On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 13:07 -0700, Tony Guntharp wrote:
There are other ways that can reward more active ambassadors without
alienating those that are working towards the same goals but are doing
so behind the scene.
For example, on several social networking sites that I've assisted in
development we award user points for users that contribute user
generated content. A uploaded video file might be worth 5 points, a
wiki-entry might be worth 3, etc etc. At certain point totals a user
gets a title awarded to him befitting his accomplishments. If a user
registers for the site and doesn't contribute he doesn't get points
awarded but on the other hand we don't delete him or mark him as
inactive.
Digg works much the same way, anyone can register for Digg and
contribute stories etc. But they don't take any action if you register
and don't contribute.
This whole proposal of marking an Ambassador Active/Inactive reeks to
me of punishment. That may not have been your intention but your own
words make a strong case for this. Using terms like punitive action
exemplifies this.
If you're really trying to give active Ambassadors credit then perhaps
FAMSco should revisit
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Awards
and hand out these recognition award more than twice in the past 12
months. Perhaps make this a quarterly award.
I'm guessing that due to the votes that were cast today (I was unable
to attend and cast my vote unfortunately) that this is going to be a
contested issue that is already drawing up lines and if we're not
careful could damage the Ambassador Program in general.
I for one will gladly leave the program if this resolution passes in
it's current form.
Thoughts?
-t
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Tony Guntharp
Co-Founder
SourceForge.net
fusion94(a)gmail.com
I would be with you Tony sadly and I do DVD's for Australia which you
can see from the freemedia mailing list. Unfortunately the university
life takes a lot of time.
Regards,
Marc