Comments on: LEGO Ambassadors Cycle 7 nomination process for The Brothers Brick [News]

By: lucakabe

lucakabe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:34:00 +0000

tim

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:20:55 +0000

It appears we have three nominees, but I’ll go ahead give my public support to Dan, Nannan, and Tim.

By: Thanel

Thanel — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:43:42 +0000

After further consideration, I’m going to withdraw my name from nomination for Lego Ambassador. On general principle, I think it’s a good idea to represent the perspective of the newly enlightened to TLG, but I don’t think I’m the man for the job right now. I’m too busy doing the work/play of coming out of my dim ages and learning to post effectively on TBB. Maybe some other time. Thanks for your nominations though.

By: TooMuchDew

TooMuchDew — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:45:45 +0000

I nominate Nannan Zhang, Tim Gould, and Dan Rubin.

By: legorevolution

legorevolution — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:57:35 +0000

I nominate Nannan and Dan.

By: NXTMonger

NXTMonger — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:32:01 +0000

3, right?
Nannan
Dan
Josh

By: Dr. X

Dr. X — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:48:23 +0000

I nominate Nannan.

By: Thanel

Thanel — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:31:37 +0000

@ nannan: Thanks for the point-by-point responses. Appreciate it.
@ glencaer: Good balanced analysis. You & nannan both cover pretty well the crux of the issue. How important is having the tension between insider/outsider and new/veteran. How unique will I be in a year? How much use will I be now?
@ PonchoPenguin: Thanks.
I ponder. If I start laggin’ it on accepting or rejecting the nomination, I’m sure somebody (Andrew) will let me know.

How about some of our commentators? We have several regulars who are consistently thoughtful AND opinionated. Any of them stand out to you readers as good nominees?

By: PonchoPenguin

PonchoPenguin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:06:52 +0000

Thanel.

By: glencaer

glencaer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:18:14 +0000

I wanted to add a bit to Nannan’s post about being an Ambassador. I’d check with Steve Witt about whether your name has to be published or not. You’ll definitely have to give it to TLG (you sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement), but I’m not sure they would necessarily force you to give your real name. This was something Lugnet dealt with a few years back, with a young woman mentioning that she was fearful of stalkers. I’d bet Steve would make a compromise if you had a compelling enough rationale.

A few thoughts on whether you are too new: One aspect of being an Ambassador was representing the community you are a part of, even if you are unable to ask them directly what they want. An example would be if a LEGO rep says something like: “What would fans want to see in this line of sets?” You don’t have time to conduct a survey, especially if the line of sets is still secret. This was something I dealt with way back when dealing with the new Space and Castle sets. This would be something that you’d be unable to really do since you’re not fully one of us yet.

But then again, as being someone new, coming from a dim age, you can speak to the thoughts/ideas of someone from that background, which is something many fans would be unable to do. For example, lets say TLG wants to get more young 20-somethings, who built with LEGO as a kid and get them building again, but how? If you ask me, I answer as someone who’s been seriously building for a few years now. I’d be unable to answer. But you, Thanel, would have a better sense to that question.

Ultimately, it is up to you, and then (with the wonders of democracy), up to the BB readers. Having said all that, I thought of you when I first read the post asking for nominations. I’d be willing to vote for you. ~_^

-Lenny Hoffman

By: Nannan

Nannan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:16:22 +0000

Here’s what I think:
1. In my opinion the time involvement equals about the regular involvement on a forum.
2. Nope, there are no obligatory events, but publicity is encouraged.
3. Yup, it’s pretty much all online.
4. Not at all, at least I hope not.
5. No Ambassador is more “noob” than others.
6. That’s the most important questions out of the six. I can’t answer that for you. You’ll have to soul search :)

Another two pointers. Keep in mind you most likely have to trade off your anonymity as your full name will be published online. If that’s fine with you, I think your perspective and experiences will be unique to the program and I’ll further nominate you should you decide to give it a shot.

By: Thanel

Thanel — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:43:18 +0000

@ buriedbybricks & Memsochet. I appreciate the nomination. Usually I would just call Andrew and ask “Wassup with this thing? Is it something I wanna do?” and find out about the potential time commitments etc. But I figure in this context and considering the reasons y’all nominated me, I should make that inquiry process public and accept or reject the nomination publicly.

So to y’all current & past ambassadors: I have questions!
1. How much of a time commitment will this be? (per week/month/year)
2. Is there travel to locked conference rooms involved, and to obligatory events, or do we get to roam the earth free?
3. Is this mainly an online discussion forum sort of thing?
4. Will this interfere in my personal life? My wife was already . . . um . . . short with me last night about sorting near bedtime.
5. Will I be treated like a noob, or will the other ambassadors & TLG respect my opinions?
6. Is this too early in my enlightenment to become this involved? Should I pace myself and focus on sorting, building, posting, lugging and blogging?

By: Memsochet

Memsochet — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:22:37 +0000

I’m with buriedbybricks. Coming out of my own dim age, I’d be interested in seeing how his perspective would affect what he brings to the program.

By: Chandler Parker

Chandler Parker — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:15:46 +0000

Dan Rubin.

(Sorry, guys, but I’m only nominating people that I’ve actually met.)

By: buriedbybricks

buriedbybricks — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:36:41 +0000

I’m nominating Thanel. I don’t know how well it fits into his online spy persona, but he seems interested in learning more about the community as he emerges from his ‘dim age’ and I can’t think of a better way to be emersed in our culture club.
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