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(...) From (URL) this post>: "...the first criteria before all others was to select the best group of candidates based on their applications. Now, if there was a 12 way tie, then perhaps location could help provide a tie-breaker" (emphasis mine) and (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I hope that some information I can add here might be helpful. I do have a handfull of contacts in Japan that I converse with regularly via e-mail. And even though I have done a larger number of trades - I can only speculate why they didn't (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) How am I giving conflicting information? The only thing I can imagine *might* fall under that category is your question about geographic location being part of the selection process. Like I mentioned before, Ambassadors aren't chosen based on (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Dear Jake, I am not trying to attack a faceless monster here, I am responding to Lenny's claims that you guys were personally being in some way harrassed/ attacked/ asserted against in my original post. I believe that you love your job enough (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well, I wasn’t upset because you said that, I was upset because the ambassadors didn’t do the same. (...) You certainly didn’t offend me by the statement. I thought it was great that applications spanned the globe. And disappointed that it (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I know it might be nearly impossible to believe, but I'll say it anyway - the group responsible for this program is much much smaller than you might believe. I know that when you talk about a company, any company, it's extremely easy to turn (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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(...) snip (...) I think it's more correct to say 'Spotlighted' ;-) But what intriques me is that someone went to the trouble of only highlighting it. Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well, Jake did say "The application pool spanned the globe". Maybe he's talking about a different globe than the one I'm familiar with (the one with Asia... and a southern hemisphere)? Presumably, Jake could clear this up by simply giving us (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) How many of those 30-40 Million people applied to be LEGO Ambassadors? Knowing the people who've made this selection, having met them in person (Jake, Steve, Jan), I seriously disagree with your characterization of them ignoring such a wide (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There are at least 30-40 million people in the region who speak English very well. In fact Australia, NZ and Hong Kong all have English as an official language whilst many Japanese and Koreans can read English (as can many Malays and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego)
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