Well I have like 2.000 questions ;-) I will start with a few that might answer many other questions.
1) When this program starts? If it already started we are a bit late for the first deadline, should we arrange an ambassador meeting to decide which events we will attend until the 31 of October? 2) Do we have a list of events that ambassadors MUST attend? We probably need to create a list in the wiki with dates of future events until May of 2012,right? 3) Priority is a great subject here, how do the team define who ambassador has priority on going to events? 4) I suppose for an ambassador to attend on an event he/she should apply for a talk about the community, right? Can ambassadors attend events that won't be able to give a talk? 5) Timing is also another great subject, those who apply earlier for an event have priority over others? 6) If we have to choose among 3 local events(that are cheaper) versus 1 global event, that have the same cost, what do we choose? 7) If one quarter we have fewer events and we don't spend the whole budget can we use those money on the next quarter? 8) Are registration fee's included and is it possible for SUSE to give ambassadors (if available) free access on events so that the whole event will cost less? 1992 questions left for later ;-) 2011/7/28 Bryen M. Yunashko <susero...@bryen.com>: > Dear awesome Ambassadors and Marketeers, > > We are very excited to announce a new program for our Ambassadors to be > able to travel to important events in their regions and promote > openSUSE. Over the past few months, Jos and I lobbied and recently > received approval from Attachmate to create this program. Each quarter, > the Ambassador Team will be allowed to reimburse up to $5,000 (USD) for > transportation/hotel expenses. > > How it works: > > * At least one month prior to the start of each quarter, ambassadors > discuss and make a proposal for expenses to events and other promotion > opportunities globally. > > * The Ambassadors will determine the long term event strategy; deciding > which events should be supported with these funds. Jos and I will > provide any advice or encouragement needed throughout the process. > > * Jos has final approval of any expenses. Ambassadors will be > reimbursed up to 80% of their personal expenses. > > * Each quarter is as follows: > August 1 - October 31 (Proposal Deadline - July 1) > November 1 - Jan 31 (Proposal Deadline - October 1) > February 1 - April 30 (Proposal Deadline - Jan 1) > May 1 - July 31 (Proposal Deadline - April 1) > > Why we are doing this? > > We have two purposes here: > > A) Tto empower the Ambassador Team to strategically develop a plan of > action and determine for itself where it can make the most successes. > > B) To develop a long-term strategy and schedule. This will improve the > flow of funding in a quick manner and also help us to determine what > materials and other preparations are needed for the entire year. > > While this is a quarterly program, we encourage the Ambassadors to think > long term (up to 1 year) and identify as many potential events globally. > This will help us to better allocate our limited resources. (For > example, we are already out of Promo DVDs currently. Long-term planning > would help us better anticipate our printing needs.) It will be up to > you to determine how best to discuss/document/propose actions. > > Thanks and feel free to ask any questions you may have! > > Bryen M Yunashko > openSUSE Marketing Team > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscr...@opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+h...@opensuse.org > > Kostas 'Warlordfff' Koudaras -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org
