I appreciate the support, Ruben.  You've done a fantastic job with
SpreadUbuntu, and  I don't think an initiative can work without the
support of great contributors like you!

- John

2009/11/3 Rubén Romero y Cordero <hua...@ubuntu.com>:
> Go John!
>
> I for one have been here so long that playing a new game in the sandbox
> might be fun for us all, and not only that but might be exactly what we
> need!
>
> As I have worked in projects I totally agree with new structure in this
> team. We really need that and I am sick and tired of us not making this team
> suck less.
>
> I have decided to support your initiative. The worse that can happens is
> that we succeed! :-)
>
> So, please go forward whether people is there or not.
>
> I will try my best to be at the meeting and If I don't I promise to read the
> log!
>
> I send this only to you, because I want you to know this. I am tired to
> being too vocal, I like action and you seem to be a guy of action yourself.
>
> Let's do this!
>
> R.
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:11 AM, John Vilsack <vils...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> While I appreciate all this newfound enthusiasm about planning,
>> planning to plan, voting to meet, meeting to vote, and planning to
>> plan a plan about voting to vote to meet if we need to vote on a
>> meeting, I'm going to proceed with the meeting on November 11/12.
>>
>> The idea about organizing the Ubuntu Community Marketing Team is not
>> new, and people have had more than enough opportunity to take this
>> proverbial bull by the horns and help get things started here.  To see
>> that it only begins to happen when someone else tries to first,
>> saddens me.
>>
>> I'm not attempting to usurp anyone's position or claim one for myself.
>>  I'm offering the benefits of similar experience to help create a
>> foundation others here can use.  If and when that is accomplished,
>> I'll move on to other areas of helping Ubuntu because I strongly
>> believe no one person should be looked to as the "leader" of this
>> group.
>>
>> I commend those that have worked on projects for Ubuntu's marketing
>> with little to no help from this group, Canonical, or others to
>> achieve their goals.  But the mechanism for getting new people
>> involved here is broken, and I will do what I can to fix it.
>>
>> On that note, I'll be continuing my efforts.  If they fall upon the
>> deaf ears of a silent majority that does not wish to see what I'm
>> trying to offer, then the sandbox will once again be yours.
>>
>> In the meantime, I politely bow out of this thread of the discussion,
>> and will focus on the future and not your past.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
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