Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-18 Thread Michael 
Hi Norm, Peter, Jared, all and sundry.

On Mar 19, 9:47 am, "Norm, VK3XCI"  wrote:
> A hand labeled generic disk is NOT going to cut it with the local school
> principal or small business owner.
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To Norm, I agree, sort of, with most of what you said except this. I
think local school principals who are trying to work within a budget
handed down by head office would be happy for any opportunity to cut
costs in any area yet still have something that is equal to or better
than what they have already paid for in the past.

To Peter, I think its obvious you are doing a great thing.

To Jared, I think a release special is still a great idea. Maybe offer
the free CDs to things like Computer Banks (http://
www.armidale.nsw.gov.au/communityorgs/7808.html) or old age hostels or
something similar where the people who are getting the service are in
need for it. There ar plenty of Computer Banks around and I'm sure
some would appreciate the help.

Just a thought.
Michael (k3lt01).

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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-18 Thread Norm, VK3XCI 
G'day,

Just some random thoughts in a brainstorm kind of way.

I too have been following this thread for a while and wondering where it was 
leading. I offer the following opinions (mine and mine only!)

I too got frustrated with the global shipit service some time ago and have 
given 
up on it. I have availed myself of Peter's service, he is prompt and 
inexpensive.

Do we really need to reinvent the wheel? The infrastructure is already in place.

At $2.60 I'm happy to bet that Peter is only just covering media, post and 
packing costs. I don't think he's getting rich off it!!!

Perhaps Peter's service is only catering to the already converted? If we want 
to 
do a promo for each release, (with free CD and some nice packaging as in 
Shipit) 
I would think it comes in around $3.00 to $3.50 per CD shipped singly.

While we all love Ubuntu and try to promote it at every opportunity, there has 
to be a good business case as well. A sponsor would be handy... say a Computer 
mag or duplication service... someone who's name/logo could be up there on the 
disk or packaging.

A hand labeled generic disk is NOT going to cut it with the local school 
principal or small business owner.



PS...
Sorry I wasn't "at" the meeting. I'm dyslexic and found the random postings 
VERY 
hard to follow. Ended up printing out the log and going through it with a 
couple 
of hi-lighters. No way I could do it in real time!







73 de Norm, VK3XCI
Mildura, Australia
The Wintersun City
QF15bt.

Jared Norris wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> Thanks for the information, with those sorts of numbers I don't think
> it's really a viable option to run it free permanently to all and
> sundry (quick calculations in my head, 3 CDs a day, $2 a CD equals
> ROUGHLY $2000 a year). So unless someone is willing to put up $2000 a
> year I'd say keep up the good work, obviously I under estimated the
> willingness of people to pay for the delivery. I would still like to
> press forward with the free CDs for the Lucid release as a promotional
> thing for the release to try and get it out there quicker and easier
> for a limited period of time (pretty much limited by how many orders
> we get, if we get a large number it will end sooner sort of thing). I
> was thinking if by the time the release comes around and we have a lot
> of spare CDs to distribute after the orders have been taken care of we
> might try and tee up a notice on your website at some stage but I
> think we can cross that bridge a bit later down the track.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas how we can get this out to people that would
> benefit from free CDs for the Lucid release please let me know.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jared
> 
> 
> On 18 March 2010 23:37, peter baker  wrote:
>> hey guys
>>
>> I have been following the discussion on a local Shipit service for regional
>> users with interest.  I setup www.ubuntu.net.au a couple of years ago with
>> the aim of making ubuntu available to people who have hassles downloading or
>> burning the distro themsleves.  I get quite a few orders from really remote
>> communities, esp in WA so I guess it is doing what it is meant to do.
>>
>> how popular is the service?  I get around 30 unique visitors to the site
>> every day.  from that I usually get 1 or 2 orders/day.  most of the orders
>> come via paypal although I do accept stamps in the mail.  I get some lovely
>> comments via letters that people send me.  so its not a lot of orders but it
>> is consistent and it is growing
>>
>> so.  I think your free aussie shipit service for ubuntu 10.04 is a great
>> idea.  I think the thing that is going to slow you down is postage costs,
>> every cd costs $1.10 in postage.  I'm happy to provide a description of what
>> you guys are doing and a link on the main page of www.ubuntu.net.au  I
>> already link to the download section of ubuntu.com so that people can
>> download their own copy.
>>
>> peter
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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-18 Thread Jared Norris 
Peter,

