Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
Thanks for the reminder, Robert. I encourage anyone who can make good use of CDs in promoting Ubuntu to make their requests via email to the list asap. As has been going on informally for some time, if pressed CDs are not available volunteers might help with burning isos [1] and printing sleeves [2], however requests need to be expressed via email for now. Now that we are an approved team it is wonderful that we have this problem. Suggestions for how to improve this process will be useful during 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS release cycle planning. Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam [1] http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#bt [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/CDSleeves?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=nbussett2.pdf On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Robert Wall wrote: > Hello again everyone, > > If you've been pondering replying to my earlier email about Canonical > pressed CDs and have been putting it off, please take a couple of > minutes to reply over the next day or so. I'd like to figure out how > much demand there is in the next couple of days so that we can move on > to actually getting CDs into peoples' hands this coming week. > > Again, if you only need a handful of CDs to hand out, go ahead and > email me or Neal directly. If you have larger plans, reply to the > list. > > Thanks to the various repliers so far! > > ~ Robert > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Robert Wall > wrote: >> Hello everyone! >> >> We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu >> Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. >> We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: >> >> * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 >> * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 >> * Ubuntu 9.10 Server (64-bit): 75 >> >> We set aside 100 Ubuntu Desktop CDs (and 25 each of Kubuntu and >> Server) for SCaLE in February, which leaves 150 Desktop CDs (and 50 >> each of Kubuntu and Server) for us to work with. After SCaLE, we'll >> take another look at our CD situation and redistribute accordingly. >> >> To make distribution easier, Neal and I have split the CDs, so we >> should be able to get them to anyone in the state reasonably easily. >> >> We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes >> out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this >> on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for >> something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to >> get some to you. >> >> ~ Robert >> -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
Hello again everyone, If you've been pondering replying to my earlier email about Canonical pressed CDs and have been putting it off, please take a couple of minutes to reply over the next day or so. I'd like to figure out how much demand there is in the next couple of days so that we can move on to actually getting CDs into peoples' hands this coming week. Again, if you only need a handful of CDs to hand out, go ahead and email me or Neal directly. If you have larger plans, reply to the list. Thanks to the various repliers so far! ~ Robert On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Robert Wall wrote: > Hello everyone! > > We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu > Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. > We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: > > * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 > * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 > * Ubuntu 9.10 Server (64-bit): 75 > > We set aside 100 Ubuntu Desktop CDs (and 25 each of Kubuntu and > Server) for SCaLE in February, which leaves 150 Desktop CDs (and 50 > each of Kubuntu and Server) for us to work with. After SCaLE, we'll > take another look at our CD situation and redistribute accordingly. > > To make distribution easier, Neal and I have split the CDs, so we > should be able to get them to anyone in the state reasonably easily. > > We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes > out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this > on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for > something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to > get some to you. > > ~ Robert > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
I think it would be helpful to make a wiki page of this stuff, that way it's all laid out. What do you guys think? On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Jack Deslippe wrote: Robert, I'd like 25-50 discs to distribute to colleagues and family who have a real desire in switching to Linux as well as a supply to give away whenever a professional looking disc would make an impact. -Jack On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Darkwing Duck wrote: > Can I also put in a request for kubuntu CDs for camp-KDE in jan? Ill be > able to hand out a bunch. > > DW > -Original Message- > From: Grant Bowman > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:24:11 > To: Ubuntu US California > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Robert Wall > wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > > > We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu > > Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. > > We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: > > > > * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 > > * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 > > * Ubuntu 9.10 Server (64-bit): 75 > > > > We set aside 100 Ubuntu Desktop CDs (and 25 each of Kubuntu and > > Server) for SCaLE in February, which leaves 150 Desktop CDs (and 50 > > each of Kubuntu and Server) for us