[Ambassadors] Active/Inactive Ambassadors

[Greg Dekoenigsberg]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, somebody wrote:

> Personally i prefer 100 people that work than 400 that do nothing.

Just because you don't see the work happening doesn't mean that it isn't 
happening.

I, personally, am a BIG FAN of allowing people to do whatever they can, 
whenever they can.  I am also a BIG FAN of allowing *anybody who wants 
to* to be ambassadors -- or even (gasp) to *call* themselves ambassadors, 
even if they don't always do very much.

I will therefore fight anyone who tries to assert that "I am an 
ambassador, but you are not."  I'll fight it pretty damned hard, in fact.

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Now.  That said, I welcome the idea that some ambassadors *clearly* spend 
more of their time and effort to "make things happen".  Thomas Chung is 
clearly the gold standard here, and he has been rewarded as such.

Ambassadors, your efforts to recognize one another are laudable and 
correct.

Be sure that you are recognizing individuals for their success, and not 
"penalizing" people for "not doing enough work."

--g

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Greg DeKoenigsberg
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