On Friday 10 May 2013 18:43:02 Richard Brown wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > After months of hard work and discussion, we're finally ready to make > significant changes to the Ambassador programme. > > The article at > http://news.opensuse.org/2013/05/10/ambassadors-event-merchendise-all-cha > nge/ goes into detail about what is changing and why, but to summarize > > - Our openSUSE Ambassadors are being renamed to 'openSUSE Advocates', > and the process is opened up so anyone can volunteer themselves as an > Advocate without needing to be vetted by the Ambassador Welcome Team > > - We're introducing a new role of 'Local Coordinator' and looking for > volunteers. These local coordinators will be a designated point of > contact for new openSUSE users/contributors who need help finding > their way around the project, and also responsible for helping > organize and report on the activities of the openSUSE Advocates in > their area. Details and how to sign up can be found on the wiki: > https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Local_Coordinator > > - Also, changes are being made regarding the Merchandising for Events. > Instead of boxes of PromoDVD's, specialised boxes full of high quality > items, everything openSUSE Advocates need to fully equip a booth, are > being put together. These will be shipped (by the openSUSE Team at > SUSE) in advance of events. It's expected that our new Local > Coordinators will be a big part of putting together a list of events > so we will know which events need what materials.
I have been working on this part from the openSUSE team side. You can, if you like, check out the progress on our chili instance on http://board.opensuse.org For example, the boothbox contents are being developed here: https://board.opensuse.org/projects/travel-support-program-management/wiki/Booth_box Input welcome, of course. > We hope these changes are to everyone's liking. Please let us know > what you think, and pardon any dust and rough edges while we > transition from the old to the new > > Regards, > > Richard Brown > openSUSE Board Member
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