In another forum this morning, and kind of dove-tailing on one of
gleff's points above, the suggestion was made that it might be preferable if either the moderators of a forum or the forum itself decide who should be Ambassadors.
This was my response:
Originally Posted by Cholula
Now "the forum itself" is an interesting idea.
Perhaps start a thread asking for folks to nominate themselves and then develop a poll where the forum could vote on the various nominees. The "X" members with the most votes then become the forum Ambassadors.
Most regulars in the forums know who the helpful, friendly members are. And those who are not so friendly and helpful.
Would this just become a personality contest? Probably but that's the case in nearly all elections. But at least the forum would get someone that
they chose as Ambassador rather than someone who was appointed by TB or by the forum moderators. No matter who was selected, the candidates would have to get a ^ or
from Randy before being appointed.
<Removing members name>, this would make for interesting debate on the current public thread in TB Topics. Would you raise it there or give me your OK to "steal" your idea and I'll bring it up?
If this concept is going to work long-term, I think we need to remove even the slightest suggestion of secret votes, cronyism and/or politics and let the individual forums nominate their own candidates.