-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Wafaa wrote:
As far as I was aware the Ambassador is effectively the same role as Ubuntu's LoCo Team Lead and Fedora's Ambassador; whose role is to organise the local openSUSE fathful, distribute openSUSE merchandise, be a contact point to assist with questions etc.
Why on earth is there such a focus on collatoral? People who give talks on openSUSE or attend events representing openSUSE do not need to be Ambassadors nor should they be! If people are signing up for the role just so they can add "Ambassador" to their signature then they should not be accepted. Personally I think only accepted members should be allowed to be Ambassadors.
If we expect Ambassadors to be representative and/or responsible persons in any way, yes, I agree with you, Andrew. ;-) As I mentioned in my previous post, Ambassadors ATM are just the persons who are saying "I'm an Ambassador, because I registered my name to the Ambassadors list by myself". In order to become an Ambassador, there's no need to be accepted or approved in any sense. I think this would be obviously a very extreme case, but everyone can be an Ambassador, once he or she registered his/her name to the Ambassadors list, even if he or she does (almost) nothing as an Ambassador. That's why I proposed screening for Ambassadors[1] and wanted to collect opinions, ideas and comments[2] about the concepts for Ambassador program. [1] http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-marketing/2009-05/msg00133.html [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Ambassador/Brainstorming#What_are_the_tasks_and_commi...
Reasoning behind this is 1) they have signed the guiding principles. 2) they have a proven contribution record. 3) they are known to the Board. 4) there needs to be some form of filtering the chaff from the wheat.
Now point 4 may sound harsh, but it is needed especially as there is a high volume of Trolls around again (not just with openSUSE). The Ambassador would be an ideal point of contact for the Board to verify if an applicant has indeed been spreading openSUSE in a good & faithful manner etc.
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 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. 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 _/_/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpDqWAACgkQXnHIfHE6+z30VACgjRjRXosXVqf6lQYPX8tgzSHf bNIAn14+2YFWXRA9TrDTCk1LrTp+87BM =M43I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org