Beta Programs: Changes to Partner Management Process

[Scott Bahling]

Hi Daniela,

It makes sense to give Philip access to manage his partner accounts.

-Scott

On Mon, 2025-03-03 at 20:29 +0100, Daniela Giri wrote:
> Thank you Philip, for this clarification.
> 
> Of course, I see no issue in keeping your current authorizations and
> granting you access to the 'bcl-beta-partners' mailing list, as well as the
> ability to add and remove partners.
> 
> @Scott Bahling <sbahling at suse.com>, if you're okay with that as well, I
> will provide Philip with the required access.
> Please let us know.
> 
> Thanks,
>    Daniela
> 
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM Philip Oswald <poswald at suse.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Daniela,
> > 
> > I manage partners as well but I am not part of Scott Bahlings
> > team.  There
> > needs to be provisions made in this situation in the context of the
> > Beta
> > Program.  If I work through Scott Bahling then so be it but I will
> > need to
> > be able to have access to the mailing list 'bcl-beta-partners' and
> > the
> > ability to add and remove partners just as I have been able to do
> > with the
> > Google Sheet.
> > 
> > -Philip
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM Daniela Giri <daniela.giri at suse.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > 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/1uiYI2py3zCSICezI0XecWl8ino
> > > j_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
> > > --
> > > 
> > > Daniela Giri
> > > 
> > > Linux Systems Engineering Senior Manager
> > > 
> > > SUSE Software Solutions Italy S.r.l.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > > 
> > > (E) daniela.giri at suse.com
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