[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Fedoraproject Meeting Importance?

[Thijs]

Hi Nayyar,

I agree don't completely agree with you on the point of the probation period
(but I totaly understand your feelings). There is probably a probation
period because that makes is less easy for non-serious people to order
T-shirts / DVD's, etc. I guess there's a complete other mentality in your
country (Pakistan, relaxed people, and not very selfish. Correct me if I'm
wrong), but here in The Netherlands that think: "Anything I can get is good.
If I can get free T-Shirts, let 'm come! No matter whether there's a
Fedora-logo on it or not."

On the point about the meetings, I'd like to add something. I don't have
critizisms at the way things go right now, but please keep the following in
your mind in the future, maybe there will come a situation where this
information can be helpfull: I'm not able to make it to a meeting. At 14:00
UTC I'm at school, and at 22:00 I'm sleeping. Only in holidays I'm able to
make it to both meetings. Probably I'm not the only one with such
'problems'. So I think the activity of an Ambassador doesn't have very much
to do with being at meetings. Take me as an example, I'm quite active as an
Ambassador: Translating the FedoraFAQ, writing guides on Dutch
Fedora-community site's, spreading news about Fedora in Dutch, organising a
meeting In Real Life, etc.

Regards,
Thijs

On 1/12/06, Nayyar Ahmed <nayyares at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All:
>
> I have just joined Fedora Project as Ambassador, I have seen quite
> importance of being an active member in Ambassador List, but I want to
> get the idea, whether this is mandatory to be in the meeting, to get
> the award of ACTIVE MEMBER, even if we can get meeting minutes and we
> have access to mailing-list, in my case I am a very besy person, but i
> am a true lover of Fedora, i d'nt have time to be in meeting but i can
> read those meeting minutes in my best free time and get the
> information i.e. what happened in meeting.
>
> I am facing a lot of problems in conducting my first ever Fedora
> Workshop in my region, as i d'nt have access to supporting
> stuff(DVD's. etc.) due a single reason i.e. i am new and not an active
> member, in my opinion this is not wiser that we restrict a person to
> give his best time to a cause which is non-commercial activity. I
> think if a person come and say, okay i will work to promote Fedora its
> mean he/she is a serious person.
>
> I seriously object this rule that a person should show some active
> performance to be in the Ambassador list and to get fedora supporting
> stuff. In my opinion any body who need fedora support material and
> other things must first submit a proposal to an authority and if that
> authority find that the proposal is good and in favor of fedoraproject
> then should grant him/her with the required things he/she need.
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Nayyar Ahmad
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> Email: nayyar at ossp.com.pk
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