Thanks for the information, with those sorts of numbers I don't think
it's really a viable option to run it free permanently to all and
sundry (quick calculations in my head, 3 CDs a day, $2 a CD equals
ROUGHLY $2000 a year). So unless someone is willing to put up $2000 a
year I'd say keep up the good work, obviously I under estimated the
willingness of people to pay for the delivery. I would still like to
press forward with the free CDs for the Lucid release as a promotional
thing for the release to try and get it out there quicker and easier
for a limited period of time (pretty much limited by how many orders
we get, if we get a large number it will end sooner sort of thing). I
was thinking if by the time the release comes around and we have a lot
of spare CDs to distribute after the orders have been taken care of we
might try and tee up a notice on your website at some stage but I
think we can cross that bridge a bit later down the track.

If anyone has any ideas how we can get this out to people that would
benefit from free CDs for the Lucid release please let me know.


Regards,

Jared


On 18 March 2010 23:37, peter baker  wrote:
> hey guys
>
> I have been following the discussion on a local Shipit service for regional
> users with interest.  I setup www.ubuntu.net.au a couple of years ago with
> the aim of making ubuntu available to people who have hassles downloading or
> burning the distro themsleves.  I get quite a few orders from really remote
> communities, esp in WA so I guess it is doing what it is meant to do.
>
> how popular is the service?  I get around 30 unique visitors to the site
> every day.  from that I usually get 1 or 2 orders/day.  most of the orders
> come via paypal although I do accept stamps in the mail.  I get some lovely
> comments via letters that people send me.  so its not a lot of orders but it
> is consistent and it is growing
>
> so.  I think your free aussie shipit service for ubuntu 10.04 is a great
> idea.  I think the thing that is going to slow you down is postage costs,
> every cd costs $1.10 in postage.  I'm happy to provide a description of what
> you guys are doing and a link on the main page of www.ubuntu.net.au  I
> already link to the download section of ubuntu.com so that people can
> download their own copy.
>
> peter
>
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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-18 Thread peter baker 
hey guys

I have been following the discussion on a local Shipit service for regional
users with interest.  I setup www.ubuntu.net.au a couple of years ago with
the aim of making ubuntu available to people who have hassles downloading or
burning the distro themsleves.  I get quite a few orders from really remote
communities, esp in WA so I guess it is doing what it is meant to do.

how popular is the service?  I get around 30 unique visitors to the site
every day.  from that I usually get 1 or 2 orders/day.  most of the orders
come via paypal although I do accept stamps in the mail.  I get some lovely
comments via letters that people send me.  so its not a lot of orders but it
is consistent and it is growing

so.  I think your *free* aussie shipit service for ubuntu 10.04 is a great
idea.  I think the thing that is going to slow you down is postage costs,
every cd costs $1.10 in postage.  I'm happy to provide a description of what
you guys are doing and a link on the main page of www.ubuntu.net.au  I
already link to the download section of ubuntu.com so that people can
download their own copy.

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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-17 Thread Jared Norris 
Andrew,

I had a set amount of money I was willing to donate myself but as far
as time goes I was pretty much willing to do any of it myself if
others weren't able to assist. As far as receiving the donations I
guess this will be dependant on how many people order it and what sort
of money was required to fill the order.

Michael,

The "order CD" tab on the website links to a permanent service where
you pay for postage and they send you a CD. My original intention for
this as a release celebration to get people starting to use it and
update their PCs over the next couple of months rather than an ongoing
commitment to send out CDs. However you raise a good point, whoever it
is that runs that service (the site says Peter Baker - I have seen the
name before on the list I believe but unable to obtain an email
address so if you're reading this, Hi) I would be interested in
knowing just how many times a month/year it is used. If it is
infrequent I probably wouldn't mind continuing the service for free
but it it's a regular occurrence getting people to pay for their own
postage is the only viable option other than the official Shipit
service.

I was contemplating putting this on the "Roadmap to Lucid" page as a
project and going to see if anyone with access to ubuntu.org.au can
put it on the front page as "News" with the contact details already
supplied to the list for this project that would also be another way
of getting it out there.


