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Neal, Thanks for both messages and all the good advice. This is going to take a little getting used to. My own experience and preferences are oriented to a more structured environment. This strikes me as quite chaotic, but then, IMHO, the whole universe, and especially us humans, are quite chaotic LOL so I expect I'll get used to it. Thanks again. On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:23:01 -0700 Neal Bussett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Botscharow wrote: > > The marketing part of all these projects I know pretty much what to > > do. What I do not know is how to 1) officially - the operative word > > here - join an existing project or 2) officially - again the > > operative word- start a new one - or do I not have the authority - > > operative word - to start one? In all my years of experience in the > > business world, those two options were only open to people in > > official - operative word - positions of authority. How does this > > work in the Ubuntu community in general and in the marketing team > > in particular? > > Joining a Team (like the Marketing Team) is done officially through > launchpad, but for most teams, you can still participate without > being an "official" part of the team. This is done by browsing to > the LP page, and then asking to join from there. > > Joining/Creating a "Project" is (unless we set up some additional red > tape) completely unofficial. I went over a reasonable (although not > set in stone) method for creating a project in my other email > (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2008-June/003277.html). > To participate (I'm going to use that term instead of 'join') in a > project, get familiar with it, contact the people who are currently > involved in it (there may, or may not, be any official/unofficial > 'lead'), and ask them how you might best help, or how you'd like to > help. This varies a lot depending on the project, and in some cases, > you could just start participating without any contact at all. > > Neal Bussett > - -- Peace! John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIUJjWsTN+hz1Fu7URAlwTAJ9GLs6ZSLKa9A9f5dqcQNAuJgN+iQCbB1ck kCezW56fWWAhAGTzNOEb8pk= =Ffea -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
