[Ambassadors] Active/Inactive Ambassadors

[Brian Pepple]

On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 10:02 -0400, David Nalley wrote:
> Matthias Kranz wrote:
> 
> > But again, I still think neither removing inactive ambassadors nor the
> > introduction of a different title helps the Ambassadors Project being
> > more productive.
> 
> Thats a great question! What's the benefit? How does a purge, or honor
> title creation help the Ambassadors Project achieve it's goal more
> effectively?
> 
> Our goals (per the wiki) are to:
> # Represent Fedora Project to the wider public
> # Help spread the word about Fedora, Linux, and Open Source
> # Be a point of contact for local community members and channel the
> feedback to Fedora Project
> # Help recruit project contributors
> # Think of creative ways for promoting Fedora in your region
> 
> Which of those goals are we accomplishing when we do this.
> The closest thing that I can think of is that we 'scare' or motivate
> people who so desperately want to hang onto the title 'Ambassador' into
> doing the minimum amount of work necessary to retain said title and
> engendering much ill will in the process which seems counter to our goals.

+1.  This does nothing to help the problem, and will only serve to drive
users away from the project.  Frankly, I can't even believe this is
being discussed.

/B
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Brian Pepple <bpepple at fedoraproject.org>

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