[Ambassadors] couple of questions

[Ian MacGregor]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Heherson Pagcaliwagan <herson at azneita.org>wrote:

> 2010/5/3 Ben Williams <jbwillia at math.vt.edu>:
> > "I got started with Fedora, and I would love to become an
> > ambassador.  I completely understand the process of becoming an
> > ambassador, so around 6 months ago or so I attempted to start the
> > process by getting a mentor.  I was very upset in that I found it
> > impossible to find one.  I could understand that if I was new and
> > excited about Linux I might be underqualified and trying to get
> > involved in everything before understanding the work involved, and
> > therefore no mentors would want to mentor me, however I feel I have
> > made a clear contribution to both Ubuntu and Fedora among others, and
> > have for over a year.  I'm not saying, either, that I would make the
> > cut and become an ambassador, but I wish it was easier to find a
> > mentor so I could start the process.  With all of this being said, I
> > can sum it up in one request:
>
> I think kital can weigh in on this better but I think the present
> process "requires" the applicant to make the first move on their
> application process. This serves as a concrete demonstration of
> interest. I'm sure we can tweak the process here and there.
>

Correct. I'm chiming in because I just went through the process of becoming
a Fedora Ambassador. I have completed all of the steps listed here and am
waiting for my mentor to contact me:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors


>
> > I would like to become an ambassador for the Fedora linux
> > distribution.  If anyone would be willing to mentor me, I would very
> > much appreciate it.  :-)
> >
> > Thanks, guys, for everything that you do.
> > Bryan"
> >
> > As a Mentor for North America I will gladly mentor you please see the
> > following urls:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_Ambassadors
> >
> > now i had several people contact me about being a mentor then I would
> email
> > and I would never hear from them again
> > please contact me through the email on the mentor page.
>
> Same case with me. After giving them a list of required tasks, they
> drop like flies.
>
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Regards,
Rev. Ian MacGregor
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