Regards,

Jared



On 18 March 2010 14:18, Michael  wrote:
> There is already an "order cd" tab on the website, the only problem is
> it isn't Jared's name listed. Maybe the tab should list the original
> page as well as Jared's information.
>
> I also wonder if it is feasible to do a USB option. I realise this
> would cost more but it could also offer more and would be more useful
> to people with a netbook that doesn't have a cd/dvd drive. I would be
> more than happy to assist with setting USBs up.
>
> Michael (k3lt01)
>
> On Mar 18, 11:17 am, Andrew Gaydon  wrote:
>> Not everybody subscribes to the mail list.
>> We need to get a notice on the website & Facebook.
>>
>> How many people do you have donating time ?
>> How are you collecting money to pay for the CD's ?
>>
>> Just some questions!!
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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-17 Thread Michael 
There is already an "order cd" tab on the website, the only problem is
it isn't Jared's name listed. Maybe the tab should list the original
page as well as Jared's information.

I also wonder if it is feasible to do a USB option. I realise this
would cost more but it could also offer more and would be more useful
to people with a netbook that doesn't have a cd/dvd drive. I would be
more than happy to assist with setting USBs up.

Michael (k3lt01)

On Mar 18, 11:17 am, Andrew Gaydon  wrote:
> Not everybody subscribes to the mail list.
> We need to get a notice on the website & Facebook.
>
> How many people do you have donating time ?
> How are you collecting money to pay for the CD's ?
>
> Just some questions!!

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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-17 Thread Andrew Gaydon 
Not everybody subscribes to the mail list.
We need to get a notice on the website & Facebook.

How many people do you have donating time ?
How are you collecting money to pay for the CD's ?

Just some questions!!

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Jared Norris  wrote:

> Thanks Scott!
>
> This is a great response so far. We don't have many orders so far (I
> realise as we get closer to release that will increase) but I'm now
> confident of at least filling all the orders we do get. I've added you
> to the spreadsheet (and don't worry, donations of timer or money are
> both very useful as some people have one and not the other).
>
> So anyone not easily able to download new releases, let me know and
> I'll record your order.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jared
>
>
> On 18 March 2010 09:38, Scott McKean  wrote:
> > Hi Jared,
> >
> > I'll put up the funds for 40 cd's ($100) but I don't have the time to
> > post out that many.
> >
> > Let me know where we go from here. Thanks for your time,
> >
> > -Scott
> >
> > On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 18:46 +1000, Jared Norris wrote:
> >> Good Evening,
> >>
> >> Thanks everyone for the responses. I probably didn't explain it all
> >> too well last night but I realise there are services out there
> >> charging nominal fees for CDs but I was thinking of trying to get it
> >> to the regional (and those unable to access boradband easily) a
> >> quicker, FREE way to get a copy of Lucid Lynx (even if the fee is
> >> nominal it's sometimes means people won't opt for it because it is not
> >> always easy to transfer the funds wihtout effort).  It's not meant to
> >> replace the "official" CDs but just trying to speed up the process
> >> (and who as a home user really NEEDS and official CD?). I was going to
> >> offer this free to anyone and everyone all by myself but realised it
> >> might chalk up some costs but if more people were willing to chip in
> >> then it would spread it out. Thank you James for your offer I've noted
> >> it down and anyone else willing to chip in please drop me a line
> >> (again either on the list or off, also on IRC). I just thought it
> >> would be a nice way to quickly and cheaply spread the Ubuntu cheer.
> >>
> >> So I guess this is a shoutout now to those of you on the list who do
> >> not have access to broadband easily, please start letting me know if
> >> you want a free burnt copy of lucid lynx. It's a LTS so it should be
> >> pretty stable from release (touch wood) and I'm willing to take orders
> >> of which version of Ubuntu you want (k/x/ed/ubuntu) just nothing too
> >> obscure please. All details will be kept confidential (obvious
> >> whomever ends up posting you the CD will need an address, PO BOX is
> >> fine) so feel free to email me off the list or message me on IRC.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Jared Norris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 16 March 2010 07:17, James Beake  wrote:
> >> > Sounds like a nice way to provide a value add for regional Aus and I'm
> happy
> >> > to be part of the experiment.
> >> >
> >> > I'm prepared to fund $20 worth of CDs. Ie, I''ll burn / ship 8 CDs
> @2.50
> >> > each. More if the potage is less :)
> >> >
> >> > Is there any Ubuntu CD art work we can access?
> >> >
> >> > cheers
> >> > James
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Jared Norris 
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Good evening all,
> >> >>
> >> >> With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than
> later
> >> >> one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list
> >> >> was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/for
> >> >> the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much
> >> >> sooner than the quoted 10 weeks from the website. What I am proposing
> >> >> is that some users in metropolitan Australia with quicker download
> >> >> speeds and higher download quota limits burn a copy of the new
> release
> >> >> and then post it to another user who might be stuck on dial up or
> >> >> regional 3G services with very low download limits.
> >> >>
> >> >> I would like to see if this sort of a service would be useful to our
> >> >> regional users or not and I would also be willing to coordinate this
> >> >> service. I have costed the idea and to post a CD to anywhere in
> >> >> Australia from anywhere in Australia would cost $2.50 (this includes
> >> >> the packaging and the postage costs) and also the cost the CD itself.
> >> >> How this would be paid would be dependant upon how many people were
> >> >> wanting this service and how many people were willing to help out.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you are interested please feel free to either drop me an email (on
> >> >> or off the list I don't mind) or pop into IRC (as explained
> >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC - I'm usually lurking, my
> >> >> nick is head_victim) and just send me a message.
> >> >
> >> >
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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-17 Thread Jared Norris 
Thanks Scott!

