Yeah, looking at the perspective you've put it at Alan, I guess you're right.
You mentioned spending the time/money on other things, but what like? And If we WERE to create a TV adverrt for Ubuntu, no doubt there is interest in doing so, do you think it's a bit ambitious trying to aim for the release of Lucid, or do you think would it be a better option to aim for MM or even beyond? Personally, I think that Lucid would be a good goal to aim for, as it's 3 months away, and there's less chance of loss of interest in 3 months than 6 - but that's just my opinion, obviously, you've had experience working with projects before, such as the UUPC, and I haven't. If I'm honest, I wasn't aware we had tools like a collaborative editor, so thanks for pointing that one out. How would you suggest we start this project then, if we're actually determined to see it through? Thanks; Liam On 31 January 2010 23:32, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > On 31 January 2010 23:13, Liam Wilson <liamwilso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > IF we are going to make this video, ideally, it would be better to think > > about actual content first. > > I disagree. The very first thing is to look at what the goal is. Only > once you know the goal, target audience, approach, method of delivery > and so on can you begin to look at content. I'm personally of the > opinion that now is not the time to create a TV advert, and that the > money/time could be better spent on other things, but its not my place > to tell people what to do. > > > Somewhere to host the project - Ideally a blog or website > > A paypal account, so viewers can donate funds to the cause > > Somewhere to talk about it. > > > > We have considerable resources to help this kind of marketing effort > already. We have a wiki and a collaborative editor:- > > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam > http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/ > > We have a marketing mailing list and irc channel:- > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > #ubuntu-marketing<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing%0A#ubuntu-marketing>on > irc.freenode.net > > We also have sites where content can be shared:- > > http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/ > > > Such as an IRC channel/mailing list/forum, just so it's not just > restricted > > to Ubuntu-uk, and also so any skeptics or people who don't want to > > participate don't get annoyed by the sheer volume of threads about the > > advert (which is what seems to be happening at the moment) > > > > If it is an Ubuntu UK LoCo project then I'd encourage you to use the > resources available - including this list. > > > The more the merrier. > > Not always true. "Too many cooks". > > > Perhaps we could get in touch the with folks at > > ubuntu-marketing, to see if they can offer any expertise. > > > > I'd certainly advice introducing the idea to the Ubuntu Community > Marketing people (linked above). > > > So if we want to advertise Ubuntu, I think these are the main goals that > we > > need to achieve. If anyone has any other ideas as to what we need to > > achieve, this is the place for that. First off, I think it would be a > good > > idea to have someplace we can host what we're doing, i.e; the project > > outlines and goals and suchforth. Would the Ubuntu wiki (maybe even the > > ubuntu-uk one) be a good place for this? > > > > See above links to existing resources. > > > I've made us a Wiki site on google sites, which can be found here: > > http://sites.google.com/site/ubuntutvadvertproject/ > > It's only the very basic template as of typing, I'll work more on it > > tomorrow. > > > > Again I'd recommend using the sites and resources we have, and > collaborate with existing marketing efforts rather than potentially > duplicating effort. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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