a Google Account (eg Gmail). There is a 100mb storage limit when this is setup on a free Google account.
I wouldn't consider Google Apps as a complete Customer Relations Management type app (Hey, I wonder if SugarCRM would be an ideal solution), but I think that it could be a short term solution that everyone can work easily without a steep learning curve.
Informal poll -- If people can note whether they have any previous experience with SugarCRM, pls message me privately if not to the List.
Tony
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Helen South
wrote: yes, probably, but for now connect is not user friendly (I just come from it), don't compare to facebook, for example (I know...).
by the way, making report have little interest. I don't know for the others, but I do bimonthly meetings in my LUG and promote openSUSE nearly each time, spreading dvd's. I wont report each.
jdd
I've been trying to use Connect a little, but not much seems to be happening there. I think it's a great idea but not quite working yet. Though I was thinking of starting an Australian group there was a way to connect with Aussie Ambassador and users.
What about just using a blog/planet for Ambassador reports? People just blog in their own language, english if they can, so local people can read the report or we can use Google translate those who have no English. Some sort of aggregate feed would make it easy for News team to pull the most interesting reports for a monthly roundup of Ambassador activity for those who haven't already reported major events.
I noticed Michael Meeks has a blog where he comments just in a simple line about what he has been doing work-wise, and I think that sort of simple activity report can be quite good - interesting to see what people are doing, without expecting an essay.
(I agree JDD, filling out a form, writing a report is time consuming and boring!)
cheers
Helen
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