Oh man, how do I write this post, without getting a Nullstreet fatwa declared on me?
Well here goes...
Dear Matt,
After quickly reading through this op, I was exited that we had someone trying to run an Argentina marketing delegate. I was partiqually looking forward to your radio ad on LTB, since this is one of your main skills. To be honest I was shocked, and I can't understand why nobody else didn't bring this up already. Your just not radio material.
Next are your writing skills, and I hate to say it, but that unpublished article just isn't a nice read. I don't see it getting posted on techcrunch any time soon.
This gets me extra worried because you will be responsible for the content on the "Argentina BitUSD portal".
The only reason left for voting you in, is so you can delegate funds to Elmato and Fran2k.....
I don't think this is a good idea, for reasons mentioned by bytemaster in the 12-5 hangout. https://soundcloud.com/testzcrypto/beyond-bitcoinhamgout-12-05-14-updates-from-bytemaster
(17:30).
This raises an interesting question. Am I being to hard/demanding, or are others just to happy to to vote in any delegate with a "marketing proposal"?
I used to be of the opinion that every effort, how little it may be, would bring some value to BTS. However I'm starting to think that, that since BTS is in it's startup phase, it's crucial that the shareholders make decisions on effectiveness rather than just getting something out there. The decisions we make now, will have an effect on further BTS adoption.
Sorry for being a bit harsh, but tactfullness isn't really part of my skill portfolio.
I guess I shouldn't be running a "Bitshares tactical delegate" campaign.
I see it the same way.
My two concerns are: Not professional enough with respect to what I have seen (the bitusd video and the radio ad) and not actually from Argentina / not native Spanish.
I thought quite the same the first time I saw the matt delegate proposal... British and non-Spanish speaker? WTF!
But...
I had been around this forum since almost a year ago and I really like Bitshares but despite been very active in the local community and that with some friends we were thinking "what to do" about BTS we almost did nothing.
Matt started the discussion and marked a point to start. It impulsed us too to make some local action.
As the community speaks mainly Chinese and English is key that any delegate could communicate in both, which he does. For me this was a barrier to propose a delegate as I'm not enough confident in my English. It's clear that almost any delegate must be or have a team able to communicate in English, Chinese and any other language necessary, in this case Spanish.
I believe that as the Bitshares ecosystem grows, 'unipersonal delegates' are going to disappear fast. People is gonna team-up to add more value.