On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 08:28, Christoph Wickert
<christoph.wickert(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Am Mittwoch, den 28.04.2010, 23:04 -0700 schrieb Jeff Sandys:
> But when a user carrying an imac (comparing it to colorful OLPCs)
> asked if we had a powerPC version, I answered incorrectly, saying no.
http://download.fedpraproject.org/pub/linux/fedora/linux/releases/12/Fedo...
You just failed your exam. ;)
This why I don't like the idea of certifying ambassadors. Of course we
agree that the ambassadors should a have a certain amount of knowledge
about Fedora, but as you see in this example, there is no consensus
about what is important for each and every ambassador. Many of them are
involved in other groups of Fedora too, but one is into translations,
the other more into packaging and the third into design. It is up to the
ambassadors mentor to judge is someone is ready to be an ambassador yet
and to educate them.
As a young mentor, allow me to chime in.
Do people think the role of a mentor is to not validate a candidate
ambassador until he has sufficient knowledge, using some kind of
certification mechanism? Or should the mentor rather establish the
base of a never-ending journey towards getting that knowledge, while
making sure the candidate is mature enough to either ask for help from
another ambassador or ask for some more time to answer?
I'm certainly in favor of the second possibility, but I've only
mentored 4 people until now, so I'm most certainly doing it wrong. ;)
As Christoph said, different ambassadors are involved in different
groups, and thus will have different knowledge. To me, that's a reason
for having more than one ambassador on a given event, so each one can
answer questions related to his field of expertise.
Finally, when I'm not sure of an answer, I like to ask for the
person's contact, so that I can later ask someone who does know,
acquire that knowledge for myself and then write to the person who
asked me the question in the first place, providing him a proper
answer.
Wouldn't that address your concerns Jeff? Or should we launch a huge
validation campaign after which only 5 ambassadors will remain? (and
I'll probably not be one of them)
Of course, nothing (and no one) prevents you from writing a FAQ if you
believe that's appropriate, but I fear it will quickly turn into a
summary page for all of the Fedora Project wiki. :)
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Mathieu Bridon