The reason I pick Geeko is that it is openSUSE and you are right a
member of the community. A lot of us call ourselves Geeko, I even did
a video with Ambassador filming themselves and stating that.
I am hearing from a lot of member of my local LUG that *buntu uses
the title of Advocate, that it seem we are trying to copy them. Which
was the same thing I heard from the Fedora Users when we using the
term Ambassador. So choose any title any be the same as another
distro. So the title shouldn't really matter. It was the person does
that matters.
I am for any that means a person that is willing to go out mentor new
users, promote the advancement of openSUSE. The last fours years here
has been a long and twisted road for me, but I have gain a lot of
friends and new users. I have been like a ambassador because now I
have a lot Linux friends who work on Fedora, Ubuntu and Slackware.
Ambassador/Advocate/Geeko/Mentor what ever anyone wants to call
themselves, need to remember that they need to be active. As you point
out Richard, a lot people signed up and a lot a people didn't do
anything. That really does hurt us in the long run.
If the word that Jim pick is close and has better meaning, then by all
means, lets use it. I know that words have different mean. I don't
know how many words in English has bad meaning in other culture. I
have lived in Japan. My wife is Azerbiajan and she speaks Turkish and
Russian . I have many friends here from college at are Malay. If even
want a list of what not English words not to say in what culture. Ask
me, I know quite a few. In fact I have a very funny story about
children book, "Three Little Pigs" and how I almost lost my job in
Japan. It not for mix company.
So lets focus on keep the program active. Doing what we set out to do
from the beginning. To Advocate. To be not in title anymore, but
Ambassador of good will. To mentor new users. To promote openSUSE.
Give back to the community by helping anyway we can. And remember what
our distro Message of the Day says. "Have Fun!" .
Yours Truly,
Terrorpup
Advocate/Geeko/Mentor/Ambassador/openSUSE Biggest Fan. :-)
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Per Jessen
Koushik Kumar Nundy wrote:
On 21 May 2013 15:54, Kostas Koudaras
wrote: If you are seriously thinking of a rename: What about openSUSE Jedi?
The problem with a pop-culture reference, is that it creates an inside joke, which kind of makes new entrants feel excluded.
Ok I am a Star Wars Fan but afterall, we are geeks...
That might not be a very reasonable assumption in the long run.
Yeah, my 9-year old boy is much into Starwars, for myself it was good entertainment, but 20+ years ago :-)
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