[Ambassadors] Ambassador NA meeting minutes

[Francesco Ugolini]

2008/7/16 Greg Dekoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com>:
>
> Thanks for this analysis, Max.
>
> I humbly retract my libelous and ignorant statements about FAMSCO. That's
> what happens when you don't pay attention over a number of years, and then
> shoot your mouth off.
>
> Of course, we will need to make sure that NA understands how they fit into
> FAMSCO, and that their voice is appropriately represented.  Which is iWolf's
> job, it seems, since he's the only NA guy on the list.
>
> IIRC, FAMSCO was open election.  Is there any assurance of regional
> representation?
>
> --g
>
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Max Spevack wrote:
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First of all I want to answer the last question:

FAmSCo election model is built to create a free, without border,
worldwide Committee. I think if we close the election system with a
"regional filter" we couldn't guarantee the global coverage. Imagine
if we have one person for continent (or regional area):  he/she will
work only for their own area. With the actual system each member cover
not only his/hers  own area but the whole community, just because
he/she is elected by the whole community. I think that's the right way
to work, naturally this is my personal opinion.

Move on ...

I read the meeting log, and I've understand the FAmSCo roles is not
well know. I personally thank Max for his explanation of what we are
doing, and I personally apologize if what we are doing for the whole
community wasn't clear.

I just want to point to a clear/ self-explanatory sentence you can
find in FAmSCo wiki page: We've got the resources, you've got the
ideas.

We are here, elected by the worldwide Ambassadors community, to serve
this one. And our continuous efforts are directed to the community.

When you talk about Swags, I think it could be a better idea to talk
about resources. Each country has it's own necessities: after reading
some emails and events reports I could say this is the right way. If
we give you 100 DVDs and some t-shirts, yes, it would be a good
marketing, but I think it would be better to give some $ and let you
decide if it would be better to burn some DVDs or just make some cool
USB sticks, buy some food or produce some cool gadgets you know your
community would love.

I apologize if I missed your past meeting (I didn't add it in my
agenda), but I'm sure there are people with great knowledges like
Jeffrey who is keeping FAmSCo updated with all is happening in NA
community and it's a de fact point of reference for the whole
community.

 If you read some FAmSCo meeting logs, you could notice that I asked
if there were specific requests from local areas: this is an open
space, like it happened for other situations fell free to "take the
voice" and explain your reason, FAmSCo is here to heard your voice,
first of all, and to help you whenever you want and wherever you are.

Probably I missed some points, please notice me if this is true, if
yes, I will here to complete my answer.

Regards

Francesco Ugolini

p.s. I think this is the right place to thank Max for his great help
with budget and for his words about FAmSCo.