[Ambassadors] Survey: Red Hat Certifications/Training for FAms (Just 2 or 3 minutes required)

[Tristan Santore]

On 06/01/12 11:46, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 03.01.2012, 02:03 -0500 schrieb David Ramsey:
>>
>> My goal was to see the personnel development for the Fedora
>> Ambassadors interested in learning more about Fedora via
>> #fedora-classroom & study as a seed for further development and growth
>> in 2012.  :)
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I couldn't agree more! Of course I want further development, both on a
> personal level and on a project level. I also think that IRC classrooms
> are an excellent way to achieve this.
> 
> However I feel like the intention of the poll was very different. If was
> clearly focused on in certification rather than learning and on Red Hat
> rather then Fedora. Just look at the URL, the intro text or the
> questions.
> 
> This being said I am very happy with the outcome of the survey: While
> nearly all participants are interested in certifications, most say that
> they want to learn about Fedora in first place and this is not Red Hat's
> job.
> 
> We have a lot of professional people in our team and we should try to
> help ourselves. With this survey we know what topics people are
> interested in and we are much more flexible and can serve these needs
> better than any Red Hat professional trainer.
> 
> *Personally* I think that Red Hat *could* offer support for contributors
> if they want to receive training or certification, but I am not sure
> what this support should look like and if this is an action item for
> FAmSCo. I recall this was already discussed some years back but the
> board made no decision and there was no agreement with Red Hat sales
> what so ever.
> 
> As long as there are no real facts we should not advocate this. I don't
> want anybody to join the ambassadors just to get free Red Hat
> certifications, I want people to join because they want to achieve
> something for Fedora and themselves.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Christoph
> 
> 
> 
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I could have not summed it up any better. A big fat +1 from me.

Regards,
Tristan

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