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more drafting : * expand to other forums * offtopic : all ubuntu forums linking to eachother (for example forums for different languages) * bi-directional * communicate / relay ideas : gisting + zeitgeist??) * prioritization of specs,etc * What do other distros do regarding ambassadors ? * Communicate what users like in other distros * file + follow up good bugs / inital triage / judgement calls * integration of code into community + core distro/repos * invite forum members into Ubuntu project + recognition of forums contributions * use launchpad |
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Launchpad entry: https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/forum-ambassadors
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Summary
This is a placeholder for a discussion about how to improve communication (bugs,ideas,forum users feedback) between the forums and the developers. The idea is to elect Forum Ambassadors and/or have a special forum for this to help to improve communication. There is a brainstorming discussion on ubuntuforums about this.
the forum thread : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1708930
Forum Ambassadors might become a team like : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=289810
Brain Dump
* Introductions
* Summary - Thread on the forums where people have opinions and ideas. Make a team of like, 10 people or something, and then have team leaders that connect to the developers to facilitate communication. * Use ambassadors to collect ideas and feedback from users. * Centralized team leader or should each team member have a point of contact.
* Use Cases
- Bug Reporting:
- - "Someone on the forums find a bug, want a way to quickly get that information to developers."
- Mako: It would be nice if people who represent others know how to file good detailed bug reports.
- - "Someone on the forums find a bug, want a way to quickly get that information to developers."
* Purposes of ambassadors:
- - Communicating ideas to developers (gists and zeitgeists) - Some people are comfortable collecting information. (Collector) - Some people are comfortable diseminating information. (Disseminators)
- Two way communication. (Bidirectional) - Triaging people and volunteers (being in touch with the interests of users) - File bugs (Good bugs, not just follow either, is it a feature or a bug? They need to be able to contact people who are willing to contribute.) - Integration of projects that start on the forums into the distribution. (Inviting people into the greater community.) - Involve other active members of the forums that don't yet contribute to the organization. (Get the active members to join the project) - "I've stopped using Ubuntu because XXX is, or works better, in Some Other Distro" <-- high priority - Recognition of forums contributions - Integration of other forums (all the LoCo forums and other languages). How do we get their feedback integrated? (Tough, this will be another spec). - Ambassadors from other forums? - Launchpad team for Ambassadors
* Implementation
- - Two way street. Developers and forum users. - Central point of contact? Or distributed by team? How do you get decent coverage? - Existing staff too busy to do be ambassadors? - Don't need to be staff, but if they're contributors, then do it. - "How to be an ambassador" - Nominations (one or two), then elections. (Coleadership)
- - Set of criteria of contributions. - List of volunteers.
more drafting :
- expand to other forums
- offtopic : all ubuntu forums linking to eachother (for example forums for different languages)
- bi-directional
- communicate / relay ideas : gisting + zeitgeist??)
- prioritization of specs,etc
- What do other distros do regarding ambassadors ?
- Communicate what users like in other distros
- file + follow up good bugs / inital triage / judgement calls
- integration of code into community + core distro/repos
- invite forum members into Ubuntu project + recognition of forums contributions
- use launchpad
Rationale
Use cases
Scope
Design
Implementation
- document HOWTO be an ambassador
- create ambassador team leaders
- set criteria that we want to see from members
- howto file a good bug report
- asking good questions
- submit submittor to bug report
Evaluation
- ambassadors + dev teams should know eachother
- ambassadors should know what's going on (#ubuntu-devel ubuntu-devel mailinglist)
Code
Data preservation and migration
Unresolved issues
BoF agenda and discussion
ForumAmbassadors (last edited 2008-08-06 17:01:37 by localhost)