On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Satyajit <satyajit(a)nerdshack.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have been an ambassador for more than a year now, but honestly have
not been able to contribute in ways I thought I would when I joined. My only
contribution would be a little help here and there in spreading the word of
Fedora to friends, colleges, students. I have also helped in burning cds and
installation.
Same with me Satyajit. But I believe, that's the whole ambassador in a
nutshell. :D
Honestly the difficulties I faced were mainly I did not have anyone to
account to. I believe that we can come up with plans but with work pressure
and other factors plans can go wasted if we are not accountable to some
body. I did not have a schedule as what are the possibilities I could
achieve in a year or a given time.
Since, Fedora Ambassadors is a volunteer program, it should not impose on
time you can't commit. For myself and others in the Philippines, we have
three big activities for every year - two Fedora release parties and the
Software Freedom Day. In between those three, we split time on whatever
comes along and if we can fit them on our schedules.
I do meticulously read the threads in the list, but that's all. I do
want to be involved but I am not very clear on how I could do things. I did
write a mail on it and did get a suggestion to get into infrastructure, but
then again I was clueless there too. I did send a mail to that list but did
not get any replies. I do understand we all have busy schedules, but the
idea of a mentor would be good. As one with more experience in the group
will definitely be able to see capabilities in one with lesser experience
and be able to guide that person.
I agree whole-heartedly on the mentor thing. It would make the assimilation
process faster.
Currently I am in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting schedule comes up on
the time I am unable to attend. With just another ambassador in the area I
really am clueless in promoting fedora beyond my work place. I have been
successful at work getting one of the servers to run on fedora and many
other machines too. I would love to do more.
If it's any consolation, we're re-organizing APAC to better respond to the
geographical challenges APAC Fedora Ambassadors face. I believe you're in
our group[1] :D
Satyajit Ranjeev
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