to work with. After SCaLE, we'll > > take another look at our CD situation and redistribute accordingly. > > > > To make distribution easier, Neal and I have split the CDs, so we > > should be able to get them to anyone in the state reasonably easily. > > > > We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes > > out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this > > on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for > > something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to > > get some to you. > > > > ~ Robert > > Neal, can you please send requests asking for CDs for both the SCaLE > (at least 100) and CLS West (100) events in the next two weeks? This > way existing reserves can be used for other purposes. I've given away > about 50 burned copies already and continue to give away burned > copies. I understand the reasoning for rationing, but I do not > understand the reasoning behind not even asking for CDs for legitimate > events. > > Robert, any help you can provide in the way of discs would be most > appreciated unless you have other plans for them already. I hope you > are able to fulfill Aaditya's request. Every time I go to a user > group I give away three or more depending on the subjective estimate > that I always make about them getting used. I am working with the > Berkeley LUG on several upcoming events and projects, SFSU on a series > of 12 seminars on open source and visit many of the groups listed on > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups > on an ongoing basis. I have not tallied up a total request, I simply > burn as many as I can to keep up with demand. This takes significant > time, effort and money but has in my subjective view been very > successfully received. As I said, I'm sure I will give away at least > 250 before the Lucid release with or without pressed copies. > > Thank you, > > Grant Bowman > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
Robert, I'd like 25-50 discs to distribute to colleagues and family who have a real desire in switching to Linux as well as a supply to give away whenever a professional looking disc would make an impact. -Jack On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Darkwing Duck wrote: > Can I also put in a request for kubuntu CDs for camp-KDE in jan? Ill be > able to hand out a bunch. > > DW > -Original Message- > From: Grant Bowman > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:24:11 > To: Ubuntu US California > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Robert Wall > wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > > > We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu > > Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. > > We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: > > > > * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 > > * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 > > * Ubuntu 9.10 Server (64-bit): 75 > > > > We set aside 100 Ubuntu Desktop CDs (and 25 each of Kubuntu and > > Server) for SCaLE in February, which leaves 150 Desktop CDs (and 50 > > each of Kubuntu and Server) for us to work with. After SCaLE, we'll > > take another look at our CD situation and redistribute accordingly. > > > > To make distribution easier, Neal and I have split the CDs, so we > > should be able to get them to anyone in the state reasonably easily. > > > > We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes > > out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this > > on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for > > something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to > > get some to you. > > > > ~ Robert > > Neal, can you please send requests asking for CDs for both the SCaLE > (at least 100) and CLS West (100) events in the next two weeks? This > way existing reserves can be used for other purposes. I've given away > about 50 burned copies already and continue to give away burned > copies. I understand the reasoning for rationing, but I do not > understand the reasoning behind not even asking for CDs for legitimate > events. > > Robert, any help you can provide in the way of discs would be most > appreciated unless you have other plans for them already. I hope you > are able to fulfill Aaditya's request. Every time I go to a user > group I give away three or more depending on the subjective estimate > that I always make about them getting used. I am working with the > Berkeley LUG on several upcoming events and projects, SFSU on a series > of 12 seminars on open source and visit many of the groups listed on > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups > on an ongoing basis. I have not tallied up a total request, I simply > burn as many as I can to keep up with demand. This takes significant > time, effort and money but has in my subjective view been very > successfully received. As I said, I'm sure I will give away at least > 250 before the Lucid release with or without pressed copies. > > Thank you, > > Grant Bowman > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
