[RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors] New features in 2013, plans & requests for 2014

Dear RIPE Atlas ambassadors,

Thank you for helping us spread the love (& probes) for RIPE Atlas!

We are pleased to announce several improvements in our internal
procedures that are going to make your lives easier.

New features
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- You can now find the link to your ambassador probes and the
administration interface on the website under "My Atlas" >
"Ambassador Probes"

- The registration procedure now requires hosts to type in *both*
the MAC address and the probe ID; if they match, the probe will be
"assigned" to the host (in the background, we will check if these
correspond to the probes we allocated to you)

- All your probes are now on one page, since removed probes-per-page 
display

- The table headers are now sortable, which will help you when
searching for your probes or hosts


Plans
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- Next week, we will sent an email reminding those hosts who have not 
yet registered or plugged in their probes to do so

- Another feature request is to enable a search function (for now, you
can use the browser search option to search for probes)

- We are working on the webpages describing the ambassador process and
procedures, and we will have them ready early next year


Statistics
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- There are 46 community members who are helping out as ambassadors!
- Forty of our colleagues from the RIPE NCC are doing the same when they 
go to conferences or training courses
- In total, there were around 1,500 probes distributed via ambassadors
in 2013
- Half of those probes have been plugged in and registered and are now
active in the RIPE Atlas network

Requests
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Could you please remind your friends and colleagues who you've given
probes to to complete all the steps, and actually register their probes?
That way, they will be able to earn credits and perform their own
customised measurements, and we will be able to contact them by email if 
  the probe disconnects. They can register here:
https://atlas.ripe.net/register

If you did not tell us who you gave the probe to, please do :)

Also, we would like to ask you for your experiences - success
stories, anecdotes and photos - from your adventures with distributing
and using RIPE Atlas probes and measurements.

And, as a new thing you can promote, we recently launched RIPE Atlas
anchors! There are currently 26 anchors up and running and we have 30
more open applications, but we are still looking for more locations in
Russia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific,
and Latin America. You can find out more at:
https://atlas.ripe.net/about/anchors/

Mailing list
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I have added you all to the new mailing list:
https://www.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas-ambassadors

Please use it for discussion about your experiences as ambassadors, 
troubles, or feature requests :)


Kind regards,
Vesna
Measurements Community Building Team
RIPE NCC

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Season's Greeting from the RIPE Atlas team!
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