On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 13:56 -0500, John Vilsack wrote: > Actually, I think Natural Selection will take care of this to a > greater or lesser extent.
That's veeerrrrry interesting, as Arte Johnson used to say on Laugh In. As soemeone wha has a very strong background in the social sciences, I feel that natural selection, for the humans species, is more culturally influenced than for say chimps or gorillas. We can control, either consciously or unconsciosusly, our own future as a species;. Right now it's more unconscious than conscious. > > To truly embrace the open source movement, we have no ability to ask > unpaid volunteers to focus on any one particular piece of the project. > Sure, we can make recommendations, but in the long run, people will > focus on what they want to focus on. This is true, but, certain roles can only be filled by one person at a time, for instance, Fearless Leader. If more than one person is willing and able to fill that role, then the team needs to decide by a democratic vote. That is the point I was trying to make. No one should be asked to do something they do not want to do, and I certainly hope that I did not imply otherwise. > > My intent is to have us focus on the Marketing aspects of Ubuntu in a > similar way that the Development team focuses on the distribution. > Our "bugs" will be outstanding tasks that anyone can address. Our > "roles" will be similar to the various aspects of the Linux and Ubuntu > distribution as a whole. Our "code base" will be a central repository > that the core-marketers have final approval on that anyone and > everyone can access as "Approved for Distribution" dissemination. I think we all are in agreement on this. > > I will try and get this done as soon as possible, but I do have a full > time job and several voluntary positions, so I am doing my best to get > my proverbial ducks in a row :) > We all, I am sure, appreciate your efforts in helping ua get our act together. I know I do :-) > I definitely think that my idea will allow for several of us to take > on a leadership role in the various areas that we have to cover...this > isn't going to be a one person show by any means. We have alot to do, > alot of ground to cover, and alot of different balls to juggle at the > same time. Hey, that's what makes life fun!!!! > > I hope any contribution I can make can help accomplish this goal > further. However you have every right to say I am a quack and I > should shut my yapper :) This is the beauty of democracy! That is the LAST possible thing I would ever say to you, John. > > Thanks, > John > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:04 PM, John Botscharow > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 08:45 -0500, John Vilsack wrote: > > > I've also begun listing out the various roles that I > envision would be > > a part of this type of restructure, and I hope that those > actively > > contributing to the list now would be willing to step up and > assume > > ownership of one of these. > > > This is the area, I suspect, where we will need to cast votes, > unless I > have completely misjudged the situation. I suspect that there > will be > more than one volunteer for at least some of the roles, and > that is > good. It should be the membership that decides who they want > to assume > those roles. > > > -- > > Peace! > > John > > You do have choice on what operating system you use: > http://www.ubuntu.com/ > > I am an Ubuntu user! > My profile: https://launchpad.net/~jbotscharow > My wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBotscharow > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Read my blog: http://hbotscharow.com > John Botscharow: Reflections on Religion, Politics & Life > > > > > > -- > John Vilsack > Network Administrator > The-House.com > 300 S Owasso Blvd E > St. Paul, MN 55117 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.the-house.com > p. 651.482.9995 > f. 651.482.1353 -- Peace! John You do have choice on what operating system you use: http://www.ubuntu.com/ I am an Ubuntu user! My profile: https://launchpad.net/~jbotscharow My wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBotscharow -------------------------------------------------------------- Read my blog: http://hbotscharow.com John Botscharow: Reflections on Religion, Politics & Life -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
