Hi Chris, How about a 'postage paid' shipping service? eg. First CD set is free + postage Subsequent CD sets are free if the "cd shipper" is returned with a reply paid envelope or credit.
You would need to come up with a suitable "cd shipper" (cardboard? plastic?) As mentioned, you could also have different sets of CD's - single CD (eg. i386, x64) - multiple CD's (eg. i386 + additional packages, multiple architectures) - complete set It would be nice to get printable CD's and have a nice Australian Logo on them... .. or screen printed, but this adds to the effort/cost. Cheers, Paul On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Chris Jones <chrisjo...@comcen.com.au> wrote: > Ubuntu Australia Mailing List and AU LoCo Team Members: > > I've been pondering on this idea since the release of Intrepid. And if I > get enough community support, I will go ahead with it. Let me explain. > > Over the course of the several years that I've been using Ubuntu, I've > taken a lot from the Ubuntu community, but feel that I have not given > much in return. > The official Ubuntu ShipIt service is great. But sometimes I can't help > but feel that it constantly gets abused by greedy users who order more > copies than what's really required. Obviously, if the Shuttleworth > Foundation feel that the service is being abused by certain members, > then they can/will cancel any orders that exceed what's considered as a > normal quantity ordered. > This can be hard for the Shuttleworth Foundation to police. > > One of the main purposes of my concept was to not only help out the > Shuttleworth Foundation, but also help out the Ubuntu Community by > giving back something that has given me so much over the years. > > My concept included providing large quantities of Ubuntu install media > to users who require them, but have no means of downloading and burning > them themselves for whatever reason. And I said large quantities, not > massive quantities! > I was thinking about quantities approximately 10, 20-25 and possibly 50 > or even 100 for special requests. Install media would generally be the > x86 or x64 Live CD. And possibly even the Alternate CD if that is > required. Or perhaps even a mish-mash of different architectures. > > But my concept not only includes providing the media, but for free. Or > next to no charge. Or, maybe getting the user to cover the shipping cost > only and not the cost of the media. I am happy to cover that part. But > perhaps if any large orders were placed, the user can pay for shipping > and a small percentage of the media. > I haven't really got that far yet as to work out the specifics of it > all. But if I get enough interest after this announcement, then I'll get > right onto it. And I'll be able to start shipping out orders of Ubuntu > 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) hopefully within the next 10 days or so. > I can also ship copies of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) if required. > --Plus, over the years I have accumulated quite a supply of official > Ubuntu stickers, which I will include with any orders (assuming I have > enough stock at the time). > > The most important thing to know though, is that the media is not > official Ubuntu pressed media, but copies written on an optical drive > using quality generic media and checked via MD5. > But whether it be to distribute locally at a convention or to distribute > via your next lan party, it's up to you. > > Please let me know your opinions/comments or to put forth any other > ideas that could improve my concept. > And perhaps if it all gets off the ground, I could start a web page with > all the information on it. Or maybe even talk to the Ubuntu AU LoCo Team > Leader, Melissa Draper, and get the info posted onto the Ubuntu > Australia website. It's still early days. > > Thanks in advance for your support. > My email chrisjo...@comcen.com.au > > > Regards > > > -- > Chris Jones <chrisjo...@comcen.com.au> > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
