[Ambassadors] Active/Inactive Ambassadors

Francesco Ugolini francesco.ugolini at fedoraproject.org
Tue Apr 3 16:10:44 UTC 2007


We have not a voting, we will discuss (all together) and, at the end, we
will propose a text to FAmSCo.

For the rest of you message, i agree completely.

Regards

Francesco Ugolini

Jeroen van Meeuwen ha scritto:
> David Nalley wrote:
>>
>> Yes, getting more people actively involved is indeed the goal. However,
>> allowing 'inactive' individuals to remain a part of the group isn't a
>> problem. Having X inactive Ambassadors costs the project nothing.
>> Kicking X inactive Ambassadors out engenders much bad feelings from
>> those ex-Ambassadors, and is thus counter-productive. At least inactive
>> they weren't helping or hurting. With egos bruised they are going to be
>> more likely to be anti-Fedora, and even if they aren't actively
>> campaigning against us, they are likely to at least have bad feelings
>> against Fedora, are more likely to use a different Distro, and recommend
>> it. Purging them doesn't buy you anything, except perchance making those
>> who have the Ambassador title a bit more elite, which I can't imagine is
>> what we are after.
>>
> 
> Two points here:
> 
> 1) The project is not a Teletubby fanclub, _if_ we make a point and vote
> and start kicking people out, they've been warned and apparently
> accepted they stay inactive and thus be kicked out; we shouldn't feel
> sorry; they shouldn't feel hurt
> 
> 2) Egos bruised, strong argument, and although I'm all for anyone
> promoting any distro (the more free the better), it may be better to
> find a way to contact these sleepers and get them to no longer be inactive.
> 
> I don't have any of such ideas, maybe someone else does?
> 
> BTW, there's a lot of discussion here, does everyone know the vote may
> be called in a meeting? Really, if you have a strong enough opinion to
> mail it to the mailing list, come in and vote during the meeting, or
> submit your vote to another ambassador that will attend (and sign the
> message with your GPG, so the other ambassador can show you submitted
> your vote to him/her).
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jeroen van Meeuwen
> 
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