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In lugnet.lego, Timothy Gould wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > -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
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 population. What reason would they have to do so? Having met and spoken
with Jorgen and Tormud at BF, I have true difficulty believing they are actively
ignoring such a wide and important group.
There are only one or two Japanese AFOLs who participate in the forums I follow,
and they do so rarely. I know of no Korean, Chinese, Malay, Fillipino (except
for Fradel), or Indonesian AFOLs on Lugnet. If they aren't on Lugnet or
LEGOFan, how would they have heard about the Ambassador program and applied for
it? Keep in mind that the Ambassadors can only select from those people who
apply, and the program doesn't recruit.
-Lenny
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| (...) I'm not accusing them, I am accusing their employers. Don't accuse me of characterising people when I have said absolutely nothing about anyone. It seems to me you are just using this thread as an excuse to namedrop. The Ambassadors program is (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Jake said "The application pool spanned the globe". Maybe "spanned the globe" is now a turn of phrase meaning "spanned europe and north america"? Maybe Jake could share some evidence otherwise? Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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