How ELC ambassadorship works
Every ELC meetup has a few people who act like hosts without being asked. They greet first-timers, they know half the room, and when a speaking slot opens they know who should fill it. Ambassadors are those people, named and backed. You can see the current ones on the homepage.
This page covers who qualifies, what the role asks, what you get back, and how we work together.
Who becomes an ambassador
There is no points system and no referral quota. Marian reads every application himself and looks for three things:
- You show up. Regularly, at the meetups in your city, not once a year.
- You bring people. First-timers, a speaker who has done the thing, sometimes a partner intro.
- You say it publicly. You post about ELC in your own words, unprompted.
Seniority is not a criterion. An engineering manager who brings people beats a CTO who shows up once.
What the role asks
- Host the room. A first-timer should leave with new contacts and a reason to come back, and you are part of why.
- Feed the pipeline. New members, speakers for the CFP, topics worth a meetup.
- Amplify. Share the invites and recaps you stand behind, in your own words.
- Build, if you want to. A mini-event, a workshop, a push into a new city. That path exists: the inner circle of co-owners is invitation only, and invitations come from exactly here.
What you get back
The role is not paid. What it carries:
- A free ticket to the annual ELC Conference.
- A quarterly 1:1 with Marian. The agenda is yours: your org, your career, whatever burns.
- The Ambassador badge on LinkedIn and in the community Slack.
- A reserved front-row seat at every ELC event.
- Your photo and LinkedIn profile on the engineeringleaders.io homepage.
- First pick of speaking slots when you have something to say.
- Co-builder credit in the ELC Conference deck that partners and speakers see.
How and when we meet
Two rhythms, nothing else:
- Monthly, at the meetups. 12 a year across Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków, 120+ leaders in each room. This is where the role actually happens.
- Quarterly, 1:1 with Marian. What worked, what to build next, what you need from us.
No standing calls, no committee.
How to apply
Email marian@engineeringleaders.io. Three lines are enough: who you are, which city you are in, and what you would bring. Marian reads and answers every application himself.
Questions people ask
Is ELC ambassador a paid role?
No. It is a community role. What it carries: a free ticket to the annual ELC Conference, a quarterly 1:1 with founder Marian Kamenistak, a public Ambassador badge, a reserved front-row seat at every ELC event, and your photo and LinkedIn profile on the engineeringleaders.io homepage.
Who can become an ELC ambassador?
Any active member of the Engineering Leaders Community who shows up at meetups regularly, brings new people or speakers, and talks about the community publicly in their own words. There is no seniority requirement and no referral quota. Marian Kamenistak reviews every application personally.
How much time does the ambassador role take?
The fixed rhythm is one meetup a month in your city plus a quarterly 1:1 with the founder. Everything beyond that, organizing a mini-event or helping open a new city, scales with what you want to build.