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Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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lugnet.ambassadors
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:31:41 GMT
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Felix Greco wrote:
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Is there a group that
is underrepresented? Speak up and get on board.
-Felix
LEGO Ambassador
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Not to pick on you Felix (I would’ve voted for you in an ambassador contest or
just about anything else your MOCs are so interesting ; ) but this line is worth
responding to.
Eurobricks is without representation despite, I’m told, many of their admin and
founders applying each term. I think most people would include EB in a list of
the big forums but it is the only one completely unrepresented (Yes ambassadors
post there, but they only have a few posts each.)
I think this has to do with how ‘controlled’ the ambassadors program is. I
understand why, I respect the people in it, but I have very little respect for
it as a program with an ‘ambassador’ role. It’s “just” a focus group (which is
wonderful, we’ve/I’ve wanted to see an AFOL focus group for years, I just wish
they would call it that.) It seems to me that the people involved think it’s
excellent (presumably because they are contributing so much) they then present
it as such to the rest of us, many of whom have our doubts as we see nothing
except a list of names and a few vagaries. Thus far Lego have chosen such well
respected names that the reassurances work and we don’t feel that it is some
sort of elitist yes-man program, but take away those names and, from my
perspective, it is. I’ve heard/learned nothing from my ‘ambassadors’ and I just
have to keep the faith that this is due to necessary secrecy and they are all
doing a great job. I’m sure they are, but it’d be great to know.
In typing this I realized my error. I interpreted the “ambassadors” to be
ambassadors from the community to Lego. This caused my disappointment. In actual
fact they are ambassadors from Lego to us. I remember when Jake used to talk of
great things in the pipeline that he couldn’t tell us about. Now that phrase is
the domain of some of the ambassadors. Does this mean I don’t think they are
telling Lego what we (the community) want to tell Lego? Of course they are! But
they are telling them in the manner of an ambassador returning home and
explaining the mood in the local of his posting. They aren’t going out from us
and returning with news. They weren’t supposed to. That was just my wishful
thinking...
To put it succinctly:
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Is there a group that
is underrepresented?
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Us...
God Bless,
Nathan
Who: doesn’t want to start a war of words, was just giving his own opinion
(which probably can/will be ripped to shreds). And would probably secretly like
to be an ambassador and is just bitter that he can’t be because he is anti-bley
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I’ve held back this rant for ages now. Apologies for letting it out. Hopefully
I’ll be quiet on the subject for ages now and go build/praise some MOCs...
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) This is an interesting question about how representation should be spread. I believe that each fan should feel like they have access to an Ambassador to a reasonable degree. That is an ideal that, from cycle to cycle, we should move closer to. (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
| | | Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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| (...) No offense taken. Because I know some of the European LAs post over at Eurobricks, I assumed that was the representation for that body. They may feel they offer fair representation-- I guess I'm out of my element on this one. Still, I know the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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| (...) I agree communities should choose who represents them. But if it was based on a voting system imagine what would happen; Would people start going to forums and campaigning-- or worse, mudslinging to get votes? I can see that getting really (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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