Beta Programs: Changes to Partner Management Process

[Daniela Giri]

Hello all,

This is to inform you that we are reviewing the entire Beta program process
to make it more effective and less error-prone.

Among the actions identified, we have decided to deprecate the current Google
Sheet
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uiYI2py3zCSICezI0XecWl8inoj_hb3tONFsf0rble4/edit>
listing
the Partners we were using for announcements and replace it with a Mailman
list, "bcl-beta-partners
<https://lists.suse.com/mailman/admin/bcl-beta-partners>" which has been
configured to be security-compliant.
In particular, this will ensure that no partner has visibility of the other
participants and cannot make any postings to them.

In addition, in agreement with @Scott Bahling <sbahling at suse.com>, the
ownership of this new group has been assigned to his team, allowing them to
manage it independently and more efficiently.
My team, in the role of Beta Managers, will continue to use it for
announcements.

In line with this request, this is the new process about the distribution
of the *registration codes* effective from now:
- The Beta Managers team (my team) will continue to request registration
codes from SCC and will share them with the Partners Managers team (Scott's
team).
- Partners Managers team is in charge of managing the new mailing list
"bcl-beta-partners" and distributing the registration codes to partners
during the *Private Beta *phase
- The Beta Managers team will continue handling the distribution of
registration codes during the *Public Beta*

As mentioned, this new process is effective from now, as we are in the
Private Beta phase for SLES16 and the Public Beta phase for SLE15 SP7.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to me or my team if you have any
questions.

Thanks,
   Daniela
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Daniela Giri

Linux Systems Engineering Senior Manager

SUSE Software Solutions Italy S.r.l.



(M) +39 3450501958

(E) daniela.giri at suse.com
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