2008/8/27 Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 08:52 -0400, David Nalley wrote: >> What I fear is that at some point there something will rub someone the >> wrong way. I'd far rather have the opportunity to define the policy >> that gets applied to us than live with whatever policy is born out of >> reaction. That being said if the group consensus is that we remain >> laissez-faire then that's fine too. > > David, > > There's a good opportunity here for Ambassadors to work with the overall > Marketing group. Ambassadors regularly speak to the public, since > that's part of the natural responsibilities they willingly take on. In > dealing with print and broadcast media, of course it's very helpful for > Ambassadors to be thoroughly familiar with the Fedora marketing plan, > our overview, and general tips on how to be an effective interview > subject. > > The idea is not to tie Ambassadors down so that they need approval for > local media contacts. Rather, it's to make them confident in answering > tough questions like "Why should people care?" and "What makes Fedora > different?" in constructive, positive ways. I think many Ambassadors do > this very well already, but like anything else it's a skill one > develops, and we can help each other develop that skill. > > The Fedora Marketing group is always available to assist. We should > encourage collaboration and partnership between Ambassadors and > Marketing overall to make our public contacts as meaningful, positive, > and cohesive as possible. > ` Paul, My experience is that most Ambassadors are also members of Marketing. IIRC many moons ago joining the Marketing project was recommended on the Ambassadors join page. While I think there is probably more of disconnect between the two groups than previously existed there are still many people who are in both groups. But I should go back and talk about why we decided to plod down this path - last night after introing Larry's page - (around the 9:15 timestamp) Jack said: "the general stance is we should get stuff cleared with someone before we do anything with media" http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-August/msg00411.html Then we started looking for policy, and it seemed none existed, but might have been an unwritten rule. Then we didn't know who was supposed to clear stuff - do we get marketing's blessing, or FAmSCo or the Board or?? So maybe what we need is more guidance (that after the fact gets documented) than a policy - so let me pose a couple of use cases: 1. I am holding a Release Party and want to get some local media attention and desire to send a Press Release to $localmediaoutlet announcing that there is a Fedora Release Party occurring. Do I need any special authority or clearance? 2. I am asked to be interviewed about the Fedora Project by $mediaoutlet - Do I need any special authority or clearance? 3. What if it goes above local - suppose #2 is a $syndicatedbroadcastmediaoutlet or a $nationaloutlet - does that change things?, and if it does, at what point does it change? The pragmatist in me says that the fact that I am a member of the Fedora Project, have a fp.o email, and can go around talking about/representing Fedora to LUGs, conferences etc. makes any special authority or clearance meaningless. That said I could certainly understand that such actions might generate angst with traditional marketing types, specifically among RH's marketing group. Certainly getting to #3 there would almost of a necessity (one would hope) be some coordination with Marketing and others, but from a standpoint of getting things done - do we need to have a checklist that has a line saying "Get permission from $authentity" ? -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
