-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John V.,
I am not sure that a new team within this team is the solution. I am concerned that this solution will only compound the problems, not fix them. I could be wrong, but I will need to be convinced :-) There are other options that need to be discussed, and which I wanted to discuss somewhere other than this list, given the comments by a number of people who are really not interested in discussing this. That is why I contacted the people I knew were interested in taking a leadership role, to discuss how best to proceed with this discussion without offending half the list in the process. I started with those people who had expressed an explicit interest in doing something constructive, plus some people that Jord recommended. Five in all to start with. Three, including myself, responded. And I got "chastized" for that because people saw some sinister motive in my intentions. I still think a few heads are better than one and I still would like to have that "committee" meet and discuss things separate from this list. By doing it as a small group, we would have the benefit of several perspectives on the issues and perhaps come up with a solution that pleases more people than anything any one of us alone could come up with. Also, a small group is one step closer to a consensus than one person's ideas. I am still willing to do this, if the people who were originally invited to be part of the committee are willing. And, if you wnat to recommend someone to add to the list. feel free. That was going to be the first order of business after we work out the communication logistics. To those people I originally contacted, the courtesy of a reply, even to tell me you are not interested, would be appreciated. On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:59:06 -0500 "John Vilsack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In order to help make the Marketing of Ubuntu more effective, a new > Launchpad team called the Ubuntu Core Marketing Team has been > created. This team will focus primarily on planning and championing > our projects and strategies that have an impact the entire global > Ubuntu community. The Core Marketers will help design project plans > complete with task lists that will allow any contributor to help a > project easily and effectively. > > Some of the rough ideas that the Ubuntu Core Marketing Team may be > able to help with are: > > * Creating a central repository where community members can access > the most up to date marketing information without having to dig for > it. > * Using Launchpad Blueprints to help give new team members a concise > map of the current direction of the team. > * Possibly using the Launchpad Bug functionality to showcase which > tasks are being worked on, and where contributors can lend a hand. > * Moving the intense planning discussions off the main list of > marketing contributors that do not care for the exhaustive rhetoric > of the envisioning phase. > * Developing a release schedule that coincides with the Ubuntu > distro cycle so that materials are consistently up-to-date. > > In order for the Ubuntu Core Marketing Team to be a success, we need > several volunteers to help us get started: > > * A volunteer that is intimately active with the Ubuntu LoCo teams > willing to report the Ubuntu Core Marketing Team successes and bring > back information about the LoCos to the group. > * Someone who works with the Development teams that can help parse > information about upcoming distributions that we can use to plan > materials around. > * Members familiar with the wiki are needed to help publicize core > marketing initiatives. > * Leaders from the existing projects (SpreadUbuntu, Studio, etc.) to > join us and to contribute when it comes to their projects or > relationships with other projects. > * The best and brightest minds willing to step up and help create > and pilot exciting marketing projects for the whole Ubuntu Community > to use. > * Volunteers with positive attitudes that understand how to convey > excitement to others about new project ideas. > > If you are someone who feels the desire to contribute by helping to > plan or lead projects, sign up to come join the Ubuntu Core Marketing > Team today. The group is meant to be a transparent addition to the > ubuntu-marketing team that helps the ideas we have together become a > reality. We will use Launchpad, the wiki, and the mailing lists to > communicate with each other and the rest of the community, so please > feel free to contribute in any fashion you would like. > > Please join us in our effort to create the building blocks needed by > the Ubuntu Community to spread Ubuntu throughout the world! > > Thank you very much, > John Vilsack - -- Peace! John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIUq+IsTN+hz1Fu7URAjDEAKDCDswB3A7CQvJrTmuRl7ZRfEkOJgCg3Ben DHqjvRut1yQohuQoYL4e7Ok= =HuFX -----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
