good point, we also need a name for it! :-)
Martin Lasarsch wrote: lizard +1 from my side, although i also like andreas's evangelist
We already have openSUSE supporters who are doing an awesome job of building a community locally. We want to find ways to assist those members, and make the most of their experience to expand to new local communities.
+1
Here is a list, this is a rough draft and feedback is highly appreciated/wanted.
*Who can be a spokesperson - everybody who signed the guiding principles and is an openSUSE member Q: is this necessary?
imho yes, the "spokesperson" should be contributer and member
- everbody who likes to communicate with other people
+1 very important
Q: How to organize this? Is it "everbody can join", do we need a "master" spokesperson for the territory, how will it be decided? Of course we support: "do and you are it", but we probably can't support 50 people for Germany for example.
Difficult to decide, i think two maybe three per region (maybe make it dependent on people living there)
Q: is there something "below" or "above" a spokespersons? Do we need a (quite flat) hierarchy like country spokesperson - local spokesperson - assistant - helper? If yes there should be a definition of these terms.
There should be something like that imho.
Q: do we need a spokesperson council which makes decision if problems can't be resolved otherwise? Is the board responsible for that?
Would be a good point for the board, manage the spokespersons
*What does Novell provide? (since there is no decision on the budget so far, please don't nail us on that ... use them as ideas ...) - welcome box (t-shirts, caps, Promo DVDs), to be resend with each new release - special business cards (template or real) - special t-shirt - a special guide/howto to make it easier and better organized - event box (portable booth, signage, banner, flyer, poster etc.) - give-aways, spiffs - certain budget for travel - create a spokesperson day parallel or a day prior to the openSUSE conference - single point of contact to drive the program and manage travel, DVD shipment, events etc. - exclusive mailinglist for spokespersons to allign our efforts (albeit it's public anyway to get feedback)
+1 Generally i like the idea of a "spokesperson" program Cheers Jan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org