This is a great response so far. We don't have many orders so far (I
realise as we get closer to release that will increase) but I'm now
confident of at least filling all the orders we do get. I've added you
to the spreadsheet (and don't worry, donations of timer or money are
both very useful as some people have one and not the other).

So anyone not easily able to download new releases, let me know and
I'll record your order.

Regards,

Jared


On 18 March 2010 09:38, Scott McKean  wrote:
> Hi Jared,
>
> I'll put up the funds for 40 cd's ($100) but I don't have the time to
> post out that many.
>
> Let me know where we go from here. Thanks for your time,
>
> -Scott
>
> On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 18:46 +1000, Jared Norris wrote:
>> Good Evening,
>>
>> Thanks everyone for the responses. I probably didn't explain it all
>> too well last night but I realise there are services out there
>> charging nominal fees for CDs but I was thinking of trying to get it
>> to the regional (and those unable to access boradband easily) a
>> quicker, FREE way to get a copy of Lucid Lynx (even if the fee is
>> nominal it's sometimes means people won't opt for it because it is not
>> always easy to transfer the funds wihtout effort).  It's not meant to
>> replace the "official" CDs but just trying to speed up the process
>> (and who as a home user really NEEDS and official CD?). I was going to
>> offer this free to anyone and everyone all by myself but realised it
>> might chalk up some costs but if more people were willing to chip in
>> then it would spread it out. Thank you James for your offer I've noted
>> it down and anyone else willing to chip in please drop me a line
>> (again either on the list or off, also on IRC). I just thought it
>> would be a nice way to quickly and cheaply spread the Ubuntu cheer.
>>
>> So I guess this is a shoutout now to those of you on the list who do
>> not have access to broadband easily, please start letting me know if
>> you want a free burnt copy of lucid lynx. It's a LTS so it should be
>> pretty stable from release (touch wood) and I'm willing to take orders
>> of which version of Ubuntu you want (k/x/ed/ubuntu) just nothing too
>> obscure please. All details will be kept confidential (obvious
>> whomever ends up posting you the CD will need an address, PO BOX is
>> fine) so feel free to email me off the list or message me on IRC.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jared Norris
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 March 2010 07:17, James Beake  wrote:
>> > Sounds like a nice way to provide a value add for regional Aus and I'm 
>> > happy
>> > to be part of the experiment.
>> >
>> > I'm prepared to fund $20 worth of CDs. Ie, I''ll burn / ship 8 CDs @2.50
>> > each. More if the potage is less :)
>> >
>> > Is there any Ubuntu CD art work we can access?
>> >
>> > cheers
>> > James
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Jared Norris  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Good evening all,
>> >>
>> >> With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later
>> >> one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list
>> >> was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for
>> >> the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much
>> >> sooner than the quoted 10 weeks from the website. What I am proposing
>> >> is that some users in metropolitan Australia with quicker download
>> >> speeds and higher download quota limits burn a copy of the new release
>> >> and then post it to another user who might be stuck on dial up or
>> >> regional 3G services with very low download limits.
>> >>
>> >> I would like to see if this sort of a service would be useful to our
>> >> regional users or not and I would also be willing to coordinate this
>> >> service. I have costed the idea and to post a CD to anywhere in
>> >> Australia from anywhere in Australia would cost $2.50 (this includes
>> >> the packaging and the postage costs) and also the cost the CD itself.
>> >> How this would be paid would be dependant upon how many people were
>> >> wanting this service and how many people were willing to help out.
>> >>
>> >> If you are interested please feel free to either drop me an email (on
>> >> or off the list I don't mind) or pop into IRC (as explained
>> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC - I'm usually lurking, my
>> >> nick is head_victim) and just send me a message.
>> >
>> >
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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-17 Thread Scott McKean 
Hi Jared,

I'll put up the funds for 40 cd's ($100) but I don't have the time to
post out that many.

