I'm not sure about the periods of Local Coordinators, as I understood,
there might be more than one Coordinator per area. Also as long as the
coordinator is active, there should be no reason to cancel their
coordination duties. I do agree on the TSP coordinators point.

Cheers!

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr)
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Στις 10/05/2013 08:43 μμ, ο/η Richard Brown έγραψε:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> After months of hard work and discussion, we're finally ready to make
>> significant changes to the Ambassador programme.
>>
>> The article at
>> http://news.opensuse.org/2013/05/10/ambassadors-event-merchendise-all-change/
>> goes into detail about what is changing and why, but to summarize
>>
>> - Our openSUSE Ambassadors are being renamed to 'openSUSE Advocates',
>> and the process is opened up so anyone can volunteer themselves as an
>> Advocate without needing to be vetted by the Ambassador Welcome Team
>>
>> - We're introducing a new role of 'Local Coordinator' and looking for
>> volunteers. These local coordinators will be a designated point of
>> contact for new openSUSE users/contributors who need help finding
>> their way around the project, and also responsible for helping
>> organize and report on the activities of the openSUSE Advocates in
>> their area. Details and how to sign up can be found on the wiki:
>> https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Local_Coordinator
>>
>> - Also, changes are being made regarding the Merchandising for Events.
>> Instead of boxes of PromoDVD's, specialised boxes full of high quality
>> items, everything openSUSE Advocates need to fully equip a booth, are
>> being put together. These will be shipped (by the openSUSE Team at
>> SUSE) in advance of events. It's expected that our new Local
>> Coordinators will be a big part of putting together a list of events
>> so we will know which events need what materials.
>>
>> We hope these changes are to everyone's liking. Please let us know
>> what you think, and pardon any dust and rough edges while we
>> transition from the old to the new
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Brown
>> openSUSE Board Member
>
>
> Hello mates,
>
> That program looks better. It'll work.
> A suggestion regarding Local Coordinator is every 1 or 2 years, the local
> community should decide the contact person for the next period (something
> similar to Ubuntu LoCo contact).
>
> Maybe the same thing should be done with TSP coordinators since it's money
> involved.
> A proposal is to elect them during board elections.
> Anyways, that's just a thought.
>
> Regards,
> Stathis
>
>
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