Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote:
After 4 months in the ambassador project I have several questions and
also some opinions. I will answer my own questions so you know where I
am coming from.
Why are we ambassadors?
I am an ambassador so I can better present Fedora to groups of people
through Slides and structured content.
That works fine.
Do small events count?
I do not think our current format lends itself to discussing general
ideas of bringing Fedora to the masses. I get the feeling that our
leadership is of the opinion that large high profile events are the ones
that count. Everything else is just filler.
Why do you feel so? We have been entertaining all sort of requests
within the limitations of our funds.
Should ambassadors be members of the marketing list?
I think they should. Many ideas that have been posted to the PRIVATE
Ambassadors list should have been posted to the PUBLIC Marketing list
for greater input.
Yes, definitely but remember that there are many projects such as GNOME,
openoffice.org that have their own private marketing lists. It is
required for various things were incrementally working on something with
public feedback isnt that effective. A press release for example.
What should the ambassadors project and list focus on?
They should focus on supporting Ambassadors and events no matter how
small.
We try to as a goal. We have to understand though that we wont be ever
meeting it completely.
Where did the Ambassadors project come from?
For more information on this you will have to look at the Oct 2005
archives of the marketing list.
To have a regional focus and participate in events. To shrink and focus
on specific aspects of marketing rather than losing track and discussing
random things.
What happened to the Marketing project?
It would seem that leadership lost focus, the Ambassadors project was
created from this lack of focus as a subproject and the general
marketing project was allowed to die.
Allowed to die is misleading. There is nothing stopping people from
doing things that needs to be done out there. I still send feedback on
reviews on the marketing list regularly.
Why is the Ambassadors list private?
The Ambassadors list was made private as I remember to prevent people
from signing up just to get free stuff and promo items.
To stage initial promotional activities and make a better splash when we
accomplish things.
What can we do to make things better?
I think we need to re-ignite the Marketing project as the driving force
of Fedora Marketing. Bring Marketing Tasks back in to the Public view,
part of this will be to Focus the Ambassadors project on supporting
Ambassadors in getting to events and related items including giveaway
"stuff" and keep Marketing in the marketing list.
I am sure more will come from me later, this will be plenty to talk
about for now. If anyone has the guts to that is.
If we want to go ahead and continue marketing discussions on that list,
I dont see any roadblocks on that.
--
Rahul