On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns
Who can be a spokesperson * everybody who signed the guiding principles and is an openSUSE member That is not in the new rules.
Guiding principles is, member isn't - I think becoming a member before becoming an ambassador would be too much of a hurdle. The other way around makes more sense to me because contributing as an ambassador is a route to becoming a member.
* dispatch openSUSE DVDs/CDs No Problem then I need an Package witth them...
OK - send me a request off list, please with your address, phone, etc., and how many you think you can reasonably distribute.
* attend events (tradeshows, university, community etc.), give presentations No Problem, than I need business Cards. So i can be an "official" Contactperson.
We will probably make a template available so that people can make their own cards.
* help updating the event calendar on news.o.o Then i need an Access for news.o.o
This is one of the reasons that this wasn't included in the new draft.
* write reports from events, meetings etc on news or lizards.o.o Access
Again, this is one of the reasons that this wasn't included. To have a lizards blog, someone needs to be a member.
Novell: * welcome box (t-shirts, caps, Promo DVDs), to be resend with each new release
We've done something like this in the past, actually, just that it wasn't tied to the ambassadors program. We'll try to continue doing this in the future around release time to contributors.
* special business cards (template or real) Needed * special t-shirt It would be nice
We have polos available now. Will make available to people working events for openSUSE.
* a special guide/howto to make it easier and better organized strongly needed
Yes.
* event box (portable booth, signage, banner, flyer, poster etc.) Needed
Yes.
* certain budget for travel Strongly needed.
At this time we don't have a separate budget for this. It is something that I'm hoping we can put in place soon -- probably first for the openSUSE Conference.
* single point of contact to drive the program and manage travel, DVD shipment, events etc. I need an Contact from SuSE/Novell Germany. Anyone who i can ask.
Why specifically from SUSE/Novell Germany?
* exclusive mailinglist for spokespersons to allign our efforts (albeit it's public anyway to get feedback) Not truly needed
Agreed.
I think the Role shoud be the following. The Ambassadors are "official Representative" from Novell//OpenSUSE. The Ambassadors are making Public Releations in their own Country. That Means they are representative and making interviews, and Articles in Magazines, Blogs, news.o.o. The Ambassadors are official OpenSUSE Members (Since => 1 year). Why if the Ambassadors are representative they must know more about the Project as an single forums User. The Ambassadors are getting Money from Novell for: Traveling and Hostel and for Publicity.
I think you're viewing "ambassador" as more "spokesperson" than
ambassador. At least, what you're suggesting above is heavily skewed
towards being a spokesperson than just introducing new users to
openSUSE and helping new contributors.
Noting prevents you or anyone else on the list from blogging, writing
articles, etc., about openSUSE -- in fact, it's encouraged.
Having a PR contact page, as we've discussed before, is also a good
idea - and ambassadors should be some of the first people on the list.
Not sure there's any conflict there.
Best,
Zonker
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Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier