[Ambassadors] Merging of Ambassadors and Marketing lists

[Rahul Sundaram]

Patrick W. Barnes wrote:
> After collecting the results of our poll on the Ambassadors and Marketing 
> lists, FAmSCo met today and discussed the issue of whether or not to merge 
> the two mailing lists into one.
> 
> We reviewed the results of the poll and carefully considered the arguments we 
> heard on each side.  While the poll showed that a slight majority were in 
> favor of the merger, we covered several points that made us feel that the 
> merger is not the right thing to do at this time.  We agreed unanimously that 
> the lists should remain separate.  We hope that this decision is understood 
> by all of you and will be happy to answer any remaining questions on the 
> matter.
> 
> Since we will not be merging the two lists, we will be taking other measures 
> to make the purposes of each list perfectly clear.  The Marketing list will 
> continue as a forum for strategic discussion.  It will host discussions over 
> our global marketing strategy and marketing content.  The Ambassadors list 
> will continue to host discussions of events and grass-roots efforts to spread 
> Fedora on the ground worldwide.  The differences will be documented on our 
> websites, and we will guide members of each list in deciding how their 
> messages should be directed.
> 
> We hope that you will all work with us as we try to guide the usage of each 
> list to make the best possible use of these resources.  Thank you all for 
> your input.
> 

Little late here. I would respect the committee's decision in this 
particular instance but if you are going to take a vote in the future, 
dont override the majority vote or atleast set the expectations right. 
It makes the whole exercise pointless otherwise. If a committee was 
capable of taking the decision on its own, it doesnt require any sort of 
voting which is what I would have preferred as a matter of policy 
regardless of the outcome.

Besides nobody seems to be interested in having any sort of "global 
marketing strategy" in the marketing list. End result is that marketing 
list would generally be inactive and folks here continue cross posting 
on various occasions splitting up the conversations across multiple 
mailing lists.

Rahul