Can I also put in a request for kubuntu CDs for camp-KDE in jan? Ill be able to hand out a bunch. DW -Original Message- From: Grant Bowman Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:24:11 To: Ubuntu US California Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Robert Wall wrote: > Hello everyone! > > We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu > Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. > We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: > > * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 > * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 > * Ubuntu 9.10 Server (64-bit): 75 > > We set aside 100 Ubuntu Desktop CDs (and 25 each of Kubuntu and > Server) for SCaLE in February, which leaves 150 Desktop CDs (and 50 > each of Kubuntu and Server) for us to work with. After SCaLE, we'll > take another look at our CD situation and redistribute accordingly. > > To make distribution easier, Neal and I have split the CDs, so we > should be able to get them to anyone in the state reasonably easily. > > We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes > out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this > on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for > something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to > get some to you. > > ~ Robert Neal, can you please send requests asking for CDs for both the SCaLE (at least 100) and CLS West (100) events in the next two weeks? This way existing reserves can be used for other purposes. I've given away about 50 burned copies already and continue to give away burned copies. I understand the reasoning for rationing, but I do not understand the reasoning behind not even asking for CDs for legitimate events. Robert, any help you can provide in the way of discs would be most appreciated unless you have other plans for them already. I hope you are able to fulfill Aaditya's request. Every time I go to a user group I give away three or more depending on the subjective estimate that I always make about them getting used. I am working with the Berkeley LUG on several upcoming events and projects, SFSU on a series of 12 seminars on open source and visit many of the groups listed on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups on an ongoing basis. I have not tallied up a total request, I simply burn as many as I can to keep up with demand. This takes significant time, effort and money but has in my subjective view been very successfully received. As I said, I'm sure I will give away at least 250 before the Lucid release with or without pressed copies. Thank you, Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Robert Wall wrote: > Hello everyone! > > We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu > Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. > We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: > > * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 > * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 > * Ubuntu 9.10 Server (64-bit): 75 > > We set aside 100 Ubuntu Desktop CDs (and 25 each of Kubuntu and > Server) for SCaLE in February, which leaves 150 Desktop CDs (and 50 > each of Kubuntu and Server) for us to work with. After SCaLE, we'll > take another look at our CD situation and redistribute accordingly. > > To make distribution easier, Neal and I have split the CDs, so we > should be able to get them to anyone in the state reasonably easily. > > We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes > out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this > on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for > something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to > get some to you. > > ~ Robert Neal, can you please send requests asking for CDs for both the SCaLE (at least 100) and CLS West (100) events in the next two weeks? This way existing reserves can be used for other purposes. I've given away about 50 burned copies already and continue to give away burned copies. I understand the reasoning for rationing, but I do not understand the reasoning behind not even asking for CDs for legitimate events. Robert, any help you can provide in the way of discs would be most appreciated unless you have other plans for them already. I hope you are able to fulfill Aaditya's request. Every time I go to a user group I give away three or more depending on the subjective estimate that I always make about them getting used. I am working with the Berkeley LUG on several upcoming events and projects, SFSU on a series of 12 seminars on open source and visit many of the groups listed on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups on an ongoing basis. I have not tallied up a total request, I simply burn as many as I can to keep up with demand. This takes significant time, effort and money but has in my subjective view been very successfully received. As I said, I'm sure I will give away at least 250 before the Lucid release with or without pressed copies. Thank you, Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Robert Wall wrote: > > We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes > out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this > on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for > something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to > get some to you. > I need 25 regular desktop i386 CDs, mostly for my colleagues and contacts at the Tech Museum, San Jose. I'll ensure that each of the receivers has the ability to get back to me or another reasonable channel for feedback and support. -- Aaditya http://www.dragonsblaze.com/ -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution
Hello everyone! We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 * Ubuntu 9.10 Server (64-bit): 75 We set aside 100 Ubuntu Desktop CDs (and 25 each of Kubuntu and Server) for SCaLE in February, which leaves 150 Desktop CDs (and 50 each of Kubuntu and Server) for us to work with. After SCaLE, we'll take another look at our CD situation and redistribute accordingly. To make distribution easier, Neal and I have split the CDs, so we should be able to get them to anyone in the state reasonably easily. We have about 5 months left to distribute these CDs before 10.04 comes out, so I'd like to get a start on distributing them. Reply to this on-list if you think you'll need more than a few at a time for something; if not, contact Neal or me directly so we can arrange to get some to you. ~ Robert -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
