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Re: LEGO Ambassadors Cycle 2
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lugnet.lego
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Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:13:42 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego.announce, Jake McKee wrote:
> > > 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 factoids, event recaps, hilarious stories, and other
> > > LEGO Moments.
> > 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
> > region has been ignored again.
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> > Tim
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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 a lack of southern hemisphere/Asia/Pacific applicants. I know
> that many Japanese AFOLs are unable to participate on Lugnet and other sites due
> to language difficulties. This is a problem that would be expensive and
> difficult for Jake to fix in the short term. My guess would be that as the
> Ambassador program grows, there will be a greater diversity in language support,
> and thus a greater variety representation.
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> -Lenny
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 Fillipino/as). I think it is more a reflection of TLCs general decision to
ignore those regions while they concentrate on the US and Europe.
Tim
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego)
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