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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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(...) Jake has stated elsewhere that the Ambassadors will be selected from available applicants, and that the Ambassador program would not be recruiting for representation of all parts of the Globe or all countries. My guess would be that there was (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) -snip- (...) The applicants 'spanned the globe'? That's interesting, but it leaves me wondering why the ambassadors don't. Now, I am not a disgruntled failed applicant, nor am I questioning the qualifications of those selected. But we read (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) While congratulations must go to all those accepted, there is a distinct lack of people from the Southern Hemisphere here. I guess by spanned the globe you meant spanned the globe above the equator ;). It seems a shame that the Asia/Pacific (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego) !
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(...) snip (...) Spotlit. Thanks for sharing. (21 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) (SNIP) (...) Thanks Jake, it's a privilege. I have the sort of buzz you get when a the roller-coaster has just started off! Thanks Todd for the welcome. I hope to serve the community well in my new role. Mark (21 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Jake, Thanks should go to you for all you have done and spearheaded in the communities worldwide. Here's to the next Cycle and more!! Welcome new Ambassadors! Good to have you all! Cheers! (21 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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It's with great pleasure I announce the next cycle of the LEGO Ambassadors. There were a great number of applications, with almost all of the current Ambassadors re-applying. The application pool spanned the globe, and were chocked full of personal (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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(...) Yes, this is probably the kind of system that Jake prompted us to imagine when he asked us to ponder where this system might be 6-10 years down the road (provided it is sucessful). As you brilliantly put it, in the "World of next Thursday." I (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Gaaahhh! LEGO opens a store not only near me, but in the actual city I live, a meger 15 minutes away from me, and I have to hear about it from a kid walking around the mall with a LEGO bag! Employees assured me that lego.com announced it, but I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, FTX)
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(...) No need. The auto-reply is just an email generated after I receive something in my inbox. I've received everything sent, you just got the wrong text in the auto-reply. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Team (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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