Mark Harrison wrote:
> IMPORTANT NOTE I am acting like a typical "PR Flack" in this. As
> far as I'm aware, NONE of the quotes I've made up for Alan have actually
> been said... Normal practice with PR stuff is for the PR flack to make
> them up, then ask the person being quoted if that's O
> Well, I have to say, I'd considered that this wasn't really us doing
> anything new beyond what we're already doing...
I was waiting for someone to say that :-D
Consider this folks. PR can be a bit of a insubstantial thing which
might just be telling people about the things that we are already
Hey Mark,
Nice idea, I think it works well. However I think you need to
highlight the free aspect of Ubuntu more.
Also try and keep to one type of user, I got a bit confused reading
'user', 'home user', 'web user'. maybe just repace user with 'people',
sounds less formal.
Apart from that, love i
Dougie Richardson wrote:
> 1. How would the cost of travel be covered? I'm all for volunteering
> but not if it starts to cost my significantly in expenses.
>
Well, I have to say, I'd considered that this wasn't really us doing
anything new beyond what we're already doing... More us realising
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 19:53 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
>> London, 21st October 2007
>>
>> The UK Ubuntu community is pleased to announce that, effective
>> from 1st November, it will be offering free technical support to
>> users of selected Tescos PC, at centres
Hi Kris,
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 20:49 +0100, Kris Marsh wrote:
> 1) Ensure ASDA is in the press release too
> [http://www.asda-electricals.co.uk/shop/product/esys/linux.html]
Good plan.
> 2) Suggest we also point users to the forum and IRC, if they're not
> interested in face-to-face.
Well, we
On 10/21/07, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/21/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > IMPORTANT NOTE I am acting like a typical "PR Flack" in this. As
> > far as I'm aware, NONE of the quotes I've made up for Alan have actually
> > been said... Normal practice with PR
Hi Alan,
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 20:35 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> There is nothing that says "we" have to do site visits at all. "Free"
> support could be via the traditional methods such as forums, irc and
> mailing list.
>
> If you built a relationship with a customer and said you would like to
>
On 10/21/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> IMPORTANT NOTE I am acting like a typical "PR Flack" in this. As
> far as I'm aware, NONE of the quotes I've made up for Alan have actually
> been said... Normal practice with PR stuff is for the PR flack to make
> them up, then ask the p
Hi Dougie,
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 20:24 +0100, Dougie Richardson wrote:
> I agree with this, although I'm not aware of the distribution of members
> of the group, if this was to prove popular then there are two problems:
>
> 1. How would the cost of travel be covered? I'm all for volunteering
> b
Hi Chris,
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 20:02 +0100, Chris Oattes wrote:
> I would be concerned that people may think of this as some sort of
> "contract", and that we would have to support them no matter what. We
> would have to have some people who can guarantee that they can travel to
> visit people
Mark Harrison wrote:
> The UK Ubuntu community is pleased to announce that, effective from 1st
> November, it will be offering free technical support to users of
> selected Tescos PC, at centres up and down the country.
Mark >>> Great press release - and exactly the right tone.
One small poin
Hi Mark,
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 19:53 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
> London, 21st October 2007
>
> The UK Ubuntu community is pleased to announce that, effective from 1st
> November, it will be offering free technical support to users of
> selected Tescos PC, at centres up and down the country.
>
Hi all,
> I would be concerned that people may think of this as some sort of
> "contract", and that we would have to support them no matter what. We
> would have to have some people who can guarantee that they can travel to
> visit people to support them etc. - The time constraints may be too m
Mark Harrison said the following on 21/10/07 19:53:
> IMPORTANT NOTE I am acting like a typical "PR Flack" in this. As
> far as I'm aware, NONE of the quotes I've made up for Alan have actually
> been said... Normal practice with PR stuff is for the PR flack to make
> them up, then ask the
IMPORTANT NOTE I am acting like a typical "PR Flack" in this. As
far as I'm aware, NONE of the quotes I've made up for Alan have actually
been said... Normal practice with PR stuff is for the PR flack to make
them up, then ask the person being quoted if that's OK :-)
ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE
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