Ambassadors20061216

In Attendance

Richard, Oso, Martin, Pete, Xen, Nathan, Wren

Agenda

• checkin
• reports:
• history -
• group purpose and scope
• guideline and policy needs
• next meeting

HISTORY

We have sent folks to conferences:

• NTEN
• School Net Africa (South Africa)
• Penguin Day SF
• Penguin Day Philly
• Debian Conference (Brazil)

Helping out/consulting:

• Free Geek Penn (PA)
• Free Geek Oly (WA)
• Free Geek Michiana (IN)
• Free Geek Chicago (IL)
• Clark College (WA)
• Longview Project (WI)

FUTURE PROJECTS

• Richard to FG Columbus (January)
• Martin to Uganda (Jan/Feb)
• NTEN in Seattle

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

• If we do it,
• Who does it,
• How/What do they do.

Outreach representatives need to be properly trained, overlaps w/stuff that is the responsibility of the Outreach Committee. Outreach will help train ambassadors at the appropriate time.

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Types of Representation:

• questions:
  • if
  • who
  • how

• types:
  • conferences
  • other freegeeks (ongoing relationships)
  • technical aid (a lot like a consulting gig, one-off types jobs)

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• if/conference = educational, schmoozing, speaking, costs (who pays for).
• if/other geeks = happen to be in the area, help free geeks (some that

are all ass-hatted up), costs (who pays for) grants?. Can we afford the personnel during the time.

• if/technical aid = linked to existing program, costs (who pays for).

Can be billed as a contract. Skill sharing.

• if/general = Paying for it: Grants (maybe), other means. Can we afford

the personnel during the time or other structural costs. Don't forget the base.

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• how/general = outreach guidelines, what we are NOT.
• how/geeks = make contacts, organizational/analysis skills for sharing

and a deep understanding for the organizational structure and history of free geeks, teaching.

• how/conference = invitation to talk
• how/tech = teaching, technical work and trouble shooting, cultural

exchange, process development, etc. Teaching folks to fish.

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• who/general = appropriate skills, who's turn, structural importance,

skill development, who is appropriate culturally or has prior relationship, outreach for and evaluation for potential qualified ambassadors.

• who/conferences = public speaking, will skills gained, knowledge

learned benefit free geek.

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In general, grants should not be written by folks that will directly benefit from the grant.

Program planning sheets are available on the wiki as a tool to help decide.

COMMITS

Martin to fill out program planning sheet for Uganda Oso to fill out program planning sheet for N-TEN Conference

NEXT MEETING

When martin gets back (soon there after).