On 28 September 2010 15:41, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 26 September 2010 01:27:43 Kostas Boukouvalas wrote: >> On 25 September 2010 20:21, Nelson Marques <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I don't know how things work in other places, but a smile and a bold >> > attitude usually does the thing.This is mainly my experience in >> > Portugal, dunno abroad. >> > >> > nelson >> > >> >> Yes, this is right, but this is my generic situation when I go asking >> something. Usually the combination of a damn paper with a signature on >> it is the "something more" you need in order to go to the same place >> for a second time and to have a "generic prehistory" in case the >> administration there changes. >> >> On the other hand when we have to do with schools, always there will >> be the fear of the parent who is suspicious to the man who gives a >> talk to his child - and in my opinion this is fully understandable. > > Henne wrote something about legal mumbojumbo - I know little about that and > like to keep it that way. > > He's right in that the openSUSE Foundation should be of big help in this > area, creating a legal entity which represents us. > > However, you can introduce yourself as an official openSUSE ambassador - > you're on the list after all. If they ask for any credentials, how about your > refer them to someone here who has? You could abuse the Board for this: just > put suseROCKs in CC and say he's a member of the openSUSE Board. > > When you contact them, for example, you can CC him and say "hey and this is > an openSUSE Board Member, he doesn't speak Greek but I just let him know I > contacted you". He will probably just move the mail to trash or something but > it might give them the impression that there is something official going > on... I am sure Bryen would love to get more mails, especially if he can't > read them :D > > Or you can use me, I have 'manager' in my title and while that doesn't count > for much to us here, it might be just what they want to hear ;-) > > A final option would be to make up a new title. Let's say we make Carlos our > Ambassador Manager so you can spam HIM :D > > Would any of that be helpful? >
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