Hello, The name is not so important, of course, but I think that the old "Ambassador" is a little bit a big word.
Why do the "ambassadors" not work? Because they don't feel responsible, if they can simply put themselves on a list and then forget about. It is important that they feel an obligation to fulfill some well defined tasks. Yes, one can go to the village pumps and ask people to do something. And that is a lot of work, and that's why we need those Language Contact Persons. It is always better when they can post in their own language. Reports about the language version (monthly, yearly) are only written when there is a person who knows that that his exactly *his task*. Kind regards Ziko 2011/8/16 Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]>: >> Let's do it! What's the best way to encourage embassies, especially on >> small >> projects that may have never had them before? >> > > Obviously, to let a message in a relevant language (which is expected to > be understood by many of the users) on the village pump of the > corresponding project. The message should clearly explain what and why is > expected from these users. > > Langcom is another good starting point. > > For big projects, I believe, this approcah is hopeless, but I do not think > the embassies as designed are needed for the big projects. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
