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 > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
