We conceived and discussed the Ambassador Program during our recent meeting with Randy in Phoenix. The concept was universally, and enthusiastically, accepted by everyone in attendance at the meeting.

This is a fabulous opportunity to get more members actively involved in helping to make FlyerTalk a friendlier, more welcoming place, and to encourage a higher percentage of sign-ups to become active, lifetime members, junkies if you will. Let's face it, FlyerTalk is the wonderful success that it is today because, right from the start there has always been a cadre of frequent flyer devotees, ready, willing and able to share their vast knowledge.

You are absolutely right, cblaisd, in that there are already some wonderful natural ambassadors on FlyerTalk, and I hope that, if they don't nominate themselves, others who recognize their contributions will do so. I suspect that you, together will all individual forum moderators, will be extremely helpful in nominating the people who they see as natural ambassadors within the forum they moderate.

I am confident, dhammer53, that TB can manage to vett Ambssadors without making it a federal production. I suspect, for instance, that when I nominate dhammer53 as a Community Ambassador, which I (TB member hat off and member hat on) thoroughly intend to do, that it will pass immediately and unanimously.

IMHO, this program is one of the best things that could happen for the long-term good of FlyerTalk. What's not to like?