Thank you for clearing that up, kaio, and I'm glad we're on the same page
:-)
One of the strengths of the Ambassador program is that in many instances we
serve as a stepping stone for people who want to expand their talents in
other facets of the project. In my opinion, I think that's a good thing.
Ideally, people who start out as Ambassadors and end up also working in Docs
or Infrastructure or Testing don't forget their Ambassador "roots."
Larry Cafiero
2010/11/19 Caius 'kaio' Chance <kaio(a)fedoraproject.org>
Hi Larry,
2010/11/20 Larry Cafiero <larry.cafiero(a)gmail.com>
11:25:08 <kaio> 2. I would rephrase that into "Upgrade the ambassadors to
superambassadors." - multi-functional ambassadors
>
> who specialize also in something they prefer: Development, Design, Documentation,
Infrastructure, Testing, Marketing,
>
> Release, etc. I expect superambassadors are keen to share their knowledge and
experiences via presentations and
> discussions in meet-ups.
>
> I am not sure what this suggestion means. Does it mean making a higher
> "level" of ambassador membership? Taking this back to front, don't
> ambassadors already "share their knowledge and experience via presentations
> and discussions in meet-ups"? My understanding is that many Ambassadors wear
> several hats in the Fedora Project (no pun intended -- no, really) -- and
> while we all contribute to the Ambassador program at our own level, it's
> expected thatt $AMBASSADOR_A who knows x, y, z is already imparting that
> knowledge at presentations, etc., s/he is doing.
>
I was not proposing an extra level of ambassador membership. I was talking
about the ambassadors who joined the Ambassadors group without much
Fedora/Linux backgrounds. We see many Fedora contributors become
ambassadors, and I also want to see if we could help those who started from
the opposite way (Join as ambassadors -> contributors in another team).
There are people who likes FOSS/Fedora and wants to promote it, as users.
>
> In other words, the multifunction aspect here is already in place and
> should be a part of an individual Ambassador's toolkit when s/he advocates
> for FOSS in general and Fedora in particular.
>
> Again, if this is a suggestion to make a different, possibly higher, tier
> of ambassador, I am completely against it.
>
No. I am also completely against it. No way for more tiers of ambassador
from here.
k
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