Mozilla Summit invitation list

[Guillermo Movia]

Hello everybody, like everyone in this list, I hope, today I received my
invitation to the Summit 2013. When I saw the list of people, I saw some
names presents that doesn't participate in the community anymore and some
people that participate that wasn't invited.

I don't know what was the process to select the people, but, do we have a
way to show this problems and concerns? I know it could be strange to
uninivite people now, but seems unfair.

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[Rubén Martín]

El 21/05/13 00:31, Guillermo Movia escribió:

> Hello everybody, like everyone in this list, I hope, today I received my
> invitation to the Summit 2013. When I saw the list of people, I saw some
> names presents that doesn't participate in the community anymore and some
> people that participate that wasn't invited.
>
> I don't know what was the process to select the people, but, do we have a
> way to show this problems and concerns? I know it could be strange to
> uninivite people now, but seems unfair.

I think we read our minds each other, I had the very same concerns I
sent to council a few hours ago ;)

Regards.

--
Rubén Martín [Nukeador]
Mozilla Reps Mentor
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[Arturo Martinez]

I just got the invite too, and then saw the list of invitees and thought about the same thing that you guillermo, i saw a couple of names (only a few) of people invited to the Summit that are registered at mozillians.org but they arent active collaborators on their local communities, they just happened to have a mozillians account and just registered for the event when received the email... for what i think mozillians.org is a directory, but not an indicator for active volunteers or great collaborators.

I hope that there is a way to re-vote some of the invitees, because i would feel bad to see people that doesnt do nothing for mozilla having fun on the summit, while others that diligently collaborate arent there becuase they werent invited...

[Majken Connor]

Not having examples, it's hard to have a specific opinion, but it could be
that they have been contributing in other ways, or maybe it's in
recognition for the work they did do. Also maybe the recognition of being
invited to the summit would help motivate them to be active again. Not all
areas of Mozilla have good ways of recognizing their volunteers yet, and
sometimes people could go a long time feeling unappreciated until getting
an invite like this.


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Rubén Martín
<nuke...@mozilla-hispano.org>wrote:

> El 21/05/13 00:31, Guillermo Movia escribió:

> > Hello everybody, like everyone in this list, I hope, today I received my
> > invitation to the Summit 2013. When I saw the list of people, I saw some
> > names presents that doesn't participate in the community anymore and some
> > people that participate that wasn't invited.
> >
> > I don't know what was the process to select the people, but, do we have a
> > way to show this problems and concerns? I know it could be strange to
> > uninivite people now, but seems unfair.

> I think we read our minds each other, I had the very same concerns I
> sent to council a few hours ago ;)
>
> Regards.
>
> --
> Rubén Martín [Nukeador]
> Mozilla Reps Mentor
> http://www.mozilla-hispano.org
> http://twitter.com/mozilla_hispano
> http://facebook.com/mozillahispano
>
>
>

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[William Quiviger]

Hey all,

Rodrigo from Brazil raised very similar concerns to the Council. Because it's late and i need to get some sleep, I'll just copy/paste my answer to him below.

- w

Begin forwarded message:

> From: William Quiviger <wqui...@mozilla.com>
> Subject: Re: [reps-council] Summit 2013 - Concerns
> Date: May 21, 2013 2:15:12 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Mozilla Reps - Council mailing list <reps-c...@lists.mozilla.org>
>
> Hi Rodrigo,
>
> thanks for reaching out.
>
> A few comments:
>
> 1) as for *all* Mozilla events, the invitation list is not perfect, there will *always* be names falling through the cracks and there will always be people who probably should not have been invited. That is a fact and until we have proper community management tools, this will always be the case.
>
> 2) 1000 people joined the "summit2013" group and 800 were selected. That means 200 people did NOT make the cut (including half a dozen Brazilians)
>
> 3) 36 community builders (aka stewards) + 9 Mozilla Reps council members reviewed this list. That's 45 people who regularly engage with volunteers around the world who reviewed this list for a period of 2 weeks.
>
> 4) the voting process was far from perfect but we did our best with the tools we have at our disposal and the extremely tight deadline we had. I think that rather than focusing on those people who "should not" be invited, i think we should focus our energy on identifying those people who should have been invited and did not receive an invitation.
>
> 5) I urge you not to spend too much time worrying about those people who you think should not be invited. I think you should focus more on the event itself, on the unique opportunity to be meeting hundreds of other Mozillians from around the world at an event that promises to be a very exciting one.
>
> 6) for visas, the summit planning team is very well aware of the challenge :)
>
> - w

[Emma Irwin]

I was disappointed to see a local contributor (in my area invited) was
missing off the list, but then learned he hadn't actually applied . Small
suggestion, that this may be the case for others who appear missing
(application was a first step).
In my opinion, a positive and valuable exercise moving forward - is
consider how to best bring the voices of your communities to the summit ,
especially those you value who cannot be there . Looking forward to a
memorable event.

-Emma

[Majken Connor]

Remember that there was also a selection committee and people were voted
for. I can't imagine anyone being invited simply because they have an
account on Mozillians. Surely they at least have made significant
contributions in the past, even if they are no longer active now.

Also for the people who aren't invited, check that they did join the
Summit2013 group on Mozillians. Were the inactive contributors selected
over and above the active ones or did the active ones not put themselves up
for an invite? Also how long have the active ones been active compared to
how long the inactive ones were?

Obviously any long time contributors who weren't invited should be
considered and brought to the attention of I think Reps Council is the best
bet. I'd also say anyone who has never been an active contributor should
also be brought up. For the people who have been great contributors in the
past but have started to move on, I think it's better to think of this as
making up for the summit that didn't happen while they were active. For the
newly active contributors there will be lots of events to come!

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Arturo Martinez <feni...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I just got the invite too, and then saw the list of invitees and thought
> about the same thing that you guillermo, i saw a couple of names (only a

> few) of people invited to the Summit that are registered at mozillians.orgbut they arent active collaborators on their local communities, they just

> happened to have a mozillians account and just registered for the event
> when received the email... for what i think mozillians.org is a
> directory, but not an indicator for active volunteers or great
> collaborators.
>
> I hope that there is a way to re-vote some of the invitees, because i
> would feel bad to see people that doesnt do nothing for mozilla having fun
> on the summit, while others that diligently collaborate arent there becuase
> they werent invited...
>
>
> On Monday, May 20, 2013 6:01:20 PM UTC-4:30, Guillermo Movia wrote:
> > Hello everybody, like everyone in this list, I hope, today I received my
> >
> > invitation to the Summit 2013. When I saw the list of people, I saw some
> >
> > names presents that doesn't participate in the community anymore and some
> >
> > people that participate that wasn't invited.
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't know what was the process to select the people, but, do we have a
> >
> > way to show this problems and concerns? I know it could be strange to
> >
> > uninivite people now, but seems unfair.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > deimidis
> >
> > http://mozilla-hispano.org
> >
> > http://twitter.com/mozilla_hispano
> >
> > http://facebook.com/mozillahispano
>