On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 11:12 +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
Hi,
--- 2011/12/8 Ankur Sinha sanjay.ankur@gmail.com: | 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