Let me know where we go from here. Thanks for your time,

-Scott

On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 18:46 +1000, Jared Norris wrote:
> Good Evening,
> 
> Thanks everyone for the responses. I probably didn't explain it all
> too well last night but I realise there are services out there
> charging nominal fees for CDs but I was thinking of trying to get it
> to the regional (and those unable to access boradband easily) a
> quicker, FREE way to get a copy of Lucid Lynx (even if the fee is
> nominal it's sometimes means people won't opt for it because it is not
> always easy to transfer the funds wihtout effort).  It's not meant to
> replace the "official" CDs but just trying to speed up the process
> (and who as a home user really NEEDS and official CD?). I was going to
> offer this free to anyone and everyone all by myself but realised it
> might chalk up some costs but if more people were willing to chip in
> then it would spread it out. Thank you James for your offer I've noted
> it down and anyone else willing to chip in please drop me a line
> (again either on the list or off, also on IRC). I just thought it
> would be a nice way to quickly and cheaply spread the Ubuntu cheer.
> 
> So I guess this is a shoutout now to those of you on the list who do
> not have access to broadband easily, please start letting me know if
> you want a free burnt copy of lucid lynx. It's a LTS so it should be
> pretty stable from release (touch wood) and I'm willing to take orders
> of which version of Ubuntu you want (k/x/ed/ubuntu) just nothing too
> obscure please. All details will be kept confidential (obvious
> whomever ends up posting you the CD will need an address, PO BOX is
> fine) so feel free to email me off the list or message me on IRC.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jared Norris
> 
> 
> 
> On 16 March 2010 07:17, James Beake  wrote:
> > Sounds like a nice way to provide a value add for regional Aus and I'm happy
> > to be part of the experiment.
> >
> > I'm prepared to fund $20 worth of CDs. Ie, I''ll burn / ship 8 CDs @2.50
> > each. More if the potage is less :)
> >
> > Is there any Ubuntu CD art work we can access?
> >
> > cheers
> > James
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Jared Norris  wrote:
> >>
> >> Good evening all,
> >>
> >> With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later
> >> one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list
> >> was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for
> >> the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much
> >> sooner than the quoted 10 weeks from the website. What I am proposing
> >> is that some users in metropolitan Australia with quicker download
> >> speeds and higher download quota limits burn a copy of the new release
> >> and then post it to another user who might be stuck on dial up or
> >> regional 3G services with very low download limits.
> >>
> >> I would like to see if this sort of a service would be useful to our
> >> regional users or not and I would also be willing to coordinate this
> >> service. I have costed the idea and to post a CD to anywhere in
> >> Australia from anywhere in Australia would cost $2.50 (this includes
> >> the packaging and the postage costs) and also the cost the CD itself.
> >> How this would be paid would be dependant upon how many people were
> >> wanting this service and how many people were willing to help out.
> >>
> >> If you are interested please feel free to either drop me an email (on
> >> or off the list I don't mind) or pop into IRC (as explained
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC - I'm usually lurking, my
> >> nick is head_victim) and just send me a message.
> >
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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-16 Thread Jared Norris 
Good Evening,

Thanks everyone for the responses. I probably didn't explain it all
too well last night but I realise there are services out there
charging nominal fees for CDs but I was thinking of trying to get it
to the regional (and those unable to access boradband easily) a
quicker, FREE way to get a copy of Lucid Lynx (even if the fee is
nominal it's sometimes means people won't opt for it because it is not
always easy to transfer the funds wihtout effort).  It's not meant to
replace the "official" CDs but just trying to speed up the process
(and who as a home user really NEEDS and official CD?). I was going to
offer this free to anyone and everyone all by myself but realised it
might chalk up some costs but if more people were willing to chip in
then it would spread it out. Thank you James for your offer I've noted
it down and anyone else willing to chip in please drop me a line
(again either on the list or off, also on IRC). I just thought it
would be a nice way to quickly and cheaply spread the Ubuntu cheer.

