[Ambassadors] inactive ambassadors, a proposed solution

[Vincent Van der Kussen]

I'm new to, and i agree with Ewan, some guidelines for new ambassadors
would be nice. If i can help you with something, let me know.

On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 23:55 +0200, Ewan Luca wrote:
> It's settled then: there will be no "job description". Just the 16
> pages booklet for "newbies" with information condensed to give them a
> jump start until they have time to read the wiki which is more
> comprehensive.  
> 
> 2009/3/1 Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com>
>         On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 10:47:51AM +0200, Ewan Luca wrote:
>         > I understand the fear of being too strict about what an
>         ambassador job
>         > description should be. I'm afraid that, without such a job
>         description the
>         > problem will not go away. A new ambassador (like me for ex)
>         it's left
>         > wondering about Fedora wiki and IRC channels without a clue
>         what to do,
>         > ending posting where it's not supposed to and generally
>         being in the
>         > way.
>         
>         I don't think these ideas are at odds.  Rather than a job
>         description,
>         it could be, "Typical duties of an Ambassador," and the
>         mentoring +
>         guide can lead people in the door.
>         
>         We just want to avoid a strict description that locks in too
>         little
>         and leaves out too much.  I know people are a great
>         representatives of
>         Fedora, but cannot or will not do the various steps to get the
>         title.
>         I'd rather see us be more inclusive without being too diluted.
>         
>         > Fedora wiki and all the community materials are a lot to be
>         taken in by a
>         > new contributor, and without a mentors program implemented
>         it's even harder.
>         > I liked the steps implemented for joining. I had 3 clear
>         task to complete. I
>         > think this tipe of clear assignments are needed and we can
>         discuss exception
>         > later.
>         > I'll also feel the need for "Quick starter guide" - a 10-20
>         slide/pages
>         > presentation of the comunity structure and resources. If
>         there is such a
>         > thing I didn't find it yet and maybe it should be one of the
>         steps for
>         > joining "Step 4 - Read this"AD0E0C41
>         
>         
>         That sounds like a great guide to write on the wiki.  I
>         personally
>         dislike slide presentations for conveying depth of information
>         -- they
>         are naturally compressed compared to full paragraphs of
>         content.
>         
>         - Karsten
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>         http://quaid.fedorapeople.org
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