[Ambassadors] Discussion: revoking ambassador status

[Tristan Santore]

Dear All,

On reviewing the ticket AGAIN. There is another important point to make 
here.
To quote: There are countries such as Brazil where they feel it as a big 
issue because around 35-40 ambassadors out of 50 are no longer active 
and responsive at all. And it looks like active ambassadors don't feel 
very comfortable in this situation. As our project gets older this issue 
will get bigger and bigger and at some point we might end up as a 
project which has mostly "zombie" contributors.

Quite frankly, this shows there is a problem in Brazil. and by reading 
some comments on the mailing list and replies to the ticket, the problem 
here is simple.

The ambassadors programme was not made to MAKE PEOPLE DO STUFF as in, 
treat them as paid workers ...period. It was meant as a happy way to 
gather people, do something good and have FUN. YES FUN! Such as having a 
beer (if you like beer or any other beverage of your choice be it 
alcoholic or not) good food, meeting people, helping others, helping new 
people to use Free Open-source Software such that Fedora is. Which 
frequently happens amongst friends, at events, be it running a booth for 
Fedora or not, being a contributor to other projects, which feed into 
Fedora and ultimately also into Red Hat, or anything else I have forgotten.

I think some people are taking the whole Ambassador thing way too 
serious. You should have FUN. Arguing and being difficult and 
complaining about others, is not constructive or helpful. Also, then it 
is no surprise people get fed up and do not participate any longer and 
then ultimately become inactive.

So, now the question is, where are issues and in which regions. Mentors 
should probably make clear people should have fun! And maybe take other 
steps to remedy the negativity in the countries or regions.

Maybe somebody should do a survey first, as to why people are now 
inactive, before you come up with the drastic steps to appease the few 
disgruntled people.

As I always say, let us have facts, not fiction. So  email the people 
and ask why, preferably sending them to an anonymous survey, much like 
fedora Elections.

Regards,

Tristan



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