Actually, approaching System76 is a great idea. They are very devoted to Ubuntu and could potentially provide a bit of funding if we use their machines. It would be worth looking into this.
Thanks, Cassidy James -- Sent from Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop>. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:17 AM, K.de Jong <[email protected]> wrote: > I like your idea Danté, > > And add a little chocolate topping. > We can show brands, if we have talked to those brands in order to let > them sponsor us. > System76, Oracle, IBM etc > > One important fact, they will not talk to Jason, simply because he is > not an adult yet. > > > 2010/12/1 [email protected] <[email protected]>: > > Ok, here are the issues we hope to address; > > > > 1. Oliver Koos, who is on the wiki for PR duties, has not attended any > > meetings, or (as far as I know) contacted anyone on the mailing list. If > > Oliver does not respond, the position will be re-opened. > > > > 2. We need a Project Leader for Graphics design. > > > > 3. Brand Identity; some people are using one header, some are using > another > > header. Even the logo has been altered. Our visual identity is important; > if > > you have issues with the 'official' identity then we will of course, > listen, > > but putting up your own is NOT going to help. > > > > 4. Group restructure; Last night it was made blindingly obvious to me > that > > attempting to do everything for the Natty release schedule > is...well...going > > to result in either burnout for me, or a really, REALLY crappy project. > We > > need to build up our reputation, build up our manpower and skillset. So I > > propose we start pulling in for the long-haul and change our mission > > statement. > > > > I propose that we operate not only to promote Ubuntu, but FOSS apps; > > developers/programmers have a reputation for not conversing properly with > > end-users. We, as a group, should act as the bridge between the two. I > > propose that we seek out projects in need of help in terms of graphics > > skills and end-user documentation and assist with them. This will, of > > course, not only help Ubuntu, but the entire Linux ecosystem. We also > direct > > our efforts towards such issues worked on by other groups. As far as I > know, > > there are no teams with this as their single purpose. > > > > I also propose that we write documentation welcoming end-users to Ubuntu, > > that we work on banners, flyers, etc. and that as we build up our numbers > > and skills, we begin work on short videos, culminating in the short 'ad' > > that was originally planned. > > > > In terms of direct restructuring, let me explain the process to you: > > > > Someone has an idea, first off, the Documentation team (IE, my team) gets > > ahold of it, writes documentation and passes the output to both the > > translation and graphics team. The translators feed into the graphics > team, > > who also prepare the final article. The final article is passed back into > > the documentation team. We check it over and send it out if everything > looks > > good. > > > > Of course, it won't always flow that way, if we get a task/idea from a > > developer who does not speak the documentation's team langauge, then it's > > passed to translators first., but you get the general idea. Our goal is > to > > become the defacto non-programming supporting group in Ubuntu, to promote > > both Ubuntu, the Ubuntu ideal and FOSS applications. There is no single > > reason why this cannot come to pass; and Linux as a whole would benefit > from > > our work. We will be far more useful this way, rather then trying to > output > > a little video with little support behind us and a very small amount of > > manpower. We cannot continue as we are. > > > > -- > > > > -Danté Ashton > > > > Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici > > > > Sent from Ubuntu > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > -- > Met vriendelijke groeten, > Keimpe de Jong > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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