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Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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After an interesting chat about “Fan involvement with TLC” the other night, a
few concerns/questions came up, and I can’t seem to shake them.
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Hi Janey,
Having been one of the non-NDA crowd up until quite recently, I can certainly
understand your concerns. I had concerns about how the Ambassador program
worked, and what the Ambassadors did, so I applied, and was fortunate enough to
be selected.
Although I am not yet on any of the ‘secret projects’ which are underway, I know
about them (or at least, I know about some of them). But I am still feeling my
way as an Ambassador. I think it would be easy to get tied up in the ‘under NDA
and working too hard doing a lot of work behind the scenes’ mindset.
I can’t speak for all the Ambassadors, but since I was selected as Ambassador, I
have been working on building links between Australian Lego Fans (who have been
a fairly neglected lot to date) and the company at both an international and
local level. Already, I have secured some support for Brickvention 06, and have
been talking to Lego Australia and their PR company. Later today, I will be
interviewed by SMH online as part of the PR effort for Lego Australia’s Creator
show.
I am making building these links a priority, and investing emotional capital in
doing my best to make sure they work. Obviously, this work also takes time. And
that time has to come from somewhere. My post count on LUGNET was already way
down on what it used to be, but looking back, I see my posting level on JLUG
have also fallen.
I feel though, that I was appointed as Ambassador because of what I’ve done in
the community and for the hobby as a whole, so I must represent and promote the
community and the hobby as much as I can.
I think that fans can be a real asset to the company, and that company
interaction can be a real asset to the community.
Your concerns are certainly valid. I will endeavour to keep my overt community
participation at a level which allows me to properly support and promote the
community, both to the company, and to the community at large. In fact, if I
recall correctly, one of the first instructions from Lego to the Ambassadors was
‘keep doing what you’ve been doing’ - ie participating in the community.
Kind regards
Richie Dulin
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