Originally Posted by
cblaisd
Same question. The motion makes the investiture of "Ambassadors" automatic upon 2/3 vote; Randy isn't mentioned anywhere.
If I've misread or missed where in the original motion there is reference to Randy having final approval, I'd appreciate being corrected.
I'm not commenting on how the motion was written since I didn't write it. But the implication in
everything TB does is that it'll be run by Randy for approval. We advise Randy on various matters and make suggestions to him which he is free to accept or reject. I don't see the Ambassador program as being any different.
Originally Posted by
chrissxb
is the role of the Ambassador as well to be a help to the moderator? (for example pointing out bad posts?) or are they only for newbies?
To be perfectly honest, the role of
all members is helping the moderators in the various forums. And by that I mean reporting bad posts, staying on topic, not disrupting the forum, etc. So, yes, I envision the Ambassador working closely with the mods much as s/he is probably already doing.
Originally Posted by
Markie
Then this should have been included in the proposal explicitly. Perhaps TalkBoard would like to reject the proposal as is until such time as some of the comments made in this thread have been explicitly addressed.
I have no idea if this motion will pass or fail but my prediction is that if it fails, it'll be primarily because of the complexity of the motion. There's probably a paragraph or two that almost anybody can take exception with.
So if the various TB members think this is a good idea overall but object to a couple specific elements of the motion, they may vote to reject the whole proposal. Or they may object to a point or two but decide this is a good enough idea that they don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, to borrow an expression from Momma Cholula, and vote to accept it warts and all.
Originally Posted by
scoow
Are "welcomes" limited to people who have just signed-up on FT? Or anyone new to the forum? Personally, I would like to see a UA flyer who pops over to the DL forum for the first time to be welcomed... and that FTer is likely to be asking a "newbie" type question.
This would almost require the Ambassador to read every post in every thread all the time to catch the nuance of a FT veteran poster posting in a new forum. But yes, if the Ambassador catches this type of post, s/he should definitely welcome the poster.
But I'll let you in on a dirty little "secret".
Not even the mods read every post in every thread all the time. We do the best we can with the time we have but we also depend on the members letting us know when something needs attention. And I see the Ambassadors working the same way.
Originally Posted by
scoow
Yes, TS/S
does! And it's often the same person who in the next post (or even the same post) is right in the middle of the "barrage". Would this person be a good Ambassador for the forum? If not, would they be eligible to serve as an Ambassador in another forum? I could easily see a TB member who "knows" a poster from one forum (even OMNI
) to base their vote on the posts in that forum rather than in the forum the member applied to serve as Ambassador.
There are members, and I can think of a number off-hand, who are models of decorum in their TS/S posts and their posts elsewhere on FT. And they're not angels in TS/S and devils in OMNI or elsewhere on FT. These are the folks who are consistently good, helpful citizens wherever and whenever they post and who I'd like to see as Ambassadors.