So I guess this is a shoutout now to those of you on the list who do
not have access to broadband easily, please start letting me know if
you want a free burnt copy of lucid lynx. It's a LTS so it should be
pretty stable from release (touch wood) and I'm willing to take orders
of which version of Ubuntu you want (k/x/ed/ubuntu) just nothing too
obscure please. All details will be kept confidential (obvious
whomever ends up posting you the CD will need an address, PO BOX is
fine) so feel free to email me off the list or message me on IRC.


Regards,

Jared Norris



On 16 March 2010 07:17, James Beake  wrote:
> Sounds like a nice way to provide a value add for regional Aus and I'm happy
> to be part of the experiment.
>
> I'm prepared to fund $20 worth of CDs. Ie, I''ll burn / ship 8 CDs @2.50
> each. More if the potage is less :)
>
> Is there any Ubuntu CD art work we can access?
>
> cheers
> James
>
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Jared Norris  wrote:
>>
>> Good evening all,
>>
>> With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later
>> one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list
>> was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for
>> the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much
>> sooner than the quoted 10 weeks from the website. What I am proposing
>> is that some users in metropolitan Australia with quicker download
>> speeds and higher download quota limits burn a copy of the new release
>> and then post it to another user who might be stuck on dial up or
>> regional 3G services with very low download limits.
>>
>> I would like to see if this sort of a service would be useful to our
>> regional users or not and I would also be willing to coordinate this
>> service. I have costed the idea and to post a CD to anywhere in
>> Australia from anywhere in Australia would cost $2.50 (this includes
>> the packaging and the postage costs) and also the cost the CD itself.
>> How this would be paid would be dependant upon how many people were
>> wanting this service and how many people were willing to help out.
>>
>> If you are interested please feel free to either drop me an email (on
>> or off the list I don't mind) or pop into IRC (as explained
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC - I'm usually lurking, my
>> nick is head_victim) and just send me a message.
>
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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-15 Thread Dale 
On 15 March 2010 23:22, Jared Norris  wrote:
> Good evening all,
>
> With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later
> one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list
> was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for
> the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much
> sooner than the quoted 10 weeks from the website. What I am proposing
> is that some users in metropolitan Australia with quicker download
> speeds and higher download quota limits burn a copy of the new release
> and then post it to another user who might be stuck on dial up or
> regional 3G services with very low download limits.
>
> I would like to see if this sort of a service would be useful to our
> regional users or not and I would also be willing to coordinate this
> service. I have costed the idea and to post a CD to anywhere in
> Australia from anywhere in Australia would cost $2.50 (this includes
> the packaging and the postage costs) and also the cost the CD itself.
> How this would be paid would be dependant upon how many people were
> wanting this service and how many people were willing to help out.
>
> If you are interested please feel free to either drop me an email (on
> or off the list I don't mind) or pop into IRC (as explained
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC - I'm usually lurking, my
> nick is head_victim) and just send me a message.

Hi All,

You may want to try get in contact / coordinate with Peter Baker
(jellyware) as he does the cds[1] too, as he got web site and checkout
already setup.

Regards
Dale

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Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-15 Thread James Beake 
Sounds like a nice way to provide a value add for regional Aus and I'm happy
to be part of the experiment.

I'm prepared to fund $20 worth of CDs. Ie, I''ll burn / ship 8 CDs @2.50
each. More if the potage is less :)

Is there any Ubuntu CD art work we can access?

cheers
James

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Jared Norris  wrote:

> Good evening all,
>
> With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later
> one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list
> was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for
> the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much
> sooner than the quoted 10 weeks from the website. What I am proposing
> is that some users in metropolitan Australia with quicker download
> speeds and higher download quota limits burn a copy of the new release
> and then post it to another user who might be stuck on dial up or
> regional 3G services with very low download limits.
>
> I would like to see if this sort of a service would be useful to our
> regional users or not and I would also be willing to coordinate this
> service. I have costed the idea and to post a CD to anywhere in
> Australia from anywhere in Australia would cost $2.50 (this includes
> the packaging and the postage costs) and also the cost the CD itself.
> How this would be paid would be dependant upon how many people were
> wanting this service and how many people were willing to help out.
>
> If you are interested please feel free to either drop me an email (on
> or off the list I don't mind) or pop into IRC (as explained
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC - I'm usually lurking, my
> nick is head_victim) and just send me a 
> message.
>
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