Well there are 14 now :D On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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