On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 11:12 +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Hi, > > --- 2011/12/8 Ankur Sinha <[email protected]>: > | Can you outline the other channels please, > \-- > > To name a few: IRC, mailing lists, workshops/events, contacts, phone, > word of mouth et. al. There are different channels. Not all of them > necessarily work with all people. It also varies from region to > region.
I really think that is your personal list. I'm most grateful that we have an Ambassador like you to look up to. However, I'd like a more general one that a majority of the India Ambassadors use. I would therefore comment the following: IRC: I hang around here all the time. Very minimal "spread of fedora" here. The fedora channels are basically "fedora contributor land". Mailing lists: Which one? Workshop/events: According to the events pages and blog posts that I've come across, there have been three or four in the past six months. Of course, the FUDCon happened. I would applaud the people who came forward and participated, but I did not meet any where close to 31 of the listed ambassadors at the FUDCon. Contacts: May I please have an example of this? If you're referring to one's contacts in universities etc., I really don't think a majority of us hold these. Phone: My personal experience: In spite of giving my number out freely to all responses on the free media tickets, I have received *one* phone call in the past year regarding fedora. > --- > | I don't recall ever forcing anyone to join it. > \-- > > So, why worry about it and start this thread? If you wish to work on > FreeMedia, and you wish to improve it, please do. We appreciate your > efforts. If people are not interested in working on it, it is their > decision. Respect it, and move on. > Why worry you ask? 300 requests per month, 30 serviced, rest 270 are disappointed and say "what a crappy program" => All of fedora freemedia gets a bad name => All of fedora India gets a bad name => Fedora as a whole in India gets a bad name. Isn't it a worrying situation? I'm glad that my efforts are appreciated, but, that is not the primary duty of an Ambassador. Encouraging each other and fostering a healthy community is encouraged, but only when you are on top of your duties. I respect everyone's decision, but I do not respect lack of accountability. If you signed up to wear the title of a fedora ambassador, you *must* carry out your duties. It is non negotiable. Signing up is voluntary, carrying out your duties is not. I am not saying I want everyone to participate in the freemedia program. However, I (and a few more of us) had until recently assumed that any ambassador would by default be a local contact. How are you an ambassador if someone in your area cannot obtain fedora from you? With 4-5 of us signing up for the local contacts program, this understanding has changed. > SK > -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur: "FranciscoD" http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/
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