Re: GNOME Ambassadors

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
> As I catch up on marketing email:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:06:41 +0000
> > From: Allan Day<allanpday gmail com>
> > To: marketing-list gnome org
> > Subject: 3.0 Marketing Schedule
> > Message-ID:<1295449601 4813 13 camel blackbox lan>
> >
> >
> > * GNOME Ambassadors - what is happening with this? What would it involve
> > in the context of the 3.0 campaign? If it definitely isn't going to
> > happen in time for 3.0, I'd prefer to remove it from the schedule.
> 
> As far as I am aware, nothing is happening with GNOME Ambassadors.  I 
> was to lead it last year and then I flaked out due to a family 
> emergency.  Stormy, Vincent, & others & I developed the idea during the 
> May marketing hackfest in Zaragoza, and I still think it would be 
> worthwhile, but yeah, there's no time between now and GNOME 3's launch.

Thanks for the clarification - I thought that was the case. Was just
checking.

> The page is
> 
> http://live.gnome.org/Ambassadors
> 
> and, like Stormy, I do think it would be a valuable goal to develop more 
> quality speakers for GNOME within the next few years.  I'd be willing to 
> lead an IRC meeting next week to discuss further; say, Tuesday the 15th, 
> or Wed. or Thurs.?  I've set up a Doodle time poll:
> 
> http://www.doodle.com/7qetmix3ivuiuazh
> 
> Agenda:
> 
> Looking over a schedule, to be sent out as soon as I edit it
> Naming some candidates
> Naming potential mentors
> 
> Should be maybe 20-30 minutes.

I've added myself here. Don't think I can take a major role in this, but
I'm interested to see how it progresses. Definitely seems worthwhile.

Best,

Allan
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