2010/12/9 Henrik Nordström <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>

May I suggest a slight change in procedure, to have Joerg encourage the
new ambassadors to reply themselves to the welcome message, presenting
themselves? I think many interesting discussions can arise from such
introductions, and would welcome the new ambassadors far better than 700
welcome.

While I don't want to seem unfriendly, I believe that having Ambassadors introducing themselves -- and the subsequent messages that would invariably follow -- would add to the traffic already on the list, which is what "Please do not send private 'Welcome' Messages to Ambassador List" tries to avoid.

An ambassador is "introduced" by your clicking on his/her wiki page link in the announcement. If you feel inclined to welcome him/her, then e-mail him/her off-list.

In fact, I would encourage this: If you find from the wiki that an ambassador lives near you and/or is someone you have something in common with (i.e., "I'm a Python programmer . . . ."), by all means contact them and welcome them into the realm.

Larry Cafiero