On 2011-03-15 Chuck wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Jos Poortvliet > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey marketing team, > > > > Based on our IRC discussion yesterday a more extensive proposal, > > connected to the mail I just send to the boosters with you in CC: > > > > Our ambassadors are often local (many don't even speak English, or > > barely); so what we do with/for them has to be translatable, easy > > to read or in their hands. They often spend not a huge amount of > > time on openSUSE; so what we do for/with them should not take much > > time. And the fact they are ambassador gives them some > > credibility; so we should make that clear. > > > > Currently, we have an ambassador mailinglist. Some ambassadors are > > on there; many are not (like most of the active people in Brazil > > or Greece - despite those countries being among the most active > > for us, as far as we know). They usually have a local mailinglist > > (not on openSUSE infrastructure) which they use for planning and > > discussing. > > > > First, I would like to propose to bring such mailinglists to > > openSUSE infrastructure. That means - let ambassadors ask for a > > language/region specific mailinglist. Not too many rules, if they > > feel they need one for something, give it. But there should be one > > limitation: at least one or two active people on that list should > > be on the international ambassador mailinglist; and we need a > > one-way, moderated mailinglist to reach ALL ambassador lists at > > once for things that concern everybody. > > > > Second, let them create a localized ambassador team page on the > > wiki (or on connect.opensuse.org, dunno what makes most sense). > > Actually, it'd be great if they had an English page which is > > translated - so each team (the Greek team, Brazil team etc) has a > > page on the wiki; and it is translated in their language(s). They > > can have links there to the mailinglist and the forum place they > > hang out, as well as their IRC channel(s). > > > > This will allow countries/regions to build their own team. Yet, due > > to the requirement of having 1-2 ppl on the international list, we > > are connected. > > > > Now we need to make sure there is communication as much as > > possible. The ambassadors should get the word out on what they do > > - that's what the ambassador report stuff is for, which I mailed > > to the Boosters team. I hope we can make that happen. > > > > Cheers, > > Jos > > Jos, > > Who is on the booster team. I like to join.
? you know the opensuse boosters, the 13 guys incl henne, klaas, pavol etc? google it :D > Pup
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