Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Organizational meeting proposed (Mike

2008-06-01 Thread bbyever
Going back to the meeting topic for a sec...

>From the people that have voted on the poll, and the list of available
times in the Meetings page it appears 20:00 UTC would be the most
convenient hour. Is that ok, or is that not a good time for someone?

About the day, I would say it should be ASAP. What do you think? Also,
it would be nice if we could start filling up the Agenda. I don't know
how its normally done, but in our LoCo anyone is free to add anything
but they have to add their wiki name beside the subject.


On 6/1/08, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A few days, someone asked me if I would lead this group. I postponed
> answering that question at the time, because I believe actions speak
> louder than words and because I felt it would be better to let others do
> the nominating, but since you asked this way:
>
> 1. Yes, I have the time. I do not have a day job and can easily devote 8
> hours or more a day, 7 days a week to the team.
>
> 2. Do I have the inclination? Most definitely. Otherwise I would not
> have said and done what I have this past week or so.
>
> 3. Do I have the shills and talents? In marketing and management, yes, I
> believe so. I don't have much esperience in Ubuntu - things like using
> wikis or familiarity with the technical aspects, etc
>
> 4. Should I lead this team? That's for the membership to decide.
>
> On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 18:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 10:08:31AM -0500, John Botscharow wrote:
>> > Also, by voting on leadersip and direction, it allows everyone, or at
>> > least most everyone, to feel ownership of this team, to buy into the
>> > team and its goals. Without that sense of ownership, people are not
>> > going to be very active or effective.
>> >
>>
>> I haven't read every message in the lengthy thread recently, sorry, so
>> this
>> question may already have been covered.
>>
>> Has anyone actually stepped up and said that they have
>> time/inclination/skills to lead this team? If not then calling a meeting
>> and
>> voting will be somewhat moot.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Al.
>>
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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Organizational meeting proposed (Mike

2008-05-31 Thread bbyever
+1 for Saturday or Sunday preferably Sunday

12:00 here is 7 which I would consider too early, but if that's all
right with everyone else its not a problem.
On 5/31/08, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I don't know how accurate that is either. That's why I am asking.
> As far as my suggesting Saturday, I was under the impression that most
> people have a day job, which pretty much eliminates weekdays. I figured
> a Saturday would not interfer with things like work or sleep :-) and the
> 1200 UTC means it is not too early for those in the USA or too late for
> those in AU or the Far East.
>
> On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 16:27 -0500, Bruno Barrera Yever wrote:
>> Well, according to the Meetings page [1] that wouldn't be convenient
>> to most people Though, I don't know if that list is active.
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Meetings
>>
>> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:37 AM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > It appears that my original suggested time of 12:00 or 13:00 UTC for a
>> > start time will fit pretty much eveyone in terms of time zones.
>> >
>> > How is everyone feel about a Saturday meeting? Do we want to do this
>> > NEXT Saturday the 7th or Saturay the 14th?
>> >>
>> >>
>> > --
>> > Peace!
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > You do have choice on what operating system you use:
>> > http://www.ubuntu.com/
>> >
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>> > My profile: https://launchpad.net/~jbotscharow
>> > My wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBotscharow
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>
> John
>
> You do have choice on what operating system you use:
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>
> I am an Ubuntu user!
> My profile: https://launchpad.net/~jbotscharow
> My wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBotscharow
>
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