David Nalley wrote:
Yes, getting more people actively involved is indeed the goal. However,
allowing 'inactive' individuals to remain a part of the group isn't a
problem. Having X inactive Ambassadors costs the project nothing.
Kicking X inactive Ambassadors out engenders much bad feelings from
those ex-Ambassadors, and is thus counter-productive. At least inactive
they weren't helping or hurting. With egos bruised they are going to be
more likely to be anti-Fedora, and even if they aren't actively
campaigning against us, they are likely to at least have bad feelings
against Fedora, are more likely to use a different Distro, and recommend
it. Purging them doesn't buy you anything, except perchance making those
who have the Ambassador title a bit more elite, which I can't imagine is
what we are after.
Two points here:
1) The project is not a Teletubby fanclub, _if_ we make a point and vote
and start kicking people out, they've been warned and apparently
accepted they stay inactive and thus be kicked out; we shouldn't feel
sorry; they shouldn't feel hurt
2) Egos bruised, strong argument, and although I'm all for anyone
promoting any distro (the more free the better), it may be better to
find a way to contact these sleepers and get them to no longer be inactive.
I don't have any of such ideas, maybe someone else does?
BTW, there's a lot of discussion here, does everyone know the vote may
be called in a meeting? Really, if you have a strong enough opinion to
mail it to the mailing list, come in and vote during the meeting, or
submit your vote to another ambassador that will attend (and sign the
message with your GPG, so the other ambassador can show you submitted
your vote to him/her).
Kind regards,
Jeroen van Meeuwen