The text posted giant? Ick. I copied something from your reply, but GMail must have kakked on me. Sorry, I'll switch it to plain text.
I'll be in attendance to offer support. I think its a good idea to develop a core marketing team similar to what the Dev team has. I still have access to the Launchpad for it, if you all want to use that. Here's the original message from the last time I tried this :) 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 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
