The openSUSE Ambassador program[1] was launched in May and many Ambassadors are registered on the Ambassador List[2] now. Thanks to those, who are working hard on promoting openSUSE in their area on a daily basis ! However, there still remains much works to do in order to make this program more effective and there are some problems to be solved. The necessity of improving Ambassador program was discussed in the latest openSUSE Conference - unfortunately, I couldn't be there :-( - and some thought, *"Now is the time to start improving the program !"* To start with, some volunteers have organized 'Task Force for Improving Ambassador Program' and had a kick-off meeting on #opensuse-marketing channel last Saturday[3]. After the meeting, I summarized topics to be discussed hereafter and some draft plans[4]. Please read through the topics there and join the task force if you are interested in. Note: At this moment, persons who will shoulder a burden - in other words, who are willing to say "Is there anything I can do ?" - are strongly needed instead of the persons who just say "Will you do me a favor". Because the task force itself doesn't mean to offer supports to each Ambassador. The next meeting will take place tomorrow (Saturday October 3rd) at 16:00 UTC. See all time zones on the Fixed Time World Clock[5]. The meeting will be held in IRC on the #opensuse-marketing channel on Freenode. Not familiar with IRC ? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Even if you won't be able to join the meeting at that time, you can still add your comments and opinions to the Q&A Section on the meeting page[6] or directly to the "Ambassador/Improving Anbassador Program" page[4]. I hope more people will become interested in the issue and join the task force. [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador/List [3] http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador/Meetings/20090926 [4] http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador/Improving_Anbassador_Program [5] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=3&month=10&year=2009&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 [6] http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador/Meetings/20091003#Q.26A_Section @Ambassador's Coordinators Sorry, if you feel I have gone beyond my powers. However, in order to stand at the start line, someone needs to push the button. I hope you will be involved in this issue and lead the task hereafter. Best, -- _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.geeko.jp/author/heliosreds _/_/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org